ABC Table Scraps Post ~ Just Under the Wire!!

I'm linking up with The Joyful Quilter's ABC Table Scraps Challenge for August. Luckily, Joyful, kept the linky party open this Sept 6th.  Phew!

Not much yellow was cut or sewn in August. Some crumb blocks and one or two Bright Birches blocks. So not many scraps on my cutting table. Joyful's prompt for this months was X's and O's.  Well, immediately on my head was XXXXOOOO, like I sign most of the cards to my grands and great grands. So.... I perused the the internet for  a X and O quilt that I thought for sure I had seen. I found one at Sew Much More in Store that Nicole offered for free  if I would sign up for her newsletter. So that is exactly what I did. I printed the pattern , she calls it Hugs and Kisses Block! I needed the blocks to be smaller than Nicole's pattern.  Her finished blocks are 12". I  used her directions and cut my main color blocks at 2.5 inches. Tried a snowball flip corner at 1.25" but that was too small. So I tried the corners at 1.5". Much better. 

I pulled 16  yellow or yellowish squares from my 2.5" square drawer and then cut 32+ white on white squares at 1.5" and got stitching.  It worked. Sixteen blocks is enough for 2 Hug blocks and 2 Kisses blocks. 

Pressing to the main square as Nicole suggested and I was ready to lay out the X's and the O's. I shuffled a bit and then sewed the blocks togethers. Took two crumb blocks that were on my table and added that ever present smiley face fabric , cut a scrap of batting. Pinned quickly and serpentine quilted on the seam lines.

 I bound it with the black and yellow scrap that I use with the yellow placemat from 2022. A set!!! 

So yellow and X's for Hugs and O's Kisses or is it O's for Hugs and X's for Kisses?? Doesn't matter. The Challenge is met.  

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-Do Tuesday #156

Joining Carol and friends at Quilt Schmilt for To-Do Tuesday!





August 29- September 4


1. Complete ABC Table Scraps Challenge for August ❌

It’s not complete, but I’m working on sewing up scraps!


2. Check out what UFOs are attached to AQUA. The RSC Color for September.  ✅. I can't believe I did not assign a project to Aqua. So I am going to just make some aqua string or crumb blocks as leaders and enders and work at finishing some of the still unfinished tops that remain. 


3. Write FAIL post for August OMG and a new LINK UP post for September OMG ✅


4. Get ready for Great Grandson’s birthday party. Sat Sept 2. His actual birthday is the 5th but weekends work better. Tuesday he'll be back in school. ✅

We had a great time celebrating! Pizza, wings, and ice cream cake! I think there will be cupcakes at school in a certain 4th grade home room.

5. Start new Slow Stitching project.✅ 

It’s kind of hard to tell what it might be! I’ll give you a hint….the chart was recommended by Diann. 

Next Week
Sept 5-Sept 11


1. Get binding attached to One Happy Girl.
2. Make progress on appliqué borders for September OMG!
3. Stitch on Winter Penguin
4. ABC Table Scraps Challenge post!
5. Sew some AQUA!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

September 1st……..Stashbuster Post and September OMG set!

Time for a Stashbuster Post here and will add at From My Carolina Home. I had no fabric out in August. Very 😢 Sad Face! 

August Fabric IN = +8 yds bought at Fabric Junction, Sturgis, SD
August Fabric OUT = – 0
August Net Total ( + In, or – Out) = +8 yds
Year to Date (net total for the year, + In, or – Out) = -6.5 yds (rounded) 

A new month,  continuing goals! 

I’m carrying over my goal from August to September? Borders on the spool quilt. 

Photo from August

I’m linking up at Stories From the Sewing Room.  Wish me luck!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

i LIKE Thursday! Last of August!

I'm joining LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color. LeeAnna keeps a list of fellow bloggers that like to post about good things happening. maybe vent just a bit, but mostly focus on the positive. Come join us. 

This week, from last Thursday til today, was a sort of "blah" week. But I won't focus on that. I'll try to find the highlights. 

Thursday the 24th I stitched with several friends at our local library. They have meeting rooms there that we so appreciate having access to. To have a place to meet, that doesn't require a fee these days ,is a blessing. 

There were lots of fun stitching going on. I didn't take photos.   Dang it. 

Friday: Mr. Busy was getting ready for his Fun Fly. It's kind of like a retreat for radio controlled aircraft enthusiasts. I did laundry and straightened my sewing space. 

Saturday was the Fun Fly. I had intended to go out to watch and encourage. But it was very windy and I knew that Mr. Busy would not be putting any planes in the air. I didn't sew, but I did do some stitching on the sunflower sampler.

And I did a second batch of chokecherry jelly that did not set, so now it's syrup.  I had the labels already made, so they have been edited. That'll teach me to plan ahead!  😁

Sunday, we got a call from our son. We did lots of catching up and I always feel better after talking to him. He is happy and therefore I am happy. 

Monday the 28th was another ordinary day. It is the anniversary of my mom's birthday. I went through some old photos and reminisced. I'm missing her lots lately.

Tuesday I got my hair cut.   Nope, no selfies, but I'm happy with it. And I baked a cake. Maybe you remember I made a rhubarb cakes using 1/2 of a yellow cake mix. Well, I had the other 1/2 in the cupboard and ran across an idea on Facebook. An apple dump cake. 

I used 1 can of apple pie filling in a 9x9 square pan. Added a generous sprinkle of apple pie spice blend , sprinkled the remaining cake mix over the top ( dry), drizzled with 1 stick of butter, melted, topped with chopped pecans. Baked at 350F for 35 minutes. I checked it with a toothpick. I'm at a higher altitude, so baking sometimes takes a bit longer. Check it at 25 minutes.  The photo has two pieces out of it already.  Yummy!!

We have been streaming some shows. We do one episode of S.W.A.T, we're up to Season 4,  one episode of Virgin River, also Season 4 and we've just started watching Special Ops: Lioness . Intense!  It stars Zoe Saldana, Nicole Kidman, Morgan Freeman, Michael Kelly. and others. 

My wasp traps are working!  I won't gross you out with the photo of them as Mr. Busy takes them down and dumps them. Ewwww!  But here is what they look like hung back up. I think the red coloring attracts them, also the sweet smell of the applesauce and water. 

This is the brand of the small yellow funnel thingy inserted in the empty liter bottle . Purchased at Harbor Freight!

I'll leave you with this photo that tagged my granddaughter on Facebook.  I know nothing about where the photo was taken or what was happening, but it looks like everyone was having a great time. 

I've circled my granddaughter and her fiance.  Great big happy smiles!!!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

August OMG Finish Link Up.

You can read my Link Up Post HERE!

I did not complete it. In fact, I didn't even take it out of the project box. Total FAIL!  They still look like this!

I don't know why, but I couldn't bring myself to sit down to begin!  Sometimes I think you just have to listen to your inner self and know that there was a reason. So I will make it my OMG for September! 

I apologize for taking up your time here. But this will keep me accountable in September. 

 Be sure to click on the link below and check out other OMGers and their goals. There are some beauties. 

Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - August Finish Link-up

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-DO Tuesday # 155

Joining friends over at Quilt Schmilt For the Love of Fabric. Carol provides us this place to list our goals and projects! (If we remember to list them!)

I’ll bet you wondered if I was losing my mind. My post last Tuesday, the 22nd did not include a list for 8-22 to 8-28. My bad!  So I guess I’ll just tell you what I did and didn’t accomplish!

1. I didn’t get any more Bright Birches blocks done. 

My design wall still looks like this:👆

2. I didn’t get binding sewn onto the One Happy Girl quilts that I got back from the quilter. 

The front and the quilting. 👆

The pieced backing! 👉

3. 1 did not even begin, let alone finish, my August OMG! 

 Still looks just like this! 👆

4. I did not get Full Stop rows sewn together!  

  I did take it up off the floor. So it's back in the project box! 😞

5. I did get 2 batches of jelly made. Or should I say 6 jars of jelly and 6 jars of “syrup “. I’ve been researching how to save and reprocess the “not set”jelly. 

6. I finished stitching the mini sunflower sampler. It’s an FO, but not an FFO( Fully Finished Object) More about that another time. 

Sorry for my shadow. You get the idea!

I'll try to do better this next time....but no promises!

 Next Week 

August 29- September 4

1. Complete ABC Table Scraps Challenge for August

2. Check out what UFOs are attached to AQUA. The RSC Color for September. 

3. Write  FAIL post for August OMG and a new LINK UP post for September OMG

4. Get ready for Great Grandson’s birthday party. Sat Sept 2. His actual birthday is the 5th but weekends work better. Tuesday he'll be back in school. 

5. Start new  Slow Stitching project.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Finished or Not Finished Friday! Quilting. Cross stitch and jelly making!

I haven’t posted here in a while. And I still don’t have a finish! But I’m closer than I was. I have 14 blocks on the design wall. 6 more solids cut and ready for strip insertion. Then there will be rearranging. No, I will not leave those orange and red blocks together! That is just how they came out of the project box when I got back from retreat! 

No time has been spent in the sewing room since last Sunday. We were on a short road trip and Thursday I did some counted cross stitch. 

Progress made on the sunflower stems! A friend was working on a new fall project. This is the backside of her chart! The stitcher sitting to my right and I were attracted to these lovely designs from Stoney Creek. No affiliation but I will order the Autumn Bell Pull and After the Harvest! Gorgeous!

 

I guess I do have one small finish on this cool Friday morning!  A small batch of chokecherry jelly! Don’t you just love the “ping” that happens as the jars cool?  I have a varied selection of jar sizes! But all are beautiful! 

Another batch tomorrow! 

I’ll just keep plugging away, and eventually there will be a finish in the sewing room. Then I’ll post about it and continue with another project that need finishing! And Sew On! 😀

I’m linking up with Alycia at Finished or Not Finished Friday! There will be lots of finishes at her Linky party! Go see! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!