ScrapHappy Saturday Oct 14

Very little machine sewing this week. I was trying to get pieces ready for a Stitch Along happening on Monday, the 16th. 

Tuesday was my annual Medicare appointment with yet another different doctor! But good news is I liked her. She’s a geriatric specialist so she knows about old ladies and their aches and pains. My car was back at the dealership for a check engine light again. This time they ordered parts and will fix it under warranty! Then we went to Walmart to see about a problem with Mr Busy’s phone. We ended up spending 2 hrs and both getting new phones. 

I did stitch on this that evening. It’s light neutral. 

Wednesday is my change the bed, scrub the bathrooms,  and pick up groceries day! Need I say more?

There was stitching in the evening. We are watching Ashoka, another Starwars spin-off .

Thursday it poured rain nearly all day, and I broke out my gloves and winter hat. It was a high of 42 degrees. No snow yet, though. I gathered with my regular stitching group! More on the Equality Sampler. 

And we prepped for Mr Busy’s medical procedure and my fasting blood draw! 😳and the Broncos last AGAIN’ 🧡💙

Friday, at the hospital,  no stitching was done, only  iPad scrolling. Back at home, I did sew the side borders  on the spool quilt. At least, there is a neutral background and it’s pretty scrappy!

That’s it! Not very productive. 

Hope your week had lots of sewing time with some calm, soothing Neutrals! 

I’m linking up with Angela at So Scrappy for ScrapHappy Saturday! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday 10.12.23

Joining LeeAnna and others at Not Afraid of Color to share some likes this week. It’s definitely Fall in Wyoming!  We had a freeze last Friday night and that left my friend’s pumpkins and squash showing their lovely orange. And cooler temps and possibly rain and snow are predicted for today! 

I’m participating in Autumn Jubilee over at From My Carolina Home. This will be a candle mat!  Or a Mason Jar mat!

It’s school picture time!  This absolutely adorably handsome lad is related to me. I won’t share his name or where he lives, but can you say “ future lawyer”? He’s in Kindergarten! 

This praying mantis appeared on the wall of the garage last week. It’s the second one this year, and the second one ever, that I have seen. I happened to have my phone in my pocket! 

Rainbow Neighbourhood is back from the quilt show and hanging in our living room. That is my space, where I sit and stitch or write blog posts! It makes me so happy ! 

Mr Busy and I were coming home from running errands and found these four autumn displays on each corner of one intersection on our downtown area. 

This one is in front of Rapscallions Barbershop! A really cool, manly upscale shop that specializes in hot towel shaves! ⤴️

Across the street is a building that is now for sale, but was the post office when we came here in 1977! ⤴️

This corner houses our tallest building. It is a bank with offices in the seven stories. I used to work in Suite 626. ⤴️

And on this corner is a coffee shop called The Local! 

Excuse the photos taken from the car windows! Thus the side mirrors and steering wheel! 🤪. I think the displays are awesome. 

Saw this on a Facebook page! Yup! I think it must be true! LOL!

 And before you’re bored, I should probably answer the prompts from LeeAnna for this week. 

what ethnic foods do you like? ex: most of us like Italian, but how about Vietnamese? Thai? Mexican? Cuban? German? Swedish? others?

My absolute favorite is Mexican, hands down!  I like Chinese too, and have just discovered Thai dishes.

do you get take out, eat at a special place,  or have you learned to make a version at home? 

We eat take out from Taco Bell, and a regional favorite called Taco John’s. Our little town has several Mexican restaurants owned and run by Latinx families. All are great, our favorite is Las Margaritas. And I’m pretty good at Tex-Mex at home. Chicken Enchiladas, Street Tacos, Taco Salad , and of course Chili! We have Mexican inspired meals at least one a week. Even when I was going through Chemo 20 years ago, I craved Mexican when I was home from the hospital! 

ex: I grew up eating Cuban food at restaurants, and still make arroyo con pollo (chicken and yellow rice) at least once a month

I want to try LeeAnna’s Arroyo con Pollo! I’m sure I would like that too! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-DO Tuesday # 161

I’m joining Carol and friends over at Quilt Schmilt- For the Love of Fabric to share my to-do list! I’m a believer in lists. Here is how last weeks lists went!
I’ll link to To-Do Tuesday as soon as Carol puts up Mr Linky. I have an early Dr appt this morning so, it might be later. 



10-3-23 to 10-9-23


1. Keep stitching on both counted cross stitch projects!✅

Percy Penguin is finished. He fit perfectly in this ornament frame that was in my stash!

Equality Sampler is slowly coming along. It’s hard to see the lacy flower. The colors are so muted. But I promised a new Needle-minder! It’s RBG and says Fight For The Things You Care About.


2. Get wool pieces cut for yet another project!✅ 

I got the wool project pieces cut out and thread selected. 

3. Write October OMG post and link up with Anne-Marie. ✅
                   I’ve committed to my OMG project for October! My post is Here!


4. Deliver a box and a bag of “stash downsizing” to the Boutique at the N.E.W Quilt Show. And enter 5 quilts in the show on Thursday. ✅ I didn’t get a photo of the de stash box, but the quilts are home safe and sound.

Rainbow Neighbourhood on display at the show!

And this one is Growing Up Odd! 

I didn’t win a ribbon, but if you would like to see some of the winners, here is the link to the NE Wyoming Quilt Show Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/806846508/posts/pfbid02ihoNgY64txKbL4aehsAfqYpMEGQh1CAUVKt2WNuMG464bsfaV8k17wtvGZS1i8jFl/
N 

Or go to Facebook and search NE Wyoming Quilt Show. I don’t have good luck copying and pasting links.


And guess who I saw there? Alycia Carmin from Alycia Quilts. I visited for a bit with her and her husband!
And she took a photo of Long May She Wave, a quilt she designed, and put it on her Facebook and IG pages!

This upcoming week is looking a bit wimpy!
10-10-23 to 10-16-23


1. Get a hand project organized to take to hospital to keep my hands busy while MrBusy has an outpatient procedure.
2. Work on October OMG project!
3. Get wool pieces fused to background for the Stitch-Along Lunch at Linette’s.
4. Do some more De-stashing!





Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I Like Thursday October 5

I’m joining LeeAnna and friends sharing some bits and pieces of our week. Mostly good,  some not!

Fall is definitely in the air. We have some fungi growing in out yard. This picture was taken Saturday, the 30th.

This one the next day. It’s black and oily underneath! Eeeewh!

And now it’s gone! I wanted to remove it, Mr. Busy said leave it! I deferred, he’s the yard guy! We don’t have pets or littles that are impacted.

The last of the small plum tomatoes from the 5 pots I planted. Not a good year for me and tomatoes. I’m giving up. I’ll grow herbs next year! Speaking of herbs , here’s LeeAnna prompt for this week. 

what is an unusual herb or spice that you love now that you've tried it? How do you use it? Did you grow up with these or start using them as adults? 

Over the last couple of years I have purchased some spices from Penzeys. I like their blends. They have lots of different combinations in addition to usual spices. And they provide recipes too. They also sell mills, shakers, magnets, mugs and the like. They are located in Wisconsin but ship all over. 

My favorite combination is Arizona Dreaming. . I love Mexican inspired food. This adds just the right amount of kick and a hint of chocolate! And it’s salt-free! This is another that I use often. 

A combination of chervil, minced parsley, French tarragon, and chopped chives. I don’t use these herbs singularly, except parsley and occasionally chives. But this combo is good in soups, stews, sauces and pasta. 

Lastly a photo of our son on his birthday. A group of friends threw him a birthday taco bar. The woman on the left ( his right) was the organizer. She’s a sweetheart! I so appreciate that he has good friends !

Oh, and a second last good thing! The Denver Broncos finally won a game. I’ll be wearing my lucky shirt again this week when they play at home! Against the Chiefs! 😳

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!  

October One Monthly Goal

I’m continuing with the same project. My OMG for October is to get the borders attached to the spool quilt. And to complete the corners. 

I have a local wool project stitch-in, but mostly I’ll be working on the border project till it’s done and ready for the long arm quilter. 

Bottom and top borders are ready!

Here is the spool quilt with the left and right borders just laying next to it, on my family room floor!

It will be a puzzle for me to connect the appliqué at the corners and get them stitched down! Fingers crossed!

I’m linking up with Anne-Marie at Stories from the Sewing Room! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

TO-DO Tuesday #160

I'm linking up with Carol at Quilt Schmilt - For the Love of Quilting

9-26-23 to 10-3-23

1. Start stitching Equality Sampler! ✅

Equality Sampler is started! That gridding is helping me keep my place, but it’s a bit tedious! 

2. Christmas Penguin✅

Mr. Percy Penguin is coming along! 

3. Attach borders to Spool Quilt and ready corner appliques ❌

   

4. Complete ABC Table Scraps Challenge and write post.✅

The challenge is complete and met.  Teal with Z and or P    Post , if you want to read it, is here.

I see Teal  Zig Zaggy Peaks or maybe Peaky Zig Zags or Pretty Zig Zags!

Next week! 

10-3-23 to 10-9-23

1. Keep stitching on both counted cross stitch projects!

2. Get wool pieces cut for yet another project!

3. Write October OMG post and link up with Anne-Marie. 

4. Deliver a box and a bag of “stash downsizing” to the Boutique at the N.E.W Quilt Show. And enter 5 quilts in the show on Thursday. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Slow Sunday Stitching ~ October 1

Happy 1st day of October! Hopefully, I’ll get some slow stitching done today. The weather is supposed to be much cooler, spaghetti is on the dinner (evening) menu. I’ll link up with Kathy for Slow Sunday Stitching.

This is my fall and winter slow stitch. I think it will take me easily past Christmas! I’m thinking maybe it will make a great finish for the 4th of July. 

I found piece of fabric in my stash. It was too yellow in my opinion. 

So I tried to coffee dye it. It still isn’t perfect, but it will work. It’s 18 count Aida. I’m stitching with one thread. There is one problem with the lightest thread in the called for colors. Not enough contrast. There will be some re-selecting. 

And because I’m much older now with less clear eyesight, less nimble fingers, I read about gridding the fabric. The upper left corner is almost complete, but I couldn’t wait to start the stitch. It’s a start! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!