May 22 , Some Red and Some Baskets

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  I promised myself I would make at least one hollow nine patch per week! Here is the 4th one! With the 3 from last week. 

My exclamation points got pinned to the design wall in the hallway! They are not sewn together. I’m going to have to get a different background fabric and nothing in my stash works.

As I was putting the borders on Follow Your Own Path yesterday, an accident happened! I didn’t get a photo then. But here is what part of my shelf unit looks like today! 

I mean, I wasn’t even near it, it just broke! So a trip to Menards’s is on the agenda today! The little plastic doohickeys that the shelves sit on, failed! 

They will be replaced with metal, but first the plastic bits embedded in the holes will have to be drilled out! Enter Mr. Busy! And before that can happen, the floor area must be cleared! Oh bother! 

The drill is doing its job and we found metal support brackets in the kitchen junk drawer!

You can see what I'll be doing the rest of the day!  I'm linking this post up at ScrapHappy Saturday. Not lots of red scrappy-ness. But you do get a look at my scrappy baskets and the messiness that happened.

And I guess I will link up with Cynthia's Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework. 

 Because I may have uttered a version of that when my shelf of baskets fell!  "giggle" 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

Finished or Not Finished Friday. #55

 

It’s still May! Today is our oldest granddaughter’s birthday! She is 36!    

Beautiful and the mother of 2. Yup, that means we have great grandchildren! In fact, we have 5! 

And now, here is my not finished project! 

Follow Your Own Path. A design by Sandra Walker at mmm!quilts. 

The borders will go quickly....then I need to find a backing. Then a quilter!

And then I have another quilt to bind. But that’s for another Friday!

I’m linking up with Alycia for Finished or Not Finished Friday. It’s been awhile since I did that! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

I LIKE Thursday #44

 Good Morning and welcome to my post to I LIKE THURSDAY! 

It’s finally starting to seem like spring in NE WY. 

A close-up of some wild plums dividing a neighbor’s property with the one next door. When we moved in, there was a church next door. They were there for a lot of years but finally moved. Then the building was empty off and on. There was some vandalism inside, nothing too bad but it made me uneasy. Now it is an Events Center. A place to hold wedding receptions, graduation parties, baby showers, etc. I think it’s a bit overpriced, but then, I’m a tightwad! 

Anyway, long story short, 3 years ago, the other neighbor who has a garden, told me to help myself to the wild plums. The building was unoccupied at the time, so I felt ok sharing with birds. I made several, 15 I think,  jars of jelly!

More plum blossoms! I’ll be reluctant to help myself, now that the property is occupied! I may get brave in late summer and call the owners to ask permission to harvest a bucket or two!

The owner of the other property is readying his ground for a garden. Along the fence are tulips! Finally blooming. You can see, I pointed my phone through the chain link fence. He has a lovely little plot, Mr Busy and I enjoy looking at it on our neighborhood walks. 

I did some sewing this week. Last two Geese Migration blocks are done. The photo really shows how I was using what I had. Some of those geese nearly disappear. It will be fine in the whole scheme of things! 

As soon as I get my Table Scraps topper done, 

I’ll start on getting those geese set in a quilt! 

Well, first I have to get these arrows all together! 

Then maybe I should redo my design wall. It’s looking a bit droopy! 

It’s almost warm enough to have coffees on the front deck! 

Today I am at my semi annual doctor’s appt. The appointment card I got last fall says 7:45 am for a Chronic Illness Visit!  I guess high blood pressure is a chronic illness...but meds have it under control!

The text reminder that came Tuesday, stated 8:15 am. Guess they think it will take me 30 minutes to do the paperwork!   Not! !     This isn’t my first rodeo! 

LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color,  shares links to our blogs! 

 Check out all the other bloggers who post about good in their lives.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy

To-Do Tuesday #40

Good Morning! Thanks Chris for hosting To-Do Tuesday! Hope everyone’s week went well!

Last week May 11 - 17

1. Geese Migration Blocks  

Not finished but in progress!

2. Finish red exclamation point blocks for Full Stop! ✅

3. Cut sashings for Growing Up Odd. To make sure there is enough! I did cut some, but not all!  So no photo......soon though!

It's a short list and I'm sure I'll do other things. There are strawberry beds to clean out. Partially done! 

There is a whole box of vintage linens that my brother thought I should have. I need to clean them and decide what to do with them. Nope!  Ideas still swirling in my head.

There may be a checkbook to balance, ✅laundry to do, ✅meals to cook. ✅You know! so....

Next Week   May 18 - 24

1. Geese Migration blocks again!

2. Follow Your Own Path to a quilt top!

3. Cut sashings for Growing Up Odd

And I should straighten, organize or just plain clean up my sewing room, it’s getting ahead of me! And there is a new quilt along I want to participate in beginning May 30th. 

So...I’ll Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

May 15 Saturday! Red, Red and More!

I’ve just about have too many irons in the fire!  So many beginnings that need to be brought to an end. I hope to get it together and get something accomplished that I can share. 

My plan ..make 1 red hollow 9 patch each week

May 1,8,15

Exclamation Point blocks for Full Stop! 

I’m going to run out of background fabric.....I need to find another light cream with white and intersperse so it doesn’t look like I changed fabric abruptly, when it comes to adding width at the ends of each row. 

I’ve uncovered an inspiration piece for Table Scraps Challenge. 

And some pieces when I dumped my red scrap basket.

My garlic knots quilt 

was delivered to my quilter friend on Thursday at our Thursday Stitchers group. 

She texted me yesterday, Friday, that it was done. Now I need to prep a binding. 

Follow Your Own Path QAL will be a top next week. The arrow blocks are done. 

So, no more sitting around! Judy must get busy! I’m linking up with Angela at ScrapHappy Saturday. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

I LIKE Thursday #43

 

I like mail! Most mail, at least! We do get some “junk mail”. Ads! Solicitations! 

But this kind of mail , I like. A box from Missouri Star Quilt Company.

 The contents:

Two stripe fabrics, think binding and a dark patriot batik.

A fancy zipper...the zipper tape has scissor shapes that make it look lacy. 

A free thimble and Free Mystery thread that turned out to be orange! Halloween is coming eventually! I’ll be ready! 

And a pattern I’ve been eyeing! 

I found this photo of my mom and me in some things from my sister. She had kept some of our mother’s photos and treasures. This circa 1946! 

This is my mom in HS.  Maybe 1940?  No notation on the back so I’m not absolutely sure. 

This from Bonnie Hunter’s FB page. Do you quote your mother? I know I do! A lot lately! 

And a whole box of vintage linens. Some stained, but most in pretty good shape! Lots of ideas spinning in my head!

I’m posting this late Wednesday. Be sure to go to LeeAnna’s blog, Not Afraid of Color and check out the links to other bloggers who share their likes. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy 

To-Do Tuesday #39

I’m linking up at Chrisknits to share my list successes and my failures

Last weeks list looked like this. 

May 4th - May 10th

1.  Make some hollow 9's in RED!  One  and parts, isn't some, but it is one!

One done!

Parts for a second Hollow 9 patch. 

2. Cut pieces for Geese Migration blocks.   Dark red/bugundy/maroon and rusty orange. Nothing done except buy fabric for the solids.  I did cut and sew some Exclamation Point blocks for Full Stop, Angela's sampler for RSC21!

3. Enjoy the Sew Day with the Loosethreads group! Oh, this was fun!  I mostly visited, but did get some sewing done on the arrow blocks. I forgot to take pictures. Actually my old Samsung 6 had quit keeping pictures in its gallery and I didn’t have my iPad. I now have a different phone. Maybe getting pictures will be easier.

4. Keep working on parts for Growing Up Odd from Wedding Dress Blues

Four 9 patches completed. Some 3's done.  I have a long way to go. But its a start. I am using these 2" blocks for Leaders and Enders as I sew other projects. 

 Bonus.  5. Get Garlic Knots to a quilter!  She doesn't have it yet, but I'm taking it to her on Thursday!

Next week May 11 - 17

1. Geese Migration Blocks

2. Finish red exclamation point blocks for Full Stop! 

3. Cut sashings for Growing Up Odd. To make sure there is enough! 

It's a short list and I'm sure I'll do other things. There are strawberry beds to clean out. There is a whole box of vintage linens that my brother thought I should have. I need to clean them and decide what to do with them. There may be a checkbook to balance, laundry to do, meals to cook. You know! so....

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy