To-Do Tuesday #1

My first to-do list posted here!  That’s kinda scary!  Now I’m accountable to others.Thanks to Sue and Roseanne from  Home Sewn by Us for hosting. 

This week. August 11-August 18

#1. Make 4 more hollow nine patch blocks in purple, this month's RSC color. I was making only six. That times 10 months would give me 60 blocks. I’m not sure that’s enough. They are 5" unfinished, so 4.5" finished.  So 8 of each color would be better. 80 total. 

So far:

#2. Turn these crumb/slab blocks into a scrap basket.

The basket needs four sides and a bottom. I think that small crumb block will be the handle. I may have to alter it a bit, as in add to! But I need to use up these crumb block that I started building in 2018!  

#3. Begin cutting pieces for 2 Geese Migration blocks! 

Not started at all! Unless you call, taking the lid off the 2 purple bins  a start! 

It’s a small list, but we’ll see how I do. 

There will also be some “carpenter helper” chores that will be necessary! Mr Busy is still working on re-finishing our 15 X 12 foot deck and all the railings. He’s decided to redo the bottom of the railing configuration for easier snow removal. As we age, that is a bigger chore than it used to be!

Until next week.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

Purple-y Scrappy Happy Saturday August #2

Four hollow 9 patches are done. Some extra 2" squares are cut. I try not to duplicate a fabric in each 9 patch. That means, sometimes it's back to the cutting board!  My goal is 6-8. That is what my chart says anyway!  I have no idea what to do with them.......they are going to have to marinate for while.

Now it's time to get out my previously constructed crumb blocks and get a scrap basket put together. That will probably happen this week. My  12.5" unfinished, R,W,B stars are complete for the CiL block drive. I picked up a large padded envelope when I was at the Post Office early on Tuesday. I will get them mailed this week also. I'm worried about the post office having problems. The "New" Post Master General is doing some "housecleaning".  You can't change the top echelon without some repercussions. And I'm afraid we are going to be the ones who feel it the most!

The bottom block is #8. It sort of is the sister block to the one above. Now the reds go back in their tote waiting for a scrap basket to be made. The blues go back in their new scrap basket and the whites go on a shelf. I do have a tote of just patriotic fabric. To meet that criteria, the fabric must have all three colors, R.W.B or have a definite patriotic theme. Flags, stars, eagles and flags, Mt Rushmore, you know!!!

Hopefully, I'll get some fabric cut for Geese Migration blocks. It's a process, as I struggle with light to dark with the corresponding solid. I have a lovely royal purple solid and a very dark almost black purple. They may be difficult. 

Off to visit some more bloggers who love scrappy and purple.  Check it out! 

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Finished or Not Finished Friday Repeat

 This will be a bit redundant for some of you. I now have 3 CiL (Covered in Love) blocks finished. This last one is a Sawtooth Star block with a scrappy 4 patch center and blue star points. The neutral-ish fabric in the four patch is the last of a piece I bought years ago. It’s a favorite of mine. One more Ohio Star block to do and then all 8 will be mailed to Kat.

I also finally settled on a plan to get the Chunky Churn Dash/ Nines and Rails blocks together. I used the blue Shibori II fabric that was used in my QOV Winter Mystery. I wanted to use it for the binding of the QOV, so I put off thinking about it for sashings the churn dash blocks. But the binding is machine stitched to the QOV quilt, so the extra was available. Then I needed cornerstones. I could have gone scrappy, but I felt like it needed some consistency. I noticed the orange plaid in the top of my orange scrap basket! Ooh! That will work! It's called Little Bear and Cottontail from RJR Fabrics  2007!

It’s coming together,but it will be a bit narrow, I think. Not quite 36”.   Time to think about border fabric! 

I don't know why I started at the bottom, but the rows are going together. 

The binding is machine sewn to the front on Winter Mystery QOV. 

This is my slow stitching, sitting in the cool basement project for the next week or two. It will need to be finished by the end of August. Definitely doable. I heard back from my quilter, the panto is Outburst!  

So that's all of my NOT finished projects today!. 

Linking up with Alicia at Finished or Not Finished Friday.  Go check out all the others linking up. Lots of fabulous finishes. 

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I LIKE Thursday #5

I’m joining LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color for another installment of I LIKE Thursday! 

Stuff I Like......

By my chair:

A planner... I recently read a cute meme where someone wondered if they could get a refund on their 2020 planner. None of us got to do all the things we planned ,did we? But my planner has been used a lot. Maybe it’s more of a journal in planner format. You can spend big bucks on journals or get a cheap er planner and use it like a journal. I use mine to record my quilting projects and goals.  Various appointments. Shopping..where we went and if the people were wearing masks. What we bought. Groceries, hardware, toiletries. I record phone calls to my sister, ZOOM calls to my kids.  Other minutiae.

To Recycle :  

Here is another recycle project. It's a gum container.  I covered it with bits of fabric then applied Mod Podge and let is dry. Another coat of Mod Podge and let it dry. I glued a square of a refrigerator magnet on the top. Inside is a spool of thread and a tiny pincushion. Some pins and a needle. The magnet is a place to park the needle. 

To Sew:

This week I am working on making 4 more R,W, B star blocks for CiL. 

Ohio Star: 

And a really scrappy Sawtooth Star, that has become my favorite. 

To Eat:

  Home made jam and jelly.

The spread on my toast is rhubarb apple with a cup of frozen berries. I cooked it with some sugar, cinnamon and just a pinch of nutmeg. Put it in a jar with a sealing lid and put in the fridge. I used it within a month. It’s not pretty but it was yummy. Now I have a brand new jar of chokecherry jelly from my neighbor next door. What a surprise!  A welcome surprise. 

In the garden:

This could be considered a “don’t like”

I don't have pictures, but my pots of flowers are looking rather sketchy!  It's been hot and of course windy. I try to keep them watered but they still look windblown!  Also the grasshoppers have just devoured a lot of the leaves. And the hail has taken it's toll too!  I'm discouraged. My 2 tomato plants have leaf curl. Google says from herbicide or dry hot wind. I moved them away from where they might get overspray from the lawn service and where they are a bit more protected from the wind. But they don't look any better. I might have intervened too late. 

 I’m off to check out the other I LIKE posts! Have a great weekend, all!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy! 

August OMG

My August goal is to make four more star blocks for Covered in Love's July-Aug blocks drive. 

The first four:

The next four may be the same or they may be different, but they will be Red, White and Blue.

And to get the binding on the QOV. Winter Mystery from Alicia Quilts. 

I'm linking up here: 

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal August Link-up

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A New Month - A New Color

Linking up with  Angela’s ScrappyHappy Saturday

I haven’t had a chance to sew purple yet. So I decided to go back to see what was in my parts and pieces bins. And do a sort of inventory.

Crumb blocks to make a scrap basket:

All the pieces are here, I'll just need a lining and a bottom piece. Batting is available too! 

Hollow 9 Patches:

Two thirds of 3 blocks. I try not to duplicate a fabric, except the center white. So looks like I'll need to cut more purple 2" squares. 

Easy Breezy blocks:

The left one definitely has purple. And when I cut the floral for the right block it looked lavender to me. Here it looks pink!  I will cut more purple 1.5" blocks also. 

Sprout blocks from 2019:

They are in a purple bin!

Four sprout blocks awaiting their time on the design wall to become a quilt!

So, August will be a purpley month.  And I think I will try to get a backing made for my En Provence quilt, which also has some purple in it! 

I'm linking up with Angela's ScrapHappy Saturday.  Hopefully that will happen today. Her post is up!  Though I imagine they are getting ready for Hurricane Isiasis.  Fingers crossed it changes course. 

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Finished or Not Finished Friday QOV Mystery and masks(again)

I did not spend much time in my sewing room this week. I’m not sure why. Every time I walked in there I was overwhelmed with all the stuff to do. 

I did iron some capris and some pillow cases. I know most people don’t iron pillow cases these days. But Mr Busy always remarks, “ fresh pillowcases!” when I change the sheets! So I do it for him. And me, it’s an old lady thing, I guess, 

I did get my Winter Mystery back from the quilter. She only had it 3 days! I really like the quilting although I am not sure of the name of the design . The blue thread is a perfect match to the blue fabric I used.  I’ll message her and ask. 

It looks bad at the bottom. Let's just chalk it up to the Wyoming wind.  

It really is mostly square. It is roughly trimmed. 

I trimmed the excess batting and backing. I cut and sewed the blue binding. 

I'm a kind of sloppy binding roller. It' ll be fine. This weekend I need to either sequester myself in my room until the binding is on or move my machine to the dining room table. I struggle with the bulk and weight of a quilt when I sew on the binding. That could be an old lady thing, too!

Late yesterday,  I did sew up two kids masks. 

The Blah Blah Blah fabric is the back. 

These are both the same size on the panel, but I sewed a slightly bigger piece of blah blah fabric on the HELLO front giving it a look of binding around the edge.And then I added a 2.5" by 4.5 " pieces on the end for the casing. Much like Bonnie Hunter does in her tutorial. The green one is for Miss Sassypants who just turned 3 and the other is for her brother, who just turned 10.  

So that is my Finished or Not Finished for this week. I'm linking up with Alicia at QuiltyGirl. 

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