Slow Sunday Stitching ~ 3-10-24

Sharing with Kathy and all the Slow Sunday Stitchers!

I finished my March Queen Bee on the Woven Wreath Stitch Along! 

And I’ll put the week’s worth of plus stitches in the Temperature Cross Stitch. Can’t remember if I showed the pattern previously. They ( Fat Quarter Shop) have a different one for this year. It’s houses! Really cute. 

I joined a SAL at Stitchonomy called Winter  Stitch Along.  I didn’t join the pattern club so I’m getting a late start. Decided to order the fabric from Alyssa, it should be here this week. This is pattern three, I think I can catch up!

Here’s a link but the free sign up is closed. You can still join the pattern club .

Today I’ll put a few more stitches in GROW. I like to get it stitched and fully finished. I don’t have a current photo, but it’s not much changed since this photo! 😉

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

ScrapHappy Saturday ~ 3-9-24

The second Saturday in March. The purple scraps were pulled to see if I could make some Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks. Of course I could! The scrap dilemma is real! 

Six Split Nines were finished 

And 4 Zipper Blocks were added to the basket. 

I also completed the Project Quilting challenge of Wearables! 

They too are purplish! Well, there are lots of colors in these “jammy pants”, but some bluish pinky purple!

In fact, the center 2.5” square in the top right Split 9 is a scrap from the “wearable” sewing!

I’m also trying to make some crumb blocks, but so far just parts!

Linking up with Rainbow Scrap Challenge 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday

I LIKE Thursday.  Mar 7th. Joining LeeAnna and friends at Not Afraid of Color

I finished this book yesterday! I enjoyed it very much! As much as I liked Becoming but in a totally different way. 

I sewed for Project Quilting . PQ 15.5. Wearables

 Jammy pants,  loungie pants, every day pants. Whatever you call them, they are roomy and comfy. Perfect for wearing while bingeing on our latest!  Mr & Mrs Smith and Firefly Lane! 

Oh BTW, have you seen Draft Day with Kevin Costner?  Puts a light on the whole trading, releasing and drafting of players in the NFL! And other major leagues too, I assume!

LeeAnna posed this discussion starter for March 7th: 

Describe something you experience with EACH of your senses every SPRING! 

Taste: Is March Spring? Then I was thrilled to taste a Shamrock Shake! Or chocolate Easter Bunnies! Yum!

Touch: I like the feel of the sun on my face. Yes I wear sunscreen and sunglasses, but the first days of warm sun is very pleasant!

Sight: I was hoping to have pictures of the baby ducks that Mr Busy saw at Bomgaars late last week. We made a special trip so I could see them. But alas, every galvanized stock tank was empty! I hoping for crocuses peeking up soon. 

Hearing:   I’m looking forward to the first robin song in our yard and the special call of the Meadowlark. 

Smell: I like the smell of the air after it rains. Sometimes I can even smell the rain before it actually rains.

I apologize for this not posting this morning. I was going to do it first thing, overslept and completely forgot!  Now that I’m home from my Stitching group, I’m off to check the other participants! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Project Quilting 15.5. Wearables

I waited for inspiration. But I promised myself to only work from my stash , soooooooo

Monday 3-4-24

I’ve sewed square dance skirts, blouses and made scarf ties for Mr. Busy, I’ve made Easter dresses and pjs, and shorts for my kids. I’ve sewn pajama pants, bed jackets and skirts for myself, when I was younger and thinner. And aprons galore. But the only patterns I still own are aprons, pajamas and scrubs. I’ve had this fabric for ages. It was suppose be curtains for an apartment. It has made home theatre pillows, camping pillow covers and there was yardage left. Now it will be Movie Night Lounge Pants for me.

It’s directional and I had an “oops moment”! I cut the fabric so the cars were right side up , but not right sides together, so one back was backwards! UGH! So I had to piece the fabric to be able to recut the crotch! I’ll never wear them to Walmart 😂 ( or out in public anywhere)  so it’s OK.  That is all done and the inner leg seams are sewn and the center crotch seam. The pockets ( yay, there are pockets) are pinned to the front and back and the buttonholes for the drawstring are in the front waistband area! Done for Monday!

Tuesday 3-5-24

Pockets attached to sides and topstitched. Side seams sewn, waistband elastic inserted and hems ready for final turn. 

They seem a bit full in the tush. Now I’m a hippy (not hippie) Norwegian girl,  so I’ll wash them and see if that makes a difference. If not, I’ll adjust the inside leg seam. But I call them a WEARABLE. Perfect for Movie Night at home or bingeing on Firefly Lane  or Mr & Mrs Smith! 

I’m linking up with PQ 15.5 at Persimon Dreams. Thanks Kim and Trish! 

Sharing at Midweek Makers too, because this was my “make” this week! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

March One Monthly Goal

My goal for March is to take this UFO quilt from 2019 and turn it into a shower curtain. We had a walk in shower installed in our main bathroom. For the last 20 years, the decor has been Fish, Fishing, Fishing Gear! I needed a change.😊 This quilt top is my stepping off place, Rainbow Colors, uplifting messages, brighter happier decorations!  I loved doing this 30 Blocks in 30 Days with Carla from Creatin’ in the Sticks. If you link to her blog there is a tab in the header

It’s long enough for the shower opening but needs to be 6 inches wider. If I add a 3.5 inch border on either side it should work . I’ll line it with muslin and either use grommets or buttonholes. 

I’m linking this post at Stories from the Sewing Room One Monthly Goal Link-up. Thanks Anne Marie for continuing to make this Goal Setting event available. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Slow Sunday Stitching. 3-3-24

I’m linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching a bit late today. I slept in this morning. Blame the black-out curtains on our bedroom window. We live  next door to a former church building turned events center. Some Saturday nights there is a party going on! Complete with band and lots of people. We can hear the music and hear everyone leaving sometime between midnight and 2 am. Hence the black out curtains and finally getting to sleep! 😴 

Today I’ll work on adding in a few stitches to March on my Temperature Cross Stitch. This pattern was downloaded from Fat Quarter Shop in 2023, in August! I intended to use it in 2024. I didn’t even remember that 2024 is a leap year. I had to add a cross motif for the 29th. I don’t think it’s noticeable.

January and February- every cross motif is a different day. The yellow stitches represent 55-60 degrees. Very unusual for our area in January and February! 

Also I will do some more stitches on March’s Queen Bee on the Woven Wreaths SAL from Kathy Schmitz. I watched her stitch along video on the 1st and got a good start. I don’t usually like the stem stitch but following Kathy’s directions it went well in this design.

Enjoy your time today with needle and thread. As I stitch, I’ll be contemplating a project for this week’s challenge for Project Quilting 15.5.  WEARABLES!  Hmmmmm!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

ScrapHappy Saturday. Purple!

I made a couple more zipper blocks last week for the last of reds. Red Hats and Scotty dogs! 

I’ve got more of that Red Hat Society fabric, I think I could use it with purple! 

 I did finish my SAHRR and it has lots of red. Quilting Gail will host a reveal on March 18th. So I should wait until then, but here is a sneak peek of some red! 

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

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!