I Like Thursday #38

 

 I’m joining friends over at Not Afraid of Color to share good things this Thursday. 

Entertainment 

Mr Busy and I finished this fun puzzle! It was mostly his doing, but I placed some pieces and he let me put in the last 15!

We’ve started another, but it not going as well! 

We have been watching Season 2 of For All Mankind. Have you seen it? 

And also, This Is Us, Chicago Wednesday, on prime time tv and now Tehran, also on AppleTV+.

Food.

I baked cookies. A recipe from a friend. White Chocolate Cran-pecan cookies. They are so good. And the Cookie Monster, a.k.a. Mr. Busy has been enjoying them! That is why I bake them. 

We had ham, roasted sweet potatoes, Harvard beets and Watergate salad for Easter. It was just the two of us! 

I did hang some April/ Easter wall decor. 

The wrinkles are showing on this one. Guess I should have given it a good press before I hung it up!

It's a Kathy Schmitz design, I have one for every month. 

This is a Patchabilities pattern. I used my own fabric. Some I have bought as kits, others just patterns. 

And another bit of good news...The Sewing Center called last night at supper time. My Bernina is done. So now we need to pick a day and drive over and get it. Hooray! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy! 

To Do Tuesday #34

 

Let's see how I did last week!  Then I'll link this week list over at ChrisKnits.  Join us over there. Definitely an underachiever. I think. But at least it's something. 

Last Week     March 30th to April 6th

1. Finish the Bunny Mini before Easter. ✅

          posted on Mar 31st. 

2. Start on something Bright and Light Blue ✅

I got a start, but barely.  

3. Decide in an OMG for April.   ✅

My OMG post is here. It will be a table runner. 

4. Make at least one international sisters block.✅

 I cut fabric then hesitated due to the figures on the fabric and did a re-think.

Although I love the bright happy colors in this fabric, I worry that it may offend some. I’m trying to be mindful! 

This is a different fabric, just as bright and happy! 

And the block is now done! It’s  10.5” and it goes together pretty quickly!

Next week:   April 6 - April 12

1. Keep working on the table runner. 

2. Sew some hollow nine patches

3. Cut fabric for a Geese Migration block

4. Get 1 needed fabric for Sandra’s QAL- Follow Your Own Path. 

        See the button on my sidebar to check out the details. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

April OMG 2021

 

My goal for April 2021 is to cut, sew and finish a table covering in mostly bright and light blue. I have chosen a pattern that uses mini charms or 2.5” squares! 

It's Mini Charmers I by Heather Mulder Peterson for Anka's Treasurers. I chose the middle one, called Woven Squares.  

I've pulled some fabrics. 

Mostly from a Mini Charm pack called Lazy Days. I'll supplement with some 2 1/2" squares from my stash. 

 I'm linking up with Patty at   Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal April Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy! 

ps: It's going to be a busy month. This challenge, a QAL with MMMQuilts and we've decided to sell our 5th wheel camper, so now I have to find a place for/or get rid of another houseful of bedding, kitchen things. Whew!  

Finished or Not Finished Friday

 

I know some of you are tired of seeing this finish.....but it is a FINISH “

Threads for each bunny, Yellow is Tulip. Pink is Dot, Turquoise is Bubbles, and Lime is Chrysanthemum!

We have 4 grandchildren, 3 girls and 1 boy. I should probably say, 3 women, 1 man. They are 35, 30, 28, & 27. But they were little bunnies once upon a time. 

 It’s bound in a  muted yellow check.

This is to remind me how I quilted it. Hard to see, though. Concentric squares

The backing was a donated piece that just barely was wide enough.  So it was meant to be. 

Oh! And this got finished too, but mostly by Mr Busy. He let me place the last 12 pieces! What a guy! 

So that's all that got done this week. I pulled fabrics for a few other projects. But nothing finished. 

I'll link this post over at Alycia Quilts.  Her Finished or Not Finished Friday is a fun place to visit and get inspired. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

I LIKE Thursday #37

I’m joining friends over at Not Afraid of Color to share good things this Thursday. 

First:  It’s the start of a new month.  Hello April! Spring is closer!

Entertainment:

We finished bingeing on Everwood! It was a good story! Lots of drama! But the ending was Hallmark movie style! 

We finally cried, “uncle” on the Elvis Photomosaic puzzle. after a whole week, we only had this....

I called my friend and borrowed this one. 

Already we have made some good progress. Mr. Busy is loving this one!

Food: 

Nothing nutritious but there is this! 

Dump brownies! So good! 5 eggs so you know they are soft and dense. 

Sewing

I finished this just in time for April on my buffet.

Meet Four Bunnies named Tulip, Dot, Bubbles and Chrysanthemum.  In honor of  my 4 grandchildren.

 I found the perfect backing in a tote of donated chunks. 

It's bound in a tiny yellow check. I am so pleased. 

Miscellany

This holiday weekend is supposed to be beautiful. Warm and sunny! No family gathering planned. No family close, but maybe we will have our dinner and go for a road trip to see the Big Horn Mountains. We'll see.

Check in with Lee Anna at Not Afraid of Color to see the posts from other bloggers. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

To-Do Tuesday #33

 

Hello everyone!  I'm checking in at ChrisKnits with my to-do list. It's a great place to see what others are doing and to keep yourself accountable.

Last  week's to do list:  March 23-March 29th

1. Work on Easter Mini ✅

Pieced, ready to quilt!

2. Piece a backing for "Precarious"  1/2✅

I have some donated yardage. I have had my eye on this one for awhile. I pulled it out of the tote in preparation for washing it. It had a bit of a smell, and though I know where it came from, I wanted to freshen it. The large piece still had a price tag on it. $5.99 a yard. 

And it's Robert Kauffman fabric. so not the discount store. But when I pressed it after the trip through the washer there was this piece cut out of it. I wonder what Kari was constructing? 

I did not get the seam sewn, so technically the back is not pieced! 

3. Find a pattern for making envelopes. I know I saw one on Pinterest ✅

 Here is one link at Pinterest.   https://pin.it/3WB6qj3

4. Trace Crabapple Hill's SAL project!   NOT DONE

5. Hang the artwork from my sister’s home. ✅

It was hard to get a photo without a reflection. This hangs in our dining room. It is called "Listen and Learn" by Sandy Swallow, Native American artist. One of my sister’s favorite phrases was,

 “You need to listen to learn, not listen to respond!” I’m sure that is what drew her to this piece of art! 

And although this isn't hangable artwork, I have this in my living room. 

It's a Crabapple Hill design that I did for my sister in 2015.   She was a Master Gardener and an excellent cook. She taught me to love basil and how to make pesto. 

Next Week March 30th to April 6th

1. Finish the Bunny Mini before Easter.

2. Start on something Bright and Light Blue

3. Decide in an OMG for April. 

4. Make at least one international sisters block 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

March OMG Finish Link Up

 Heartland is a quilt top/ or flimsy! There was some measuring and some math, but  I got the sixth row on the bottom and the 3 places where I had to piece fabric are not too noticeable. As I look at it now, i probably could  have left off the last row off and had a quilt. 42 x 52. It would have made an ok throw for over your lap or for someone in a wheelchair.

I dug through my tote of donated larger fabric scraps and stash! I auditioned 3 possibles.

1. A large cheery garden print.

I think it’s too busy and I would have had to find another piece to go with it. It was short by about 3/4 of a yard! 

2. A combination of same line prints..but the tiny prints don’t really look good with the front! 

They are good together...in a different project!

3. This was a piece I picked up in the sale bin at our LQS. They closed in 2014! It needs to be used up and it looks good with the front of the quilt! As I was pressing it, the selvage says..Panzy Pazazz by Janet Broxon for P&B Textiles 2006. So it must have been on Bonnie’s (owner of the shop, who passed away in 2013) shelf for a while too! And I’m sure it was an end of bolt, as wrinkled and off kilter the inside fold was! Yes! Time to use it up!

This is the one and there was 3 yards in the package! Perfect! The back is seamed along the trimmed selvage edges and now I need to check with the long arm quilter!

I'm linking up with:

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - March Finish Link-up

Click the link and see what other quilters have finished this month. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy