Finished or Not Friday!

Finally a finish that will be in the out column on my Stash Busters Report for May. 

This quilt is totally done and boxed and on its way the the deserving recipient!

Hanging on the 6ft fence in our back yard, I had to turn the top under. It’s 78x 78!

A close up of the University of Minnesota fabric, complete with the trademark M and the gophers! 

Label complete but with certain info redacted? 

Joining Alycia and others at Finished or Not Friday

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday ~. 5-23-24

Prompts for May 23 2024:

Do you have a morning routine?

  I sort of have a routine. I like to be up between 6:00 and 6:30am. The first thing I do is turn on the Keurig. Then I put on fuzzy pj pants ( in the winter, my house is still cold at 6am) and a sweatshirt, wool socks and slippers. Then I make a cup of coffee and ready my morning meds. This is followed by 1 hour of blog reading or writing. 

Other things: 

We celebrated our great granddaughter’s 39th birthday on Sunday. Burgers, brats, potato salad, fruit bowl with homemade dip, veggie tray from the supermarket.soda, ice tea and soda. I didn’t get a single photo!😢 I can share the fruit dip recipe though. It’s from Beth @ thefirstyearblog.com. 

Ingredients

• ▢ 2 cups vanilla yogurt
• ▢ 1 container marshmallow creme, 7 oz
• ▢ 1 cup cool whip
• ▢ Fresh fruit

I tweaked it just a bit. I only had 1 container of FF vanilla yogurt in the fridge, so I used about 3/4 of the marshmallow crème, a cup of Sugar Free cool whip and a drizzle of honey. Using an electric hand mixer, I beat it til smooth and that’s it. Ooh! So good! 

Nobody wanted cake, so I sent 1/2 the angel food cake, 1/2 the strawberries and a container of regular whipped topping home with them. 

We  visited, sang Happy Birthday with her husband( in St Louis for work)and her sister in Vermont on FaceTime.  We also played, Guess Who? 

and several rousing rounds of Right, Left, Center with the Littles. Though I’m soon going to have to quit calling Joe, a little. At nearly 11, he’s almost as tall as me! 

Tuesday night, the 2 First Grades at Miss B’s school had their music program. 

I thought I could share the video her mon took and posted on FB. But she has it locked down to just family.  But here’s the program. Sorry for the crumpled program, it was raining as we walked to the car afterwards. 

And the binding and label are complete on the quilt for my nephew. It goes in the mail today!

I redacted his name and the quilter’s name. Didn’t get permission from them. 

We got groceries yesterday, had takeout for lunch,, returned Mr Busy’s book to the library, and  dropped off three bags at the recycling center!

That’s about all! Sharing at Not Afraid of Color

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You Have Probably Seen This Before!

So just scroll on past! 

I have been in my sewing room, but only bits and starts. I finally got the backing constructed for the quilt for my nephew.  There was a measuring error and a resulting math error. That’s why the 3” addition on the one side. And it’s yellow! My quilters need the backing to be 8” bigger than the top!  

The top has some yellow too. 

I’m still press the back on this one. And trimming threads. Is it just me, or is fabric more prone to threadiness these days?

I have some yellow pieces cut for more zipper blocks. So next week! 

Linking up with Angela at Rainbow Scrap Challenge, just a day late!

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Something Not Finished and a small FFO. ( Fully Finished Object)

I have been in my sewing room, but only bits and starts. I finally got the backing constructed for the quilt for my nephew.  There was a measuring error and a resulting math error. That’s why the 3” addition on the one side. My quilters need the backing to be 8” bigger than the top!  

Now I need to run a row of stay stitching and press the back of the front. Then find a batting! J oann’s is sold out and closing the end of this week. Boo Hoo! 😢 I need to call my quilter and see what her schedule is, and if she happens to have a package of double size batting. 

This is my Not Finished.  I'd like to have this done and deliverable by early June. 

Also, in the evenings I have been doing some counted cross stitch. This was a piece from a chart from the Colorado Cross Stitcher in Loveland. It was part of The Twelve Days of Christmas box that I purchased last fall. It's done on a small piece of 28 count ivory cashel linen that was in my stash stitched 2 over 2.  I finished it by attaching it to a piece of green florists foam that Mr Busy cut to size for me. It has a piece of fabric wrapped from the back to cover the edges of the linen and then a brown grosgrain ribbon wrapped around the edge to cover where the linen and the fabric overlap. All pinned to the foam with sequin or appliqué pins. The bow is a bit limp but is was premade and I'm not sure how to stiffen it. Maybe some starch and a curling iron! :) 

This is a small Finish but it took me longer than it should have. I had to relearn how to stitch two threads over two. I am pleased with it. 

Linking up with Alycia for Finished or Not Friday!

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I LIKE Thursday 4-18-24

I LIKE Thursday!

It’s been a slow uneventful week.There were naps!  There was Breakfast for Supper. I don’t have photos, but it was Biscuits and Gravy, bacon and scrambled eggs. One day we made, fried chicken tenders, garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli florets with nacho cheese. There was leftovers or “planned overs” as my sister used to say. I’m a big fan of Cook Once, Eat Twice!

I finished my book club read. Angel Falls by Kristin Hannah! Probably 4/5 ⭐️

And started this one : 

I am a Sarah Addison Allen fan. I am loving this one so far. 

Mr Busy has been busy too! 

He’s building a boat. No pattern, just a photo!

I finished making the backing for a quilt for my nephew. It’s pieced! I needed to be 86 1/2” X 86 1/2”. There was  math error! I needed 3 more inches on one side! For Pete’s Sake! I’m hoping my quilter will use the opposite side to attach to the frame. Then I will probably get most of the yellow back! I just about don’t have enough floor space to lay this large backing out. It really is not wonky. I couldn’t get to the right side, it’s right up against the entertainment center, to straighten it. 

The top is done too!

I finally finished this stitch! 

This is a view from the end. The stitching is wrapped around a block of florists foam and pinned with sequin pins! Then fabric is wrapped around the back and pinned and ribbon covers the “seam” where the linen and fabric meet! Easy peasy! 

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Finished or Not Friday.

It’s a NOT!   It’s Friday evening and I’m webbing this good sized quilt. 

I spent 3 days at a sew-in. I stitched 9 am til 3 pm all 3 days. Of course there was time taken for lunch each day and much visiting too.

I got all the blocks (36 of them) put together. 

I’ll finish the vertical seams tonight after supper, hopefully! I’m on column 6 row 2, so 5 more blocks to add! And then press and finish the horizontal seams on Saturday!  So hip hip hooray for a Not Finished Friday! 

Linking up with Alycia at Alycia Quilts!

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Invitation from Nancy!

 National Cat Day! 10-29-21  One day late!  I wanted to post this yesterday, Friday, but had a computer glitch. GAH!

Back in August, Nancy at Grace and Peace Quilting made a quilt for National Dog Day! Then she invited us to make a quilt for National Cat Day!  I had a thought, but didn’t know if I could get it accomplished! Here it is, almost done. I have some more quilting to do and the binding. Then it will be a  Christmas gift for DS‘s cat, Phoenix!

Of course, now I have to make a cat quilt for my DD. She has a nearly all white kitty, King!

Yes, the top kitties are upside down. Imagine this used on the back of a couch, visible from front and back. The cat blocks were from a tutorial from Sally at The Objects of Design (for the kitties)and a pattern (for the mama cat) sent to me from Cathy at Crazy By Design.   I've been admiring Cathy's Mama Cat and Litter of Kittens for awhile. 

This is the back. DS is a big Denver Bronco fan! And I happen to have a piece of Bronco fabric. Imagine that!

A closeup of the serpentine quilting around the cat blocks. I’ll do more quilting in each cat block and a 2 inch grid in the, text print fabric, main part of the quilt.  I like the way it is going! 

Go check out Nancy’s posts for Dog Day, here. And  Cat Day, here!   She did fabulous little quilts. Such awesome fabrics and quilting! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!