I LIKE Thursday #281

 

Another gem from Nanea @ Sweatpants and Coffee.

Leanna gave us this conversation starter:

as a young child did you wear plastic sandals? bonus if you also had on ankle socks!     I don’t remember wearing plastic sandals, unless you count flip flops or as we called them thongs. 

My daughter did, my granddaughters did and my great granddaughters do!  Ankle socks, never! 

How about you? Are you old enough to remember “thong sandals “? or Are you young enough to have worn “jellies”?  

Join LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color to find out how where you fit in!

Still struggling to get sewing time. Did finally get the 4th blue 16 patch star done. 

I try not to repeat a fabric in the 16 squares in a single block. So far I have been successful. 

This month had 5 Saturdays, so I’ll have to kick it in gear to get the orange ones done. 

This week it was cold around here. My tribe lives all over, but the ones who live in Vermont had the best weather on Tuesday. 

I took a photo of a shrub at our Rec Center that Mr. Busy liked the looks of. Now I need to identify it and maybe purchase 2 small ones.

At stitching today, this masterpiece was brought in for Show and Tell. It’s a wool creation from Sue Spargo. 

It’s amazing 

Look at the octopus!!  

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful. 

ScrapHappy Saturday

 Still YELLOW happening here!

I made more hollow nine patches!  Roseanne from Home Sewn by Us, mentioned that she had not heard of these blocks with that name.  I found them in 2019 on The Academic Quilter's blog. I had already been cutting my scraps into 2" squares, so I knew this would be a block I could do. And I liked her quilt!  In fact, she has two, the other one is here.   The eight I made this month. 

I use the tracking sheet that is on Angela's blog to keep track every month. I print it out and keep track with pencil  and eraser!

I'm still doing Geese Migration blocks.  I was lamenting about my lack of different yellow scraps last week. The Joyful Quilter thought maybe I should re-think what was actually yellow. So I took her advice and this year's block in the bottom one. Is the solid sky part of the flying geese gold or is it dark yellow?  I prefer to call it dark yellow!

Except for some yellow on this baby quilt!....   The top row is yellow, the 4th row is actually a lime green. The cloudy weather and the lighting in my living room, doesn't do this quilt justice. 

and some sort of secret other yellow........:

.....that is all the yellow going on.   The CiL blocks I showed last week, are in the mail to Kat. 

When I got up my phone told me it was -27F. It's warming up now!

Can you see the "feels like" is -34 degrees.....yup, I'm staying in and sewing today! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

To Do List # 5 90-08-20

I’m so glad that I happened on  the  To-Do Tuesday List hosted by Home Sewn by Us. This one keeps me accountable on a weekly basis. I’m a believer in small steps lead to big projects done! 

Last week's To-Do List: 

 September 1- September 7

1. Make 2 each , masks for Granddaughter and her fiance in Vermont!  As I re read this it looks like I said 2 for S and 2 for J.  As of Monday, I only made 1 for S and 1 for J. 

One each! 

But Monday, I decided to quick make 2 more masks. I ended up helping Mr Busy clean the garage. I needed him to make a space to bring in my potted plants. There is a freeze predicted and maybe snow! Quid pro quo!  But we got it done, so mid afternoon, I made Progress. And put the elastic through  as I was putting the finish on supper.   Done

2. Sew red crumb blocks in preparation for a scrap basket. Done

Getting there!

3. Cut pieces for red  Geese Migration Blocks! Done

4. Keep looking for the missing thread or restart with a different color!      I found it!  It was in my thread drawer!  Go figure!!! 

There it is, in all it's blah, neutral glory!                Done            

To-Do List for next week.

September 8- September 14

1.  Sew Geese Migration blocks

2.  Cut parts for Easy Breezy blocks

3. Continue on Loose Threads Challenge project. 

Yes, we have snow on the ground this morning. Only on the rooftops and the grass. Not on the streets or sidewalks.  So glad my tomatoes are in the garage along with my amaryllis and my granddaughter's Christmas cactus. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy