Do You Have SHIBs?

I sure have a lot of SHIBs. It seems like all I see lately are SHIBs. 

Com'on! I'm sure I'm not the only who has some SHIBs! Look around you. Surely, you see a SHIB or two. 

Aren't these blocks beautiful?  One has an appointment with the surgeon later today. They came to me in a bag. 

What do you mean you don't know what a SHIB is? Squirrels Hiding In Bags, of course. 

I got these 3 little pieces of fabric with sheep on it. I lay one facedown so you can see how light the print is. What to do with only 3 little squares? So, I thought ...

Shoo-fly!! because of the ones received in the same bag. I know that they don't match in any way, style or size, 

and I have no intention of putting them together. No. I'm thinking of making a baby quilt with blue shoo-fly. You know, a blue-shoo! And that, my friend, is a SHIB! 😄 (Yes, I just came up with this today. The weather is affecting me, lol.) 

Back to our regular programming. The Pink Scrap Basket Saga. 

I had some fun with free motion quilting this slab of scraps. Heart's Echo ... 

and a single heart ... oops, upside-down. 

a mushroom (don't know why, just felt like it) and a butterfly... 

yes, I know, I should have slowed down before taking the curve to outline the shoe. Like I said, it was all fun ... until the thread broke. And again, and again. The thread suddenly decided it wasn't having it anymore. I unstitched a lot but missed a few, when the thread spitted all over but didn't break. Like this:

It's a little messy on the inside but I'm not about to redo this. I used this cherry print for the lining as it is quite a thin fabric. I'm not comfortable using it in a quilt. 

So, how did I do with the Pink? 

Beginning of January,

when I added some fabric

before finding two more pink bags. 

compared to the end of the month. I just couldn't believe it. With all that I received that month? I looked for more pink, thinking I had left some somewhere. But nope. The Scrap Basket did it. 

Not only does it take a lot of scraps to make a basket but it also stores a lot of scraps. All 3 bags are in and there's still some room. I'm so impressed with this. I'm tickled pink, lol. 

While the machine was set up for quilting, I finished this little project from days of yore. I had started the quilting but abandoned it. (why?) It is now waiting for a binding. It's 8 and 3/4" square. What an odd measurement. Anywho. 

In other news: 

We get snowed in. Boy! Did we ever. We got 25cm (10") on Thursday and they are calling for more (47cm or 18.5") over this long weekend here in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Okay, you're right, it's Canada. What else should I expect at this time of year but snow? 

Well, let me tell you what I expect. 

I expect to have some in December, 

(It was barely covering the grass.)

... and then, some more in January. 

(really? January?)

But it seems like someone, somewhere, decided to hold it all up and deliver it all at once. Sheesh! What gives, man? 

Anywho! Next weekend, I'll be gone on a quilting retreat. YAAAYYY! I am getting ready by cutting, cutting, and cutting. I bought some new rotary blade (upmost importance), and this one came home. 

I know, I know. I said I wouldn't buy any fabric because, holy hosers! I have so much. For those of you who know me, I don't have to say why it came home with me. For the others; it's orange! AND it was on sale as it's the end of the bolt. More than half a meter (0.6m) for only $8 when a full meter goes for $24. Whoohoo. Oh! you bet I know what to do with this one, lol. 

Well, that's all I have, my friends. I probably won't "see" you next week, so you take care and enjoy your sewing journeys. 

;^) 

I will visit these talented ladies over the weekend. Hope to catch you there. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

Nina Marie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever 

I Was Wrong

I thought the spool and the bobbin would finish at the same time or pretty close.

 


I was wrong. 

The bobbin ended first. There was still quite a lot on the cone. Yes, I was still sewing pink and drank coffee from my orange cup and not a Tim Horton's coffee. I rarely get a chance to have a Tim. Anywho! 

... the next day ...

... this came crawling up my machine. The cone was done too. It was very anti-climax. 

On Tuesday, I went to the Artisanat group meeting and came back home with, yes, again, more gifted bags. 

At the bottom left, I love those circles on the light blue, but all those fabric are canvas or upholstery thickness. The pile on the right is quilting quality. More Pink! Didn't look in the other two bags yet. 

I said that I would be sewing with blue and here it is. 

Aren't you surprise it's floral?? Who would have thought? Lol. 

Not much sewing happened this week, so the pink scrap basket is not finished. 

Hopefully, it will be quilted this weekend and assembled. Then I'll take pictures of the pink scraps for the end of the month comparison photos. I'm almost scared to look at that one, lol. 

Also this weekend, a lot of cutting will be happening. I'm leaving for a retreat on February 21st so I need to organize a few things. 

Start of the BLUE month photo. 

The blue baskets are overflowing. 

It kept falling off, haha. 

And then, the dark, the light and the ugly bags. (no, not really ugly.) They will follow me to the retreat in an attempt to deflate their egos. That's a mighty task. The one at the front has a hole. It kept puffing up when I flatten it out. It's not that full actually. 

I'm itching to make my RSC blocks in blue but I have to finish pink first otherwise, it will never get done. I know me. 

These were assembled as I put the crumb slab together for the pink basket. 

I don't know what is happening on at your place, but I hope it is good. So much snow everywhere, and wildfire, and earthquakes, ... I hope you are well. 

My cat is not affected by the cold, he doesn't care about the snow (he's part Main Coon), but the wind we had this week, stopped him in his track. 

That's all I have for you today. Stay safe. 🧡

;^)

I will visit these talented ladies over the weekend. Hope to catch you there. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

Nina Marie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever 

The Last Pink - Photo Heavy

It will not be the last day of sewing Pink for me as my Pink scrap basket is not finished.

But I will work with BLUE too. Yay! Blue! 💙💙💙

The little HSTs, turned into these pointy blocks, will be group together in this fashion. A blue and a purple were made from the latest scrap bags. I thought of showing my plan for these blocks. I call this project "Bonus Points". 

And of course, the ever faithful 9-Patch. I love that cat print. 

What's in the bag?

Now if you are curious to see what's in the bag, here's some pictures. (If not, just skip to the bottom.) I won't do this every time I get bags of scraps but this one was different. Let me show you what I mean. 

The bag on the right came from the BIG black bag from the first week of January. Still not done going through it. Then the bag on left showed up on my door step. Of course, I had to take a peek. 

The first thing that popped out was a bag from April Cornell. See Aprilcornell.ca (there's also an American website) for more info, as I didn't know who she was, I googled her up. Now what came out of the bag made my day. 

Black on white; 

Some fabric from every past decennials; 

Flowers in every colours; 

Flowers;

Flowers; 

Flowers; 

Flowers;

Flow... Oh Grandma! Stay away from those brownies; 

Lol. Some pink and a lovely little piece of colourful buttons. 

Back to flowers; Now this print's stack is over an inch high. Given the size of the pieces, I can sew myself a shirt off these pieces. (I have found some more of the same print in another bag this morning.) 

Flowers with... Fish?!?  And a cute notion print. 

Fish with turtle (makes more sense) ; 

Anywho! There was a WHOLE lot more than that, if you look at the size of the bag, but suffice to say it was a flower girl paradise which I am not. 

This bag was easy to empty as the pieces were mostly fat quarters. One down! 

I'm not loving this print but I have enough to back a small quilt, so I'll keep it for now. 

This is my sewing room floor this morning. 

The pile closest to the chair (bottom left) are sewn pieces that I will take apart. From this bag (bottom right), lots of small little bits and skinny strings that went into the fireplace. It's taking forever to finish this one. But I can see the bottom now! Yay! 

Back to our usual programming. 

Sewing! 

While sewing the Pink scrap basket, I did finished two 4.5" crumb blocks. Most of my sewing time this week was spent working on my Table Scrap Challenge. See it here. 

I promise my next post will be about BLUE. 

Happy sewing, whatever colour you are working with. 

;^)

I will visit these talented ladies over the weekend. Hope to catch you there. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

Nina Marie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever 

It Just Occurred to Me

Do you know what I don't have? I don't have a pink scrap basket! I know, right? I never had enough pink scraps to make a basket. Well that has changed (drastically) in the past few weeks. I have MORE than enough pink scraps to make a basket. Let's sew this.  

Aren't those Lemurs fun? Yes, it came from the big bag. 

Because I wanted to keep the "Paris Flea Market" selvage of the roses print (on the right), I simply sew it on top of the light pink. Unfortunately, when one sews after a long day at work... 

blooper happens! I sewed the other edge to the roses print. 😒 Easy fix. 

So, this is what I have so far. Not much but it's a start. 

Another thing I started was the Table Scrap Challenge and that one is now finished. Yay! 

Table Scrap Challenge is hosted by The Joyful Quilter and the January theme was "hot beverage" or Pink. Well, a hot beverage, for a Canadian, is a Timmy's! 

I didn't know what I was doing so I just winged it. Sewn some reds together, trying to make it look like a cylinder with shades and highlights. The cup is sparsely "fused" to the background. Then I tried to zigzag the edges. I glued the lid on top and free-hand machine sewed the lines on the lid. Not perfect but so am I. 

Yes, I know, the lid has no hole because I didn't want to spill my coffee on my brand new mug rug. Lol. 

I just sewed the letters on. It will fray but that's fine by me. For a first try, I'm very happy with the result. 

I don't Double-Double which, I have recently learned, is a typical Canadian saying. It means 2 sugar, 2 cream coffee. No other country says "a double-double, please" when ordering coffee. It has also been accepted by the Webster Dictionary as a word. Wow! I didn't know that either. My favourite Tim coffee is a medium with 1 sugar and 2 milk or a half French (Vanilla) half coffee. Yummm! 

The back is full of cups (in case I feel like a Peppermint Tea, or a Sun Kissed Ginger Tea.) and bound with red scraps. Ta-dah! 

Thanks, Joy, for the fun challenge. 

Come see the other takes on this month's challenge, right here: Table Scrap Challenge. 

;^)

P.S. This is the spool on the floor,

and this is the bobbin in the machine.

Which one will be done first? HAAaaaaa! The suspense is killing me!! Lol.

I will visit these talented ladies over the weekend. Hope to catch you there. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap

Alycia for Finished or NOT Finished Friday

Nina Marie at Creations - Quilts, Art, Whatever