To Do Tuesday. Back in the swing of things!

Good Morning! I’m linking up with Linda at Texas Quilt Gal to share a short list of what I’d like to accomplish this week. We have been away from home for 9 days in June. A long road trip . Yesterday Mr Busy had his last checkup following his late May cataract surgery. He got an “ all good” report! “ See you in a year!”  While we in the bigger retail area we looked for new living room chairs! Yikes I had sticker shock! One occasional chair was $1929.00 !  Most were $700! 

Anyway back to my list! 

1. Quit and bind table topper in blue! 

2. Sew blue and white half square triangles for Zig Zag row. 

3. Finish counted cross stitch items into bowl pillows. 

4. Today is the first day of summer!….hang Summer wall quilt! 

 Finger crossed for time in the sewing room!

We are headed to the Rec Center this morning to walk in the pool! Looking forward to that! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Good Morning! I LIKE Thursday! #98

Thank you to all who emailed and checked up on me in my absence! Much appreciated!

It might actually be summertime in this part of the US. Yesterday was 73 and today it is predicted to be 84. It cools off at night here, so it is actually pleasant. 

I am glad to be home. We had a 9 day road trip to Florida and back! Boy,  was it hot and humid there! I didn’t expect it to be different but had not been there this time of year. 

Gratitude #1 was that our trip was safe and basically good. Our daughter is back home and will be living with us for the foreseeable future. 

Gratitude #2.  The USPS actually held our mail and delivered the whole pile on the correct day. 

Gratitude #3. Today I will do some slow stitching with friends.

No sewing was done. But maybe in the next week there will be a bit. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

ScrapHappy Saturday A Bit of Green

I'm linking up at So Scrappy and Angela's weekly Saturday Linky Party for Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2022. 

Not much green was stitched this week. 

A tiny 3.5" green Hour block for May from Pieces in the Garden at Melva Loves Scraps. I am having such trouble with keeping these tiny block square. I like them when completed, but the actual sewing of them kicks my "tush".    

And I stitched a second pixel block for CiL's May-June Block Drive, at Kat & Cat Quilts Scroll to the bottom of this post to see the link to the Covered in Love Block Drive tab. 

This one in greens and purples!

I didn't get any green string blocks sewn. I had a small needle and 50  wt thread in the machine to try to get a handle on those tiny pieces of the Hour block above. I like a little heavier thread and a bigger, "paper only" needle when I sew strings on telephone book pages. So those didn't happen. Nor did the Sampler placemat/mini table topper. No excuses for that one, other than other things were going on. 

I'm looking forward to sewing some blue for June. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

May 2022 Table Scraps Challenge : dark greens and squares!

I’ve been cutting and sewing lots of squares lately! Hollow Nines is lots of 2” squares. My Happy Blocks start with a 4.5” square. Zig Zag rows start with 5” squares, then become HST. And Growing Up Odd has a total of 1456 2” squares. 

I needed a mat for the lower part of the table next to my chair in the living room. It’s 11” square. Joyful suggested squares for the challenge. Angela picked forest green and sage green as the color for May. So I had a jumping off point! 

There were still green scrapes on my cutting table. The pink flowers are on the new cover for my iPad. Never mind those! 

I’ve been wanting to try this table runner pattern. It was a freebie in a mailing! 

I wonder I’d I could just use some of the blocks and make a square? 

I read and reread the directions. I laid out some different greens for squares! Yuck. They don’t seem to coordinate!  In the bottom of my scrap basket were cut offs from the construction of the actual scrap basket! Lightbulb  💡 moment! Make crumb blocks , Judy!

So…crumbs blocks were made! 

Then I picked a creamy grunge for the contrasting sashing. I think it’s too much contrast and if I put sashing around all the blocks, it’ll be too big! Ugh!  Rearrange! 

Well, that looks weird! Even after I quilted  in a grid in dark forest green to tone down the lightness of the sashing.

The blocks are fun though! Right? 

The back and binding match. That scrap is almost all gone. 

It looks good on my chair side table with my fav green mug! Maybe I should brew up some green tea and try it out! 

It really is perfect!   There is no such thing as too much green!!!1.  Thanks, Joyful for the fun and “challenging” Challenge! Linking up at Table Scraps Challenge at The Joyful Quilter!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Like Thursday #97

We are watching    Bosch:Legacy on freevee!  

New crimes, same Bosch.   Amazon Prime  "freevee"

I'm reading : 

A modern day story with references to the Battle of the Little Big Horn.  I have read the 2 previous titles in this series. The author is a Wyoming resident. He served on the Sheriff's Department in our county. 

I'm stitching the binding down on Frames. 

A reddish Bachelor Block from Pieces of the Garden at Melva Loves Scraps

I'm still sewing blocks together forGrowing Up Odd.  

Check out LeeAnna’s blog, Not Afraid of Color for a list of other participants in I LIKE Thursday. A great place to share all the dood things in the world today. Lately we could all use a little help in that task! 

I will  be taking a short break from posting to I LIKE Thursdays.  Life has gotten in the way. I will be back at the end of June or early July. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

May OMG Finish

My OMG for May was to get Hollow Nines trimmed, the binding constructed and then machine attached to it. I set my goal HERE. 

It’s all done now! The binding is attached, I had just enough to piece together the binding in the same green as the border.   And I have finished hand stitching it down. When it has a forever home, I’ll add a label! 

I’m linking up at: Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - May Finish Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

To-Do Tuesday! #92

I’m sharing my list of tasks I hoped to accomplish from last Tuesday. There was success. I will link up with Linda at Texas Quilt Gal on Tuesday .

Last week.

 
1. Finish 1 pixel block for CiL. ✅

One pixel block done….seems like Denver Bronco colors, not intentional!


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2. Make binding and hanging triangles for Frames. ✅

The binding has been cut, sewn together, pressed in half and coiled ready to be attached. The hanging triangles are ready too!

 

3. Stitch on September- Year in the Garden  ✅

Small progress, but progress, just the same!






4. Get top for Table Scrapes Challenge to “ready to quilt “ stage. ✅

It is quilted! 

I’m not posting a to-do list for the upcoming week! There has been a “happening” and I am not sure what will happen next. I’ll be gone at least til the end of June. I may pop in and read some blogs, I might even comment now and then. But no goals will be set, no accounting will be published. Do not worry! It’s just a a temporary bump in the road!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!