Table Scraps Challenge August~Orange with Embroidery

My scraps started out like this…not cohesive at all. I could have gone to my Halloween basket of fabrics but Halloween is more than two months away! There were some crumb block beginnings. 

But I should decide how the embroidery will go. I keep having visions of LeeAnna’s creations. You know, beautiful improve piecing, gorgeous fabrics and fabulous embellishments with embroidery threads and beads! But alas, I’m too OCD or controlling or boring or something!

So I paged through my embroidery patterns. A pumpkin? 

Or maybe this one!

A sunflower? 

A poppy?

I finally settled on this design from Gum Trees BOM 2011.  By Vicki Tucek

I left off the heart shapes in the steam and the ruffle like edging on the coaster , selected two different  orange threads, black for the mug, a mocha for the coffee and a bluish gray for the steam. I had  a large piece of slightly peachy mottled fabric for background. A scrap of Pellon  SF101 ironed quickly to the back and in two evenings I was done.  (Sorry, no photo of just the stitching!)

I sewed some crumbs together, 

found some long pieces for borders, because they were there and they are easy. There was a long pumpkin colored fabric strip that I thought would work for a narrow binding. Sew, trim, add some more. The size it ended up being was decided by a piece of batting that was in the batting scraps bin. And there was a piece  of orange pumpkins for the backing. 

Ready for quilting with Orange Zest thread!

I straight line quilted horizontally and vertically with a spool of Orange Zest, a free gift last year with an order from Missouri Star Quilts.  Then thought I’d give some big stitch quilting a try. I had a spool of 12wt Sulky thread in reddish orange tones.  

 It doesn’t have a color name only a number, 712-4006.  I’d call it rhubarb crisp. 😀

The binding strip got ironed, pressed in half and applied to the back. It’s narrow, so I machine stitched it on the front. Every time I practice this I get a bit better! Not perfect, but it’s a mug mat! 

Photo: outside on a small table that need restraining, badly!  Fall project!!

 This is the back. I figure I can flip it over for Halloween week! I’ve had this fabric forever! 

Can you read the label? Written with a green ZIG pen. 

It says:: 

Table Scraps Challenge ‘22

August- Orange- Embroidery 

I Love Coffee stitchery in orange 

       & black

Crumb blocks added to make 

mug mat size  8 1/2  X 10 1/2

JKB 8-5-22---8-22-22

I’m satisfied even though I still have orange scraps! ! 

I’m linking up with The Joyful Quilter on the last weekend of the month! This Friday the 26th! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

 

I LIKE Thursday. Vacation spots!

I LIKE Thursday! 

LeeAnna's prompt for this week was:  

 

a place you always go to in the summer... a vacation spot, a cabin or town, camping location,  in childhood or nowadays

tell us why you like it, what it's like, how it makes you feel is it relaxing or exciting or both. If you can find pics all the better. 

ok well....As a kid we camped a lot! My parents had access to a cabin in the Black Hills of South Dakota so many weekends and vacations were spent there. I don't have photos, but picture two rustic cabins, no electricity, no running water, heat only from a pot belly stove in the middle of the room. My mom cooked on a kerosene stove. It was very fun. There was a stream nearby that was deep enough to wade up to your knees, but not too deep. My dad owned a roofing company, so we didn't go far away for vacations. But when you live and work in the Black Hills of So Dak, you aren't far from vacation.

When I graduated high school and got married. my DH and I camped too. In fact ,our daughter was born in December and that very first July, she was barely 7 months old, we camped with family for the 4th of July.. Later as our kids grew we acquired a pickup camper and then a boat. We spent most weekends at Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills. One October we took our PU camper to Bozeman MT to visit DH's brother and family. We also drove home through Yellowstone National Park. A perfect time to see the sights there. Not too many visitors in the fall and the colors are amazing. 

Later after out kids left home, we purchased a Gold Wing motorcycle and spent many summers riding with friends to rallys and vacations spots across the US.  We went to Canada, Montana, Washington, Idaho, North Dakota, Colorado, New Mexico. Also to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Niagara Falls, And lots of states in between. 

(All of my photos of those early years are not digital , so no pics! Sorry)

We have also vacationed in Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Nashville, and the Bahamas. My retirement gift from my employer was a Caribbean Cruise. I love to do that again.

After we retired,  we purchased a used 5th wheel camper. 

We spent lots of weeks in our favorite place in the Black Hills. 

This is the best part about camping! The campfire! 

If you waded through this “wordy” post, here are a couple of LIKES! 

My daughter and I have been watching, Only Murders in the Building on Hulu. A funny, sometimes silly, but well acted comedy starring l to r, Martin Short, Steve Martin and Selena Gomez. 

I’m also reading: Family Jewels by Stuart Woods. I’ve not read Stuart Woods books in the past. This is number 37 in the Stone Barrington series. I normally don’t read books out of order, but these are simple enough, fluffy enough that I haven’t missed anything except Stone’s other former sexual exploits! It’s OK though! A fun easy read! 

This is number 13 in my Goodreads 2022 Reading Challenge. 

 I didn’t set a high bar. 12 books in 12 months. 

https://www.goodreads.com/user_challenges/33561170

Now go on over to  Not Afraid of Color  and check out links to other’s vacation favorites! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

To-Do Tuesday! Goals are Good!

Linking up with Linda at Texas Quilt Gal to set some goals for next week and to show progress on those set last week. Come join the fun! 

My list last week…..

Week Aug 16 - Aug 22

1. VOTE! Our primary is today! 🇺🇸🦅 ✅

2. Get Pop Star to the quilter and write a OMG post!

This gets a ✅ with explanation. My quilter has a new pro quilter module and is just starting to learn it. So she doesn’t have Pop Star in her possession, but it is on her schedule. The post is written here, I’ll link it  with Patty at Elm Street Quilts when she opens her link on Wednesday. 

3. Make at least 2 blocks for CiL and get them in the mail. ✅ 

There are 4 in the mail to the Project Linus coordinator in Texas. I sent Kat a photo also. 

4.  Start working on TSC for August. Orange and Embroidery! ✅

It’s finished except for a label. I like it! This is a tiny peek! 

This week

Aug 23-Aug 29

1. Sew orange and neutral HSTs into a row and make a ScrapHappy Saturday post.

2. Make 4 orange string blocks.

3. Keep sewing on Triple Treat the Leaders and Enders project. 

4. Monday is my annual Medicare wellness exam! I hope I pass!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

OMG August Finish

My goal was to get POP STAR put together and get a backing ready. It looked like this on August 2nd. 

Here it is all ready to go to the quilter. She has put me on her list and will call me when she is ready for it. The baby is due in late October. So I have some time. I'll get the binding made while I wait.!

Batting, backing with ruby rosebuds, and the quilt top ready for the quilter! 

I’m linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - August Final Link Up!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Crumby Scrappy Orange Bits PLUS

Someone asked what my orange crumbs would become.  Well, some of them will be in my Table Scraps Challenge project. Sneak peek, but you'll have to wait till I publish the post. 

Usually that is the last weekend of the month.  And it sort of crept up on me. I'm in the home stretch. Quilting maybe tomorrow, then binding! Next Saturday for sure. 

I’m linking up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday! 

Though this sewing project was not ORANGE, I was tickled to be able to make 4 blocks happen for Covered in Love. Kat at Kat and Cat Quilts organizes this awesome worthy block drive every month. I have been participating for several years. I'm a slow sewer and quilter. But I can make blocks. I usually try for 8, but this month my colors of requested fabrics was limited and the first two weeks I was fighting my first bout of Covid and was more fatigued than usual.  The requested colors were navy, evergreen, maroon, black and khaki. In mostly solids or small "masculine" prints. Think teenage boys. 

I think these will do nicely. I just received the correct address from Kat, so they will get mailed this week! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

I LIKE Thursday! Sandals and other things,

Several good things happened this week!

Do you remember I posted about hail earlier in the summer and my front flower box looked like this?

Well , now it looks like this! I’m really pleased with it. 

Also a week or so I mentioned I was missing our youngest granddaughter after her visit. This picture was taken at a music festival in Maine last week. It makes me so happy! Who wouldn't love that face? 

We had a problem on Monday with our sump pump in the basement! Luckily Mr Busy is handy with tools and plumbing. I was the “sous-plumber”!  It’s fixed! 

Tuesday was Primary Election Day in Wyoming. 

I tested Negative!

And I voted! 

There was no surprise in the major battle, but I am so disappointed! The upcoming years in our Nation’s government  promise to be very scary indeed! A very conservative member of congress replaced by a more radical conservative. If there is one thing our country doesn't need any more of it is the radical conservative viewpoint. IMHO!

I also was able to be present at a great QOV presentation. Alycia from Alycia Quilts and quilty girl came from Colorado to present 3 quilts. 

A “selfie”!

The oldest veteran will be 100 years old in October. He received this beauty! 

The other two veterans were from more recent conflicts. These are their quilts. I don’t have permission to show them, but Alycia gave me permission to show the quilts. 

Oh! About sandals! 

I wear Keens like this. Good arch support. Sturdy sole. Toe protection. 

Newport H2. . In plain old black! I wear them with socks, not barefoot. I know! What a dork! 

But I’d love to have these. I’ve worn Clark’s in the past. These would be versatile color wise. They have a heel strap and a rigid sole. I don’t usually order shoes online. But maybe! 

And for more dressy, these old Earth Origins from Famous Footwear. It’s a shopping desert in NE Wyoming. 

Gosh! They need to be replaced! Ugh! 

I don’t wear flip flops except in the shower at the pool! Though I have this pair that I just had to have a couple of years ago. They are white and they sparkle! But, they hurt my toe. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!

Small goals met!

I’m joining Linda and friends today to fess up to a few small goals met!  Click over to Texas Quilt Gal and see how everyone did last week. Here’s mine. 

Last week’s playlist!

1. Put some more blocks together to add to these:


This is the beginning of Pop Star from Sandra Walker at mmm quilts.

Ready for the final white border. 

2. Do something with Orange.

I sewed some crumbs! 😀

3. If I test Neg and feel good, stitch with my Thursday Stitchers.




I tested positive, so I did not go! So sad!

4. And attend a QOV Presentation that Alycia from Alycia Quilts will be doing in my town. I hope I feel good enough. I'd like to meet her in person. I promise "no hugging"

We had a wonderful day for the presentation! It was sunny and hot at 10 am, hence the dark glasses. Alycia knows her stuff. The presentation to 3 deserving veterans was wonderful, and emotional! The quilts were beautiful. 

The quilt holder was Alycia’s DH! 

Next week:  Aug 16 - Aug 

1. VOTE! Our primary is today! 🇺🇸🦅

2. Get Pop Star to the quilter and write a OMG post!

3. Make at least 2 blocks for CiL and get them in the mail.

4.  Start working on TSC for August. Orange and Embroidery! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy!