TRYING TO FINISH......

Since it's Sunday,  I thought I'd work on Zoe's quilt before she goes home on Friday.  The flags are all done. Had Zoe pick what she wanted for a border...she picked this Gingham Green.  I'm adding the border now, 3 more to go.  She also picked black as her binding.  This is my Slow Stitching Sunday , and my Oh! Scrap project.

 The new color for RSC, July, is purple.  So went digging, but I'm really short on the purple...this is all I could gather.

I'm pretty sure I can get a Birdhouse out of this.  I'll have to start gathering  all my patterns, scissors and threads together and get busy.  This is the pattern I'm using for the birdhouse, minus the bird.

When I get tired of working on blocks, I'll dig into Book 4 of Dirary of Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.  I'm really enjoying reading this series with my grand daughter.

I've been watching New Amsterdam.  I didn't know it was based on a book, so I had to go and track it down.  I found it on Amazon.  The book is Twelve Patients by Eric Manheimer, MD .  I've just started it.  It's very interesting reading.

Well, if I'm going to get Zoe's quilt finished, I better get off the computer and start sewing.  Hope all  of you have a wonderful stitching.....

JULY OMG.....

 I've got 12 UFO'S that need sandwiched.  1 of my goals is to get at least 2 or 3 of them sandwiched during July.  

My niece, Zoe, is visiting the next couple of weeks.  Zoe is in the Marching Band at her high school.  She works with a baton and the flags.  During practice and shows at the footfall games, her legs get cold.  So the flag quilt is going to be a lap quilt for that purpose. I'm hoping to get her Flag quilt done while she's visiting.  I need to put one more row of Flags on the bottom, then a border.  Then sandwich, bind and tie it.  This is where I'm at on this quilt.

Another UFO I want to get sandwiched is Alexis's quilt.

And I want to get Under the Sea done too.  It's the first quilt I ever made when I first started quilting.  .

These 3 quilts are my goals for One Monthly Goal.  I tried to comment at One Monthly Goal and blogger or my browser won't let me.  I've had several sites that is like this....any advice is appreciated .  Hop over and check out what everyone has for their goals this month.

Have an awesome......

 

IT'S TUESDAY, TIME......

 for To-Do Tuesday.  This is my list from last week...

1.  Finish borders on SAHRR..✔

2. Start sewing Flags together.✔

3.  Re-Organize the Quilting Room.✔

4. More Granny Squares✔

5. More Pink Baskets✔

All checks this week!!   I've been bouncing back and forth from each of them.  The SAHRR is a filmsy now.

I started sewing the flags together and laid it out on my design floor.  

 

I got my quilting room all back to normal....it lasted about 2 days...so it's back to messed up again..so this is going on my list again.

I have 10 new Granny Squares to add to my pile.  I'm going to start sewing them together to see how many more I need for a Lap Quilt.

And I have a couple more Pink Baskets to add to my pile...I need to figure out what I'm going to do with these.  Add strips between rows, sew them into rows and have a big border around them....I'll lay them out and see what I like.

 

So all my complaining about bouncing between everything did pay off.  This week I'll be getting my cutting table out and sandwiching a couple quilts.  This is a for sure thing!  No more saying and not doing it!!!!!!!

My list for June 28th through July5th.

1. Sandwich a couple quilts!!!!!

2. Finish putting the Flags together.

3.  Start sewing Granny Squares together.

4. Lay out Pink Baskets and see what to do.

5.Put the quilting room back to normal.

A LITTLE OF THIS.....

 and a little of this...I've been working on several different things this week...jumping back and forth between them all.  I don't feel like I've accomplished anything at all.  So lets head down the list and see.

My Color Challenge for June..Mustard

The Crazy Quilt is being neglected.

 

 

 

 The Dresden Plates are still in a baggie, need to cut some Muslin fabric.

Started putting the Flags together

 

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 Got a couple more Granny Squares done.

A Couple more Hand Picked Blocks done.

A couple more Pink Baskets.

Only one of these is anywhere close to being a filmsy.  The Flag quilt just needs to be sewed together and borders put on.  One thing for sure I'm doing today is get some muslin blocks cut for the Dresden Plates.  And work on my Hand Picked blocks.  I'm linking up with....Slow Sunday Stitching, Oh! Scrap, and Patchwork & Quilts.

Have an awesome stitching....

JUST DROPPED IN......

 Hope you all ......

PINK BASKETS.......

 are found....I posted Tuesday about my missing Pink Baskets.  Well, the room is now in order and I found my Pink Baskets.  I got  5 of them pinned, so now I'm sewing them down.  This is the one I'm working on right now. 

The SAHRR has been an obsession with me, trying to get it to filmsy stage.  Well it is finally a filmsy.....yea!

My next project is going to be a Dresden Plate quilt.  I was digging around in my boxes and found a whole lot them.  I'm not sure, but I think this is going to have to be a 16" block.  I'll have to cut one to see if it works.

Well, I guess that's it for today.   I' linking to:  I Like Thursday and Needle N' Thread Thursday.

Have great....

ONE OF MY FAVORIT THINGS TO DO......

I'm posting this for WWW Wednesday which is being hosted at Taking on A World of Words....hop over and check out what everyone is reading.   Besides Quilting and Crocheting....I love books...and I mean a "real" book.  I can't seem to do audio books

...I get distracted.  So I've usually got a stack of books 

waiting on me beside my desk. Where do I get my books...my library, buy them or pick them up at Rummage Sales and Re-Sale stores. At this moment I'm.....

 Currently Reading..

The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid  by Jeff Kinney

Book 5 The Ugly Truth

 

 

 

Recently Finished

The Janus Stone by Elly Griffiths

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

Book 4 Dog Days

Reading Next

A Room Full of Bones by Elly Griffiths

 

 

 

Diary of a Wimpy The Ugly Truth  Bk 5 by Jeff Kinney

 

 

That's it for now...have a great reading...

 

TUESDAY AGAIN......

 time to post my To-Do Tuesday list...last weeks list reads like this.

1. Sandwich a quilt.👎

2. Sew Flags together.✔

3. SAHRR....sew on borders..started.✔

4. More Granny Squares✔

5. More Pink Baskets👎

No quilts got sandwiched.  I really need to just do this.  I've got 11 quilts ready to be sandwiched and one is all most a filmsy. 

I didn't sew any of the flags together, but I did lay them out on the design floor to see what I need.  So I'm counting this one done.

My SAHRR is getting borders.  Just need to sew 2 more on and this one can join the 11 other filmsy's 

 

I also got a few more Granny Squares done for the Crochet Along I'm doing.  I've got a bag full  of them now.  I'll start sewing them together and see how I'm progressing.  I want to make a Lap Throw, so I'll have to  do some research on size.

No more Pink Baskets done, I've misplaced them somewhere in this melee of a quilting room.  At the moment everything is out of order.  This is also my laundry room.  So when I'm doing laundry I have to shift everything around.  Which is what it is now.  

This also includes Bob having a Bone Treat.  This is his favorite room to lay in.  The floor is cement and on a hot day he lays here.  Bob is pretty big.  He is part Mastiff and part Labrador.  And he weighs around 200 lbs.  And he's also not a good guard dog.  He's more of a gentle giant. 

 But we LOVE him💘

 

 So when everything goes back to order, I'll find the pink baskets.  Here's what the Pink Baskets look like...so I did pretty good this week, 3 out of 5 checks.

 

My To-Do List for June 21st through  June 28th.

1.  Finish borders on SAHRR..

2. Start sewing Flags together.

3.  Re-Organize the Quilting Room.

4. More Granny Squares

5. More Pink Baskets

BLOG HOPPING......

 I was blog hopping and ran across this place, Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.  She has a meme called...

Happy Homemaker Monday.  So I thought I would give it try.  As for me, I went outside before it got hot, and puttered around the yard..  Picked up some trash and cleaned out one of my flower beds, which doesn't really have flowers. But it has this weed growing in it, not sure what it is.  Any suggestions????

The weather here is...

cool at the moment, but it is suppose to get in the 90's today.

As I Look Out My Window

the back yard needs a MAJOR clean up.

How am I'm Feeling

a little stiff, but moving around helps.

On The Breakfast Plate

nothing, maybe some Peanut Butter Toast later.

What I'm Wearing

One of my house dresses

On My Reading Pile

The House at Sea's End by Elly Griffiths

 

 

 

 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid

On my TV

Law and Order...Criminal Intent

 

 

 

 

 

 

On the Menu

Lasagna, Toasted Garlic Bread and Salad

Looking Around The House

I need to finish the laundry and load the dishwasher.

To Do List

Finish putting the border around my SAHRR quilt.

 From My Camera

Our first tomatoes

  My Quote for the Day...

"You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.” — Mae West.

Have a wonderful.....

 

FINALLY A COOL OFF.....

 came...it only lasted a couple days.  It's back to hot again.  So I took advantage of the cool down and did some crocheting.  I am doing the Crochet Along over at Jolly Jabber.  They have one for yarn, quilting and Cross Stitch, interested, just click on the link above and see...you might join in too.   I've got quite a few Granny Squares stacked up.  

These are going to ripped out and used in the bunch of granny squares I'm making.

I also got  my Blue Birdhouse made for RSC 2022 Color Challenge.  It reminded me of the big Blue Spruce tree in our front yard.  There are always birds sitting on the limbs.

I laid out Zoe's Flags today.  This is going to be a lap quilt...for Zoe to use at her practice meets.  Her legs get cold!

What I'll be working on today is the SHARR...it's almost a filmsy.  This quilt top is made with all scraps..so I think it qualifies for Oh! Scraps.  Just needs a little more embroidery and a border.  

Hope you all have an awesome.....