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Saturday, 15 January 2022

Spinning My Wheels

I am still pondering about my RSC2022 options. The list is way too long and I find it hard to remove some contenders. Anyone else with this kind of problem?

The 9-Patch and HSTs are still on ... like forever! Haha.

The crumb bricks too as I don't have enough to do anything with these.

Chaser Crumb Blocks

Chaser Crumb to be trimmed and sashed

What if I make a mask every month? It looks like we will be needing these for some time still. One thing I forgot to say in my previous post is that we are working from home again. I go to the office two mornings a week to distribute incoming mail and to mail out what was printed by the caseworkers. I like this routine as it gets me out of the house without meeting anyone. Win-win.

Masks done in November.
The cat one has been washed already and the fabric shrunk
but not the liner so I have to redo this one.
The yellow one is not finished.

I would love to do a Scrap Jar Star quilt. So I will start sewing 4-Patch blocks (or 16 Patch blocks) (same thing). Do I sew the block in rainbow colours or one colour?

Both are pleasing to me. Sigh!

Then the strings are demanding some attention. I have an idea that would be an opportunity for some of them to shine. Still on the drawing board but here's what I have so far.

The solid coloured fabric from my mother's stash is also something I would like to use up and I love this quilt.

from Google search

There's also this.

Hmm! It could be interesting. No, I don't know the name. Yes, I know where I'm going with this.

I would also love to make another Hidden Gems quilt

or a Burgoyne Surrounded but for a big quilt this time.

How many hours of sewing do I have in a month? Darn! That really cramp my style.

There's also my Personal Rainbow UFO Challenge. The colour red calls for a new project but that's for another post. Stay tuned.

Oh! Almost forgot. I have two finishes to show you. YES!

First, it's Stars in Blue, labeled and all. My first finish of the year! Yay!

Remember this panel I salvaged from a year ago? It was quilted with only batting. No backing. See this post for the story behind it. It was the perfect size for Stars in Blue. Win/win! (I know it's not straight but it'll do.)

The binding is built with dark blue scraps.

I think it was the only solution to my dilemma since nothing looked good from the front and the back.

Then, there's this finish.

Phew! Made it. Looking at the fabric for clues of who goes with who was impossible in the Spider Web quilt. Once I organized the yellow pieces together, pointing in the same direction, it went so much faster.

All I had to do was to turn the pieces in my hand and search for the yellow piece going to the right.

The rest of the pieces were picked as per their unique shape.

Now, I'll take it apart and put it away so my son can work on the puzzle he received on New Year's Eve.

It's nothing interesting so I won't keep you posted on this one.

The original post was supposed to finish with this paragraph.

I am sorry to announce that the year didn't start on the right foot for us. Raven disappeared on January 3. I've been very down and still am. I'm pushing myself to sew as I know it will help me (and you will too with the comments and your posts about wonderful stuff). Thank you for being there.

BUT

After 10 days away, he came back home. I just couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him on the deck. He lost a lot of weight but is otherwise okay as you can tell from this picture.

He's still sassy! Haha. I'm so happy.

Have a great one!

;^)

Joining my quilting friends

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun than Housework

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Sarah at Confession of a Fabric Addict

Friday, 23 October 2020

Bricks, Border, Buttons

I didn't sew much last Saturday as it was such a wonderful Fall day that I just enjoyed it. I didn't even bring the sewing machine outside with me.

This week, I played catch up on sewing. Let's look.

Buttons, buttons... I made a few more

... and then Yellow Bricks

This one looks like a cake with candles, lol. It isn't trimmed.

The "Plan" for those crumb bricks (as I call them) is to sew a border on two sides and "weave" them.

I decided to use this nice grey fabric for the border and I'll make as many bricks as this grey will let me. By using a grey fabric, I can make some black bricks. Happy!

Buttons, buttons playing together.

all good things were coming together ... until I spotted the pink button next to the pink spool! What??? No, no, no.

It's enough that I have the purple one next to the purple spool, I am NOT keeping the pinks together!!! How come I haven't caught that while I was laying them out?? They've been on the floor for 3 days!! I switched the pink for the green at the other end of the same row and I thought "Good enough."

Ta-dah!

Floating on the breeze. It is a whopping 23 degrees today!! That's Celsius of course. Tomorrow, the high will be 7Celsius!!! What the baloney??

The too-long grass makes the top bumpy.

Now, I see that all the pink buttons are on the same side. The two aqua buttons are one on top of the other. Arghhh! I can't believe I did this!!

As I was picking the pictures for this post, I came across the picture of my layout and sure enough, the pinks were NOT next to each other and neither were the purples! Haha!

I managed to twist the spools blocks around once they were sewn with the buttons to make a four-patch. That's what happens when I rush. Ha! Guess I have some unsewing to do this weekend.

I also have to relax, this weekend, and mentally prep myself because, comes Monday, I am starting a NEW JOB! Yep! I am leaving my darling toddlers to go help adults. I am moving over to the Ontario at Work department. It will be a different kind of fun. Can't wait. I probably won't have time to sew as much but that's life.

Have a great weekend.

;^)

Joining some friends

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun than Housework

Denise for Put Your Foot Down

Friday, 16 October 2020

Buttons on the Wall

Some more buttons showed up on the wall this week.

Rainbow colours on black

and then two more. Not sure about the grey one but we'll see how well it plays with the others. They are really fun to make.

Another one I had fun to make was this tulip

in yellow for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Last but not least ... the HSTs!

Some spots are easy to fill, others not so much. I need a good variety of units to make one block ... so let's make some more. It's not like I'm running out of scraps anyway.

Let's have fun sewing.

;^)

Joining my friends

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Denise at For the Love of Geese

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun than Housework