HAVE AN AWESOME........

 

Today I'm doing nothing but work on a couple quilts....that means no dishes, laundry, or cleaning up messes.  What will I be working on, you might ask.  I have to finish my birdhouse for RSC 2022.  I also have a couple blocks to re-do.  Wrong words and leaf for the jars...it's for the Color Challenge I'm working on.  I also need to work on my TAST stitches.....I'm behind.  I have the Coral Stitch and the Bullion stitches to do.   

I was getting out all the quilt tops that need to be sandwiched this morning. This is all of those tops.

Since I finally made it to Hobby Lobby last week, I'll be putting a coupe of these together in the coming weeks.  

Boo Quilt

Alexis's Quilt

Red Work Quilt

So that's what my plans are....we'll see how far this goes.  I sometimes get distracted by those sneaky squirrels.

Hope you all have.....

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MAKING MONDAY......

 I have 6 quilt tops that needs sandwiched or borders added.  I'll be making a trip to Hobby Lobby tomorrow  to buy muslin and batting.  So I hope to get these 3 sandwiched in the coming week.  Head over to Beth's place, Love Laugh Quilt to check out what everyone is working on.

Alexis Quilt

 Boo Quilt

Under the Sea

And I have 2 quilt tops that need borders added.  I'll also be working on them this week.

Christmas Sampler

 Dresden Plate

And I have 4 blocks to finish...they are all pinned, just need to sew them down and embroidery to some of them.

Have a wonderful day making what your working on.

 

READY TO GO......

 I have 4 quilts that are almost ready to be finished.  They are in different stages right now.  I really like that I've got these quilts so close to completion.

1. Alexis's quilt top is done...just needs sandwiched, tied and binding added.

2. National Day Calendar Quilt is tied, it needs binding.

3. Polar Bears is in the hoop waiting to be tied.

4. The Christmas Sampler needs 8 more blocks and then I can start sewing it together.

If you ever wonder what I do while quilting....I watch t.v. on my computer.  I subscribe to several streaming services.  At the moment I'm watching Law and Order on Peacock.  I'm on season 18. 

When I'm not watching T.V., I read, at the moment I'm reading James Patterson's Women's Murder Club.  James Patterson is one of my favorite authors.  I've read his Alex Cross series, To date, there are 29 books in the regular Alex Cross books series, along with two novellas.  I haven't read the Novellas.  My library hasn't got them, if I want to read them, I'll have to buy them.  If you want to check out all about this series go......HERE.

Well, that's about it for today.  I'm linking up with...

I Like Thursday

Put Your Foot Down

Needle N' Thread Thursday

Hope you......

SUNDAY TO DO.....

 I've got 1 quilt top that is ready to sandwich, one quilt is almost done, the final piece of binding is pinned, then to make the label.  I'll be finishing the Candy Hearts quilt tonight, while watching t.v.

 If time doesn't get away from me, I'll sandwich the 2020 RSC Basket quilt and cut the binding.  This quilt is also made with scarps.  The baskets and the border.  The only new fabric is the muslin.  This is also my December OMG project. 

I have another quilt that is almost ready to sandwich, it's Alexis's quilt, just need to figure out what to use for the outside border.  

 

  I don't have enough of any one fabric to use....so I either need to order some on line, use some of this or that fabri,  or make a trip to Hobby Lobby.  I don't really like ordering fabric on line, I've had a few bad experiences with this.  One was a muslin that is so thin you can see though it, it reminds me of Cheese Cloth.  The other is a muslin that is so thick you can't hardly sew through it.  So I guess I'll be making a trip to Hobby Lobby tomorrow.    

I've also added a new row to my Band Sample....as you can see my line isn't straight.  I need to work on that...but isn't that what this is all about...learning new stitches and keeping everything straight.  His Band Sampler is my SAL project. 

Well, that's it for today...have a wonderful stitching....

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SAL

TO-DO TUESDAY AGAIN......

 Boy, time seems to fly by.  And occasionally, I loose track of days.  But, hey, I don't work, well, unless you count doing dishes and laundry as work, which I do.  Last weekend I had a couple visitors...actually ,  I had  4 teenage girls here.  Boy, was that a loud weekend.  Thankfully we are back to our normal routine.  

 My To-Do List from last week....head over to Texas Quilt Gal's place to check out all the folks that are sharing their lists.

1. Tie and bind Candy Hearts..JUST DO IT!👎

2. Finish  putting Alexis's Quilt together.✔

3.  Start the Flag Quilt ✔

4. This is a maybe...work on Christmas Sampler.✔

I think I did pretty good this week.  Sadly, the Candy Hearts is still in the hoop.  I get sidetracked really easily.  And the squirrels come in to play...so I didn't get the Candy Hearts done.

 Alexis's Quilt top is done, just need to put the border on....but I don't have enough of the fabric I was going to use...so I need to make a visit to Hobby Lobby.  

I started the Flag Quilt...it's going to be a quilt for my niece, Zoe.  You can read all about that HERE.

This is the first flag block.

As for the Christmas Sampler...I finished 2 blocks...a Christmas Present....

and Rudolph...

My list for November 23rd to November 29th

1.  Tie and bind Candy Hearts

2.  Make a trip to Hobby Lobby

3.  Make a few more Flag blocks.

4. Make another Christmas Sampler block

Hope you all have a safe and .....

DO AGAIN...AND REPEAT.....

 It's To-Do Tuesday over at Texas Quilt Gal....head over and check out what everyone's list is all about this week.  As for mine....well it's basically the same as last week.

1.  Start sewing Alexis's quilt together.✔

2.  Tie Candy Hearts.👎

3.  Start a new project.👎

The only thing I accomplished this week was putting Alexis's quilt together.  I've got 2 more rows to put on and the strip around the edges. 

I was planning on tying the Candy Hearts and cutting the binding last week....but I got distracted by my Christmas Sampler....I was digging around in my fabrics and found some really cute Christmas fabric...so I've been work on that this past week....I've been jumping back and forth on these 2 quilt tops.  But right now the Candy Hearts is a catch all for what I'm working on.

My niece, Zoey, 

 

is in her high school Color Guard Band.  They went to State Finals last weekend and they won 4th place in their division.  So this is my new project....make a Color Guard quilt for Zoe.  This is the pattern I'll be using.

So my list for next week is....

1. Tie and bind Candy Hearts..JUST DO IT!

2. Finish  putting Alexis's Quilt together.

3.  Start the Flag Quilt 

4. This is a maybe...work on Christmas Sampler.

NEW BLOG HEADER....

 I've been admiring Jocelyn's blog header for awhile.  I really like it lots...head over to Canadian Needle Nana's place to check it out.  So I decided to make one of my own.  Here is what I came up with.

MY NEW HEADER

It has everything I need to quilt, crochet and embroider.  What do you think???  Let me know.  What else have I been working on, you may ask.  Well, I pulled out my Christmas Sampler and started working on that this week.  I got my tree all decorated....

I got row 4 of Alexis's quilt on...and row 5 is ready to sew on.

I laid out my RSC 2021 basket blocks...I need 2 more blocks and I've laid out some fabric for the sashing....now to make a decision on what color to use.  Black, yellow print, and a blue green print...decision time....suggestions are welcome. 

I'm linking up with:

Scrap Happy

UFO Busting

Have a Wonderful.....

PROGRESS.....

 I've got 2 rows on Alexis's quilt together.

I wanted something else to work on, to break the monotony of working on this quilt...so I dug out my Christmas Sampler and started working on that.  I got 1 block done.

I still need to decorate the tree...I think I'll add rick rack and some beads.  I've got 4 other blocks done...here is one I really like.

and this one....

I've been wanting to start a new quilt...I've been collecting Smiley Faces for awhile.  I think I'll make me a Smiley Face quilt.  Here's one I really like, I think this one will be the first block I make.

I'm linking up with....

I Like Thursday

Put Your Foot Down

Needle and Thread Thursday

Have an Awesome....

 

TO-DO TUESDAY STUFF.....

It's Tuesday, so that's means it To-Do Tuesday...you can check out everyone's lists over at Linda's place, Texas Quilt Gal...she's the host for To-Do Tuesday.  So I've got a list from last week of what I was "planning" on doing"....well that didn't go to good.  

1. Tie Candy Hearts👎

2. Cut binding for Candy Hearts👎

3.  Work on Alexis's Quilt.✔

Only got one thing done this past week...work on Alexis's Quilt.  I've kind of been obsessed with getting this quilt to filmsy stage.  It's all I've worked on for the last few weeks.  I laid it out on my bed the other day and noticed I missed one block.  So I'm working on that one now.  You can see my post about this HERE.

 The Candy Hearts is still in the hoop waiting to be tied.  I might get to that this week.  I can't seem to make a decision on what color fabric to use for the binding.  I was thinking about light blue or maybe yellow,  but I'm not sure.  I could use a few suggestions....maybe that will get the wheels to moving.

 So my list for November 2nd to November 8th is...

1.  Start sewing Alexis's quilt together.

2.  Tie Candy Hearts.

3.  Start a new project.

ALEXIS'S QUILT.....

 I was moving along with making blocks for Alexis's quilt.  I had 5 and  a half rows done.  And.....what is this....I'm out of the green I've been using.  So I pieced some of the pieces I had to get my 6 rows.  But as you can see....it's still toooooo short for a twin size bed.

 It needs 2 more rows....ummm what to do.  Well, let's think about this....I could add a row to the top and bottom that has a different color...or put lots of borders on it, but I don't really want to do that.  I think I'm going to go with my first choice....using the white on white and a different color for the blocks.  Maybe blue would work????  I'll have to lay it out to see what it looks like.  I know, once it's done, it will have a border around it.  I've already got the fabric cut for that.  

I've added a few more String blocks to my pile...I really need to get back to working on this.

I also worked on my Band Sampler a couple days this week.  Last time I showed it, I was at the orange Sheaf Stitch.

Now I need to figure out what to do for July.  This is a personal journal Band Sampler I'm working on.  It's my account of the 2021 year.  Well, I guess that's it for now.  I'm linking up with these folks...so head over and check out what everyone is working on.  Have a lazy stitching....

Slow Sunday Stitching

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