Monday ~ Needing some opinions

Rainbow Neighbouhood QAL

I auditioned several sashing colors! Mari suggested sunny yellow! My stash is sparse when it comes to yellow! So that wasn’t possible , but it would have been bright and happy! I finally settled on the gray grunge with rainbow cornerstones. I have two options here. Do you have a favorite? 

#1

#2

On number 2 I exchanged the left most red and blue corner stones and added a brighter green in the bottom left corner. Because of the angle, I realize it’s hard to see. But in my little space I can’t get straight on and far enough away to get all the corners. Thanks! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Slow Sunday Stitching!

I know it boring, but I need to get this done . Summer Solstice is looming!

Doing the borders on the last 3 stamps. There are a few outdoor chores to do today, but I’ll take some time with this stitch this PM when Mr Busy naps. 

I finally decided to dump my stitch and supplies in a basket. It easier to move from upstairs to downstairs to out on  the deck this time of year. It’s not quite warm enough to sit downstairs in the family room, unless the day is extra cool. I’ve been traveling backend forth and always missing my scissors or my magnifiers, so maybe this will help!

I’m linking up with Kathy and others at Slow Sunday Stitching. 

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June RSC 23

This year I am finishing up UFO’s or as in May, moving them toward the finish line. 

My spreadsheet has two quilts listed for Light Blue! 

My ZigZag quilt: 

The rows are all together, so I just need to sew them together, find a suitable backing and get batting. Then an appointment with the long arm quilter. That seems to be my biggest obstacle this year. They are all so busy, or have stopped quilting for others. 

And Tiny Tuesday:

This needs backing, batting and quilted also! 

And so what do I do, I’m making a house quilt!!. Throw size, so maybe I can quilt it myself! 😳

Blocks are done, Im auditioning sashing and border fabric! Unsuccessfully, I might add!

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I’m linking up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday! 

Hands2Help. Donation Link UP

I'm linking up today to again show the donation quilts that I will be sending to Little Lambs of Utah. I have contacted them about the box and I just need to print a label.  I had hoped to have 3 to send, but my long arm quilters are all booked.   So when I get #3 quilted and bound and washed and ready, I'll send it one.  Sometime this summer, I'm sure. 

Any Kid Quilt = Rainbow colors

 There is a shadow from the cabinets in my laundry room. But it's still wet outside from the rain we got last night. 

Follow Your Own Path QAL = I've renamed it Go Your Own Way.......

Sharing at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

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June One Monthly Goal Link Up Post

It's the first of June. Summer is upon us!  My UFO list is looming.  At the beginning of the year I listed all the UFO's that I remembered and had run across ( there could be some hiding that I have totally forgotten about). I then assigned them all a color, randomly!  When the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color is announced at So Scrappy, I work on that UFO, rather than starting a new project or adding blocks to my already overflowing project boxes. June was announced as Dark and Bright Blue. I did that color in January, so I will chose light blue.  One of the UFO's on my list under Light Blue is a ZigZag quilt.  My task is to turn the blocks into a flimsy/quilt top.  

This is the project box. I have a photo on my phone of how Diann at Little Penguin Quilts layed hers out. That is my OMG!  To get these rows into a flimsy. And if I get a backing constructed and batting purchased, all the better. To get it quilted will be a challenge. I am at the mercy of the long armer's schedule. We will see.  

I'm linking up with Patty at Elm Street Quilts and Anne-Marie at Stories from the Sewing Room. 

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I LIKE Thursday ~ Ice Cream

Good Morning! Today is a day to share the good things happening! LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color organizes all of us who want to participate. Her Thursday post lists those bloggers who are grateful, thankful and just plain hopeful!

Entertainment: 

We are sad the regular TV shows that we watch are on summer break! But it does give us a chance to catch up on other ones. Since we cut the cable we only see CBS prime time, because we subscribe to Paramount+.  We also have Peacock until August, when our special price expires. Not sure what we will do about that, but we can catch some NBC stuff there.  Mr Busy is watching tons of YouTube channels. If you find a good something, ( not Vice Grip Garage, or Bad Chad, please share!)  🙂

The Bridal Veil spirea at the corner of our house is gorgeous this year. Probably from all the rain. The other foundation planting, not so much! I’ve got weeds to pull and some pots to plant. Now that the chance of frost is gone, I need to get busy!

This week is an important one for us. Tuesday was our youngest granddaughter's birthday. Wednesday was a nephew and niece-in-law's anniversary, today is my brother's birthday and tomorrow is our 59th anniversary. I think Hallmark was glad to see me last week! 

I got happy mail yesterday! Look what Flat Chuck brought! 

2 yard cuts from MSQC. Mostly neutrals and 4 yds of tossed confetti. Good backing for my ZigZag quilt! 

And, I had my first lunch on the deck yesterday! Yea! Summer!

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Prompt June 1, 2023

what is your favorite flavor of ice cream at the moment? who makes it? do you have more than one favorite?

soft serve or dipped? Do you buy it in the huge box or a pint at a time?

Great questions! I'll take them one at a time. 

Favorite flavor ALWAYS is Coffee. Any brand will do. Our locally owned Ice Cream Cafe  has a Coffee Bean flavor available all the time So good, with espresso beans and chocolate chips! In a homemade waffle cone, yes please!

It's made by Dee and Lee and their daughter Andrea.  Side note, I first met Dee and her mom Donna through the quilting community. Donna is 83 and attends our Thursday Stitchers group. 

At home I'll take plain ol' vanilla! I can add anything I want. Chocolate syrup, strawberries, banana slices, chopped nuts,whipped topping............Lately though, regular ice cream is a treat for me. I’m on the WW program. I’ve found that Halo Top Vanilla Bean light is pretty darn good. 1/2 cup is 2 pts. Add bananas ( zero pts) strawberries (0), any fruit(0)! I’m not fond of zero sugar Hershey’s syrup, so I’ll just do fruit! 

Of course, invite me to go to Dairy Queen, I'll accept and have a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard or a Dilly Bar. ( I’ll have to eat salad the rest the day, though! )Oh, and we have an A&W combined with a Long John Silvers here. They have medium sized soft serve cones for 99c all summer. (at least they were 99c last summer!) That's a  date night destination. 

We have ice cream in the freezer at all times. Just the store brand, but hopefully Vanilla Bean. If not, then plain old vanilla. For a treat,  a new favorite of Mr Busy's is Kroger's Triple Treat Brownie.   Do you sense a theme........vanilla and chocolate.  Mr Busy will chose Cherry Nut at a specialty ice cream shop and we have visited a few. 

WE JUST LIKE ICE CREAM!

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Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I had a little DrEAMi !

Normally I don’t post about DrEAMi projects. Usually they are just distractions and not really completions!  But this this month, it was completely unplanned. I was working away on houses for Sandra’s QAL 

and using up some crumbs and bits of orange fabric. I had five and 7/8ths of number 6 and didn’t have another orange scrap!

So I pulled out the Halloween basket! There was a chunk of and old jack o lantern fabric 

So all 6 are done

and a couple of FQS of  not orange spider’s fabric! I thought, what will I ever do with blue spider fabric and multicolored smiling spiders. 

Then I remembered napkins made from 2 fat quarters. Diann at Little Penguin Quilts makes them. She uses a tutorial found here. 

So my two local great grand littles will have special napkins for October and Halloween! 

A few more 1 yard pieces were unearthed in the search and those littles have parents…so they will get theses. 

And then there is their grandmother. They call her YaYa,  she needs some too!

That squirrel was busy this week! I didn't get a post written in time to link up with Sandra's monthly DrEAMi , but I'm putting it out here anyway. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!