November OMG Link Up post

Next week, Tuesday through Thursday one of my sewing groups is having a mini retreat. We will sew at our Library, but go home every evening! Lots of us like this arrangement. Some have partner, or grandchildren or pet responsibilities. 

I have had this kit in my stash for over a year. I decided that I needed a new, not UFO project. My sewing mojo has been lacking in the recent weeks. Maybe this will kickstart my creativity again. 

My goal is to cut, and piece this top. It’s only 28”x28”, so it is doable. And the kit included fabric for backing and binding! A real plus!  

I've started some of the cutting, but I didn't start til yesterday, 11-2-23. So I'm sure it still counts for November OMG. 

I'm linking up with Anne-Marie at Stories from the Sewing Room.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

OMG Finish

My One Monthly Goal for October was to get the borders on my spool quilt and connect the appliqué in the corners. 

10-27-23.  The borders are on. The appliqués are fused down. The appliqué will be finished by the 31st. 

Should have stood on a stool…..

Right bottom corner⤴️

Left bottom corner ⤴️

10-30-23 update: 

All four corners are zigzagged down! I still have threads to tie off and interfacing to trim off the back, but the machine work is done! 😀

Finally a goal met. Now to decide how to quilt it and to construct a backing! 

I’m linking up with Anne-Marie at Stories from the Sewing Room, with one day to spare! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

ABC Table Scraps Challenge October. “Q” and/ or “T”!

Joining Joyful and friends over at The Joyful Quilter for this month’s ABC Table Scraps Challenge 

I got a rather late start on my challenge. October has been a pretty non productive month for me. Our local quilt show was the first week end! That was fun. 

The I needed to work on my OMG (One Monthly Goal) for October. You can read my goal setting link up post Here.

It was slow going. End of the calendar year brings annual Medicare appointments for both me and Mr Busy. Both of our providers had left the practices where we are patients. That meant new Drs each! A pain! 

These annual check -ups led to bloodwork, labs, X-rays and appts for an upper GI for Mr Busy. It got complicated after that. I won’t share details here, but know that many days were filled with appointments and errands and visits to various facilities. I did not spend any time in my sewing room for almost 2 weeks. I finally stole an hour and a half to make a light neutral string block. 7.5 inches square because telephone book pages are already cut to that size! 

Then it sat! No photos were taken! Finally, last night, I chose a backing fabric. 

And then, because I was thinking about my OMG, I had my appliqué hat on! I was rummaging in my drawer of stuff and found 6 artificial leaves from somewhere? I added some iron on  fusible to 3 of them and voila! I had a small mug rug for the table next to my living room chair. A small zigzag stitch using variegated fall colored thread on the leaves and a buttonhole stitch all around the edge and it is done. 

There you have it! A Quietly colored, Tiny, Timely decorated mug rug. 😊

And I leave you with this timely photo of this year’s littles. One quiet Master Chief from HALO and a vivaciously cunning ballerina witch! 🧡🧡😍😍

TRICK OR TREAT! HAPPY HALLOWEEN! ! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-DO Tuesday #162

  

Linking up with Carol at Quilt Schmilt - For the Love of Fabric. Thanks Carol for hosting and providing a place to share our goals and the successes and the failures ! 

Last week’s list
10-10-23 to 10-16-23


1. Get a hand project organized to take to hospital to keep my hands busy while MrBusy has an outpatient procedure.❌ I ended up taking my iPad! It’s a good thing I did. There wasn’t time to do much.

2. Work on October OMG project!  ✅. The right and left side borders are on. 

3. Get wool pieces fused to background for the Stitch-Along Lunch at Linette’s.✅ This is what I got done. The fusible will not adhere to the background. I have appliqué pins, so it will be fine.        

Some of our ladies purchased the kit, and some of us downloaded the pattern the week it was free and used our own fabrics. They will all be wonderful. 

The Lunch at Linette’s was a hit! We had a great time, most of us stitching on our versions of the pumpkin design. Good food, sorry no photos. You’ll have to take my word for it.😄

Oh, and I did decide on the buttons for the apple candle mat from Autumn Jubilee at From My Carolina Home!

4. Do some more De-stashing!❌ Umm! Nope! 

There were some tasks that were completed that were not on my list, but on Mr Busy’s list. Cover the air conditioner ✅, take the deck curtains down✅, and put the grill in the garage✅. So that’s a win! I think we may be ready for winter! Physically , just not emotionally! 

Next week!

10-17-23 to 10-23-23

Lots of the same:

1. OMG

2. Stitch on the wool pumpkin! 

3. Do some cleaning in the sewing room!

4. Get my haircut!

5. Whatever else I can squeeze in!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-DO Tuesday #157. 9-12-23

Joining Carol at Quilt Schmilt for To-Do Tuesday #37 as soon as her post is live. I’ll pop back later to fix the link.  It's fixed. I hope. 

Last week:

Sept 5-Sept 11

1. Get binding attached to One Happy Girl. ✅.  

2. Make progress on appliqué borders for September OMG!✅

3. Stitch on Winter Penguin ✅ 

I got a bit farther along. Did you guess it was a penguin? I even found my Christmas holly needle minder. Seemed appropriate!

4. ABC Table Scraps Challenge post!✅ Read about it here!

5. Sew some AQUA!❌

Next week

9-12-23 to 9-18-23

1. If the quilter finishes Rainbow Neighbourhood, get the binding attached to the front and ready for hand stitching.

2. Make a label and hanging corners for Rainbow Neighbourhood!

3. Finish bottom border for spool quilt.

4. Stitch on Winter/Christmas Penguin. 

5. Start thinking about ABC Table Scraps Challenge in Aqua with “P” or “Z”!  ie. Sew some aqua!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-Do Tuesday #156

Joining Carol and friends at Quilt Schmilt for To-Do Tuesday!





August 29- September 4


1. Complete ABC Table Scraps Challenge for August ❌

It’s not complete, but I’m working on sewing up scraps!


2. Check out what UFOs are attached to AQUA. The RSC Color for September.  ✅. I can't believe I did not assign a project to Aqua. So I am going to just make some aqua string or crumb blocks as leaders and enders and work at finishing some of the still unfinished tops that remain. 


3. Write FAIL post for August OMG and a new LINK UP post for September OMG ✅


4. Get ready for Great Grandson’s birthday party. Sat Sept 2. His actual birthday is the 5th but weekends work better. Tuesday he'll be back in school. ✅

We had a great time celebrating! Pizza, wings, and ice cream cake! I think there will be cupcakes at school in a certain 4th grade home room.

5. Start new Slow Stitching project.✅ 

It’s kind of hard to tell what it might be! I’ll give you a hint….the chart was recommended by Diann. 

Next Week
Sept 5-Sept 11


1. Get binding attached to One Happy Girl.
2. Make progress on appliqué borders for September OMG!
3. Stitch on Winter Penguin
4. ABC Table Scraps Challenge post!
5. Sew some AQUA!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

September 1st……..Stashbuster Post and September OMG set!

Time for a Stashbuster Post here and will add at From My Carolina Home. I had no fabric out in August. Very 😢 Sad Face! 

August Fabric IN = +8 yds bought at Fabric Junction, Sturgis, SD
August Fabric OUT = – 0
August Net Total ( + In, or – Out) = +8 yds
Year to Date (net total for the year, + In, or – Out) = -6.5 yds (rounded) 

A new month,  continuing goals! 

I’m carrying over my goal from August to September? Borders on the spool quilt. 

Photo from August

I’m linking up at Stories From the Sewing Room.  Wish me luck!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

August OMG Finish Link Up.

You can read my Link Up Post HERE!

I did not complete it. In fact, I didn't even take it out of the project box. Total FAIL!  They still look like this!

I don't know why, but I couldn't bring myself to sit down to begin!  Sometimes I think you just have to listen to your inner self and know that there was a reason. So I will make it my OMG for September! 

I apologize for taking up your time here. But this will keep me accountable in September. 

 Be sure to click on the link below and check out other OMGers and their goals. There are some beauties. 

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - August Finish Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-DO Tuesday # 155

Joining friends over at Quilt Schmilt For the Love of Fabric. Carol provides us this place to list our goals and projects! (If we remember to list them!)

I’ll bet you wondered if I was losing my mind. My post last Tuesday, the 22nd did not include a list for 8-22 to 8-28. My bad!  So I guess I’ll just tell you what I did and didn’t accomplish!

1. I didn’t get any more Bright Birches blocks done. 

My design wall still looks like this:👆

2. I didn’t get binding sewn onto the One Happy Girl quilts that I got back from the quilter. 

The front and the quilting. 👆

The pieced backing! 👉

3. 1 did not even begin, let alone finish, my August OMG! 

 Still looks just like this! 👆

4. I did not get Full Stop rows sewn together!  

  I did take it up off the floor. So it's back in the project box! 😞

5. I did get 2 batches of jelly made. Or should I say 6 jars of jelly and 6 jars of “syrup “. I’ve been researching how to save and reprocess the “not set”jelly. 

6. I finished stitching the mini sunflower sampler. It’s an FO, but not an FFO( Fully Finished Object) More about that another time. 

Sorry for my shadow. You get the idea!

I'll try to do better this next time....but no promises!

 Next Week 

August 29- September 4

1. Complete ABC Table Scraps Challenge for August

2. Check out what UFOs are attached to AQUA. The RSC Color for September. 

3. Write  FAIL post for August OMG and a new LINK UP post for September OMG

4. Get ready for Great Grandson’s birthday party. Sat Sept 2. His actual birthday is the 5th but weekends work better. Tuesday he'll be back in school. 

5. Start new  Slow Stitching project.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

August OMG Link Up Post

 I’ll be joining the Linky Parties at Patty’s blog Elm Street Quilts and Anne-Marie’s blog Stories from the Sewing Room!

I’ll be working on getting all the appliqués zigzagged down on the top and bottom border pieces. I’m anticipating no problems! I’ve done the two side borders and my machine is newly cleaned and oiled! 

That will be my OMG for August. 

Top border pieces ironed down!

Bottom border ironed and ready for stitching!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

OMG Finish Post!

7-4-23

Believe it or not my OMG is finished. Late this afternoon I finally got the pillow form inserted into the pillow cover that was my SAHRR.

So I’ll link up to July OMG Finish Post, when it goes live on the 25th! You can see my beginning goal setting post here. 

You can find One Monthly Goal posts at Elm Street Quilts or at Stories from the Sewing Room. Patty and Anne-Marie co-host this event each month. 

On Monday, I layered the top with a scrap of batting that was just big enough and a piece of an old pillowcase that I cut the side seams off of and opened it up into a long rectangle. Wish I’d taken pictures but I was on a roll!

I loaded lavender thread and bobbin in my machine and starting in the middle square quilted serpentine lines diagonally. Then vertically every 1” in the “rounds” . Actually they are just side borders. 

Don’t look too close at those inside corners of that friendship star. Huh? 

I had previously decided on an ugly gifted piece of fabric for the back. 

Following the instructions in a pattern from Kimberbell, that I purchased 2 years ago, I think! , I measured and cut and hemmed the backing. It worked smoothly, but if I do another….I’ll give myself a little more wiggle room. Kim’s instructions have you make a pillow form with muslin and fiber fill. I purchased mine from Amazon and it is the same size as the pillow dimensions on the pattern . It was a tight squeeze getting the pillow form inserted. But I prevailed. 

I promised a photo even if Mr. Busy and I didn’t get the bench restrained. So here it is! It still on our list to do, but…….

edit: guess this spurred on Mr Busy. The bench now looks like this. Slats are sanded, awaiting new redwoods finish. This bench was in my sister’s garden for years! I know she would be pleased that it is loved and cared for. 

For now I will post this to Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts! It’s in the only Fully Finish that I have today!😜

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!