I LIKE Thursday #95

Happy Thursday to you! Join me and a host of others as we share good things that happen. Or just happy stuff we come across! LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color help keep us on track! She always has wondrous creations and videos she has discovered. And then there is her conversations with Milo! He’s her precious poodle! 

I found several memes online this week!  I’ll share just two! 

I have a few growing things in my house. This “holiday cactus “ was left in my care when my granddaughter and her family moved to Florida in early 2020. 

It bloomed a little at Christmas, according to my neighbor who was watering while we spent Thanksgiving and Christmas in Northern California. And it bloomed this week on Mother’s Day! Two beautiful flowers, so far! 

We saw these two matching fluorescent green used cars in a local lot. The one on the right is a 2013 Ford Cobra priced at $89,909.00!!! The other one is a Ford Mustang, I can’t recall the amount on the sticker! I was still trying to wrap my head around the $90K ! 

I’m showing these two coins. I was paying for my haircut last week. My hairdresser is an independent stylist who rents a chair in a locally owned salon. She only takes cash or a check. I wanted to tip her, of course, but needed to dig out 4 quarters to add to the paper bills I had already handed her.  The one on the right is not a quarter! It’s a Susan B Anthony One Dollar coin from 1979. I didn’t think  there were any more of those floating around! 

I’m putting the final touches on this quilt. Need to hand sewing down the binding. It’s my OMG for May! I think I’ll make it! 

Almost to the third corner. I should get it done today, while stitching with friends at the library. 

I’m making good use of this handy wonder clip keeper , made by a friend and gifted to me a couple of weeks ago!  

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

TO-DO Tuesday # 90

I'm linking up my to-do list at Texas Quilt Gal's blog, and To-Do Tuesday. Linda hosts this Linky party every week for anyone to share your goals for the coming week. I had a so-so week!

1. Finish Patriotic Pillow Cover that was probably a Squirrel. I posted about it a little bit here for Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching on May 1st. ✅

On the family room couch! 

2. Sew something in the RSC color for May!  (I know now it is Sage or Forest green.) ∕

I didn't SEW something green, but I did CUT, in preparation to sew!  

3. Table Scraps Challenge is SQUARES!!!  What to do????? ❌

4. Borders on small UFO found!  Its called FRAMES from Maple Island Quilts. ✅

5. Hollow Nines is back from the quilter:  Trim and get the binding attached to the front ✅

I was able to piece together scraps of the same fabric I used for the border.

This is all that is left of that piece of fabric in my stash. I’ll cut it into 2.5” strips and squares.

edited: evidently blogger corrected itself!

(And I don’t know how this layout happened! With the text to the left and the photo on the right! )

Next week’s 

May 10- May 16

1. Make 4 Happy blocks with Greens

2. Stitch down binding on Hollow Nines

3.  Continue stitching on  September ~Year in the Garden 

4. Make appointment with quilter for Frames!

5. Any thing else is just icing!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

A small Finish and two Not Finished

I’m linking a little finish and two other projects in the race but not to the finish line. Alycia @ Alycia Quilts hosts the Linky Party. 

This little pillow wrap was finished because a squirrel that hopped up on my cutting table. I wrote more details about this last Sunday here. 

This pieced scrappy backing. 

And now it is finished and wrapping the solid dark red pillow. 

And the back….the most military looking buttons in my button jars. No buttonholes. The buttons are stitched through both top and bottom overlapping flaps with  perle cotton. 

Hollow Nines is  quilted and ready to be trimmed and bound. The binding is ready to be attached to the quilt as soon as I get the batting and backing trimmed. 

And a newly finished quilt top, ready to be sandwiched. Hopefully next week I’ll get it to a long arm quilter. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

I Like Thursday #94

Good Morning!  And Happy Cinco de Mayo!   

I'm posting a short I LIKE Thursday today. If you'll click on over to Not Afraid of Color

you will find that LeeAnna has listed the links to lots of bloggers who have gratitude today. 

I usually start my I LIKE posts with words I've found on the internet that speak to me. Here is the latest. Isn't that drawing of the hedgehog with the dandelion the cutest?

I've started a new quilt. This one is NOT scraps. Now you know I LIKE scraps, but I needed something to "get started and get done".  The top is done. 

On the left is the pattern cover. I bought a kit from a quilt shop in Minnesota back in 2007! The kit had lovely fabrics to make version 2 which is shown in the upper left of the pattern photo.   I am pleased! I think I have a great backing choice and the binding was included in the kit! It is the black oriental writing print. It is 36 x42. I will put hanging triangles on the back, 

Also I have binding to make for this scrappy cutie! I’ll be excited to get this one done too! 

Mr Busy has an appointment at the eye institute this afternoon. So we are probably driving as you read this.  It’s a 2+ hour drive depending on the weather. The forecast is good. And we have plans to meet my brother and sister-in-law for lunch. I have this cute little sticker for her car window. 

My SIL is a great advocate for Peace ( she boasts  about being a hippie) and Love, ( she collects all things heart shaped and signs all texts and notes with a Purple Heart 💜). She also loves to seek out baby bison born in the early spring in Custer State Park near their home. I thought this was absolutely perfect! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

May One Monthly Goal Link-up ~ Bind Hollow Nines!

I finally decided on which project to list as my May 2022 OMG. 

I have lots of items to work on. Some not even quilt related. But a friend offered to quilt one of my “flimsies”  She has had her long arm about a year and is finally feeling confident enough to quilt for “piecers” like me.  

I gladly accepted and searched my stash for a backing. I started to piece a backing from some appropriate fabric. Then I made a miscalculation! Ugh!  So a quick trip to JoAnns yielded this multi-colored “sprinkle “ fabric. I like it. 

The quilting is very subtle. A daisy meander with white thread. When it's all finished and bound, I'll try to get a photo outside. Today and most of this week, it has been dreary and rainy. We need the rain so I am not complaining. 

 My goal for May is to find a binding fabric, construct a binding and get it machine attached to the quilt. Make it ready for hand quilting the final step! 

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal May Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

TO-DO Tuesday #89

I'm linking up my to-do list at Texas Quilt Gal's blog, and To-Do Tuesday. Thanks Linda for giving us this place to commit to some plans and then see them through. And if we can't get that done every week, we'll try again! Let's see how I did.

Last week  April 26- May 2

1. Publish a post for April Table Scraps Challenge.  My post is here!

2. Write an entry for OMG Finish !  And the post is here!

3. Make Growing Up Odd block.  #15  Not done. Though I did sew some 2" squares together 

4. If the new RSC color is announced, sew some HST for Zig Zag rows.  I did not see a new color posted until Monday evening as I was preparing this post. So nothing done on HST. Watch for green next week! 

5. Continue stitching on Year in the Garden - September

This is where I am….just a bit of blue and the finish on the sign. . 

Next week: May 3-May 9

1. Finish Patriotic Pillow Cover that was probably a Squirrel. I posted about it a little bit here for Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching on May 1st

2. Sew something in the RSC color for May!  (I know now it is Sage or Forest green.)

3. Table Scraps Challenge is SQUARES!!!  What to do?????

4. Borders on small UFO found!  Its called FRAMES from Maple Island Quilts. 

5. Hollow Nines is back from the quilter:  Trim and get the binding attached to the front. 

I hope I can accomplish all these items. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Slow Sunday Stitching and Happy May Day!

I'm joining Kathy and other Slow Sunday Stitching stitchers to share what I am working on during the sit-down part of the day. And maybe while we zoom with our kids and their families. Sometimes there is so much conversation, I just have to be still and listen to the love.

This project is an old UFO. It is a preprinted panel that was purchased along time ago when we crafters were embellishing sweatshirts and denim vests. I didn't do either, but bought the panel because our family room was/is decorated in old red, cream and blue.   I ran across it again while looking for a kit I bought in Minnesota at Gruber's Quilt Shop in 2007. That's a story for another day. 

It will be a pillow wrap. I had a booklet of those too!  I added some blue star fabric that very nearly matched the blue star fabric that surrounds Uncle Sam on the old fashion bicycle. Joined some batting scraps, constructed a backing from various pieces of patriotic type fabric and got it quilted up. I'll bind it today.  Next week , I'll show the finish. 

You can barely see the footrest part of my blue recliner in the picture above↑↑ I've got my feet up ready to stitch. Happy May Day!💐

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!