Slow Sunday Stitching

I’m still working on my Autumn Stamp SAL from  Melisa at  Pinker n Punkin. 

I stitch will watching TV with family. Sometimes the movie takes my focus away from my “counting”! 

But I’m enjoying it and that’s the goal!

I’m not sure how I will finish it. My calculations on how to cut the fabric was off! So the edges are skimpy. Linda said she frayed the edges once, and that may be my solution! I’ll let you know!

I’m linking up with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching at this morning! 

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Scrap Happy Saturday..November 5th

I’m linking up with Angela at So Scrappy. Please take a minute or more likely an hour to check out what everyone else is doing in this new month. It’s sure to be fabulous! 

My week, not so much! 

It’s supposed to be dark neutrals~~ nope

Then, I should be finishing a quilt top ~~ nope,! 

Instead, a sort of unplanned project. 

A need to have a smallish project for my retreat. A promise made. Both resulted in a cute little table topper. 

I rummaged through my Christmas fabric. The reds  in most of my fabric were slightly different  than the reds in this collection from Bunny Hill Designs. It’s called “I Believe in Angels”

I settled on this very different but very pretty fabric for the back. And it could qualify for neutral! "wink"

It just need a tiny bit of straightening. And a chunk of batting was found, then just enough of this red and white stripe for binding.

Today, I hope to be able to move my car out of the garage, put an old plastic tablecloth down and spray baste. Then I can get to the quilting. I’ve made it my November OMG. We will be leaving home for the holidays,  so finishing anything bigger is not going to happen. If I can get the quilting accomplished and the binding attached to the front. I can sew the binding down in the car on our way to our son's for Thanksgiving. And I can post a finished OMG!!

Then:

At retreat, I had a lesson from a very able teacher on making socks using the Magic Loop method. I need to put her number in my phone….so I call if I need help! I have a video to watch too. We were tasked with having six inches done by Thursday the 10 th and I can’t remember which needle becomes my right hand needle! Duh! 

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November 2022. One Monthly Goal

I won this charm pack back in September from Linda at Texas Quilt Gal. My post about it is here. 

My goal for November is to  get it quilted by the time we leave for Holidays in California. Then I will  take it with me in the car and have it bound by the end of November

The fabric is I Believe in Angels by Bunny Hill Designs for Moda!  I like the aquas and the paler greens

Florals, checks, polka dots and snowmen angels, candy canes and bells, oh my!! What's not to like?

The pattern is Little Charmers II called Scrappy Stars.....not very original but it describes it well!

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal November Link-up

I'm linking up with Patty at Elm Street Quilts. 

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I like Thursday ~~ pumpkin recipes

My I Like Thursday post is late this week. I’m attending a 3 day retreat. It's local and we sleep at home, and I go home to fix supper also! ( Some of the women stay til the library closed at 9 pm. )

We have a bit of snow this morning. Always the first few snows are iffy in the driving arena. Everyone has to remember to slow down a bit, don’t try to brake in a hurry, etc! There will be fender benders! 

My holiday cacti are blooming 

This one has pointy leaves and pointy petals. I believe that makes it a Thanksgiving Cactus.

This one has different leaves and pink rounder petals. I think it is classified as a Christmas Cactus.  I guess it does depend on who you ask or what you read. But no argument, they are beautiful!!

I started cutting into the “ I Believe in Angels chart pack that I won from Texas Quilt Girl!  And some assembly happened at our retreat. 

And now that I am home from retreat, here is the table topper,  I will look in my stash for an appropriate backing fabric and find a long thin piece of batting and will get it quilted soon. 

Another like is finally a win in three tries this morning. Actually about 2:15 am when I couldn't sleep. My second word gave me the biggest clue!!

LeeAnna’s prompt this week is pumpkin recipes. I have a favorite. I tried this several holiday seasons ago. Our eldest granddaughter is dairy intolerant and also maintains a gluten-free diet. So I substitute GF flour blend and vegan butter. Also using 3/4 cup of almond milk reduced down to about 1/2 in place of the evaporated milk. I have had success in just using 1/4 cup of almond milk ( not reducing). Some of you are better chefs than I am, but it has worked for me.  

If you can't decipher my "chicken scratches", just ask via email. jdyblr6107 "at" gmail "dot" com

I hoping to gather some other good pumpkin recipes by reading all the posts of the I LIKE THURSDAY participants. 

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To-Do Tuesday # 112

Every week, I try to complete a short to-do list. Mostly, I'm successful. The process helps keep me focused in my sewing room. I have a tendency to get distracted. So, I am grateful for Linda and her hosting of this forum to commit and to complete. If you want to join in, just visit Linda at Texas Quilt Gal, click on her cute couple in the header and get started. 

Last week, my list was short. And BORING!

1. Sew More Flying Geese.✔️

I'm on the last bunch:  Red Geese/White Wings! Waiting to be trimmed 

2.  Get ready for 3 day Sleep-At-Home Retreat at the library next week! ✔️

I checked my travel bag, and travel machine. 

I think I have everything!

3. Keep stitching on Autumn Stamp SAL and  FQS’s Christmastime Mystery SAL!✔️

Autumn Stamps is coming along:

Christmastime is progressing too!

Nov 1 to Nov 7.     The 1st through the 3rd, I’ll be retreating! So my list looks like this!

1. Get caught up on all the QOV clues!

2. Work on the scrappy stars table runner  with I Believe in Angels charm pack.

3. Keep Slow Stitching

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Scrap Happy Saturday. October Trick or Treat Day.

In our town anyway.  It's Treat Street Day. A place where non retail merchants, like realtors, construction companies etc, along with civic and service organizations, set up booths all in one large indoor space. The kids can go trick or treating in safe environment. Also, the downtown shops are open in the afternoon for the little bitty ones to come in for candy! Here is a photo of two of my great-grandkids two  three years ago, before Covid! (where did the time go!! )

Not much sewing this week. Lots of cutting though and planning.  And I did make treat bags for Jojo and Miss B. 

You are all tired of seeing my Boo Crew cross stitch finish. But some of you only see my Saturday posts. So here it is again. 

Happy Halloween to all!

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Table Scraps Challenge. - Joyful!!

Joyful at The Joyful Quilter hosts this monthly challenge to use up table scraps.  Not the food kind, but the fabric and sewing stuff kind!  Each month this year, in addition to using the color of the month selected at Rainbow Scrap Challenge over at So Scrappy, Joyfull gave us a monthly prompt. This month was light green and "Joyful"!!

Well, it was October and I had some Halloween fabric pieces. One fat quarter in particular was one I was pretty sure I would never use in a quilt. Very colorful, very novelty, very graphic. 

But when I thought about it and thought about two of the great grandkids being here this year. .....Well, I started thinking about treats. We don't have many Trick or Treaters. But we always buy more candy than we give away and none of us need the extra. So why not make sure the great grands have a special little bag of more than one piece and maybe a special cookie or other treat!

I cut two strips of the fat quarter 4.5" by 11". Turned down and stitched a hem on both short end of the strip. Then I found a piece of orange grosgrain ribbon in my stash. Decided to put their initials on the bag, cause they are 6 and 9 and Miss B thinks everything cute is hers! I cut free hand block letters on a piece of scrap freezer paper, then turned them over and traced on the paper side of a scrap of fusible Wonder Under.

 Ironed them down to a scrap of black fabric, cut them out and fused them to the "front" of each strip. Then blanket stitched around the letter before making the strip into a bag. I use a used dryer sheet at a stabilizer behind most applique. 

the reverse so you can see the applique stitch and the "stabilizer"

Cut away the excess dryer sheet fabric, folded right sides together matching the hemmed edge. I folded the ribbon in half, put the fold inside the seam allowance, making sure I wouldn't catch the ends then stitched down both long sides and turned right side. out. 

So here is the finished product. Technically not quilted, but there are three layers, stitched together. Black applique fabric, main orange plaid fabric and the used dryer sheet!  Ok, artistic license?? Maybe?

There is not a bit of green ( oh, there is a green pumpkin stem, and green witch nose, heh,heh!) in this project but Jojo and Miss B definitely make me Joyful!!  And I had fun whipping up these treat bags, from scraps of fabric, and ribbon and scraps of used dryer sheets.

So this is my entry to the Table Scraps Challenge for October 2022. Now to fill them with small treasures, candy,  maybe a special cookie!  Happy Halloween everyone. Trick or Treat!!!🎃

  

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apologize for the photo in Mr Linky.....he wouldn't let me upload the photo I prefer!