At the Corner of Scraps and Quilts : September 2024

Saturday, 28 September 2024

I Played Volleyball

We lost. I'm alive. Period.

My beautiful co-receptionist is sick since Wednesday, 18 of Sept. I am so tired. Not only do I have to answer all the phone calls, but also all the people coming in, the emails, the snail mails, every payments, lawyer's assistants' requests, cleaning of every room after each client, etc., but also work half a hour longer because she finishes 30 minutes after me. I'm beat!

So, what did I sew?

(We change our Internet from cable to fiber optic. Yes, it's wonderful. Nothing works the same. Not even the TV channels are the same. (Sigh!) I can't use Microsoft anymore because they want me to pay to have access to my files. I did pay to have the Microsoft Office package but that was on the old system, now they think I'm a new client and I need to buy the stupid system again. So greedy!) (I am now working with Google Drive which I never worked with before. So, on this beautiful funny Saturday morning, I am learning something new.) (But I don't want to learn. I'm tired!) (Stop whining!)

Anywho, Framed 9 Patch came out to play last weekend.

This is the original top but I find it small. The plan is to add a "border" of lighter blocks all around. The second block on the bottom row (the navy blue) will be remove and will go in the "border". It is so light that it will make the light border look weird. So, out it goes.

It is replaced by this red one:

I have also done this one which is too "dark" to go in the border. Maybe I'll find another light one to remove and replace.

This is one of the lighter blocks I did but not liking the black bears on the right top corner. Too much black in one spot. So, an emergency operation was performed on this one.

It looks so much better in the group photo after its full recovery. Look! One of them is brown!

Still lots more to do for the border. I plan to sew some this weekend.

Yes, I did some 9 Patch blocks too. Also finished a second grey Stained Glass. I'm not doing any in brown though.

That's all for now because getting these photos prepped in Google Drive for the post is draining my batteries. Also, I want to enjoy that sunshine while it is still here.

Have a great weekend, every beautiful one of you!

;^)

Joining these talented ladies this week.

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

NinaMarie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Saturday, 14 September 2024

I'm Deaf in One Ear

and I can't see out of the other one!

I'm not sure it translates right but this expression comes from the old folks in French Canada, meaning you are unable to follow instructions. (T'es sourd d'un oreille, pis tu ou'ais pas d'l'aut'e.)

Angela called out black for September and I'm having fun with brown! Maybe I'll switch next week ... then again ...

August saw the orange scraps diminish to this.

compared to the beginning of the month (photo below), I'm happy with the progress. The little plastic bags hold tiny pieces for crumb blocks.

A "peachy" orange Stained Glass block was finished, photographed with the transitioning 9-patch blocks. Transition from orange to brown not black. I might do some black ones.

And here are the browns I'll be playing with this month.

The brown basket is the same size as the orange one. The thick plastic bag is very big. Let the fun begin.

I received some gift bags last week and, amongst other things, there was this big bag of cut-off Batiks in blue, purple and pink.

You can see that the pieces are not that big. I was wondering about my sanity while going through this bag. "Do I really need more tiny little pieces?" But Batiks is very expensive. "You are NOT the one who paid for it and she gave it away, not caring." "Throw it out. She won't know."

But some were worth saving and then ...

Some beautiful fabric,

and again,

and again. The purple Batik on top is 37 inches long (folded in three here, the others are folded in two). So, after over an hour of going through the bag, the harvest looked like this.

Yes, that's all and I'm about halfway done. Am I insane?

In the gifted bags, I also got this.

Utensils and napkin holder. I thought that was so cute. I don't know who made it and what she used as batting but it is quite stiff.

I've tried to make one of these without the help of the seam ripper and I failed ... Thrice!

Only 139 more blocks to go. Eventually, the seam ripper will be left behind ... I hope.

I have also worked on my RSC block for next year. Yes, I already found something easy and, hopefully, interesting for you to look at.

Have a Fabulous Week, everyone.

;^)

Joining these talented ladies this week.

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

NinaMarie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever

Monday, 2 September 2024

It's a Flimsy!

Double Halo is finally a flimsy and I couldn't wait to share it with you.

I rush to sew the skinny sashing and haste makes waste. The sashing did not align properly.

And not just once but all of them. Argh!

An emergency call was sent to the Super Seam Ripper and eventually, it got done properly before the long weekend was over.

Oh, My! The aqua block and the blue block are basically all the same colour. And the purple one is nothing but purple. Let's try in a sunny spot.

Yes, that's better. I love it so much. (The quilt is bumpy because the grass is long ... and wet.)

The centre star doesn't have the same fabric as the stars, only the same colour. (The square in a square uses a piece of the M&M millennium print, yes. Haha.) Click on the picture to zoom in.

The first block I did was the red star and I didn't calculate how big a scrap I needed to make this block. I just wing it as I usually do. Well, yes, I ran out of red. Most of the readers said they couldn't see the difference so, here it is.