Design Wall Monday 11.4.2024

I decided to work on a panel project.

I picked up this pillow panel of eagles that has six panels on the free table at guild.

 I picked out a few 'go with's'.

I'm using this pattern as inspiration.

pattern: Green Mountain Farm

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 11.2.2024

Today is the first Saturday of November of the month of assembly. Time to get my Happy Blocks out and take a look at them. I decided to stick mostly to the warm side of the color wheel. This is the hot mess waiting for me this morning. This is a combination of blocks for 2023 and 2024 and maybe 2022.

I first saw this staggered setting on Cynthia's blog, Quilting is More Fun than Housework and I like to use it for the Happy Blocks. After sewing the first column, I decided I wanted it longer so I added the teal blocks. As luck would have it, I found a fat quarter of the teal for the spacer blocks. Lucky! 

This quilt measures about 40 x 60 before quilting.

pattern: Happy Blocks in staggered setting

I'll be sharing today at SoScrappy Saturday when her Linky Party appears.

Finish or NOT Friday 11.1.2024

I'm soooo close to a finish but...I'll have to take the 'NOT' today!

My package to DD never arrived. I'm sure someone, somewhere is enjoying her loaf of pumpkin bread. More importantly, the label she was suppose to fill out and mail back to me for the Baby quilt is also missing. <sigh>

I did sew the binding onto the front.

Here is the quilt without the binding turned to the backing.

pattern: Indian hatchet; public domain

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

WIP Wednesday 10.30.2024

I finished piecing the yellow and black baby quilt.

pattern: Indian hatchet block: public domain

DD was supposed to have received her package with the label parts but so far, she hasn't seen it. There now, isn't time to finish it and have it mailed to the Mom-to-be by Saturday's Baby Shower. I'm a little sad that my package hasn't made it to DD. I even had a loaf of pumpkin bread in it. :(

Sharing today with Susan at MidWeek Makers.

Design Wall Monday 10.28.2024

DD asked if I would make a baby quilt for her college roommate. The baby shower is this Saturday, November 1st! and could it be the size I make for the Christmas parties?! uh...

Those quilts are about 60 x 80. That's a little large for a baby quilt but I would make one that is 55 x 72. It's just a tad smaller but still a good size for tummy time. The Mom-to-be favorite color is yellow and yellow is considered gender neutral...that is what DD wants. She also suggested black as an accent and nothing 'baby-ish'. 

DD drives a hard bargain. LOL

She chose the Indian hatchet block with various shades of yellow as the main blocks and yup!, black as the triangles. I found this one on Pinterest:

 I did go to the store as my yellows were depleted from RSC. This is my starting point. I did decide to cut the yellows at 6.5 inches and the black at 2.5 inches.

Here are a few of the blocks on the design wall.

pattern: Indian Hatchet block, public domain

Sharing today with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 10.26.2024

Today is the fourth Saturday of October. The RSC color of the month (for me!) is brown and the Table Scraps2024 prompt was cats. YES!

I've been wanting to make Cat City from Villa Rosa for a long time and this is the perfect time.

 Quick as a wink, I made a few left facing cats and right facing cats.

Next, here are the pairings.

I added enough background to make the Michigan Meals on Wheels place mat requirements.

Then I did some stitching to hold them altogether, added the binding and ta-da! 

Cat Place mats...

pattern: Villa Rosa Cat City cats

quilting: outlining of the cats and seams on domestic baby Brother sewing machine.

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday and

Joy at Table Scraps 2024.

Finish or NOT Friday 10.25.2024

I've been in a bit of a sewing slump...well, a lot. Very low motivation to start and/or finish anything. Looks like I will miss a few of my own deadlines. yikes! Before my slump, I did finish the little baby quilt in my previous post. The D4P blocks were all sewn together as a UFO on the 'free table'. So, I picked it up and put on a little border, quilted and bound it. Now, this cutie is ready to be donated to the local WIC (Women in Crisis) Center.

pattern: D4P, public domain. 

                Pieced by an anonymous member of Howell Melon Patchers

panto: serpentine

I did follow DH to his parent's property in northern lower Michigan. FIL said that we could park the motorhome in his motorhome shed as they no longer have a motorhome. First the wash:

Then the shoehorn! FIL wanted to park his 'dump' trailer in the shed, too but there is not enough room. By this time it was already on wooden blocks and the decision was made NOT to center it. 

Sweet Winter Dreams...

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.

Design Wall Monday 10.14.2024

I don't have very much to report. I did pull out the little D4P I picked up off the guild free table and decided it needed a little border, but which one?

 I did decide on the darker brown. :)

pattern: Disappearing 4 Patch

                    made by an anonymous guild member

Sharing with Judy at Design Wall Monday.

SoScrappy Saturday 10.12.2024

Today is the second Saturday of October. This month I have chosen to work with brown fabrics.

Time for my Hollow Nine Patch blocks.

pattern: Hollow Nine Patches: public domain

Sharing today with SoScrappy Saturday.

Finish or NOT Friday 10.11.2024

I have a finish or two this week! Go Me!

First, I finished a few more stockings for my collection. I'm up to 5 made now. I picked up a package of green and red bias tape, so now I can add hangers. :)

pattern: shared by Yvonne at MelonHeads guild but no pattern info given.

Second, I finished the Eagle panel with the Pineapple Blossom blocks. I sorta wished I had made full blossoms instead of the half blossoms but I still like this one.

pattern: Bonnie Hunter's Pineapple Blossom blocks.

panto: serpentine

Third, I finished the Bev's Star quilt. I had 9 of the stars partially completes so I made one more for an even 10!

pattern: Creative Grids Strippy Star ruler for 12.5 inch unfinished

panto: serpentine

Sharing today with Alycia at Finish or NOT Friday.