To- Do Tuesday #51

I’m joining friends at ChrisKnits this morning to share a list of to-dos. Come see how we all did!

Last week’s  list: 

1. Mail 8 flag centered blocks to Kat ar Covered in Love! Done!  I didn’t have a big padded envelope so I built my package at the Post Office Thursday morning. No photo of the package, but here is the receipt. Redacted,  of course!

Off to Texas! She should have it by now! 

2.  Start assembling the backing for August OMG!  Nope! I got involved in getting the binding on my Positivity Quilt! 

3. Put Hollow 9's on the design wall to see how many more blocks are needed! Make Aqua blocks of needed, if not decide on Table Scraps Project in Aqua!  sort of 1/2 done

Because I had an abundance of blocks I did not use aqua here and will pair them with the browns to make another quilt. 

 I did sew aqua though.....I think I'll make one more question mark block for Full Stop!

 And I did not decide on a Table Scraps Challenge project! 

So, I was busy!  Just not on the listed items!   No worries!  There is always the upcoming week!

Next week  August 10- August 16th.

1. Backing for August OMG.

2. Think about August TSC, 

3. Make one more Question Mark block .

4. Finish binding on the Positivity Quilt, wash and mail to Bernie!

That should keep me busy and out of trouble!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Slow Sunday Stitching…..8-8-21

 

I just rounded corner #3 on my Positivity quilt and Kyle Larson just won the race at Watkins Glen , NY! That corner looks a bit crooked, but it actually mitered very nicely! 

I’ll continue a bit longer then take a break!  I work at binding in small increments of time! 

I’m linking up today at Kathy’s Quilts. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Aqua! Hooray!

 

I'm late to the party today!  I was feeling out of sorts the first part of the week, after my wasp sting!  I was achy and just not myself.  I forced myself to walk mornings and evenings, and I did laundry and cooked and cleaned, but just couldn't sit in my sewing room.  

I'm feeling much better yesterday and today. So I decided to make some aqua/teal/turquoise question mark blocks for Full Stop!

These are on my extra design wall in the basement hallway!  Poor lighting!  Apologies. They aren't sewn together yet, and I think I will make at least one more. I sort of like an odd number in each row. 

My main design wall has these little RSC  blocks on it.  I've been doing these for 2020 and 2021. I have enough for another quilt. 

I was thinking about sashing, but I think that might break up the diagonal effect!  What say you?

My purples and dark blues are sort of similar, but I like the slash of dark! No aqua/teal blocks here. They will go with the brown ones for a separate quilt! Not sure what that will look like, but I'm going to experiment after this one becomes a flimsy! 

I'm linking up with Angela's ScrapHappy Saturday post!  Be sure to check out all the other aqua scrappiness at Angela's blog! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!  

Finished or Not Finished Friday! Positivity

I got my Positivity quilt back from my local quilter. I delivered it to her home on Monday, she had both my quilts ready for me to pick up at Thursday Stitchers gathering at the library! She had no one ahead of me, so she got right on them! 

I am adding the binding now! 

I'm fighting the bulk of this quilt!  I wish I was able to rearrange my sewing room to give me more room to the left of my machine. But, it just isn't possible. 

Oops! My groceries are ready to pickup, so I’ll get back to this after we get back from picking up groceries. While Mr Busy takes his nap! 

I should be ready to start the hand stitching while watching the Olympics tonight! I’m so excited to get it completed and mailed off to Bernie! I’ll take another photo of it totally done before I package it up!

I’m linking up with Alycia Quilts for Finished or Not Finished Friday! Check out everyone’s progress there! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy! 

I LIKE Thursday #55

                                                    Yay! It’s Thursday!

Do you remember last week I showed my neighbor’s yard and the gift of the single sunflower? 

This is their yard one week later! It’s a forest of sunflowers! And a huge pumpkin vine!

I like sunflowers, as you might guess by a couple of my August wall hangings! 

I’ve started on a Slow Stitching project. It’s an embroidered tea towel or dish towel!  The design was traced by a member of my stitching group, we did a Christmas exchange. I’m using a variegated green floss. I like green, so this will make me happy as I stitch in the evenings. The towel is bordered in green too! 

We have been watching the Olympics, but we’ll go back to Netflix or Amazon Prime or AppleTV soon.  Or maybe I’ll even sit while Mr Busy watches NASCAR. And football season starts soon.

“Friends Are the Flowers in Life’s Garden”

We’ve binged on Season 1 of Ted Lasso at AppleTV, on a recommendation from a book blogger, Julia Tomiak. She  blogs at Diary of a Word Nerd. 

This is weird photo, but it’s the only image I could save! Google is so picky sometimes! 

I finished reading Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. I give it 4.5/5 stars! 

And now I’m reading The Autobiography of Mrs Tom Thumb by Melanie Benjamin. I've read Melanie Benjamin's , The Aviator's Wife.  I like that one. I think this one will be good too!

Only one “Not Like” this week. I got stung by a wasp on Saturday! It’s still looks like this and it itches like crazy! 

I’m sorry to say, Mr Busy defended me by killing that dang little pollinator and several of his family! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

To-Do Tuesday #50

Good Morning! I’m here to share my weekly to-do list! Chris is on vacation, lucky lady! I’ve not heard if anyone is hosting a Linky Party! But I’ll share mine anyway and link up later if I can. 

edit: Linking up with Melva Loves Scraps!    Thanks Melva!

Let’s see how last week list went!

Week of  July 27 to August 3rd  (should have been Aug 2nd)

1. Do dark blue blocks for July for Full Stop at So Scrappy! ✅

There are eight, 

2.  Construct binding for Positivity Quilt…C&ABB! ✅  

It's all stitched and pressed and coiled into my Binding Basket. Think I'd better hang the tail over the handle so I don't forget what is in this basket! LOL

3. Do one more Flag star block for Covered in Love! ✅

One more was finished, and then because all the pieces were cut, 3 more were added!

On the design wall with the dark blue colon blocks for Full Stop!

Bonus: Make another Growing Up Odd block ✅

These blocks are huge...18" I think. I need 25 for a 90x90 quilt. Note to self," try not to put light squares on the outside edge. They disappear in the sashing."

Next weeks to do list

1. Mail 8 flag centered star blocks to Kat at Covered in Love. 

2. Start assembling the backing for August OMG!  

3. Put Hollow 9's on the design wall to see how many more blocks are needed! Make Aqua blocks of needed, if not decide on Table Scraps Project in Aqua! 

See you next week! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

 

August One Monthly Goal

 My goal for August seems like a simple one!  Years ago,  I embroidered a preprinted, prequilted baby quilt! For our youngest grandchild! I spent a lot of time on it! Although I hate to say it, I never gave it to my daughter. She was in a bad place, relationship wise and I was afraid it would be misused, or forgotten somewhere! Probably selfish of me. I saved it. Now, that granddaughter is 28 years old, engaged and in a good place. I want to give it to her when she starts her family! I hate that the stitches are exposed on the back! I wasn't a good enough stitcher to bury all the threads. 

My goal is to piece a flannel backing, baste it, then tack it down by machine and put a more colorful binding on it! It was white! A friend told me her steps to do this and I want to get it done! 

The original binding is removed. 

I'm linking up at Elm Street Quilts!  Thanks, Patty for this challenge.

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal August Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy