Finished or Not Finished Friday!

 

Not really a finish, but all the blocks are finished. I made scrappy sprout blocks in 2019 during the RSC19. Some months I made more, some months less. I didn’t really have a layout in mind. Last week I opened the project box and started putting them up on the design wall. I roughly followed the ROY G BIV.

Red, Orange Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet! 

This was arrangement I settled on after several revisions! 

There will be four brown blocks at the bottom. There are 3 empty places in the right column. Red, between the pink and orange, yellow below the orange and green below that! 

So now they are done. I still need to decide on sashings between the rows. I’m thinking light Grunge.

Maybe Manilla, Vanilla, or Sugar Cookie! 

They hopefully will stay on the wall, I will get the sashing fabric and get it put together. Fingers crossed. 

I'm linking up with Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alycia Quilts. 

Til next week.....

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Please wear a mask...it's not over yet!

Finished or Not Friday - Flimsy Finish

I'm finishing flimsies/quilt tops. One of these days I'll be able to deliver some to my long arm quilters. My hold up is batting. My long armers are fairly new at the business and so they require that the quilter supply the batting. I have some pieces that I need to fuse together for some of my smaller finishes.

Tiny Tuesday is complete. I had to use scrappy white on white backgrounds and even a different white on white for the 2" outside border. It looks ok to me though. I promised Dianne at Little Penguin Quilts that I would leave my wonky fan block and my not so perfect owl and pig blocks. So they are included. I had to make one correction as I was webbing the blocks. One side of a block strip was cut at 1.5" not 1.75" as directed.  OOPS!  I don't know how I missed it when I made it, but I found it when I was sewing blocks together!  I had an extra red block that used the same fabric, so I took that one apart. It worked out fine.

I'm not fond of tiny, but these blocks gave me something to focus on that did not require large blocks of time last year when my sister was under going chemo for lung cancer and I couldn't be with her. One day at a time our mother used to say, and this helped me focus one Tuesday, one block at a time.


I didn't have enough blocks to set the colors in rows. And I wanted to be done, so I did not make extra. I used Angela's example of setting the colors in blocks of color. Angela set hers alternating straight sets with diagonal sets. I deviated from the directions and set some of my individual blocks differently. It did not cause a problem though. It may not be a organised, but it's for me. Now I have to decide on a backing.

I have another little quilt that I need your help with. The pieced blocks in the middle and the corners have a girly vibe. I want to send it to Jack's Basket.

 I have been holding on to the pink with tiny yellow dots, waiting to find a pale yellow to make hour glass blocks to go with it. This quarantine has made that kind of hard. I found a mottled cream,with pink and green in my stash. I thought it would work. I made one set of hour-glass blocks. Now I don't know if I like it. Do you like the hour-glass blocks or just the pink blocks?

Or maybe just the cream blocks?  It's so scrappy and busy, I am just not sure.  It will need a border to be 36 X 36 for the donation requirements.
Anyway, I'll consider all options. Thanks for your input.


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    I'm linking up with Alycia's party Finished or Not Friday.

A Crumb-y Little Finish

My week went fast too!  But then it felt slow. How is that possible?  Our community is antsy to get back to normal.  I feel there will not be "back to normal"  but it will be a different "normal".

Here is what was finished this week:

This pile of crumb/slab blocks is from RSC18, I think!  I decided to finally make a scrap bag. This was always my intention when I started these blocks. I did get sidetracked in 2019. And used some of the "Made" fabric for this little quilt.

But that's another story!

I followed Angela's tutorial and this is what resulted.

It's about 10" by 8" and 8" deep.  Angela suggested a piece cardboard or foam board cut for a solid bottom. In looking through my stash of such material I found a thin cheap place mat. It was even the shades of green in the bag!

It worked perfectly. 

 The lining is leftovers from an old queen size sheet. Pale green, but still green.

Looks like I need to make another green one. This is overflowing. I am going to try to catch up with the RSC20 colors and get these crumb/slab blocks made into something useful. 

I'm linking up with Alycia's party - Finished or Not Friday

and Angela's party at ScrapHappy Saturday!  

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December OMG, Done and Done!

Well, after the snafu ( see this post) with the batting and the backing for my December OMG ( my scrappy Bow Tie quilt), I got it back from the quilter. She picked it up from me on Sunday and Thursday it was delivered back to me.  The binding was ready. I cut the strips for the binding from the leftover backing fabric. Lots of seams. I worried about a seam landing on a corner. I measured quickly and decided to add a piece of navy grunge to the end so I wouldn't be short.

The binding went on and guess what, not one seam ended up at a corner.  Some were close, like 1.5", but that worked. And I did not need the added navy piece.

The binding angels were looking over my shoulder!

This  post was written on the 17th of December. On the 19th, our grands and great grands moved in to our house. The first night at Granma and Pa's was a bit of a drama. It's was strange for the littles,  they are 6 and 3.  Different routine, different bed and they have "pink eye"!!!!

Our house guests (our granddaughter, her husband and her two littles) will be moving in sometime before Christmas, then we will have an additional guest( our daughter) for a few days at the end of the month. I hand sewed binding while watching Goliath on Amazon. It was not a binge session, but several 2 episode sessions. I can't sit in a chair longer than a couple of hours without having to get up and move!

And here is the entire quilt, not the rolled up version!

It is done as of Dec 16th. I also got our tree up. Our daughter's birthday is the 16th, so that is always my goal. From her first Christmas, 55 years ago, to now!

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to all!

I'll link up with Patty's OMG Finish post after the 24th 26th!

I completed every monthly goal this year!  Not so much with some of my other challenges. But it's all good. I am going to try to catch up on my challenge and goal recaps, after Christmas.

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ScrapHappy Saturday

It’s almost the last Saturday of 2019! A new decade starts in a few days! What will 2020 bring? I pray that peace, love, kindness and hope are involved!

I promised to show my one completed RSC19 project. I worked on bow tie blocks in a Rainbow colors. The backgrounds are scrappy too! I’ve named my quilt, “We Switched to Chevy”.  In late November, 2018, we bought a new car. A black Equinox. It’s a Chevrolet! I love it, it’s only the second brand new car we have owned in 55 years of marriage. No doubt it will be the last!


In early 2019 , I started seeing commercials that used the “we switched to Chevy “ tagline. The Chevy emblem on the grill is referred to as a bowtie! My quilt idea was born! This quilt will be a car quilt. To throw over my knees if the A/C is too chilly, to spread on a bench if we stop for a meal, whatever.

The backing is dark so the dirt won’t show so badly! I had to piece the backing, there was a post about that snafu a couple of weeks ago. The binding is left over scraps from the main backing fabric.

I also worked on the Tiny Tuesday blocks and some Scrappy Spouts. Neither of those are to a point of completion. Maybe my TT blocks will be one of the first UFO's I work on for the new year.



I'm linking up with Angela's ScrapHappy Saturday post.


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Finished or Not Friday 12/20/19

Last week, I showed progress on my Winter QAL.  This week I can show you that I have the rows together. I did have a couple of little issues with some points. I unpicked a few, resewed and they are better. Some are just going to have to be "not perfect".

I did not measure this quilt top. But Mr Busy is 6'1" ( he has shrunk a bit as he has gotten older) is standing on a dining room chair and holding it up!

And my Bow Tie quilt is complete, except for a label.

A pieced backing, lots of strips to make a binding and finally done. It is washed now and all wonderfully crinkly!

I'm linking up with Alycia for Finished or Not Friday!

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(it gonna be busy and I hope happy here)

A SNAFU of the "scrappy" sort!

While I am looking forward to Christmas, my sewing mojo had taken a nosedive. I’m trying to decide what to do for RSC20. Thinking about UFOs to get on a list, etc.

My OMG for December was delivered to the quilter before Thanksgiving. She was in MN to spend the holiday with her younger son and family. The weather caused them to be delayed getting back home.

She was able to start to get my quilt on the long arm and discovered a problem . My backing was too small!!  OMG, I am so embarrassed!  Luckily she is a dear friend and lives close. So yesterday I picked up my bag if pieces and parts. I couldn’t figure out how that had happened. Then I found the note I had written to her. It said, the quilt is square, 48 x 48!  And the backing and batting are pieced to be 56 x 56. The requested 4” larger on each side, should be good , right!

Well my quilt is nor 48 x 48, as you can tell!

It's rectangular, 48 x 64! It had been a while since I finished it. And I thought the sticky note with the dimension was for the bow tie quilt! Wrong!!!!
My news year’s resolution will be to have a notebook/ journal where I keep the data on each finish!

Ok, lesson learned! (At least we will hope so!)

I did not have enough of the backing fabric but found a maroon and cream gingham that looks alright. No creative piecing either. Just git it done!  It's going to be a picnic quilt to carry in the car!

 I had to add 13 inches!

A close up, that doesn’t look so muted! I had to cut a new batting piece also. Luckily I had a twin size batt in my closet, 

It will go back to Lynn tomorrow And she will get it done. I’ll probably use the leftover original backing scraps for binding. Let’s see, 48 + 48 + 64+64+12” = 236! Add it again, write it down with details, Judy!! Go! 

I am linking this post to Scrap Happy Saturday. 

And Finished or Not Friday (cause it's definitely a NOT)

And Oh Scrap ( cause I uttered a work that rhymes with scrap when Lynn called me about my booboo)

For those of you who are tired of seeing my Bow Tie quilt, I apologize.  

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Dec OMG Goal

This is a photo of my Bow tie quilt top. It was one of the blocks I did for RSC19 at So Scrappy. It is at the quilters now. She promised to have it done for me before she left to go south to AZ for Christmas and the following 4 months. She will, I am sure.  So I will prep a binding. My goal is to have the binding on the quilt by New Year’s Eve. 

It's a small goal, but there may be a snafu in there. We will see. Our granddaughter and her husband and 2 kids will be moving in with us at the end of Dec. It’s a long story as to the why. I’ll spare you the details. It will only be for about 60 days.( we hope)  We only have 2 bedrooms, it will be cozy. But my quilting and hand sewing time will be limited. J is at school M-F and Miss B goes to pre school in the afternoons, M-TH, so there will be those times. I haven't learned yet how to sew with littles around. These 2 are so curious and so busy!

You may get to hear me rant a bit or at least vent. I'll apologize in advance.

I am linking this post with Patty's Goal Setting Link Up. 


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Retreat Project 10-2019 and some RSC19 sewing

I did not get the last 3 Tiny Tuesday blocks done. I will work on them soon. I was at a retreat for a few days the 3rd week in October and some scrappy sewing was accomplished.

First and foremost was the completion of the quilt top for my RSC19 Bow Tie blocks. Mr Busy held it up from behind the back fence. Wish I would have pushed the gate shut....then you would not have to look at our trash cans!

I had made black bowties all along, because I knew I wanted to feature them. This will be a car quilt, to go in my "new last November" black Equinox.  Chevy logo=bow tie. Maybe you have to be married to a car guy to "get it", but it works for me. I'll be looking for a dark backing so we can use it for a picnic quilt and not have to worry too much about getting it dirty. Plus we have " littles" in the car sometimes, so you know it will get used. Some of the blocks seem a little light in the big picture, but it is what it is and they were all from my stash. But a lesson to remember.


While at retreat, this happened too!

Lots of squares and strip piecing to make 9-patch and rail blocks. Here are 6, I made 14. I haven't put them on the design wall yet, I may need 2 more for a 4X4 layout for a good size kid quilt. Again, only scraps from my stash!  And the novelty bin is still "full"

And these 2" squares became:     I used Bonnie Hunters Essential Triangle Tool to make the 2" HST from 2.5" matched strips. Some neutral and blue, some neutral and red and some red/blue.  The layout on my portable design boards was a bit tricky. We were limited in space, but I just did the 4 quadrants , one at a time and that worked.

I'm early for 4th of July!  There is a sashing strip of neutral down the middle with a red square in the center. I kind of like it this way though. Guess I'll make the sashing strips and then decide. It's a pillow cover.


That's it for my scrappy October sewing. I'll be linking up with Angela at Scrap Happy Saturday and spend November working on my Tiny Tuesday blocks.

I'm also linking up with Can I Get a Whoop Whoop! over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict!


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OMG for October

I've been on retreat!  We, of course, had a great time. There were 13 of us in a not very large convention room. We were coxy!   I took no pictures except of this range of the Big Horn Mountains on my way home.  Yup, that is snow! We had lovely driving weather to the retreat and great weather coming home. While we were there, the temperature dropped, we had intermittent snow flurries and some freezing rain. But we just sewed and sewed!  No problem.

My OMG for October was to get my RSC 19 Bow tie blocks together into a flimsy/quilt top!

Mr Busy donned his Carhart jacket and gloves to hold this against our back fence for pictures. It is cold today, 27 degrees with a windchill to feel like 18 degrees.
But it is done. I haven't picked a backing yet...I looking for something dark, as it will be a car quilt. I titled it "We Switched to Chevy".  My new Chevy Equinox is black.  Chevy grill symbol is called a bowtie.  Get it???

We have snow at home too!


So my goal was accomplished

I did get some other things done at retreat. I'll save those for another post.


I'll link up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - October Finish Link-up



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