Slow Sunday Stitching March 24

Hopefully today there will be some slow stitching. It's snowing a bit today, so the Winter Sampler seems appropriate. The fabric I ordered from Stitchonomy arrived. I ,of course ,had to add to my floss stash. And this is what happened when I got home from stocking up. Our JoAnns is closing, soon. Lots of floss still left but I heard from a local young crochet artist that there was fighting over fat quarters! For Pete’s sake!

I still use these floss bobbins. I have 3 boxes of DMC and a fourth of miscellaneous brands, inherited from my mom and my mother-in-law.


So I got started: Just barely…..

I usually like to start in the middle, but this is a mystery. 

And one row at a time is released. So I found the middle and gridded the vertical and the left leg of the horizontal. The first row is DARK NIGHTS.   The K is barely started. I ordered the.needle minder when I ordered the fabric. The color here isn’t really true. It’s a dark deep teal. I don’t know the name of the color.


I'll link up with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching today.

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Project Quilting 15.6. Irish Chain.

Trisha announced the last and final challenge on Sunday the 17th, St Patrick’s Day. She chose the traditional Irish Chain block.

 RULE ONE: Your project must be inspired by the traditional Irish Chain design. 

I’ve never made an Irish Chain quilt. So I needed to do some research.  When you Goggle Irish Chain you find lots of beautiful quilts to look at.  As I was on Google I ran across a tutorial from Amy Smart, Diary of a Quilter

I’ve used her tutorials before and find them clear and easy to understand. She uses strip piecing which is normally a time saver. I didn’t want to do a whole quilt because I can’t get it quilted in the allotted time. I had been thinking about a  shelf topper for this part of my bookcase/storage area. At the very least it needs a good cleaning/clearing!!

The shelf area is 44 inches long x 10 inches deep.  Perfect for 10” finished blocks! 

I needed 4 blocks, in a table topper you don’t get the full chain effect, but the idea is there. I had green scraps, it was St Patrick’s Day after all, and my sewing room is green with purple accents. Purple is the RSC color for March. Soooo. This is what it looked like Tuesday evening.

Wednesday was a beautiful day here. 62 degrees and no wind ! A perfect day to spray baste the shelf topper. I found a scrap of batting, 55X14. And located a piece of fabric given to me by my ex-DIL after she quit sewing to work on her degree. 

I had to piece it to get it wide enough, but it won’t matter on the back! 

Spray basting on the front deck. Warm and sunny. Lots of shadows! 

Thursday I was at Stitching Group in the AM, but after lunch I made binding and attached it. It’s Purple! A bit was hand stitched to the back Thursday night, but my hands started to hurt so I quit. Then finished it Friday afternoon, while on Aunt Em’s  Scrappy Possibilities Zoom Mini Workshop ,   and then while finishing my audio book. 

It’s on the shelf 

and making my “ stuff and ephemera “ look pretty good!

I have so enjoyed participating in Project Quilting again this year. Thanks Kim and Trish for a great 12 weeks. During the week of PQ 15.4 Hourglass, I won a pattern from Sarah Goer. I’ve been putting those pieces together as Leaders and Enders for PQ 15.6 Irish Chain. I’ll show it sometime next week. 

Linking this post up at Persimon Dreams. 

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I Like Thursday! Third Thursday of March

Yesterday was the first day of spring. Technically, the Spring Equinox happened at 9:06 pm on Thursday night. So Wednesday was the first DAY of spring. 

I hung the Easter Egg banner! 

Easter is just around the corner! It’s early this year. 

The biggest thing this week was the awarding of the QOV to my Uncle in Pierre SD! 

The quilt is Long May She Wave, designed by Alycia Carmin of Alycia Quilts. I pieced the quilt and my friend Aggie quilted it! My uncle’s birthday was March 1st. He was 94! He served in the Air Force in Korea, during the Korean Conflict. 

I finished reading 

I gave it 5/5 ⭐️

And I’m almost finished listening to 

I haven’t rated it yet, but it is such a well written story.

Two different stories, both very well written. 

LeeAnna wanted to know what spring creatures we see in our area. 

   I saw the first robin last week and a rabbit that lives two doors down! We’ve had a pretty mild winter, so the squirrels have been out and about since early February. I even saw a wasp a week or so ago. We see deer and antelope all year around. 

Joining LeeAnna and friends at Not Afraid of Color

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SAHRR 2024 ~ Final Reveal

If you are a regular reader you may remember that my SAHRR started with an embroidery done many years ago!  I knew I didn’t want a full sized quilt or even a large wall hanging. My home is small, wall space is at a premium. So as the weeks went by and the new rounds were revealed I played with them. Sometimes only adding to the bottom, sometimes mixing 2 ideas to make up just one border. It wasn’t as successful as I had imagined, but it will be a fun remembrance of 2024’s Stay At Home Round Robin. 

I finished Rudy pretty quickly. Some simple straight line echo quilting, and the letters and numbers blanket stitched as part of the quilting. I added two triangles of a scrap of Christmas gingerbread fabric to the top corners as a way to hang it next Christmas. I love how the left one has the gingerbread man centered in the triangle. The backing is also a scraps of printed Christmas fabrics that was almost long enough.  It’s bound with red with white polka dots! 

Rudy is safely packed away with the other Christmas decorations and I’m sure I’ll grin from ear to ear when I take him out at the beginning of December! 

This is my 2 year of officially participating in the SAHRR. The first year I followed along learning how it happened and did not complete the project. But if Gail and Wendy, Anja,  Emily, Brenda and Kathleen do this event again, I’ll definitely join in!   I’ll be linking up over at Quilting Gail’s Parade.  Come over and see what other participants created. 

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Scrap Happy Saturday 3-16

I’ve completed all the necessary blocks of split 9s and zippers in purple. 

This week I attended a 3 day Sew-In. And so I decided it would be a good time to finally get a start on a quilt for my youngest nephew. 

He lives in Minneapolis and works for the University. He earned a PhD in 2019. Auntie Judy is woefully behind in making a congratulatory quilt! 

It’s under my needle, in the process of webbing the blocks. I should have the top done this weekend. Wish me luck! 

I’m linking up with Angela,  host of Rainbow Scrap Challenge . 

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Finished or Not Friday.

It’s a NOT!   It’s Friday evening and I’m webbing this good sized quilt. 

I spent 3 days at a sew-in. I stitched 9 am til 3 pm all 3 days. Of course there was time taken for lunch each day and much visiting too.

I got all the blocks (36 of them) put together. 

I’ll finish the vertical seams tonight after supper, hopefully! I’m on column 6 row 2, so 5 more blocks to add! And then press and finish the horizontal seams on Saturday!  So hip hip hooray for a Not Finished Friday! 

Linking up with Alycia at Alycia Quilts!

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I LIKE Thursday

Several things to be grateful for:

Food~

Though not gourmet, this was a supper we made together this week. A panfried chicken breast seasoned with Slap Ya Mama! Oven roasted sweet potatoes, just slightly overdone! And steamed broccoli with cheese sauce. 

Books~

Hardcover

Audio

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LeeAnna gave us this prompt for today!

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what is your favorite spring flower and do you try to grow them in your house or yard? 

    My favorite spring flower is tulip, followed by crocus, daffodils and hyacinth. I don’t have them in my yard now, though I did grow them in the past. I’m doing no “in the ground gardening” at this point in my life. I do have a patch of Lily of the Valley already established around a tree just outside our kitchen window. It takes vey little maintenance, just regular watering in the summer. 

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This week I am attending a 3 day Sew-In at our library. Tuesday was our first day. There was lots of visiting and sharing. I’m putting together block for a graduation quilt for a nephew. He earned his PhD a few years ago and he needs a quilt. I bought fabric a longtime ago, finally settled on a pattern. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!