Going 4 first border

Thanks to Ramona, Roseanne, and Marsha for ideas.

My decision is to do the green border but with triangles in the corners to finish the pattern . This still gives a nice break from busyness.  ( Gotta love Pinterest for visuals and ideas.)

Next up: piano keys for the last border.

Also  long overdue, THANKS to Sarah Craig at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. She recently held a   challenge for Hands to Help Charity.  I completed my Squarely Red  ( if you want to see it)  for the Lakota Indian Tribe for my church who supports them and wanted warm things for winter.  I think the homespuns and flannels will fit the bill.

And here is what I got as a reward.  Remarkable! I feel blessed!

Now to be inspired to finish my Quilt of Valor.  ( peek if you want) The top is done. The fabrics are pulled for the back, but need to be combined to cover the back.  It will be a bit of a puzzle.

Going to get "Go 4 it" done...

Monday funday: when there is no school.

I made my list for the week, already getting side tracked by other projects.  No, not the quilting: the cleaning and organization.  Who would have guessed ?

So 6 donation bags later, I have a Closet and book shelf cleaned... more coming.

Need I digress; this is about quilting.

So I finished the blocks for a layout.        

Notice I need one more:

Now decisions ??? Borders, for sure But What?  I have more of the green.  For that matter , I have more of almost everything else, too.

Ideas anyone?  It is only 4 feet by 4 and 1/2 feet currently. It is just for a throw in my bedroom.

Toes showing, ooops.   Yep, the floor is  my design wall.

 

Saturday play day

I am finally stitching  away at my yellow/gold Rainbow Scrap Challenge for June. As my colors are muted in hue, I am going with golds. My fabrics are mostly Thimbleberries. 

So here are four blocks.

I am still working away at my Go 4 it I GO.  Six more blocks this morning: total up to 62 blocks and counting. Too bad they are only 6 inch blocks.

Summer fun

I am back home and getting to the new groove.
Project list made for cleaning, t to did around the house, and sewing.

So far, keeping on track ; Car cleaned, fridge sorted and cleaned, and a few errands.  ( Quilt blocks for stash bee finally mailed.)

And back to go 4 it. 50 blocks made so far.  Woot. Woot!

I am even caught up with my blockheads. 14 and 15... DONE !

Little by little. But by bit...

Little by little. But by bit...

Things are progressing.

Even had some fun with this guy at the library and then playground.  What fun!

Slow stitching in Canada

School's out for summer! Today is my first official day off. Hooray!

My first trip is/was to visit my mom who lives in Canada. After driving through Chicago and around the bottom of Lake Michigan II met my sister in Detroit and  we finished the trip up through the peninsula of Ontario together up to Bobcaygeon.  It has been hot as is much of the Midwest. But it is the first heat for them in Canada ( in the 30s Celsius)..

We visited my favorite lake: Stony Lake near Lakefield, Ontario. My family had a cottage there and we would go up for the summers. So beautiful, so peaceful...

Just love the view of the islands and trees; there is nothing like it. Here is my sister and mom where we ate.

        I miss these tall Northern pines. They peek out above the rest of the trees.

So in between going here and there, I have been doing lots of embroidery all weekend.  I almost have this panel finished.  Making HUGE progress.... almost finished with this first of 3 panels. Crabapple Hill design.

Here is a greatshop in Bowmanville, Ontario.  Very cute clothes, gifts, jewelry.  Loved it! 

AND in the back was a quilt store... what a surprise!

 My sister found the store online.  She didn't know about the quilt store. But I was thrilled. And I found some wonderful fabrics and a pattern for the  150th celebration for Canada rock Inuits.  They have 3 locations: Campbellford, Peterborough, and Bowmanville. 

UFO: Go 4 it

So it's Sunday. And I felt like working on  something different. The bag with the pieced squares was sitting on the side of my sewing table and it called my name.  The project was inspired by American Patchwork and Quilting several winters ago.  There were many layouts from Lissa Alexander, April Cornell, Edyta Sitar and more. O.K. it is from 2015.   NOT to long ago.

I have not been able to work on any UFOs since January. And I have been ahead on a few other piecework projects.

     

These are colors are from the leftovers of my summer quilt.   Of course, I purchased a few more Fig Tree prints to increase the variety of scraps. Love the buttery  yellows, peaches, and greens. One of all time favorite fabric lines was Dandelion Girl also  by Fig Tree.

I am playing with the layout and what to do with it.  Lots to still piece.
14 blocks of 16 patches of 2 inch squares.   12 blocks of the criss cross  

But it is pretty and refreshing. And I hope to finish it this time.

Zentangle experiment

My quilt group has a challenge each month. And this month is zentangle inspired quilting. So a searched pinterest, found this basic design, traced it and had a go at it with various stitches. The block is 9 inches.

Now, what to do next with It? 
Maybe a pot holder?