Slow Sunday Stitching End of July

 

 What’s better than starting your day with your journal, a hot cup of Black Silk and avocado toast? 

Joining Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy’s Quilts that’s what!

Even though this week had some project quilting and finishing in the sewing room there was still time for some slow stitching. 

I sewed the binding down by hand on Thursday at my stitching group’s gathering. Did I take any photos? Nope, nada! But they are done. 

This placemat for donation to our local Meals on Wheels.

And this “rolled up so you can see the lavender binding” glamor shot of the kid’s  quilt! Also for donation!

Today I’m stitching on the Winter SAL from Stitchonomy!  I finished the Bright Stars row. Now I’ll work on Warm Mittens. A trip to Hobby Lobby yesterday to pick up 2 of the called for colors that I didn’t have. DMC 3766 and DMC 3809!  How can that be? I have three and a half boxes of floss on bobbins! I think these are newer DMC colors and my stash is ancient! Like me. 

And I hope to get the Temperature Heart caught up through the end of July. We had 1 day that hit 105 F this week! Unusual! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

July One Monthly Goal!

 I haven’t been making any goals, since failing in April and May!  If you don’t set a goal you can’t fail. But then again, if you don’t set a goal, you won’t succeed either! 

So for July my OMG is to get the Princess Jasmine quilt quilted. I’ll use my Bernina using a wavy stitch or a straight stitch or a combination. 

I have the top done, 

the batting cut and the backing constructed. No possible reason not to complete it! Right?

Linking up with Anne Marie at Stories From the Sewing Room. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

OMG for April Finish…

Was a FAIL!

 I got the muslin sewn to the sides of the flimsy , but stalled out. Some medical issues and some forgotten purchases of grommets, overnight company, you know just life happened. So it still looks like this

It is NOT hanging in the bathroom like this, we had company so a commercially purchased fabric shower curtain was hung. 

I will continue to work for a completion! 

And I will post this at Stories from the Sewing Room, to be accountable! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

April Goal Setting Post!

As stated in the finish link up from March, my April One Monthly Goal is to finish the Quilt Top into Shower Curtain project. Interface the top hem, install 12 grommets, hem the bottom. Doesn’t seem like too much, but you never know!  

I’m linking up with Anne-Marie  for April’s OMG at Stories from the Sewing Room. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

March One Monthly Goal

My goal for March is to take this UFO quilt from 2019 and turn it into a shower curtain. We had a walk in shower installed in our main bathroom. For the last 20 years, the decor has been Fish, Fishing, Fishing Gear! I needed a change.😊 This quilt top is my stepping off place, Rainbow Colors, uplifting messages, brighter happier decorations!  I loved doing this 30 Blocks in 30 Days with Carla from Creatin’ in the Sticks. If you link to her blog there is a tab in the header

It’s long enough for the shower opening but needs to be 6 inches wider. If I add a 3.5 inch border on either side it should work . I’ll line it with muslin and either use grommets or buttonholes. 

I’m linking this post at Stories from the Sewing Room One Monthly Goal Link-up. Thanks Anne Marie for continuing to make this Goal Setting event available. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

OMG Finish link up. En Provence finally done!

My OMG was to get the binding on this long overdue finished quilt.  The long arm quilter had it back to me in record time. 24 hours!! Happy Dance!

Bonnie Hunter's 2016 Mystery. En Provence. Made slightly smaller. 3x3 instead of 4x4 as the pattern is written.

The backing is a Thimbleberries backing from my stash! 

I had this purple fabric slated for the binding since I first finished the quilt top. I still like it!

Next a label and I will have met my One Monthly Goal! 

Label done and revealed at Saturday’s Quilt Chicks’ Gathering!

I’m linking up with Anne Marie at Stories from my Sewing Room. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

February 2024 One Monthly Goal link up!

In January, I couldn’t decide what my OMG should be. I finally made a decision but didn’t post it here. It was to get a backing and batting ready for En Provence so it could go to the long arm quilter. It was finally accomplished and the quilt was delivered to Deanna on Wednesday, the 31st. She said, “ Oh , good! I’m out of quilts!” when I walked in the door. 

This is an old photo. I started it in 2017! Time to get it done. Eagle eyes will notice the top right corner has one triangle in a square block turned wrong. Rest assured, this was corrected and a neutral patchwork border was added. 

Yesterday, Thursday, February 1st, she called to say it was done.  I’ll pick it up today. 

This is far as it got at home. Out of the bag and flung on the couch to show Mr. Busy. 

It needs to be trimmed. Binding needs to be made and attached. Mr Busy and I are putting new hinges and new knobs on our kitchen cabinets. Actually he’s doing that, I’m wiping them down and apply Old English Scratch Cover. They are looking good. I'll be back in the sewing room soon. 

So my OMG for February will to finally get this quilt to the finish line and get it bound, labeled and ready to be displayed.  

Stories from the Sewing Room February One Monthly Goal Link Up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!