Monday, November 1, 2021

Long time sewing!!

 Well, zooming ahead here. 

I participated in a  sewing day   (via zoom)

so lots to report  today! 

My 1/2 block lozenge set  got a rework. 

I found a lovely pattern for 

white background 1/2 squares, 

so I changed out the white 

backgrounds, for beige or off whites. 



A dozen of those scrap lozenge blocks

are now ready for the parts department. 





The pattern I found uses low volume 

background squares to set off the 

white & colored 1/2 squares. 

I found a picture from 2019 here.

Pop by her blog for some triangle fun!

Mine will be called Triangle Musko!

Those waiting triangles must go!! 

With my sew day companions for support, 

I was able to ... finally get block chain together!  

Another  flimsy for the horde!



I really need a quilt week, I have gifted 

quite a few quilts lately so need  to quilt up 

the vault and build up the reserve a bit!

The pink parts that were waiting 

found their friends.




The top should be sewn up tomorrow.  

If the planets align and the Northern lights 

are shining( for more inspiration),

I may get 2 more little pink quilts out for the Zebra 

charity on Wednesday! I will 

pillowcase close this one and 

the Pink Pillars I made last week.


The rest of sew day was spent working 

on the pineapple blocks . I sorted scraps 

and did another round on almost 80 blocks

so that is definitely progress.



The blocks will be trimmed up during 

 another sewing session. 

I even got some stop and go pieces put 

together for a bali border !

I am off now to tidy up some scraps

Stay safe and sew on !

Linking up to :

Monday Makers

Design Wall Monday !

UFO Busting

To Do Tuesday!

One Monthly Goal

Finished or not Fridays!


Stitch , Sew and Show!

 

Happy Halloween!






 










Get those quilted!

 Well, I really need to get some tops quilted! 

The extra motivation that

may help get me there is 

coming from OMG (One Monthly Goal) a

Elm Creek Quilts.

I am going to make my November goal to pin 

and quilt at least 2 tops!

Combined with cleaning up my scrap disaster,

 this goal should keep me busy as 

we chug into the holiday season! 

These are the two beauties

I am going to work on!


This one is a Stretched Star 

( look at the white corners and you will see it).

It measures 82 x 84 . 


 This one is Berries and Cream. 

It measures 82 x 91.

They are both hanging in my flimsy vault 

right now. It is getting impressive in size!



Here is the scrap disaster

I need to tame. Argh , no judgement please!

Full disclosure , there are also a number 

of TUBS that are filed with scraps but..

baby steps!!


A stern conversation with myself 

has resulted in the sizes to cut:

Strips- 1 1/2", 2 1/2" and 31/2 " min 12" long

Any 1 1/2" strips shorter than 12" go to crumbs or toss.

The wider strips shorter than 12" go to

 Bricks - 2" x 3 1/2", 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"-6 1/2", 3 1/2" x 6 1/2"

Squares- 2", 2 1/2", 3 1/2", 5", 10"

Strings - anything more than 12" & less than 1 1/2" wide 

I will attempt to keep 

a smallish container of crumbs too!



Wish me luck !

Stay safe and sew on !

Linking up with :

Wednesday Wait Loss

Can I get a Whoop Whoop!

Off the wall Friday!