TO-DO TUESDAY.....

 I missed last Tuesday...so I'm going with my list from...

November 24th through November 30th

1.  Tie the Jar Quilt✔

2.  Do some more Tile Blocks✔

3.  Bind the Jar Quilt👎

The Jar Quilt is almost done.  Put the last side on last night.  Just a few more stitches and the label and it will be done.

I put a few more tiles on the Tile Block...just needs a few more added.

What else have I been doing....READING.  I finally found a book I enjoy.  1st Case by James Patterson.

Synopis

Angela's graduate school days at MIT come to an abrupt end when she uses her hacking skills on another student's computer. Yet her mentor, Eve Abajian, arranges a new beginning for her -- as an intern in FBI's Boston field office. Her new supervisor, Assistant Special Agent in Charge William Keats, one of only two agents in the Northeast to make his rank before the age of thirty, sees in Angela a fellow prodigy. But Angela's skills come with a natural curiosity, which is also a dangerous liability.

With little training, Angela is quickly plunged into a tough case: tracking murderous brothers who go by the Poet and the Engineer. When Keats tells her to "watch and listen," Angela's mind kicks into overdrive. The obsessive thinking that earned her As on campus can prove fatal in the field. 

Teaser Tuesday

: Grab your current read
2: Open to a random page
3: Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

My Teaser

But that other phrase....Faraday bag....was like a piece of driftwood, something I could latch on to in the middle of all this unfamiliarity.   A Faraday bag blocks out any digital signals and preserves the device in  question  exactly as it was found until is can be forensically examined.

And  over at Pintangle this week, the new stitch is...Shell Chain....the link will take you to the tutorial page.

My OMG for December is the Teapot Quilt

 

 

 

 

My To-Do Tuesday list  for....

December 7th through December 14th

1.  Work on the Teapot Quilt

2.  Do more Tile Blocks

3. Sandwich Sunbonnet Sue & Overall Sam Quilts.

Have an.....

TUESDAY STUFF.....

Tuesday is always a busy day here at my blog...I've got so much to post...I sometimes forget things or I didn't get anything done at all for the week. As for last week...I was distracted....my niece came to stay for a couple weeks.  She is learning to quilt, sew, and embroider.  So I was busy showing her how to do this....she is pretty good...some boo boo's along the way, put she seems to catch on pretty fast.(pictures next week)

To-To Tuesday May 19th-25th

1. Cut binding for Scrappy Quilt✔

2. Sandwich the ABC Quilt not done

3. Finish my book...Green Lake✔

4. Learn a new embroidery stitch✔

5. Work on Frog hanging (which may turn into a quilt) not done

The Scrappy Quilt is tied and the binding is almost done...one more side to do, then add the label

 Didn't get the ABC Quilt sandwiched....but I did finish my book.  Green Lake by S. K. Epperson.  You can see my review over at Just Books!!!!

I started a new book, All Lies by Andrew Cunningham.

Synopsis
A seemingly innocent date gone tragically wrong plunges Del Honeycutt into a web of murder, lies, greed, and a hidden fortune dating back to a crime committed 85 years earlier by his great-grandfather.

Teaser Tuesday

      "I don't think so," she said.  "She wasn't killed here, so I don't think they'd have any reason to.  Evan if they did," she add, "they would do it for the nights she was here, not for an hour ago."

Over at Pintangle this week, the embroidery stitch is Basque Stitch...this is my Basque Stitch...

The new embroidery stitch I learned is Whipped Chain....

I think I had a pretty good week...I got several things on my list done last week.  As for next week's To-Do list...

To-Do List May 26th-June 1st

1. Sandwich ABC Quilt
2. Tie ABC Quilt
3.  Cut binding for ABC Quilt
4. Learn a new embroidery stitch

Hope you have an awesome.....

Lost Week......

To-Do Tuesday May 19 - 26

 Last weeks list of To-Do's didn't go so well...

1. Tie the Scrappy Quilt✔
2. Start the binding of  Scrappy Quilt
3. Put the ABC quilt together and in the hoop

I didn't accomplish much last week...I was feeling pretty poorly.  We have been having on again off again rain this past week which resulted in a Flood Watch for us.  So everything is wet, wet, and wetter.  The weather affects my health....I have COPD...

(Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. Symptoms include breathing difficulty, cough, mucus (sputum) production and wheezing.)

So when the humidity is up I have trouble breathing.  The rainy weather also affects my Degenerative Joint Disease, which causes me to hurt when I move. 

Degenerative Joint Disease, which is also referred to as osteoarthritis (OA), is a common “wear and tear” disease that occurs when the cartilage that serves as a cushion in the joints deteriorates. This condition can affect any joint but is most common in knees, hands, hips, and spine. So not a good week for moving.  And on top of all this....I was putting dishes away and dropped a Cast Iron Skillet on my foot...there was lots of cursing going on, it HURT!!!  Now I have a colorful looking foot.

 

Sorry for all the rambling about my week.  I did get the Scrappy Quilt  tied.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I also dug out the ABC Quilt....it is next in the hoop, but have to sandwich it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To-Do for week of May 19th to May 26th.

 

1. Cut binding for Scrappy Quilt

2. Sandwich the ABC Quilt

3. Finish my book...Green Lake

4. Learn a new embroidery stitch

5. Work on Frog hanging (which may turn into a quilt)

 

 

The stitch this week for TAST is Oyster stitch.   You can read all about it over at Sharon's place...Pintangle.

Here is my Oyster Stitch...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 It's the red line going down a seam on a Crazy Quilt block.

 

As for reading....I did get a little further on the book I'm reading...Green Lake by S. K. Epperson.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaser Tuesday 

 

 

 

 

 

The urge to hit him was overpowering, but Eris settled for slamming Lyman against the car again.

"Don't even think about selling that line...You're the one holding all the cash, not her."

Eris kicked the driver's door, making a huge dent in the side.  "Sue me."  

 

NOTE:  click on the pictures to make them bigger, for better viewing.

 

Hope everyone has a great.....

A TA-DA FOR ME....

To-Do Tuesday...May 5th to 11th...

Last Weeks List
1. Finish the binding on the 4th of July quilt(Done)
2. Tie the Scrappy Quilt.(Nope)
3. Work on RSC 2020 Quilt(Dark Green)(Done)

The 4th of July Quilt is done.....

Didn't get to the Scrappy quilt...got sidetracked working on my Sunbonnet Sue blocks.

I got a few blocks done for my RSC - Dark Green...working on a wall hanging.  I'm using frogs and lily pads.  I got the eyes sewed on the frogs.....but I don't really like the way the nose came out.  I'll have to try something else....

TAST
This week over at Sharon's Pintangle...the stitch is Arrow Stitch....here is my Arrow Stitch...

As for reading....I'm making progress on my current book...How to Bake a Murder by K. J. Emrick
Teaser Tuesday is sharing a couple sentences from your current book....
 Here's my teaser.....
In a small town, the fact that people went to school together was just a given.  But the, why was Jessica acting like she barely knew Julien?

To-Do list for May 12th to the 18th.......
1. Tie the Scrappy Quilt
2. Start the binding of  Scrappy Quilt
3. Put the ABC quilt together and in the hoop

BUSY TUESDAY........

I've got a lot to do today....so I'm hoping I get it all done....we'll see....First off it's To-Do-Tuesday, so I'll start there.

Last Tuesday my list to-do was this:

1. Finish the Easter Quilt (it's been in the hoop "forever")
2. Learn a new embroidery stitch (Buttonholed Cable Stitch) DONE
3.  Put the Spring Quilt in the hoop.

The Easter Quilt DID NOT get done.  Went to put the binding on and my sewing machine isn't working.......so it needs to go in the shop.  So I've been hand sewing the binding on, I've never done this before so wish me luck....picture next week.

I was so flustered after the sewing machine thing and didn't get the Spring quilt in the hoop.    The only thing from my list last week I got done is learn a new embroidery stitch....Buttonholed Cable Stitch....

 And the stitch over at Pintangle this week is Butterfly Chain....here's mine....

The new stitch I want to learn is Spanish Feather Stitch.

So my tasks for next week are.....

1. Finish the Easter Quilt
2. Put the Spring Quilt in the hoop
3. Learn the Spanish Feather Stitch

Between quilting and embroidery, I haven't had much time to read this week, but I'm reading In Good Faith by Scott Pratt on my Kindle Fire, since the library is closed.  This is a series of books and this is book 2 of 9....hoping to read the whole series.   Here is my teaser for Teaser Tuesday.

Sheriff Leon Bates shivered as he sat alone inside the Dodge Dakota he used for surveillance.  Nothing glamorous about this part of the job.