Woot woot a new flimsy!

 It has been quite a while since 

a flimsy arrived.  I looked 

at it again last night and realized

I had something to post!  

So here it is ! 

This top is made of 

parts I found in a bag of scraps. 

 

The variety may 

have been the reason for 

the discard as it is a bit heavy 

on the teal and peach. 32 more 

units were added from my 

supplies and Voila! , a top is born! 

It spent a lot of time 

on and off my design

wall since I was having 

a hard time seeing 

the " zipper". 

 

It is supposed to mimic 

the zig zag of zipper 

teeth. I am excited for 

 the quilting. I am 

thinking of zig zagging thru the 

colored rectangles. 

Should be fun!

This little cutie measures 

57" x 68" . It will be 

great for all ages ! 

One item on the move!

Halfway thru!

 The week is sailing by!

It is great to be busy 

and getting things done!

My list from the weekend:

                                        

1. layout block chain
2. hang flimsies
3. finish quilting up big ole strings 
4. work on some waffle blocks
5. add white to RSC confetti blocks

Made lots of progress

in the past few days. 

The block chain is ready for some

little bitcoin accents.

 

The flimsies are hanging 

wonderfully in the 

closet. It is so much 

fun to be able to look 

thru them wrinkle free!

All that waffle work 

created a big mess but 

it is tidied away and replaced 

by string block chaos so no 

real progress. The waffle blocks 

are stored away tho.

  

The poor confetti blocks 

are still in limbo so a big 

nope there.

 

Still the net outcome is great, 

and I am moving lots along.

The list of to dos for this week!

                              1 Stitch on binding for 

                                 big ole strings!

                              2 Work on  string blocks

                              3 Sew up confetti squares

Did I mention my sewing room

is now the temp storage of 

30 cases of wedding reception 

wine?  Cowabunga what 

a fall and winter sewing it will be !

Stay safe and sew on !

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Wednesday Wait loss!

Orange you with me?

 I really thought I was 

finished with orange!

Then I saw Orange tiny houses

over at Making a Lather and 

felt the need to locate more

orange and get busy!

The last orange houses 

I made seem to have 

light but colored backgrounds. 

I guess this quilt will have 

a colorful back ground!

The orange and white confetti style 

quilt will get some additional white

this week too!

Filling in the white with my 

found strips will bring the blocks 

up to size.  If I follow thru with 

other RSC colors and make a 

few blended blocks,

 I should eventually have a great

rainbow quilt!

A bitcoin spinoff I'm 

making seems to have a lot of 

orange too so I thought it would 

be worth a design wall picture. 

Have a great week !

Stay safe and sew on !

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Working for the weekend!

 Great weekend in the making!

Sew day, cool weather, lots 

of fabric! 

My to do for the next while 

is heavy on organizing and

moving things along. 

List for the week:

1. layout block chain
2. hang flimsies
3. finish quilting up big ole strings 
4. work on some waffle blocks
5. add white to RSC confetti blocks

Here are some pics of my tasks for the week!

Block chain is a take off on the Bitcoin

quilts that have increased in popularity 

lately.(see what I did there?)

Some 2" strips needing a home, so 

I sewed them up and have a pile to 

layout. 

Next up: my flimsies have been living

on a bench in the workroom. 

 Turns out

there is an  almost empty closet I can 

use to organize those piles into 

a nice wrinkle free vault of tops.

The big ole strings is well on 

its way to completion but still 

under the needle. 

Unfortunately , my waffle blocks

have managed to spread themselves

out all over my small sewing room. 

I have a nice big mess to clean up!

When I get most of that list done, 

I can work on my rainbow scrap challenge 

blocks. 

All in all , a very busy time coming up!

So stay safe and sew on !

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Kon -do my reno!

  So our  clean and sort dance is moving along.

The recent item out of the list-jar

was my upstairs makeup and

toiletries drawer .

Yikes!

 I know  many of us have

a bit of a Jones for makeup

supplies and facial care especially

as we age and those

wrinkles just won't stay away!

I am so guilty of this,

I always tend to look at the makeup and

lotions on sale. 

To justify myself, I do use a lot.

My province is very dry and

we all should up our moisturizing quotient,

both men and women.

I even have my MOMD ( Man of my dreams)

consistently using  moisturizer everyday!

 1st I dumped everything out of the drawer.

Then I sorted by usage.

This works best for getting things

organized and actually making decisions.

If I categorise, then I can ridout

without feeling so guilty and

vacillating over every individual.

Also, I am big compiler.

I put like creams with like creams.

We always seem to end up with

duplicates of everything and

that always makes our storage unruly.

 I do indeed cut open tubes of things

to get out the last little bit.

It's just my frugal nature.

The cleanout went pretty well!

I've got the items I use every day

in a nice wicker box,

backup supplies are tucked in a drawer,

out of the way but still available what I want them.

     I even discarded some unused and

not going to be used items

to cut down on the clutter.

 Big news is, I removed my daily supplies

from the countertop and it now lives in a drawer.

Makes the bathroom look much cleaner!

 Since doing the bathroom counters

is part of our upcoming rental it's

nice to have that sorted and consolidated.

So the reno is stalled . Mainly due to a

jaunt to BC and indecision , but one

item is complete.

Two beautiful new garage doors!

Keep tidy!

Rainy days and Sundays!

 What a great Sunday!

The day did not live up to its name

but was  calm and relaxing anyway!

Awoke to a steady drizzle

and perfect quilting weather.

So much on the go here !

First up are the table scraps of orange. 

Sorted out scraps into 

shapes and fired up the 

feather weight !

Side story here ;

We had scheduled a 

Featherweight flash mob but

covid shut us down.  We were 

going to meet on a driveway, 

Featherweights in hand and sew

up some charity tops. Saved for 

another day. 

Now back to orange!

Worked on sewing these all up . 

I got really frustrated with the 

minimal progress , but then noticed

all the parts I had ready!

Soldiering on I managed to 

get all my orange scraps sewn up 

except these small bits. 

Here is the wealth of orange parts for my 

block bank !

There are 3 - 8 1/2" string squares, 

a bunch of 4 1/2 " string sets, 

  a stack of 2 " squares for the box, 

5 - 12 1/2" crumb blocks, and 

some stacks of 6 1/2", 2 1/2" & 1 1/2"

strips sets.

Surprise output is 2 sets of orange and white 

blocks using this pile of 1 1/4" scraps 

that finally turned up. 

 

I will keep working 

on them to make 12 1/2" or larger 

blocks in the confetti style that is 

so popular right now. 

I will even add that to my 

mental RSC block list.  

When next year comes I may 

actually be organized for the RSC 

but no promises are being made!!

Stay safe and sew on , 

see you again soon!

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Getting Close !

 APQ   hosted a sew along 

with lots of strips and lots

of scraps a few years ago. 

 Well, between  working, 

weddings, retiring  etc. ,

 I missed the party! 

A friend inspired 

me to make one anyway. 

A great weekend was spent 

digging out strips, making 

sets and trimming.

The center is coming along

nicely.  

The design boards 

I made from a Christmas 

candy box, really worked 

well to organize the pieces

for sewing. 

This little squirrel popped up right 

in the middle so I had to take care of it!

My small ironing board was just 

too ratty so I recovered it! 

Some reclaimed felt from a 

carrier bag added a

 bit of padding and 

heat retention.

Then I dug thru my specialty fabrics 

and found some enlightening quilt fabric. 

Ta da!  Cheerful and effective!

Fall is just around the corner, 

and inspiration is hiding 

in every box and bag. 

We  need to focus on 

creating and caring for 

those around. 

Stay safe and sew on!

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