Sewing on!!

 Lots of sewing going on here in

the sewing room but lots of scraps

still to stitch up!!

The borders for the RSC string stars

are coming along. 

 Now I just need to 

make adjustments to make them fit.

Never an easy task but I can do hard things!

This morning I am working on a triangle 

color quilt. This is one of my go to patterns.

 It is oddly satisfying to 

mark off each square as I complete it. 

I use colored reinforcements on a 

sheet cover. I have used wipe off 

marker in the past too.  The sheet 

protector preserves the pattern and 

keeps it from getting so wrinkly.  

This design is a great scrap burner

but scraps and coat hangers always 

multiply at night, so I have no shortage!

Speaking of hangers, the quilt vault is 

turning over but not really decreasing too much. 

Four string stars have come in and out. 

Three are out for quilting with double batting

and one is ready for binding.  I have added

two softer granny squares and done an 

in and out with the red postage stamp top. 

So really I seem to be whittling it down a bit. 

I have four pinned and ready so I should get quilting!

Big news here, I ordered and received a new "electronic"

foot for my featherweight machine. 

Woot woot.  My original feet were frequently failing,

usually at retreats. I would have to open them up 

and put the screw back on the switch. So this new 

foot will be my traveling foot!  

I hear my scraps calling so ...

Stay safe and sew on !!

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Halfway thru!

 Well October is zipping by and 

I have been busy with the last of the 

retreats with some charity sew days ahead. 

This week I managed to assemble the .....

drum roll please... RSC Star string quilts!

Two of each color each month and a few colors

 of my own choosing and two tops are

ready to go! 

( Except for the small boo boo in the lower right on the 

second one. Did you catch it?)

A small strip to finesse the center

stars, and the in progress zigzag borders will 

be ready to add. I was able to make a large portion

of the zig zag border with pre existing blocks in 

parts department so that is good.  

The  missing yellow square was resewn 

and 5 more each of blue and yellow softer 

granny squares got stitched up during a come 

and go retreat weekend. The missing 

yellow block has yet to turn up!

The blue square quilt was even finished 

up into a nice twin size. 

Its yellow mate

will get upsized this week and then to decide quilting!

No borders for these two since they been upsized!

The RSC hourglass was finally labeled and 

paired up with it's fellow hourglass baby quilt. 

I sure hope the happy couple and babe love it!

The little elephant lovies I found are so cute!

I even made great progress on these pineapple

pieces!  Yum yum they are colorful!!

Still 2 more week of sewing ahead before it is 

time to think of our favorite winter season 

holiday!  

Stay safe and sew on !

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Great finds !

Fall is in full swing with lots of quilting 

goodness happening with in person meetings!

A fantastic time for socializing and sharing.

I was gifted a pattern and wow is it a good one. 

Borrowing this was on the horizon, but now

I can not get it finished from my own book! Haha!

Paper piecing should help me be successful and 

I found the perfect frame for 6 little blocks. 

Can't wait to get started, but another UFO?

For sure!  

Enjoy your week, stay safe and sew on !

Hello To Twilight!

 Fall has descended here in Alberta

and morning sun comes up much later.

Time to readjust to less daylight! The 

bonus is we do have a beautiful twilight,

just enough light to see hovering over 

everything just before night arrives. 

Great time of year!!!

Anyhoo, second retreat done and dusted!

I got some things done, some not but had

a great time replenishing the soul with old and 

new friends!!

I got my Softer Granny Squares together. 

One block decided to stay home for the 

weekend so this will be finished assembly 

when that is located. 

Stitched up a bunch of scrap 16s with some 

good conversation while we were all setting up. 

I will try to use this as a stop and go project, usually 

those projects always end up as a rabbit hole and I 

jump in and sew most of it up in a weekend. 

 I just can't help it! 

    Also made some great progress on my pineapple blocks.

So bright and colorful that I may set a goal for spring time 

finish just so I can brighten up the bedroom!!

Of course on late retreat evening, the stars came out. 

Cute little scrap blocks got sewed up from my new scrap bag. 

Never short on scraps when quilters are around!

 I came home with this! Thank you Buddies!

 My walking buddy rescued some cut-offs, 

made white center wonky stars and created this little beauty! 

These stars are so much fun and so versatile!

Stay safe and sew on !!

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Getting into October

 Woot woot , got two more string stars

off to the longarm shop!!

My goal for this month is to get 

number four string quilt in for quilting

and bind the other two if they get returned before 

month end!! I do have a pile of fabric

cut for the #4 back. 

#1 star is back home, quilted and ready for finishing! 

 If all goes as planned, 

four lovely gifts will be ready before 

December is even close !  Wish me luck!

One more item for this month is the little 

matching hourglass for the new baby. 

It should be quilted up this weekend. 

We will see if the Canadian Turkey day interfering with 

my stitching, or maybe  .... vice versa!!

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Well, the first retreat post pan went 

wonderfully and we are almost to 

time!

Here is what I managed to sew up!

The red postage stamp has a bright zinger

of a border and needs only 8 more squares to 

be  a complete flimsy!

The yellow granny square blocks were stitched up 

with borders added to two sides. That makes them 

almost ready for assembly. 

Really fun but confusing were my lovely pineapple blocks. 

After misreading the ruler, it seems my daughter's wedding

quilt was more of a reverse pineapple with the white looking

more like the pineapple portion. So they turned out like this:

They were supposed to be this:

Thank you to my Dr. DIL for the samples. She is doing a 

wonderful pineapple with a dark grey background and may blend the two types of squares. 

After some rework, 

I successfully created quite a few pineapple blocks!

Yay!

Another retreat is coming up so I am packing up projects.  Two tops 

managed to find their way to the longarmer yesterday so I am really 

moving through September with flying fall colours!

Colours mean RSC and my final two colours were 

stitched up over the weekend. 

These will be joining their fellows and be ready for 

a unique border of some sort.  One will definitely 

be remaining in residence. The other is as yet, without a home!?

I am fairly certain an occasion will arise! 

Stay safe and sew on !

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Retreat , Retreat!

 First retreat season after 2 1/2 years 

and I am getting ready to go. 

I found my book, or actually a new book

since the other is MIA. It is just a little notebook to

write down my projects so I don't forget them or what

needs doing! Then, I pulled out my first project!

First up is the zinger and border for the postage stamp red top. 

 

It will have a 2" cut border of blue with a final border

of pairs of red squares. Then it will be on  a pineapple quilt 

using the Creative grids ruler .

 I made one for my DD's (Darling Daughter)

wedding but I would like one for our bed. 

They are so much quicker using the ruler!  

The final one is a two parter. I have two stacks

 of softer granny squares and enough blocks

 to make 2 quilts. 

Each stack will have a same color sashing

 and then a unique border using same color squares.

I did draw out a few sample borders so it should work?

A few more scrap half squares made it into the box too! 

The rainbow scrap string stars is lacking 2 large 

squares so an old work calendar was pressed into service 

for laying out the pieces.  It was something to do during a zoom

meeting.  Hopefully, the pieces stay in place for travel!

My project boxes got a snazzy side label.

Now I can pull out one at a time instead of unpacking 

all of them!

 It looks like I will have 

enough to keep me busy for the weekend!

Stay safe and sew on !

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