Serendipity Mystery Solved!

Sometimes we must believe in serendipity.

My latest UFO has turned out to be the design

written on scraps of paper that my quilting buddy (QB)

has been trying to figure out for 2 decades!

This project got a #12 in the Dirty Dozen UFO 

challenge and the August was #12!

So after many 2" squares,

 31-  5 x 10 blocks,

and some assertive trimming to make the edges fit,

the Serendipity Squares top is complete!

My QB has been trying to figure out the pattern for 

a box of pieces for 2 decades.  She came for a visit and 

recognized the shape of the half block in UFO #12 that 

I had laid out on the table,

 mystery solved and a name decided. 

The quilter's fuse used on many of the center squares

is not too stiff. I used some for the outside border also, 

years ago when my confidence in piecing was missing. 

UFOs always seem to be set aside for a reason 

and I found some of the border blocks were narrow. 

 Figuring out an easy fix, I used the narrow

blocks in one of the shorter borders and made that border an 

unnoticeable 3/8" thinner. It is now ready to enter into the vault 

and in line for quilting. September is shaping up to be a major 

"quilt those tops" month!

Meanwhile, August RSC is orange and some lovely stars were

stitched up during a friendly sew day.

 

Very hot here and sewing in the 

cool basement during high heat and humidity was a real treat. 

A few more rainbow scraps blocks to stitch up and August will have 

left the building.  

I also discovered even more lint in the bottom of my machine.

It runs even better now!!

One last picture of a wonderful necklace I was

gifted. I guess I've found a use for those old metal

bobbins I was saving!  Stay safe and sew on !

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Who Knew!?

 Wow, who knew quilting could be so addicting? 

Okay that is a redundant question, we all did! 

I spent a wonderful Friday evening

with a nice stack of 2" squares. 

Just some prints, and solids and a 

lighter series on TV that wasn't too dramatic.

(The Finder on Disney)

I blame it on UFO Challenge over at Country Stitches. 

First I got out the zipper quilt to pin.

 

It needed a back so that resulted in 

a browse of the stash and a look at the 

yardage purchased at the Grannies sale and 

No extra space left in the closet!

I found a nice geometric print but alas, 

it was too narrow soo.

Off the to the parts corner and  a wealth of wonky stars. 

 

Two incorrect attempts at sewing and cutting later,

I finally paid some attention and got a cute little back. 

Isn't it fabulous!?!

Then I pulled out another on the UFO Dirty Dozen.

Wow, it's a doozy.  Really needs love all around. 

Remember that postage stamp border?  Sew on and sew on 

and lots of fun and relaxation interspersed with some 

spousal walks and another ta da is born. 

I made a great dent in the 2" squares, managed some 

sorting and have a nice pile of blocks too!

A bit of pressing and trimming and this top can 

go together! I will keep whittling away on the 2" boxes and

maybe make some room on the shelf!

Just a quick peak at the the four star chain tops. 

The borders are all finished and they are in the vault ready to layer. 

The sawtooth borders really finished as a nice surprise 

and set off the stars so well!

Any guesses on where I will be heading next?

Stay safe and sew on!

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Coming Along Nicely!

 Summertime is so busy and time 

passes so quickly!  Look at the size 

of these teenagers!  No bird flu here, 

fat and sassy birds all around. 

Great progress on the Kid's String Stars. 

All the borders are complete. 

Here is a little status report.

Top 1 is complete, top 2 needs the final 

border added. Top 3 needs 2 borders added

and Top 4 needs 4 more stars finished, 

joining and the borders added.  

The final borders are 2 types. Tops 1 & 2 are 

crumb borders. They use up scraps but 

I really have a lot of crumbs!

The other are 1/2 square sawtooth borders. 

My box of 1/2 is still very full, but no more 

square were made in the making of these borders!

A long weekend with; a dinner out, overnight

camping, gold panning, a lunch out,

 and 2 family member visits, 

really cut into my stitching time!

I did pull out some colorful crumb blocks and they 

may get sewn up this month for a teen quilt. 

There are a few orange blocks to go in too!

August RSC color is orange, woot woot!

Jumping into sewing this morning and disaster, 

my machine gave me an E4 code!  It 

usually means despair as it is a software error. 

A bit of searching on Dr. Google and it 

turns out there was fluff in my thread cutter! 

Great save!  I cleaned out the goo around the small,

black plastic sprocket and it worked! Look at 

all the fluff that I got out!

Let's all clean up our fluff and stitch up for August!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Baby Bowl!

 Wow, it has been a while since I posted about a good 

find but this little one is great!

A small magnetic bowl!  

It is adorable in appearance and just 

incredibly cute. I even talked my 

sewing buddy into getting one!

It turned out to be very handy in use and 

keeps my pins off the floor. 

It is even small enough to sit nicely 

by the sewing machine

To find one for yourself, 

just check out your local quilt shop!

They are very reasonably priced too!

Hi ho, Hi ho!

 Lots of work going on here lately, 

not feeling like a sweat shop,

but that OCD, "get it done" vibe is definitely in the room!

I am making a lots of progress on the my 

string collection. 

I have a big pile of star blocks. 

There are enough for Kid's String #3 and a good start on #4. 

The beige/white inner border is still chewing up 

a lot of light scraps.  I pinned up the work in progress

and there are still 4 shorter borders to start.

The remaining 6 long inner borders are started 

but need to be finished up. 

This #2 Kid's Strings, will get a crumb border since

there are still some remaining in the block bank. 

#3 & #4 will get a different type of outer border. 

These two borders are in the running. 

I would like to use squares I have on hand. 

Lots of work to do and fun to have. 

I even tried my hand at English paper piecing. 

A great year end BBQ and wonderful 

instruction lead to a finished bit bowl. 

I enjoyed the process but I don't think I 

am a convert to the movement!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Dirty Dozen Challenge

Mary over at  Country Threads

is doing a challenge for motivating

us to get the UFOs out of the closet and

into the finished pile. 

12 projects are numbered 1-12 and 

a number is drawn randomly each month, starting 

with #1 this July.

I may be joining in by labeling most of my flimsies 

and getting them quilted up!  It could 

be a fun challenge and definitely a motivator.

This will keep me busy for many a To Do Tuesday!

So here is a quick review of  all the tops in the vault!

#1 Zipper Bits

 

#2 Kids strings one

#3 Red postage

#4 Border My Scraps

#5 Twinkle Pink , Twinkle Orange

#6 Color Around the Block

#7 Square Dance

#8 Coin Some Red , Twinkle Red

#9 Columns of Pink

#10 Coin Some Blue , Coin Some Pink

#11 Twinkle Blue, Twinkle Yellow

#12 Postage Sixteen

It is already end of July so I had better get something

pinned and ready for quilting this week!

Stay safe and sew on !

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