Finish and go!

July was  a busy month and it looks 

like August will be the same!

The Saskatchewan quilts were 

well received and spread some joy 

and great feelings all around the province.

Now I am finishing up a quilt to take to 

family in Vancouver. 

This is the color block quilt using

white sashing around colored scrap squares. 

Some call them crumb blocks but these

have large pieces and often include parts

of previous projects. 

This one of my go to blocks to use up scraps

and get a great result every time!

You'll notice the parched looking grass. 

We've been under a water ban for

weeks now. A dry hot summer here!

This quilt is so much fun to make. 

It may end up on my remake list !

It resided on the design wall for some time and 

was even part of the design wall pile up for a while!

One difficulty I ran into  was pressing

 to the least amount of seams. 

I turned out to be a problem as 

all the colors showed thru the white sashing!

I had to unpin , aggressively  repress

and re-pin but it was so worth it!

I took advantage of the different colors to 

use a different free motion design for 

each different color of block. 

Part of this busy month is watching 

one of the family dogs (rental dog).

He did help with the photo shoot!

The quilt is bound with a scrappy binding made of 

left over block colors. 

I used 20" squares for the back. 

It really helps pare down the stash!

Doing the label today and then it 

is ready for delivery!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Next to dos!

Remember all these florals?

 Well , I hate to admit it, 

but I found a few more florals !

I managed to gift all the floral quilts 

I made, so these two tops 

will certainly not go to waste!

The first one was made with more

 2 1/2" inch wide strips and the 

square , 2 wide border. 

The final floral (famous last words), 

design got a little different!

There were no more 2 1/2" strips

so I combined 2-  2" strips and 

joined them with a lattice. 

Not sure what the border will be ,

 but it should be fun to find out!

These two are on the list of to dos,

along with labeling 2 quilts.

This wedding quilt needs a label. 

It has been waiting a while 

since restrictions on gathering 

kept changing.

This color block quilt is getting a label

in preparation of traveling west to 

visit family. 

Also some shopping to restock the blender threads. 

Can shopping really be a to do? 

How fun is that!

Stay safe and sew on !

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More than a Quilter?

 Remember when someone said," Don't ask 

a quilter to mend?"

  Well , of course everyone does!

Here is my most recent crazy mends. 

Big, bad Boomer must have had 

a wild hair!  

Here he is doing yoga! (Down Dog)

He ran into the bedroom , 

jumped on the bed and

tried to dig a hole!

The duvet cover is well shredded,

and the feather duvet is being 

held together with a chip clip!

Life with pets!

Upon inspection, I see I already 

mended it once!

There will have to be a fabric 

addition for this fix. One 

more disaster and it will become

dust rags! The DIL  likes to use things

up so I don't mind the mend!

Life with pets! Now on with the quilting!

Like many others, I have 

been out and about the past few weeks. 

I did quilt small, with a friend in trailer.

They reside at a beautiful site on Gull Lake. 

Here is my quilting " to go" kit.

Everything needed to travel sew is either 

inside the machine case or bag.

The Lulu bags covers my featherweight!

I included 2 projects, one just needs assembly.

 The second is all scraps so really can be

anything as the feeling moves me. 

My recent finishes look like this!

Two of these five quilts got backs and bindings!

All got personalized labels. 

One older top even needed some remediation!

Older UFOs (maybe just mine), often need some 

TLC. The outside seams pull apart or they 

get a mysterious spot from being carted 

to so many places in anticipation of completion!

Finished up this beauty for my DIL too!

Layered using a beautiful matching fireside.

Turned out wonderfully!

This stack is off to Saskatchewan

 for friends and family.

So much more to share,

more posts in the works!

Stay safe and sew on !

 

 

Floral Finish!!

 Dare I say it? 

Yes it is true!

The florals are done!

What started as a floral quilt or two, 

turned into 6 floral quilts 

and 7 floral placemats!

These 4 were finished last month. 

There were more leftovers, 

so these two were sewn up!

The table scraps were sewn up for 

Meals on Wheels placemats!

The remaining scraps of 

floral will be integrated 

into the "flock " of scraps!

There was even time to get the binding 

on "Big Ole' Strings!

Great finishes for the beginning 

of July !!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Last of the Ppppurplle!

 Well a busy month of purples!

I made houses ,

and purple parts.

I found purple parts already made, 

and finished up a cute baby quilt. 

Located and finished a small, table runner. 

All in all a great purple month! 

What will next month bring!

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Hot fun in the summertime!

 Well, it has been really hot 

here. Sewing in the basement 

is keeping me cool!  

I even had some visitors!

Half the family came over after moving house. 

It was too hot outside,

so they came for  dinner in my sewing room. 

It was  a pizza party with sewing sheik décor!

Yesterday was Canada Day here , so here is a beautiful 

maple leaf quilt made by my good friend KS. 💖

The quilting and binding list is definitely progressing.

The second to last floral is half bound. 

There are two waiting in the wings for binding. 

The family quilt, Big Ole Strings, and 

the last floral are quilted.

The stack for layering is still a bit large

but that just means

 there is more fun ahead!

So, first bindings

 1-floral #5

2-floral #6

3-big ole strings

Then, layering and pinning. 

4-Teal Squares

5- Stars Above 

6-Colour My Bricks

Of course there may be a few new 

projects too!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Oh Scrap!

Mid month to do!

  Well it's time again for a weekly

list of what I'm up to. The weather

has been gorgeous so of course

we've been spending a lot of time

outside, and baby minding quite a bit.

Thanks to science, we're all almost fully

vaccinated so we can begin to see our

families a little bit more. We are using quite

a bit of caution and won't be attending any

large events or festivals throughout the rest

of the year. We're also not going to be doing

a lot of traveling. We will wait until

businesses have had time to reopen.

Still trying to support local small businesses

as much as we can. In other words we order out a lot!

The reno sorting and planning is 

moving forward too!  Garage doors

are getting ordered today and 

we are checking out the flooring.

 Now on to the sewing!

I have 3 bindings to put on

and 1 top and back to put together.

The small purple quilt is complete and

ready to gift. My surprise box of

scraps last week had some adorable

labels in it.

Perfect chance to use some!

I have binding made for 2 of the florals.

The 3rd binding will have to be cut from

the extra backing

material so that's not too big of job.

That will keep me going for the rest of the week.

 Between the quilting, trying to get the

front garden bed looking tidy and child minding

it should be a very busy week.

The weather is going to be gorgeous too

so I will try to spend a lot of time outside.

Stay safe and sew on!

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