Oh Scrap and another thing!

I got a few scrappy things done.

Three bow tie blocks  in blues and a couple of just scrappy garlic knot blocks.

  Also 2 blue Scrappy Sprout blocks:

And this project  that I need your help on.

This is Wiggle Time in fabrics called Home Grown by Nancy Halvorsen. This first picture is on the design wall as I cut the fabric. No plan.

And yep the last yellow block is headed south!
What do you think of the placement of color?

I thought, after looking at the photo..that the two darkest colors are at the bottom and that maybe there was a better way.

So here I moved the darker rose color to the top and moved the peachy to its place. Better?
Just overlook that the last peachy block is upside down. :(  The blocks are sewn together into rows now and the placement is correct. I could move the colors around, they are not together into a flimsy, yet.


So, please give me your opinion.  I love this pattern. Easy and quick. The pattern is extremely well written and the diagrams are wonderful. Even the coloring sheet that is included will be a help when I make this one AGAIN!

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I'll be linking up with Oh Scrap tomorrow morning after my laptop does it's Sunday Morning Scan.  Then I'll be looking for your comments.

Blue Scrappy Saturday -

My week was ho-hum!  It's been warm and wonderful in the weather department, but my sewing was minimal. I did get 3 light/bright blue Bow tie blocks cut and sewn together. I drafted a layout, so I would know how many of each color I needed. I only need 6 blue blocks and I made 3 in June in the navy/dark blue hue.

Don't you love the monkey with the guitar?

I do need to dig through my scraps for some more black. I don't want duplicate fabrics, and I have 5 black blocks made and need 8. It takes a larger chunk to get 2- 4.5" squares and 2 - 2.5" squares out of just one fabric. I may have to go rogue and mix the colored squares up!



I did start on a new project toward the end of the week. It's a baby quilt for a great great niece?  ( Mr Busy's sister's granddaughter is having a baby girl)  The new momma's mother and father are absent from her life, so my SIL has been there for her. She is an engineer in Montana. Doesn't want any thing "too girly", so this is the fabric I chose. Feminine but not too girly, I think. I'll get the top done this week, then off to the long arm quilter! Baby is due in early October!

Just some of the blocks from the pattern called Wiggle by Cynthia Brunz at Quilting is more fun than Housework! The background seems kind of dark, but I wanted the "wiggle" blocks to pop!  Have not picked a backing yet!

I'm linking up to Scrap Happy Saturday.  So hop on over and check out all the scrappy goodness!

I'll be back next week too!

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Oh Scrap! August 4th

Not much to share this week. Our son was visiting from Phoenix. A chance to get out of the heat there and to spend some time with us. He helped out quite a bit around here! 

I did get 4 more stars for the CiL July/August block drive. Red, White and Blue Stars. No other requirements except they need to be 12.5" square, unfinished.

I like doing these!

Three of the colored stars have a background that is the Declaration of Independence. I had only enough left for 24 4 1/2 squares, so the other one is a favorite library card print. I will get these in the mail this week to Kat at Kat & Cat Quilts.

I also did 2 more Shoo Fly Shoo blocks as leaders and enders while building the star blocks.  I am not in love with these. They are 6" finished and I don't think my scraps are working very well.

I have sewn all the pieces I had kitted up, so I will probably go back to using Garlic Knots as leaders and enders till I get enough for a quilt top.

I will post this to Oh Scrap at Cynthia's blog, Quilting is More Fun Than Housework. Hop on over and check out the other link ups.

This morning, I had a minute to sit on the porch with my coffee and enjoy the trees and the sky!

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ONE MONTHLY GOAL AUGUST 2019

I have a baby quilt to make for a great niece, before the 1st week in October and I have a challenge project from one of my groups that needs to be done by the middle of October.

I have the pattern and the fabric for the baby quilt. I will send it out to have it quilted.

I have a fabric suggestion and no other direction for the challenge project. I may have an inkling of an idea and I will probably quilt it myself.

I didn’t know which one to choose for my OMG...but I may have just made my decision by “talking it out”. I think I will make the baby quilt as my August OMG.  A flimsy is the goal, because I am at the mercy of a long armer. And she will need time to get it in her queue and get it quilted. Then I’ll have time to get it bound!

So this is the pattern, Wiggle Time by Cynthia  Brunz. Cynthia blogs at  Quilting is More Fun Than Housework  and has lots of fabulous patterns in her shop!

And these are the fabrics! Purchased at a LQS. I was just drawn to these fabrics and Melissa doesn't want anything "too girly". I did not even check the designer til I got home and laid them out on my cutting table. I should have know: Nancy Halvorson, on of my favorite fabric designers.

 The background fabric in the photo above looks kind of dark. It really isn't.

Here is a link to Patty's August Link Up, so you can see what others are doing this month.


Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal  August Link-up.  

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July OMG Flimsy Finish

My flimsy is finished.  The next step is to find a backing and put on my "big girl panties" and get this baby quilted. I have a plan. I just need to execute it. 

Sorry about the shadows, but there is a tree in my back yard that throws lots of shade. Most of the time that is a good thing.


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I'm linking up with Patty's finished linkup party!

Last Scrap Happy Saturday July

Do you share your “fails”?  Normally that is hard for me and I am trying not to be self deprecating! But I learn from most of my mistakes so that is a good thing!

My first attempt at Tiny Tuesday's wonky star was way past wonky, it was weird!

See how the points in the 2 squares don’t meet in the middle? And there is minimal contrast! Yuk! 

Second try! 

Better I think! I’ll keep the weird one and add it to the back or make an inside pocket in a bag or something! 

I also did a few more Shoo Fly Shoo Blocks. Cause you have to do the red, white and blue one while it’s still July!  I find it’s interesting that the pinkish block looks different than the R,W,B block and the black ,tan and purple block. I think it looks different anyway, Mr. Busy says they are the same!
Different perspectives, I guess.

Nothing else is finished or even almost finished. I did make potato salad in anticipation of our son's visit. Also a batch of his favorite cookies, a rhubarb custard cake with some gifted rhubarb and I chopped some zucchini for use at a later date.

Thursday, our granddaughter and her two littles came over to visit and play with Uncle Scott!  We had a good time, but boy do they wear me out!


So Stay Busy and Stay Happy

I am finally linking up with Scrap Happy Saturday and it's Sunday. I had some issues with my laptop yesterday and then unexpected company showed up, so this morning I am back on.
I'll also link up with Cynthia at Oh Scrap!

More Scrappy PInk

Last Saturday I did not post. We were in Colorado, doing this!

We had 3 appointments at 3 different bridal shops. I lost count of how many dresses she tried on. She did not find THE DRESS, but she narrowed down the style. The one on the left was a definite, "no".

We had so much fun. Her mom, her sister, 3 bridesmaids and me. Giggles and lots of girl talk was prevalent.

We even checked out a few tuxes for the groom. 

So this week, I got this accomplished. 

Four pink bow tie blocks. I'm a bit disappointed in the contrast in the one on the bottom left, but it is leftover from the baby quilt for my oldest great granddaughter. The fabric on the lower right is from the quilt for my youngest great granddaughter. Both of their birthdays are in July, I had to make July bowtie blocks. 

I also did both of the Tiny Tuesday blocks. Pisces Fish and a Polka Dot backed,  rather plump pig. 

Critically, her chin doesn't tuck under her snout as it should, her forehead droops a bit and it looks like her tail has lost it curl. From far away, she's pretty darn cute. 

Two pink Garlic Knots:

and one pink, Shoo Fly Shoo block. Bonnie Hunter's current Leader and Ender Block. 

I also made 4 blocks for Covered in Love block drive. Red, White and Blue Stars is the bloc for July and August. 

I'll be linking up with Angela's Scrappy Happy Saturday. 

Next week our son comes to visit from Phoenix. I do not anticipate much sewing. But I may get the Tiny Tuesday block made. They usually are quick and fun. 

So Stay Busy and Stay Happy!