This Wednesday is Hump Day

and a bit past the middle day of the month also!

I haven't started on my pink scrap basket other than it's on my to do list!  I have dumped all my pinks on the cutting table and then tried to sort through them to pick the smallest ones to cut into 2" squares for Hollow 9 Patches and the next smaller ones to cut into 2 1/2" squares for Geese Migration blocks. I didn't get very far. 

We ( Mr Busy) are still dealing with the aftermath of the leak in the basement. The water was turned off most of yesterday afternoon while the copper piping was replaced, and a proper shut off valve was installed. I had just started making a Rhubarb Cherry Crisp recipe that a friend had shared. All the ingredients were measured, including a cup of water for the sauce. I said, "go ahead, it OK" to his request to shut off the water.  And I proceeded to assemble my dessert. But I wished I had run a sink full of soapy water to rinse my hands, etc. I managed though, with a bit of water in a coffee cup, soap and the pitcher of drinking water from the fridge!  Cold, but clean. Just so you know the Rhubarb Cherry Crisp was deemed a "keeper" last night after dinner. 

This is my completed project for this week. Ready for the upcoming holiday weekend. I still need to find my 20" pillow form. I put stuff away last winter when our granddaughter and her family moved in with us. I still haven't located everything. LOL

This photo shows how faded my front porch chairs have become! They used to be red! 

This is the backing I finally chose with a covered zipper flap. I ordered a whole bunch of 24" zippers from Amazon. They are great!

A close up of the quilting I did! I might have overdone it!  Blue thread in the blue parallelograms, red in the red ones and because I did not have enough white thread, natural in the light areas. I kinda wish I would have kept track of the time it took me to do the quilting. I did it in bits and pieces of time, but several hours. I still haven't mastered quilting on my domestic machine. I do not own a long arm, so it is what it is! This is my June OMG and I will link this post up when the finish link up is live. 

Off to have a bit of breakfast, do my Wednesday housekeeping and then work on my PINK SCRAP BASKET!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy.

A Pink Explosion or just a Dump?

Still not much pink in my world! I did get one hollow 9 patch on the design wall.

 Then I dumped my pink shoe box tote! It always amazes me how different pinks can be. There is pale pantie pink, baby pink, bubble gum pink, hot pink, raspberry, coral, peach, even some that look brownish! 

I'm ready to start cutting 2" squares, 2 1/2" squares and triangles for flying geese.  Just as soon as I get the quilting done on the scrappy red, white and blue star. I'm more that 1/2 done, so should be finished by Sunday night. Then as soon as the ordered zippers arrive on Monday, I'll get the back done and the binding on it. Block construction can be done in between as leaders and enders.  

I'm linking up with Angela at So Scrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday.

 One small photo of some more pink.....a great granddaughter's first time to play in the ocean. That's her daddy holding her hand. Miss you guys!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

More Baskets and an OMG in progress

I finished yet another basket to add to my shelves. 

This one is Dark Blue

Light blue was added earlier and I didn't post about it. 

Joy at The Joyful Quilter and I are having a challenge, of sorts. She noted that I needed a blue basket, she wanted/ needed a dark blue basket. I said I'd match her blue basket and also a pink one before the end of June. Pink is the June color for RSC20.  I hope I can make it happen. LOL

I'm working on quilting the red/white and blue scrappy star for my June One Monthly Goal. 

The blue parallelograms are done. And don't look where my HST do not make a nice even line. Maybe the quilting will help and if not, it's OK!

Yesterday I struggled with what to do for a back. I thought I could use this part of  a panel. I even  added a red piece on the bottom to get it to the right size. I watch a video about inserting a zipper in the bottom seam allowance. I ordered a long enough zipper ( actually I ordered a bunch of zippers.). 

Then the light bulb went on!  If I added the zipper at the bottom, how could I put a binding around the pillow?  I wanted a binding, not a turned pillow cover. So, on to plan B.  Now this is the fabric for the backing and the blue stars will also be the binding. 

and I will use a covered zipper technique, like in this little pillow. 

As soon as my zippers show up and the top is quilted!.  

I'm linking to Finished or Not Friday at Alicia Quilts. 

til next time. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

ps:  thanks to Frederique  at Quilting Patch for her help in making photos bigger in this new blogger format.  It was simple, I just couldn't see the link!  Thanks again Frederique! 

Another Scrap Basket to add to the crowd!

I finally had some time to sew. I’ve been working at using up my previously made crumb blocks to make scrap baskets. I decided  late , so I started in early May with that month's color - Dark Green. 

Then I decided to continue because I have the crumb blocks, or most of them and will go back and catch up with the other month's colors. Joy from The Joyful Quilter commented on my May 9th post that she too needed a dark green basket. So I challenged her. She came through. See her post here. In fact she went an extra mile and did a "bigger boat". See that post.

 January..Light or Bright Green.  Finished May 22nd

And February..Orange. Finished  May 24th

Next was Teal for March.  I sort of went lighter, toward aqua and turquoise. 

I posted about this on May 29th. And that's when Joy made a comment, that I needed to make a light blue one. She already had a light blue one, but needed a dark blue one.  And sort of threw down a gauntlet!  I responded that I did already have a light blue one on deck but would meet her challenge of a dark blue one plus a pink one to be done by the end of June.  (June's color is PINK!)

So here is my light blue basket in progress 

And finished! 

and just finished Tuesday afternoon....a dark blue one. 

Now, Angela has not selected a month for dark blue and maybe she won't. But if she does, I'll be ready and of course I will do a geese migration block and some hollow 9-patches too. 

This week, I had to opportunity to pick up what I thought was a just box of old jeans from a friend to give to another friend. When I arrived at Kari's garage, she also had a whole tote of fabric. Purple on top.....I can't resist purple, so I came home with yards and yards of fabric. Some good, lots really good and most in pieces big enough for partial backing. Don't tell Mr. Busy... he thinks I'm trying to downsize!!!!

I'm beginning my pink sewing this week and will continue to the end of June. I purchased 2 1-yard pieces of two different shades of pink solid, for the geese migration blocks. I am always short of solids and have none in the pink and yellow range. Well, now I have pink, but no yellow solid. 

ScrapHappy Saturday some June pink!

It’s Saturday! I should have some pink hollow 9 patches done, or at least one Geese Migration block complete!  I'm linking this post to ScrapHappy Saturday over at Angela's blog. 

But nope... I needed to finish this small baby quilt for Jack’s Basket so that was my focus during the week. 

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The quilting on this little "lovie" is from a panto named Promise!  I think its a perfect name for this quilt too!  

This shows the quilting my friend Marva did and the dark binding I found in a drawer!  It matches the fabric in the center square!  Score!!!   Oh, and look! This is might be the last of the Winnie the Pooh fabric!!

I might have done some sewing yesterday, but I took some time to put a few flowers in a small raised bed . I asked Mr Busy to turn on the water to the outside spigots. He did. I finished the plantings and watered them.

Then I went in the house to get some chicken out of the freezer for dinner. We have a extra freezer in the basement. Yikes!! there was water on the floor in my laundry room. And lots of water in the closet next to it. That’s where the water line comes into the house and it was dripping a steady stream. I hurried upstairs to call out to hubby and then back down to start picking some things up off the floor. You can imagine that the next hours were filled with moving wet stuff out of the closet. Using the shop vac to vacuum up excess water and general cleanup! Whew! We were tired! 

Next week, I’m downsizing yet again!   Getting rid of some of that closet stuff. We don’t entertain any more. I don’t need a chip and dip bowl set from the 60s! Or a potato ricer! Or a punch bowl!  You get the idea! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy. 

Finished or Not Friday 6/5/20

 

 I’m not fond of mending. But I put a quick hem in the sleeves of an old denim shirt. I’m not fond of squaring up a quilt and attaching the binding! Even on a small baby quilt. But I did that too, this week. This little “Lovie” will be sent off to Jack’s Basket! I auditioned a couple of different fabrics for the binding. I thought it needed a darker contrasting binding since the outside edges are light. I even looked through the drawers of a forgotten little chest behind my sewing machine. I found a large piece of the dark purple that is in the center block! “Jackpot”! And I like it a lot.

Do you put a label on a donation quilt! I know that there are restrictions for QOV donations. I’ll check the Jack’s Basket website before I go further.

The backing is pieced, as almost all of my backings are these days! The pink is just tone on tone leaves, but the print is Cabbage Patch Kids. With pink hearts. I had already used some of this print, and there was just a chunk left, but the pinks were great together. 

A close up of the binding, and the quilting. A panto called "Promise". Isn't that a great design and a name for this quilt!  Also, there is some more of that Winnie the Pooh fabric. I think it is gone now!

I'm linking this post up with Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts.  Normally I have an "or Not". Finally I have a finish!!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

ps: I'm having a bit of a problem with the new version of Blogger.  Has anyone discovered how to make the photos bigger?

June 2020 OMG Setting Post

June is here!  Today , June 2nd, Mr. Busy and I celebrate our 56th Wedding Anniversary! Celebrate may be a stretch! Last year we went out to dinner and went to a movie. The pandemic has kept us mostly at home. Although the restaurants are open as of yesterday in our small city..we will stay home. I did not plan a special dinner meal! My sister says I should have!

Maybe we will order pizza and watch a few more episodes of Sweet Magnolias. We are both enjoying that series!

Back to my OMG for this month!
Last October I pieced this scrappy red,white,and blue star.

My goal, is a small one! Turn this small piece into a pillow for the 4th of July! It's really not small for a pillow, it's 20" X 20"

I’ll need to quilt the top, make a backing, and bind it! I have a whole bin of R,W,B fabrics!

I’m not sure, but I think I’ll use a zippered back!  If I have the correct size zipper or have the time and the inclination to shop for one.

I'm linking this post at:

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal June Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!!