Catchup - Feb 25th-26th

Feb 25th

Another family/friends sewing weekend is on!  Well lunch is a gonner!  Pat brought homemade chicken soup (stew-like) with cheese n crackers.  Sylvia divided her cake pan and half was apple and the other blueberry crisps!  YUMMY!!!  

I'm sewing sashing to my wonky log cabin blocks with HST cut offs sewn together as leaders n enders. 

Edna is working on a chair cover for her son-in-law's head rest chair.  

Pat is finishing off a table runner from awhile back.  

Pet's UFO (unfinished object) now a FO (finished object).

Sylvia is working on her bed quilt using BQ pattern by Maple Island Quilts, showcasing different flowers in each block.  

And Sylvia's banana loaf for coffee break!  🤗

Supper was Edna's pulled pork with Sylvia's cabbage salad and her crisps for dessert!  It was an early night but back at it tomorrow!!!

Feb 26th

Here's another day we're all playing!  I decided to try this new project from YouTube Revelation Quilt called Trippy Triangle Quilts which she used 6 inch charms but I'm trying it with my 2.5 inch mini charms. 

Trippy Triangle project

Here's the missed picture of Edna's chair head cover from yesterday. 

Evan's chair cover

She also finished off her rolled Take Along Placemat from Quilter's World Spring 2014, except for hand sewing and starting another one. 

Evan's Take Along cutlery holder placemats.

Pat made the hanger for another UFO and now back to her table topper, Paper Pieced Snowflake from a recent Country Register. 

Pet's finished hanger.

Sylvia is continuing her BQ floral quilt blocks.

Lunch was my contribution of a chicken taco salad!  All said just YUMMY!!!

OK here is what the mini charms work up as!  So cute I think, so onto more squares.  Block size is 1 5/8 X 3 3/4 inch.

My 2.5 inch mini charms into Trippy Triangles.

Ohhh a good weekend for all of us!  Sylvia has enjoyed our company and sewed up quite a few of her floral blocks, soon to choose which will be in her quilt.  

Pat finished off her paper pieced topper, just needs to be bound. 

Pet's PP'd Snowflake in summer dress!

Edna cut out 3 more Take Along Placemats and anxious  to finish them off at home.

Wrapping up all her cutlery placemats.

She's a happy camper!

I resumed the "rippit" of sewn rows of not aligned columns of my wonky log cabin.  Retrying by marking the vertical sashing seams on the horizontal sashing per Sylvia's guidance and VOILA I was aligned!

Thank you Pat for the picture.

So at home I'll finish it off for another ABC quilt top completed awaiting quilting and increased my pile of leaders and enders.

We finished off having supper at the Wok Box on Dakota near the LC before all going home to relax!

Hmmmmm last night I THOUGHT I'd finished off my dimensional embroidery homework ready for tomorrow's class and new steps.  

NO, NOPE, NADA, NO SIREEE!!!!  😬😪😵‍💫

See I switched to the leaves and rosebuds BUTTT totally forgot to start with the STEMS!!!  I was totally annoyed and went to sleep and today I'm too tired to start it, so tomorrow I'll try to stitch it into place between the background and foreground!  🙏

Catchup - Feb 16th-23rd

Feb 16th

Ohhhh I love this block too!

Here's Block 7 (actually 2 same blocks but one dark and one light for the small quilt) for the Block-A-Day Mystery Quilt Along with Melissa Marginet finally completed.   Now to work on the last ones!  Again I had to redo one for each block, what the heck did I do sub-cutting that set!  🤔🙃🫨  

Melissa pepped some awesome layouts and I'm going to venture away from my 'safe and usual' plans and experiment with this quilt top!

Here's Block 8, the last set for more, (actually 2 same blocks but one dark and one light for the small quilt) for the Block-A-Day Mystery Quilt Along with Melissa Marginet finally completed.     Again I had to redo one for each block, what the heck did I do sub-cutting that set!  🤔🙃🫨  

Melissa prepped some awesome layouts and I'm going to try and venture away from my 'safe and usual' plans and experiment with this quilt top!

Hmmmmm I'm glad this house has a king bed so I could see my blocks in various layouts!  Now I just LOVE the colourwash layout Melissa showed us, plus the on point layout too!  ♥️  BUTTTT because of my two dark fabrics and mix of lights, it just did not appeal to me even moving some around.  Then I tried something just basic and I LOVE it lots and that's probably the way I'll stay!!!

As per her block layout.

My first switcheroo!

My kinda liking switcheroo! 

Opposite block placement.

But I think I'll go with this layout.

Vertically placed pairs, switching colours in places.

Feb 17th

I didn't care for this design but will see!

Well once again I'm diving into the Cdn Quilt Swappers 6" charms swap huge tote (probably some 20 years or so) for another project.  This time 56 floral/leaf types for the MPQ Calm Mystery this paste couple weeks.  Hmmm I was looking for the coloured rectangles but didn't see them, so cut more out of the extra, then pulling out the long strips out falls the special coloured rectangles!!!  So some rolippit to have it as I'd planned.  I swear that tote is procreating, as I've sewn up at least for scrappy charm quilts already plus a couple I Spy kids quilts and it's not really used up!

Well today was not a good day for me, hip and ankle aching, but I still enjoyed MPQ ZOOM, especially the reveal of the president's challenge n the quilter's stories, along with a  stitching day with Sylvia and Edna.  Sylvia helped Edna stitch up a makeup bag that Sylvia figured out the instructions from a gifted one.  She did start sewing her flower blocks together for her outer border for Calm that she'll add to something else in the centre.  Edna finished off her bag and now the Christmas gift can be given, BUT I forgot to get a picture!!!  I finished sewing up my centre section that in Morse Code spells "Calm" but had many ROSE ANNE issues from start to this point, hope the rest goes easier!!!  I've always said I shouldn't do things when I'm not 100%!  Sorry Kathy for yesterday's panicked email!  💞

Evan's gifted makeup bag sewn.

Good morning!  At least I think so!  Simba yowled deciding 4am was wake up time today and every so often repeated till I finally got up.  He wanted his 2 minutes out in the sunroom and I grabbed my camera for Jack Frost's artwork.  Then he finally came to my lap (first time) but would not settle without scratching and that hurt so off he went!

Ohhhhh boy, how true!!!!

Ohhhh what a lovely morning, sunshine and a lovely kitchen to enjoy sewing in too!  I'm sure C&D have not seen their house this way, except during renovations disarray!   I'm keeping to the kitchen with fabric layouts only in the dining room (no pins or scissors in here) and bedroom (glad their's a huge bed and white bedspread to lay out my blocks, now sewn top for picture taking).  I've pinched off thread bits twice and probably still will find more.  And I'm coralling cut scraps and threads along the way!  My blocks from the Block-A-Day Mystery Quilt Along with Melissa Marginet is sewn together now, but not enough fabric for borders or binding, will search my stash and see what I can use.

OMGG!!!!  Dale and Ted just sent me these pictures from way back, 2001 and earlier!

Ted, my photo teacher/friend.

I don't know what I was doing!

🤣🤣🤣

First three were from Texas and Mexico trip to visit them.  The campsite one is at Clear Lake, my one and only time taking my great niece Amanda and niece April caming!  Angela and i were just trying to figure out the girls ages on that trip!  The last one I'm not sure when!

Feb 19th sewing catchup.

Feb 19th

Well, lots of sewing today amongst watching/listening to the Scotties curling along with the Oilers hockey this afternoon and Jets hockey this evening.  This evening I finished off the MPQ Calm mystery centre and sewed up the four floral borders before stopping!  Simba jumped up for ear scratching but left before the picture!

Feb 20th

Good morning!  I'm truly gonna miss this place but if this snow continues I'm glad I'll be leaving as they have their own muscle power for snow cleaning!  I was told to just drive over it they'll deal with it later and glad it's only an inch or so!  Most of the deer and squirrel tracks are covered up too!

Totally weird but I was going through my page and noticed some replies were not listed in my notifications.  They were the only ones, different individuals in different posts, so should have had one come up!  Weird!  Sorry for not acknowledging earlier.  💞

Mark the date if you're interested.  Sylvia has registered 5 quilted items, one a beautiful flower garden quilt.  I have to register a few wall hangings this week, if there's still room.  Both of us will be volunteering over the weekend.

And still no animals outside with the snow and some wind, must be snuggled up in the bush!  Something like Simba in the livingroom, not once has he asked to go out into the sunroom!  Apparently he does even in -40C days but runs out quick!  😬😆

Well I've sewn on my various flower garden type blocks to the Calm mystery, next is a narrow cream and then the black border, enough now.  It's close to another top finished!

The charm blocks are mostly from the huge shopping bag of still left over swapped charms I participated in years ago with the Cdn Quilt Swappers group.  I've sewn up at least three large scrappy charm quilt tops, pulled out children or novelty types for my HUGE I Spy bin and sewn 3 large crib sized quilts from that too.  Sylvia took some too for the border for her quilt!  Not sure if that bag will ever diminish!!!

Wonder how long it'll take me to quilt these dozen or so tops I've made this past year, a couple are sandwiched waiting patiently.  Most from stash but some odd new fabrics added in.

Within the black n cream pieced border, the coloured blocks in Morse Code spells CALM!

Just as I was leaving the 8 plus deer came back to say bye!

Feb 21st

This was what I thought those getting used to days!!!

Feb 23rd

I must be crazy to venture out today, even not necessary!!!  But I felt good and thought I better sneak in a walk with Sylvia, so of we went to KP.  First a drop off to Monica with her much needed jingle bells, then a walk/lunch, pick up items from Angie's and back to Sylvia's where I finally helped her finish off this puzzle.  It was really hard and I felt bad as I wasn't able to help out as much as with the other two.  She said I can bring over one of mine next!  YEAH!!!

Welllllll, Angie brought me a gift from Cancun and Jamie gave me CR that he mistakenly bought and is not keen of, my WOW!!!  Thank you both so very much!  🥰  Gosh I'm not sure when I'll ever finish this!  🫨

Puzzle of uneven weird pieces.

Paper guide.

My Cancun hummer!!!  ❤

Even the box is a keeper!!!

Holy Moly!!!!!  

Apple my favourite, but lots of vanilla and even one small Peach to try out!