ALL PINNED AND READY........

 to go.  I've got the fabric cut and pinned to the block....now just need to sew them down.  Over at Scrap Happy today it's all about Blue.  This looks like a tree, but it's a triangle birdhouse....  this is my birdhouse for my RSC 2022 Challenge.

I've also got Mustard, it's the mustard leaf.  Hope over HERE to see some interesting facts about mustard.  The color of the jar is the mustard color, which I'm using for the Color Challenge.  

I also pinned my Pink Sewing Machine for my National Day Calendar Challenge.  As I sew this down, I'm going to sew a pin into it for the needle.  Well, we'll see if this works????

A few months ago I decided to make my own challenge.  To post a new picture everyday.  I've kind of kept up with, but I've also been lax in posting.  So this is my picture for my own picture challenge.  I'll leave your a snap shot of my roses.  Not sure of the name, but they are beautiful and smell so good.  I planted this rose bush about 5 years ago.  I've babied it, and now it's in full bloom!  It also looks good growing up the trellis my dad made me a few years ago!

Hope you all have a.....

 

PROGRESS ON SEVERAL PROJECTS......

 I've made progress on several projects I'm working on.  First up is the Quilty 365...I was digging around in a box yesterday and found some more of the pink I'm using for the strips and no they weren't in my Pink Scrap Box...how did that happen.!  Just have to finish up the embroidery.

My Antique Roses are blooming.  I've lived her for 40 years and they were already here and blooming.

I started my Crochet Along last night.  You have to see how many you can make for the summer.

I have 3 monthly challenges I'm working on.  Color Challenge, RSC 2022, and National Day.  I got the paper patterns cut and pinned to there muslin blocks.  Just have to pick out the fabric and start cutting.

I almost forgot to post my OMG goal for June.   I have about  6 or 7 filmsy that need to be sandwiched.  That is my goal this month...to sandwich 3 of them.  

Hope you all have a wonderful Sewing....

 

PROGRESS IS A GOOD THING....

 I've been working on my monthly challenges.  I have three that I do...so when a new month comes I try to get those blocks done.  I'm doing the National Day Calendar again this year.  May 2nd is National Tuna Day.  

The color for the RSC Rainbow Challenge, the color for May is Sage/Forest Green.  I'm making birdhouses for this.  So I'll be pulling green fabrics today for that.  This is the birdhouse I'll be working on.

And the Color Challenge, I'm doing Mason Jars, the little half pint ones.  I'm making spices that go into these jars.  The spice this month is Basil.  For this challenge I'm making the jars the color and adding the spice leaf to it.

I got a few more of the Hand Picked blocks done...now I need to start cutting 9 patches.

You ever bag or box up scraps for a project??  I found this one in a box and for the life of me, I can't remember what it was for.  But I'll figure it out eventually!😉

I've been trying to read at least 50 pages in a book every day.  The book I'm currently reading is What the Wind Knows by Amy Harmon.  It's getting interesting now, so hopefully it will hold my attention. Do you read?  What are you reading now?  

Synopsis......

{Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes. There, overcome with memories of the man she adored and consumed by a history she never knew, she is pulled into another time.

The Ireland of 1921, teetering on the edge of war, is a dangerous place in which to awaken. But there Anne finds herself, hurt, disoriented, and under the care of Dr. Thomas Smith, guardian to a young boy who is oddly familiar. Mistaken for the boy’s long-missing mother, Anne adopts her identity, convinced the woman’s disappearance is connected to her own.

As tensions rise, Thomas joins the struggle for Ireland’s independence and Anne is drawn into the conflict beside him. Caught between history and her heart, she must decide whether she’s willing to let go of the life she knew for a love she never thought she’d find. But in the end, is the choice actually hers to make?}

I'm linking up with....

So Scrappy

I Like Thursday

Put Your Food Down

Needle abd Thread Thursday 

Hope you all have a wonderful.....

 

I HAVEN'T GOTTEN.........

 a darn thing done this week...I've been jumping between projects and not accomplishing getting any of them finished.  I've been in the mood to embroider this week.  My Trailing Vines piece has some progress.

My April Color Challenge is almost finished.  The color for April is Black.

My January National Day Calendar block is pinned, just have to start the sewing.

Plus I need to get the borders around my Christmas Sampler and Dresden Plate Quilts....You

can see my post about that...HERE.

That's it for today...have an awesome....

THURSDAY "STUFF" ON........

Friday....I intended to post this yesterday...but got side tracked.  So I'm posting it today, just a day late.   I have what seems like a gazillion projects going on.  But I'll just narrow it down so this blog post doesn't take forever to write.  I got my French Knot piece done for Wk. 11 of TAST.  

I decided I'd do the Color Challenge being hosted over at Patterns by Jen, I'm really behind on this one,  but I have January done.  The color is orange.  I'm making 1/2 pint jars  the color for the month with the leaves of the spice.  January is Saffron, orange.  I need to get February and March done.

I like to have an embroidery project going....so I'm going to be working on the Pistil Stitch.  It's a lot like the French Knot.  But you only wrap the thread around the needle 2 times instead of 4 to 6.  Here's what I'll be working on....I'll be using DMC Red Pearl Cotton Number 8.  I finished all the pistil stitches last night, now onto the stems.  I'm using 6 strands of DMC # 470 cotton embroidery floss.

I also got my National Day block for February done...it's of course a Ground Hog.  You can get the list for the National Day Calendar HERE.

 I've got the bugs pinned and ready to applique on the SAHRR.  There are butterflies, a ladybug, a bee and a sneaky snail dropped in to join the party.

Hope you all have an AweSOme.....