Finished and Not Finished

 Last week I worked on 2 different challenges. Obviously I’m not as good at multitasking as I once was. 

For Project Quilting 16.3 the prompt was use 3 common blocks in your project. ✅

For Stay At Home Round Robin (SAHRR) Round 3 was ‘use Stars”

PQ needed to be completed by Sunday. So I mostly worked on this placemat. It is done and I posted it to Quilting Gail on Thursday. I finished the binding at my Thursday Stitchers group. 

I also decided on 4.5” finished Friendship Stars for SAHRR. I used a chart I found at Generations Quilt Patterns  I wasn’t looking forward to  cutting and sewing all those small HSTs. I read that some participants used their AccuCutter. I have one, but don’t have a lot of dies. I find them to be very expensive. However, a blogger friend did sent me some used ones that she ended up not wanting. I gladly and gratefully accepted them. I had one that cut triangles and squares for 2 1/2 inches pieces making a 6.5” star. I had decided that was too big . But I could cut them, sew the HST and trim them . That seems to work better for me anyway. 

But I took a break to go renew my drivers license and when I returned to my machine I just sewed the pieces i had cut. Egad  Judy!!. I wondered if I could use the correct size little ones in the corners. I need 2 more and use the big one in the middle of the top, bottom and sides. I was planning on rectangles to complete the round. 

Yuk!   Nope!  So back to the drawing board. I printed the chart and grabbed my seam ripper.

SO ONE FINISH AND ONE NOT!

I’m linking up with Alycia’s Finished or Not Friday

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Project Quilting 16.3. Three Common Blocks

 

This week Trish has challenged us to use 3 common quilt blocks in our entry. Two years ago for Rainbow Scrap Challenge I started making placemats using this pattern that I found on a guild exchange table. 

I went back to this pattern for this challenge. I’m not good at the math needed to decide how big the blocks need to be and then cut the proper sized pieces. I’m usually not math challenged but for some reason I have trouble just ‘winging it.’

I started by selecting blue fabrics, but they were not speaking to me. I switched to browns. Browns will fit better in its destination, the GO bag in my car. There is placemat, extra napkins ,straws, etc.for grabbing takeout and eating in the car. 

I made 3 blocks. An hourglass block, a churn dash, and a friendship star. 61/2 inches by 6 1/2” each(unfinished).  I had some of this moose fabric in my stash and decided to set the blocks in the center. 

I quilted it with serpentine lines. Used a dark black and brown for the backing and the darkest brown in the churn dash was used for the binding. 

I’m linking up at Persimon Dreams  #pqSeason16

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

I LIKE Thursday.

 

LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color hosts this event on Thursdays to give us a chance to share the good things that have happened and maybe commiserate just a bit.  

I went to the DMV to renew my Drivers License on Wednesday. I didn’t have to take a test , just fill out the form and get my picture taken and pay the fee. Amy asked me if I was planning on flying anywhere in the next six weeks. Nope, I am not, I answered. And she punched (VOIDED), my current drivers license. I asked her why she asked. TSA won’t accept a voided DL, they will accept an expired one. Luckily I have a passport, in case I need to fly!

It’s been really cold here lately. This is the year I should have done a temperature quilt or stitch. There would have been several below zero entries already. Brrrr!

Mr Busy and I caught up on the Chicago Wednesdays we had missed, and the crossover event that was last Wednesday.  Because we stream it on Peacock. We have to wait until Thursday to watch it.

We are watching Season 2 of The Night Agent, and waiting for the next season of The Lincoln Lawyer. 

I’m nearly finished with  The Secret War of Julia Child. 

Then I will listen to  

 Lee Anna often provides a prompt to get us thinking. This week she asked :

• What’s one of the most exciting things you’ve done in life so far?

That’s a hard one for me. I haven’t skydived, or gone zip lining. I haven’t traveled the world or very many other countries. I have lived 79 years, so I think I’m done with exciting things. I have ridden a motorcycle across the suspended bridge over Royal Gorge in Cañon City CO. 

That was scary. 

I rode a boat under Niagara Falls and got soaking wet. THAT was fun.  I don’t have photos of that adventure. 

One last good thing to share. During a quick trip to Walmart I spied these. 

My heart is not broken, they are very good. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

January TableScraps Challenge

 

Ready for Table Scraps Challenge 2025?  Hosted by Joy at The Joyful Quilter this is my 5th year of participating in this challenge . If you are interested, Joyful’s actual introduction post is Here, but this year’s  first post is this ONE. Jump in anytime!

In December, Angela from So Scrappy, announced the color for the upcoming month of January as Pink. The Joyful Quilter  gave us this prompt.. WARM BEVERAGE/ANYTHING COZY… It’s Project Quilting season and SAHRR(Stay At Home Round Robin). Yikes I’d better get my ducks in a row!.  

I thought of a mug rug, of course and a table runner, of course. But I wanted something different. So I thought, and worked on pink RSC blocks, and Project Quilting. And thought some more.

One day I was walking by this Christmas Quilt on the extra design wall in the hallway. It’s waiting for it’s appointment with Glenda, (the longarm quilter)    *  Second column  bottom row: 

I had the pattern. 

What about on a gift bag. Yup! That will work. I have been using crumb blocks in my scraps challenges. This time I traced the pattern for the cup and heart on fusible. I use Pellon 805. That is what I have, but there are a lot of different brands. Ironed it to a strip of raspberry solid. Zigzagged around the heart and the cup. Right sides together, I sewed the long sides, Voila! A bag, and I boxed the bottom for this one. A casing  and a dig through my  pink/red ribbon box for 1/8th inch pink ribbon, resulted in this bag. I’ll fill it with cocoa packets, apple cider packets and some herbal tea. 

What do you think?  Cute, huh? 

I’ll link up with The Joyful Quilter.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

SAHRR Round #2 Triangles

 

Anja Quilts is the host for Round 2. She chose Half Square Triangles as the next round for our Stay At Home Round Robin. 

HSTs are a versatile and fairly straightforward block. This is what my block looked like on Monday morning. 

Our daughter and granddaughter were at our house for the weekend. At lunchtime, daughter left to get the oil changed in her car, say goodbye to her daughter and grandkids, and drive home to Loveland , Colorado. Granddaughter’s dad, picked her up, took her to lunch then she went home with him. Tuesday she was back over to spend some time with us. We played 5 games of Rummikub. Wednesday her dad will  drive her to Denver, to catch an early morning flight on Thursday back to Vermont. We have had a great visit. 

Wednesday;

I’ve been thinking about HSTs. I have a couple of ideas.  I tried pinwheels in opposite corners. 

I didn’t know what Round 3 was going to be and was worried that this might look messy. So back to my fabric tote. I thought I had just enough to make the four patches for two more Jacob’s Ladder sections, with different colored HSTs making the pinwheels. 

Voila!

I’m much happier now. Linking up with Anja Quilts  and waiting for Round Three on Monday the 3rd. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful.

Happy February!

 

I’m sewing BLUE rectangles. Making potato chips.  And linking up to ScrapHappy Saturday with Angela.

I’m also workin on January’s Table Scraps Challenge .  No real photos, because as of now, it’s only an idea. 

If you read yesterday’s post, we were having guests. But it didn’t happen. R got called to work and wasn’t back in time. He drives a pilot car and calls can come whenever. So they will come tonight. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Friday. Not Finished

   On this last week of the month, I finished nothing!  I’ve working on my SAHRR . Round 2, HST was

 

about done. 

After round one. But I don’t know what Round 3 will be. So I don’t like the way Round 2 looks.  On to plan B. More Jacob’s Ladder sections. 

This is the Off Week for Project Quilting, so I thought I would finish my pink Table Scraps Challenge . 

Wonder what will evolve?

But that didn’t happen, I had company from out of town. That meant family obligations happened. I’m glad for the visits and for the meals shared. But sewing was at a minimum. 

We are having friends over for dinner tonight and will teach them to play Rummikub. Mr Busy is obsessed  with that game, and I like it too. Should be fun. Spaghetti, salad, and garlic bread are on the menu. 

Tomorrow I will give TSC my full attention. *SMILE*. 

I’ll post and link to Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!