I HAVE ALL CHECK MARKS.....

 To-Do Tuesday is today.  You can check out all the folks lists over at Linda's place, Texas Quilt Gal.  Hop over and check them out.

My list from last week...

1. Finish National Day✔

2. Start tying Polar Bears✔

3. Make a few more Christmas Sampler blocks.✔

4. Do TAST stitch for Wk. 8✔

Yes!  I got all checks this week.

The National Day Quilt it all done, been washed and ready to be stored with my other quilts.

The Polar Bears are tied and I've started the binding.

I got a few more of the Christmas Sampler blocks done, this my favorite.  I still need 5 more to finish this one...then a border.

The TAST stitch for Wk. 8  is Running Stitch.  You can check this out over at Sharon's place, Pintangle.

I  thought I lost my Fall Sampler blocks.  I searched and searched every box, bin and tub for them.  I finally found them, YEA!  So I'll be working on those.  While I was digging around in everything, I came across the BOO! Quilt.  I couldn't find it before, so I made another one.  This is the original one I made.  So it's in the box waiting to be sandwiched...The Indian Leaves quilt is also in the box.  Along with Under the Sea.  So I've got a lot of work to do.

I also found my Circle quilt.  And have started working on it.  You can see that post HERE.

So my list for February 23rd through March 1st 

1. Finish binding Polar Bears.

2. Make 5 more Christmas Sampler blocks.

3. Do Week 9 of TAST.

4. Put on last border of SAHRR.

5. Make another Fall Sampler block.

6. Work on Circle quilt.

7. Do the Aqua Bird House for RSC.

That list should keep me busy this week.  Have a great....

IT'S TUESDAY AGAIN....

 so it's time for To-Do Tuesday...where did the week go...here's my list from last week.

1.Start Rnd 4 of SAHRR.✔

2. Finish tying National Day.✔

3.  Cut binding for National Day Quilt.✔

4.  Start tying Polar Bears.👎

5.  Lay out Christmas Sampler to see where I'm at.✔

This is my SAHRR block.  Since I don't do pieced blocks..I had to figure out what to use for my signature block.  And I did!  I used my Diamonds from Rd 2 as my signature block.  Yesterday I put the names on the diamonds.  I used DMC's variegated threads.   My camera isn't showing all the names, but believe me, they are there.  I'll be adding another strip and add some stars.

National Day Quilt is tied and the binding is almost done.  One more strip to do.

The Polar Bears are waiting their turn to be tied.  But I did get the Christmas Sampler laid out.  I'm going to have to do some more changing around of the blocks.  I ran out of the light blue and the Christmas fabric hasn't got enough to cut for a block.  So I've started some more blocks on yellow.  Plus I've got some embroidery work to do.  And I may re-do the Y in JOY...you can't see it very well, it just fades away from the other blocks.

So that's my list from last week, I think I did pretty good this week.  Here's my list for next week.

1. Finish National Day

2. Start tying Polar Bears(the binding is already cut)

3. Make a few more Christmas Sampler blocks.

4. Do TAST stitch for Wk. 8

Here's Wk 7, Detached Chain Stitch.  Hop over to Pintangle to check out all the goodies Sharon has to share with you.

I hope you all have an awesome....

OOOOPS......

 I forgot to make a list for To-Do Tuesday last week...so I'm going to use my list from 2 weeks ago.

1. Tie and bind National Day Quilt.

2.  Rip out 3 rows of gray yarn on Neon Stripe.

3. Lay out Polar Bears to see where I'm at.

I started the National Day Quilt.  I got one side tied before I had to quit.  My fingers weren't feeling very well last night...they were hurting...so I only got one row done.  NOTE:  The fingers are working good today, so I'll finish tying and cut some binding for the National Day Quilt.

 2. I ripped out the gray yarn on the Neon Stripe Afghan...and found several more boo's boo's with the orange...so ripped it out.  Am putting the orange back now.  I'll finish this row and start the gray back.

3.  Polar Bears got laid out, sewed together, border is on.  It's in the hoop waiting to get tied.

I almost forgot to put my TAST stitch for this week here.  The stitch is for Week 6, Herringbone Stitch.  This is not one of my favorite stitches.  I have trouble with the fabric puckering...but this is my best effort to do this.  You can find this over at Sharon's place, Pintangle.  Hop over and check it out.  She also has a stitch dictionary.

 My SAHRR 

 The new round for SAHRR is posted, it's a Signature Block.  I'll have to figure out a pattern that I can applique.  I'll work that out this week.  See where it takes me.

My To-Do list for February 8 through February 14th.

1.Start Rnd 4 of SAHRR.

2. Finish tying National Day.

3.  Cut binding for National Day Quilt.

4.  Start tying Polar Bears.

5.  Lay out Christmas Sampler to see where I'm at.

Hope you have a.....

MAKING PROGRESS.......

Today is Tuesday...time to see if I got anything from list...

1. Put a few more rows on Neon Stripe Afghan✔

2. Make more Polar Bears✔

3. Sandwich National Day Calendar Quilt.✔

That is a Big Yes..... all checks this week!

1. The Neon Stripe Afghan is growing, but I'm going to have to rip the 3 rows of dk. gray out...it's been a few years since I made large Granny Square Afghan.  I totally forgot I have to increase to keep the corners square.  As you can see this in the bottom right.

2.  I have a couple more Polar Bears done.

I like them both.

3.  I finally got the National Day Calendar Quilt in the hoop.  I'll start working on that tomorrow.

 My To-Do Tuesday list for January 18th through January 24th

1. Tie and bind National Day Quilt

2.  Rip out 3 rows of gray yarn on Neon Stripe.

3.  Lay out Polar Bears to see where I'm at.

Have a great......

TUESDAY AGAIN......

 the week went so fast.  It's time to make a To-Do Tuesday list.  This is last weeks list.

1.  Work on Neon Stripes Afghans✔

2.  Sandwich National Day quilt.👎

3.  Do a couple more Polar Bear blocks✔

I put a few more rows on the Neon Stripes Afghan.

This is where I was last time I posted.

This is where I am now.
 

National Day is still waiting to be sandwiched.  Hoping to get it done sometime this week.

Baby Polar Bear

Polar Bear Fishing

To-Do Tuesday January11th through January 18th

1. Put a few more rows on Neon Stripe Afghan

2. Make more Polar Bears

3. Sandwich National Day Calendar Quilt.

Have an awesome.....

TUESDAY TO-DO LIST IS A FLOP......

 My Tuesday To-Do List from last week is a complete flop...nothing was done.

1.  Work on my Polar Bears.👎

2.  Make a few more flag blocks.👎

3.  Add a few more String blocks to my pile.👎

I haven't been in the quilting mood...but I have been crocheting a lot.  I started 2 new afghans with the yarn I got for Christmas.  

This is what they call Ombre Yarn...it has several shades of blues.  And I have a light blue green that I'm mixing with it.

 The other afghan I've started is what I'm calling Neon Stripes, which also happens to be the name of the yarn.

I wasn't too sure the orange yarn would work, but I like it...it shows off the Neon Stripe yarn.  All the yarn is by Red Heart....one of favorite yarns to use.

And the National Day Calendar quilt is still waiting to be sandwiched.

Every Tuesday Sharon, over at Pintangle gives you an embroidery stitch to learn.  I'm going to try to keep up and make a quilt.  This is this weeks stitch, Chain Stitch.

My To-Do list for next week...

1.  Work on Neon Stripes Afghans

2.  Sandwich National Day quilt.

3.  Do a couple more Polar Bear blocks

Have a great sewing day...

 

I HAVE A FILMSEY......

 I got the last block done and put my National Day Calendar quilt together.  I was going to sandwich it yesterday, but I wasn't feeling too good.  The weather affects me a lot.  And yesterday it was rainy and cold.  So I was hurting...the Calendar quilt did not get sandwiched.  

 Since this is Tuesday, I'll add my To-Do Tuesday list for next week.  

1.  Work on my Polar Bears.

2.  Make a few more flag blocks.

3.  Add a few more String blocks to my pile.

 I also worked on my Christmas Afghan from 2020.  I got the all the yarn, except for the orange, for Christmas last year.  I added several rows to it, I was here last time I posted about it...

This is where I am now...

And I want to wish you all a safe and happy holiday season.

I HAVE A TA-DA........

 I finished the RSC 2021 Basket quilt last night.  I'm so happy I actually got a RSC quilt done!!  Isn't it beautiful, I think so.....

Now I have to make up my mind on what to make for next year.  It's going to be Fir Trees or Birdhouses.  This quilt is also for my OMG and PHD challenges.  

And since it's Tuesday...I'll add my To-Do Tuesday to this post.  My list from last week....

1.  Put the border on Alexis's quilt.👎

2. Sandwich RSC Basket Quilt✔

3.  Make some more flags and Christmas blocks.✔

My list for December 14th through December 21st

1.   Make more Christmas Sampler blocks.

2.  Make more Flag blocks

3. Work on my Polar Plunge blocks.

Have a great day!!

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.

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.

BUSY, BUSY, AND MORE BUSY.....

 My To-Do Tuesday list from last week.

1. Tie the Candy Hearts Quilt👎

2. Cut binding for Candy Hearts.👎

3.Make some more blocks for Alexis's Quilt✔

I didn't do very well this week.  The Candy Hearts quilt is in the hoop, but that's as far as I've made it.  No tying or binding cut.

I've been working on Alexis's quilt.  I ran out of the green fabric I was using....see my post on that HERE.

I decided to continue with the green, but a different color of green.  I'll mix these into the quilt so it doesn't mess with my rows too much.  I've got the last 2 rows cut and pinned, ready to applique.  Then I have some embroidery to do on the blocks.

I went to the library yesterday....and got soaked.  It was raining and my umbrella came up missing.  I was on a list to get The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller.  It's my Book Clubs choice for October.  And my book club meets next week....so I need to read this book fast.  I'm playing along with Teaser Tuesday.  Here is my teaser....

"I drop my bathrobe to the ground and stand naked at the water's edge."

Next week's To-Do List....is a repeat from last week.

1. Tie Candy Hearts

2. Cut binding for Candy Hearts

3.  Work on Alexis's Quilt.

You all have a........

 

TO-DO TUESDAY AGAIN......

well, it Tuesday, so that means it's To-Do Tuesday....which is going on over at Gail's place, Texas Quilt  Gal....head over and check out what everyone is working on this week....what is To-Do Tuesday...it's where you make a list of what you want to accomplish for the week.  My list is really long...so I picked one to work on.   This is the list I'm working from....removed a couple and replaced them. 

1.  Alexis's Quilt

✔2. Candy Hearts....it's a filmsy.

3. Salt and Sand....sandwich, tie, and binding

4. Orange Quilt....sandwich, tie, and binding

5. Band Sampler..progressing

6. Daisy Embroidery..progressing

7. Grape Embroidery..threads and tracing done

8. Wheat Embroidery..threads and tracing done

9. Strawberry Embroidery..threads and tracing done

10. RSC 2021..progressing

11. National Day Calendar..progressing

12. Sandwich Candy Hearts.

My project for the week was to get the Salt and Sand binding done.  Almost made it, I started  the last side last night.  I will finish this one tonight.  

 Then I'll start the binding for the Orange Quilt.  The binding is cut and ironed, so it's ready to go.

 I am also going to sandwich the Candy Hearts and cut the binding.

So my list for this week is.....

1.  Work on Alexis's Quilt.

2.  Sandwich Candy Hearts and cut binding.

3.  Put a few more stitches into my Band Sampler.

Have a great.....