I Like Thursday #94

Good Morning!  And Happy Cinco de Mayo!   

I'm posting a short I LIKE Thursday today. If you'll click on over to Not Afraid of Color

you will find that LeeAnna has listed the links to lots of bloggers who have gratitude today. 

I usually start my I LIKE posts with words I've found on the internet that speak to me. Here is the latest. Isn't that drawing of the hedgehog with the dandelion the cutest?

I've started a new quilt. This one is NOT scraps. Now you know I LIKE scraps, but I needed something to "get started and get done".  The top is done. 

On the left is the pattern cover. I bought a kit from a quilt shop in Minnesota back in 2007! The kit had lovely fabrics to make version 2 which is shown in the upper left of the pattern photo.   I am pleased! I think I have a great backing choice and the binding was included in the kit! It is the black oriental writing print. It is 36 x42. I will put hanging triangles on the back, 

Also I have binding to make for this scrappy cutie! I’ll be excited to get this one done too! 

Mr Busy has an appointment at the eye institute this afternoon. So we are probably driving as you read this.  It’s a 2+ hour drive depending on the weather. The forecast is good. And we have plans to meet my brother and sister-in-law for lunch. I have this cute little sticker for her car window. 

My SIL is a great advocate for Peace ( she boasts  about being a hippie) and Love, ( she collects all things heart shaped and signs all texts and notes with a Purple Heart 💜). She also loves to seek out baby bison born in the early spring in Custer State Park near their home. I thought this was absolutely perfect! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

May One Monthly Goal Link-up ~ Bind Hollow Nines!

I finally decided on which project to list as my May 2022 OMG. 

I have lots of items to work on. Some not even quilt related. But a friend offered to quilt one of my “flimsies”  She has had her long arm about a year and is finally feeling confident enough to quilt for “piecers” like me.  

I gladly accepted and searched my stash for a backing. I started to piece a backing from some appropriate fabric. Then I made a miscalculation! Ugh!  So a quick trip to JoAnns yielded this multi-colored “sprinkle “ fabric. I like it. 

The quilting is very subtle. A daisy meander with white thread. When it's all finished and bound, I'll try to get a photo outside. Today and most of this week, it has been dreary and rainy. We need the rain so I am not complaining. 

 My goal for May is to find a binding fabric, construct a binding and get it machine attached to the quilt. Make it ready for hand quilting the final step! 

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal May Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

ScrapHappy Saturday 2-26-22

Happy last Saturday in February! I’m linking up with Angela at Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2022.

 I attended a 2 day sew-in this week. In preparation I brought out some leftover Hollow 9’s. When I put this one together 

I didn’t use the Aqua or brown/ black blocks. So I put them on the design wall. Not quite big enough for anything. 

So I cut white centers and put aqua and brown strips in a shoebox tote. 

 

Now I have this

And need a few more darks, seven to be exact,  then it will be a medium table topper. Fingers crossed.

Because I can’t stay focused, I guess! I also started on this placemat project. I’ll play catch-up till I have 1 in aqua/teals, one in reds and one in whatever the March color is. I picked up this at the give away table at the sew-in. 

And I also started this! So I would have a slow stitching project. It’s not teal, like the pattern. Mine will be dark forest green. 

sorry about the lousy photo

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

I Like Thursday #65

 

                                                       Hooray   for Thursday!

I’m linking  up with LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color  and other bloggers sharing “likes” or gratitude! 

I’m glad that this is going forward as planned. Slowly but surely! 

Then Tuesday morning we woke up to this! ⬆️

And Wednesday it was still going! Lots more accumulation and 35 mph winds! ⬇️

Why do I like this? Because we need the moisture! It’s heavy and wet and will give much needed moisture for the ranchers around here. 

I don’t have photos but we have wonderful neighbors! R&B arrived late Tuesday afternoon and shoveled our walk, porch and driveway. Now, it’s drifted again, but it would have been double if they hadn’t cleared away yesterday’s accumulation! Im thankful for good, young, healthy neighbors! ❤️

Have a great week

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

Aqua! Hooray!

 

I'm late to the party today!  I was feeling out of sorts the first part of the week, after my wasp sting!  I was achy and just not myself.  I forced myself to walk mornings and evenings, and I did laundry and cooked and cleaned, but just couldn't sit in my sewing room.  

I'm feeling much better yesterday and today. So I decided to make some aqua/teal/turquoise question mark blocks for Full Stop!

These are on my extra design wall in the basement hallway!  Poor lighting!  Apologies. They aren't sewn together yet, and I think I will make at least one more. I sort of like an odd number in each row. 

My main design wall has these little RSC  blocks on it.  I've been doing these for 2020 and 2021. I have enough for another quilt. 

I was thinking about sashing, but I think that might break up the diagonal effect!  What say you?

My purples and dark blues are sort of similar, but I like the slash of dark! No aqua/teal blocks here. They will go with the brown ones for a separate quilt! Not sure what that will look like, but I'm going to experiment after this one becomes a flimsy! 

I'm linking up with Angela's ScrapHappy Saturday post!  Be sure to check out all the other aqua scrappiness at Angela's blog! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!  

The last purple hurrah!

 

                         

Some purple sewing happened!

A Hollow Nine patch block

This little hollow nine patch #4 for this year.  Soon, I need to get out all the block and do an inventory and see if I can make a quilt!

Some semi colons for Full Stop! 

 Seven blocky versions of the semi colon block and one fancy one. I do need to put the dividing strips between the seven matching ones. Not sure where the fancy one will end up. Maybe eventually on the back of this quilt. We’ll see! 

And my Table Scraps Challenge runner was finished. I am in love with this one. In fact, don’t be surprised if you see one or two matching side table mats in the near future.

I didn’t make a dent in my purple scrap basket! Maybe that is because the parts for the table runner were in a project box by themselves. And there is more of that fabric! 

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's purple projects.  So I'll go over to So Scrappy and check them out. Thank you Angela for the dedication to Rainbow Scrap Challenge every year and every month and hosting the ScrapHappy Saturday Linky Party every week.  

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

To Do Tuesday #44

I'm back and linking up with Chris at ChrisKnits for To-Do Tuesday.  Let's see how I did last week!

Then, check the Linky Party at Chris’s blog and see what others were up to!

 

Last week June 8- June 14

1. Make 10 more Positivity Blocks  Done

                   12 blocks done. The last one at 10:15 pm last night. Hence the dark photo. 

2. Make 1 purple Hollow 9 block  Done

I showed this on Saturday, two purple blocks done. One per week, 

3. CiL blocks Done

8 blocks ready for Covered in Love

         Packaged up—and yes I recycle padded envelopes…..I mailed it Saturday AM! 

4. Cut sashing for Geese Migration blocks and sash the blocks per the directions. Partly done

The sashing and triangles are cut! But I’ve not done on point before and I panicked. This is just on the design wall! I’ll keep going, but it’s slow!

5. Check with Long Arm Quilter to see if she will do minkee on the back of Follow Your Own Path and what her parameters are. Like how much bigger than the top, does she need. Done

       The answer is 4” on each side. And I provide the batting!

         Piled up and ready to go to Marva on Thursday. 

Next week  June 15 - June 21

1. Sew purple hollow 9 patch    #3

2. Keep working on Geese Migration blocks.

3. Get label sewn on H2H Hometown Hero quilt, so I can give it to Becky when she gets home on Friday! 

4. Work on Table Scraps Challenge.

5. Bonus:  cut more Plus fabrics for more Positivity blocks

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

RSC21 ScrapHappy Saturday! Finishing Up Red

 

Today is the last Saturday for red sewing. I’m going to sort of cheat here. It’ll be a recap! I’ll link up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday!

There were hollow 9 patches and a promise of one more. You’ll have to trust me that the 5th one will get done. 

There were red exclamation point blocks. 

There was a red crumb table topper

And there is dark red binding going on a quilt! 

This week I wanted to organize my solids. I never had very many, but in the process of making Geese Migration blocks, I added some fat quarters and chunks of solids will no real place to keep them all together. That project had me cleaning out a few drawers of my mother’s small sewing chest of drawers. That kind of put me in a melancholy funk! So I sorted, and shuffled for 2 1/2 days with no sewing accomplished!  

Tomorrow is our youngest granddaughter’s birthday and that always makes me feel old. She’ll be 28. We used to call her Hollywood when she was little. She loved to pose for pictures. She was in a wedding a couple of weeks ago and there was quite the photo session happening! 

So that was my week! Monday we will drive to SD to decorate our parents graves. We are the only ones close enough. It doesn’t seem like  people do that much anymore, but it was important to their generation. So we will make it happen. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

To-Do Tuesday #38

   To-Do Tuesday!  “May the fourth be with you!”       (I’m sorry, I couldn’t help it!)

Last week

To-Do for April 27th  - May 3rd

1. Check out the new color for May at So Scrappy!  ✅.   It's RED!   I have red!

2. Decide on OMG for May and write a post. ✅.      My post is here

3. Maybe retrieve my sewing machine and pick up the truck we bought in RC.     Not done yet, but we are going tomorrow!  My brother is done using the truck, my sister’s house is listed! 

4. Sew some Follow Your Own Path blocks, if I get my machine back.  ✅   I decided to just use the Janome. I'll take this project to the Sew Day on the 6th!

5. Add some strips to the embroidery, so they will fit in a hoop and start the stitching. ✅

The strips are just scrap. They will be removed after the stitching is complete. 

Next Week's List

May 4th - May 10th

1.  Make some hollow 9's in RED!

2. Cut pieces for Geese Migration blocks.   Dark red/bugundy/maroon and rusty orange. 

3. Enjoy the Sew Day with the Loosethreads group!

4. Keep working on parts for Growing Up Odd from Wedding Dress Blues

 Bonus.  5. Get Garlic Knots to a quilter!

I'll link up with ChrisKnits and To-Do Tuesday! It's good to have this place to make a list and then check it off!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy