I LIKE Thursday. 4-11-24

Joining LeeAnna and friends at Not Afraid of Color to share some likes this week.

We got wet blowing snow on Friday night and it continues off and on through Monday early afternoon.I don’t like the snow, but we got as much moisture in this storm as we received all winter. That is good thing. It has been so so dry here. 

You can see the wet on my kitchen window.

I finished this book. It didn’t get very good reviews on Goodreads, but I thought it was good. No deep mystery just a love story. Guess I’m shallow! LOL

I’ve discovered ready-to-heat and serve pulled pork. In the convenience section of the grocery store. Refrigerated but not frozen. It comes Hickory Smoked BBQ or Unsauced.  I accidentally chose the unsauced, but we like it better. I only heat half the package at a time, can add as muchor as little of my own sauce to it as it heats. We eat it on Hawaiian Buns or on a baked potato. Messy plate but yummy! 

LeeAnna gave us this question for this week!,

Pick a side?

April 11

Morning Person or Night Owl?

I’m definitely a morning person. 10:00pm rolls around and I’m ready for bed. Mr Busy teases me with this remark. “Are you going to turn into a pumpkin?” Or “Oh oh! It’s Pumpkin Time”! I like my mornings to myself. I read blogs, or whichever book is current. No TV or Morning News for me! Just me, my coffee and my iPad, usually

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

 

April Stashbusters Report for March

It seems like I was in my sewing room a lot. But not much was completed. Project quilting had me making a Wearable, the PJ pants. And then an Irish Chain table runner. I always think table runners take more fabric than they actually do. This one was 44” x 10.5”, so not much. The thread catcher was just a slab of crumbs 9x18! 

The gold and black that came in was used in a top (flimsy) , but it’s not complete yet. So it doesn’t count! 

March Fabric IN = +3.75 yds( black &gold= Seth’s)

March Fabric OUT = PJ Pants= -2.25 yd, table runner Irish chain= .75 yds, thread catcher= < 1/8 yd Total Out = 3 1/8 

March Net Total ( + In, or - Out) = +.625

Year to Date (net total for the year, + In, or - Out) -7.875

So I didn’t quite have a zero month! Still on the minus side though, so I’m happy!

I’ll share this with Carole at From My Carolina Home.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

Slow Sunday Stitching

There should have been more slow Sunday stitching today. But I had a project spread all over my sewing room and was sort of "overfocused". It's to the next step so tonight I will have some time to do some quiet slow stitching. 

I have GROW almost to the finish line.  I'm hoping to find a frame at Hobby Lobby that will be just right. 

I have the first week of the Stitchonomy WinterSAL done and have started on the next line.  BRIGHT STARS!

And of course there is the Kathy Schmitz April wreath for her Woven Wreaths SAL. I watched the video, so I should be good to start that this week too. 

I have a book to read for my book club meeting on the 15th. The library just called me that it was there after I put it on hold a week and a half ago. I think I need a schedule. 

1.Finish GROW today or rather this evening will in front of the TV.

2.Then do some stitches on Woven Wreaths. Probably continue on it this week of the 7th to the 13th. 

3.I'll leave the Winter SAL for Thursdays at my Stitching Group gatherings and the week of the 21st through the 27th of each month. 

4.This is the Temperature Heart Cross Stitch that shows the days of January . February, and March. 

 I'm linking up kind of late with Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching. As soon as I link up I will check out all other slow stitching going on. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

April’s First ScrapHappy Saturday!

This week I planned for company , entertained some visitors and still got some yellow under the needle!

Three zipper blocks  ⤴️ and five split nine patch blocks! ⤵️

 

There was even some yellow in a very busy crumb project! More on that later!

Linking up at So Scrappy to share and check out the others participating in ScrapHappy Saturday! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

I LIKE Thursday. 4-4-24

I’m sorry this is late. But we had unplanned company Wednesday PM and Thursday morning. Sometimes I have the posts open and add to them, but this week not so much. When my brother called and said he and my SIL wanted to come for a visit, I immediately said, “ Yes, please!”.  We haven’t seen them in almost a year. 

So of course I cleaned! You know, get this dust off the picture frames, and make the guest room welcoming! 

We went out to dinner. It was a disaster! The orders were wrong, the fish tacos were cold, the waitstaff manager accused my brother of being rude! Just awful! We won’t be going back for a while, even though they gave us a gift card to do just that! 

So not a “Like” , but otherwise we had a great visit. 

Another interesting thing that happened family wise. 

Adoption day happened . We added another niece to the family. The toddler in a different SIL’s arms. 

I finished reading Heaven Adjacent and enjoyed it very much. I gave it 5⭐️

And have started this one from the library. I am enjoying this also. Thanks for the recommendation Kathy Kittling of Kittling: Books

LeeAnna gave us this prompt for this week’s I Like Thursday!

Pick a side!

April 4th

Amusement Park or Day at the Beach?   Definitely a day at the beach. Any beach. Caribbean, California, Massachusetts, Lake Michigan, even Pactola Reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota. I’m a Pisces, get me to the water! 

We are expecting a winter storm, 6-8 inches of snow and wind. Sounds like a great weekend to stay in and sew or read or binge on a movie ! 

Hop on over to Not Afraid of Color to see how everyone else’s week went! 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

April Goal Setting Post!

As stated in the finish link up from March, my April One Monthly Goal is to finish the Quilt Top into Shower Curtain project. Interface the top hem, install 12 grommets, hem the bottom. Doesn’t seem like too much, but you never know!  

I’m linking up with Anne-Marie  for April’s OMG at Stories from the Sewing Room. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!

March One Monthly Goal. Finish Link Up

My OMG for March 2024 was to turn the UFO  "30 Blocks in 30 Days" flimsy into a shower curtain. 

I worked on it. In between, RSC blocks, Project Quilting Challenges, Table Scraps Challenge and a baby quilt. 

Some squares and rectangle were added to the sides. 

Then I made a backing out of muslin and measured and remeasured and attached the backing right sides together only on the sides. I do not have 12 grommets or extra large eyelets in my stash. So a shopping trip will have to happen on Monday!  Monday is April!!!!

So I clothespinned the top to some wire hangers, twisted the hooks and hung them from the shower rod. This is the crude look!

It is wide enough, but I need to interface the top to accept the grommets and I think the bottom will need some added length in order to get a decent hem that can be weighted in the corners to help it hang straight. I've made drapes in my past life and will look to see it I can find drapery weights. 

So I did not finish my goal, but I made progress. And that is OK by me.  April OMG will to FINISH. 

I'm linking up with Anne-Marie at Stories from the Sewing Room. 

Stay Busy and Stay Happy and Healthy and Hopeful!