ScrapHappy Saturday’s 4th Orange Saturday

 

 Linking up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday

Working on my orange basket entry for the  TableScraps Challenge. I’m using crumb blocks as I hav3 all year. Crumb blocks are great ways to use up all the bits and pieces of fabric too good to just toss in the trash! At least, IMO! I’m also using up partial spools of thread and partial bobbins.  

Just some of the pics of my cutting table ⤴️.     and sewing surface. ⤵️

I’m also trying to listen to an Audible title, The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store!  I can listen when I’m hand stitching, but not when I’m at my machine. And not when I’m tired. The narrator has a calm soothing voice, wonderful in the inflection of the different character’s voices,  but I’ve fallen asleep and then had to back track. Not the story’s fault, mine! 

It is one of 2 summer reads for my F2F Book Club. I’ve finished The Covenant of Water! Also very good! We meet again in September. 

I’ll be back next Saturday to share my Table Scraps Challenge entry!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

Slow Sunday Stitching

 

I’m late! But will Slow Sunday Stitch this evening! 

I had company over the weekend! Our daughter drove up from Loveland after work on Friday. It was dark by the time she got here. I always worry about the last hour and a half of her trip coming north. It’s a two lane, with lots of big truck traffic. In the dark always the possibility of antelope, deer, or rabbits on the highway. But no problems. 

She came to attend the funeral of her best friend from high school’s younger brother. He was 57. Her daughter and her BFF’s daughter were also friends until they became young adults. So there was a good reunion. Needless to say I didn’t stitch this morning. All have left our house now and I will pick up and do dishes, then get out the Temperature Heart  

( the white headed pin is marking July 22nd, so I need to finish July and get started on August,)

and the Autumn Bell Pull! I’ve barely begun the second U in Autumn. I’m a middle starter, so have marked the middle og my fabric and will do this letter. Then I’ll probably do the T next. Are you a center starter or do you start at the top?

I’ll be stitching while watching TV this evening. Join me won’t you? Check to see what others are doing at Kathy’s Quilts - Slow Sunday Stitching

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

ScrapHappy Saturday. August Orange

 

It’s Saturday! It’s Saturday! And I’m linking up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday

I have to say it twice. This week has been interesting! I haven’t been “on”. Or as Mr. Busy said more than once this week, “ you haven’t brought your A-Game!”  That’s a nice way to say I screwed up several things.  Just an example, I spent several times on my tablet searching for ScrapHappy Saturday posts yesterday! OMG!😳 😱 😆 

I’ve just been “half a bubble off”, another of Mr. Busy’s way of telling me I’m not up to par! 🙃

I sewed all my orange RSC blocks at a mini  retreat the first week in August.  I worked on my crumb blocks some, 

and made 3 Leader and Ender blocks for this newest Bonnie Hunter L&E Challenge, County Clare. 

Upper right are pieces ready to sew. I don’t have 1.5” strips or squares cut, so it’s slower process for me than BH! 

Went to funeral on Wednesday and there is another today. Hoping the coming week is an improvement on this week. In all my endeavors, from sewing to making a grocery order, to getting ready for guests this weekend. Oy vey! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I Like Thus 8-15

 

I LIKE Thursday, sharing with LeeAnna and others at Not Afraid of Color.

I found the above quote on the internet this week. It’s perfect for me. I’m having trouble with documenting and even finding things to like or be grateful for. 

I did receive these photos from my youngest granddaughter. She and her fiancé found quiet, beauty and time together on a short bicycle ride in their small town!

 

Don’t they look happy? Her tank says it all! Be The Light!

They also found this interesting fungi!

Another reason I’m down this week. I learned Monday of a friend’s death. We hadn’t been close recently, but I didn’t know she was sick. She was only 67!

But this opening sentence in her obituary made me smile. I edited her name.She was the Queen of Bling in our sorority! 

 AJH ( 01/09/1957 – 08/06/2024, has left this life to pursue a new career as Director of Bling, Shoes, Purses and Chocolate in Heaven

We watched a great movie on Disney this week. 

I highly recommend it! 

LeeAnna asked:

Aug 15, 2024

how are you coping with the heat dome this year?

It’s been hotter here than normal, but that’s not saying much. We only had one day over 100 degrees. Fall is on the way, there won’t be another. Luckily we have central air. This is the first home we have ever had that had that luxury. We have a full basement that we could retreat too, if the AC failed!  As I get older, I do better in the heat. Not the sun, but shady heat is OK! Just as long as I have a glass of iced tea, I’m a happy girl!  I’m cold most of the time these days! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Slow Sunday Stitching! 8-11-24

I’m joining with friends at  Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching today. Not a lot of stitching progress here. But it’s not so much the destination as the journey for me. Don’t get me wrong, I get excited to finish a stitchery, but the fun is in the doing!

I started on the Woven Wreath’s  Sun for August, last week, but did not finish. I attended a 3 day Sew-In or Mini Retreat. Meet and sew and visit and share for 3 days in a row. But sleep in your own bed at home. It’s very popular! I did some block construction. 

Not quite 1/2 way with the Sun, but getting there. Stitched Saturday night while watching a new Apple+ movie. The Instigators with Matt Damon, Casey Affleck. Several other faces and names you will recognize, Hong Chau, Ving Rhames, Paul Michael Hauber and Ron Perlman to name a few. But sadly, no recommendation from either of us! 

I was disappointed. I like these guys and wish I would have liked the movie!

Today I will continue the Sun. There are lots of stitches necessary in this small design. Very cute though, isn’t it? 

Hopefully I’ll get some stitches in the Temperatures Heart. I’m woefully behind on this one. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

 

Scrap Happy Saturday 8-10-24

 

I attended a Sleep In Your Own Bed retreat this week hosted by a group I belong to called LooseThreads! We met Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in a large meeting room at our local library. We invited other sewing groups to join us. Some Thursday Stitchers and Material Girls attended. Several people were out of town or working at the Pathfinders Camporee. We had 60,000 campers and staff visited our small city. Almost double our population. 

A drone photo of one of their evening assemblies. It was an amazing thing to see.

I managed to sew all 8 of my orange Split 9 blocks and 4 zipper blocks. There were 5, but the fifth had an oops, so it was unsewn and will be remedied today. 

I often don’t cut well with others, and this is a prime example. Luckily there was another piece of the dotted fabric that was long enough to cut a 9 1/2” strip! Phew! 

And scrappy crumb blocks were started. They will be used in the Table Scraps Challenge for August!

I’m joining other scrappy sew-ers at Angela’s ScrapHappy Saturday!

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful! 

I LIKE Thursday! Olympics and other happenings!

Shared from Sweatpants and Coffee’s Facebook page!  Be thankful!

Our daughter shared this! She says it is a wonderful story. We are going to try to watch it this weekend!

I’m not sure which streaming service, but it’s a National Geographic documentary. 

Our city is hosting the International Pathfinder Camporee this week. It’s hard to understand how big this is. My small city has a population of approx 36, 000. If you add the rural ranches, and outlying subdivisions that use our amenities, it grows to 47,000. This week we have 60,000 additional people!

During this week, The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is in full swing, east of us 115 miles in Sturgis South Dakota. Their attendance is down this year, but they are counting around 50, 000 a day. 

This is a photo from a drone over the nightly gathering . Pretty impressive. We have provided them with the 3rd largest traveling stage in the world, that dark spot in the middle of the photo. Here is a link to their Website if you are interested. 

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 LeeAnna  posed this question: have you ever wanted to compete, or have you every attended the Olympics? 

As noted in last weeks  post, I’m not competitive in an athletic sense. So no! I’ve never wanted to compete. I marvel at the ability of all athletes and their dedication to their sport!

Because of  where we live I’ve never attended in person. We like to watch on TV. This year, not as much as in previous years. I’m not sure the reason for that. Maybe because we can alway pull up highlights on YouTube and other sources! 

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I have  been attending a 3 day sleep-in-your-own-bed retreat. Today is the last day. I’m tired but it’s been fun. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!