Here Comes Orange!

(Sorry for another long post. My last one. I promise.)

What a fun and busy week this was. Am I Following My Weekly Resolution? Not at all, lol. And why is that? Too much work! I was mostly alone at work this week as Olivia had other priorities in her life to deal with. So, I got home too tired to do much. 

But! I did attend our final reunion of Artisanat for the year 24-25 on Tuesday. The theme was Old McDonald's Farm. 

I found a new friend. It was so soft that I almost trade it for Raven. Nnnnaaahhh! Lol. (If you enlarge the photo you will see that I was the scarecrow made out of straw. Like drinking straw. No, I'm not drunk, just a little crazy on one side.) 

Of course, I came home with a bunch of scrap bags. 

During the week someone came to my house to deliver more boxes from her old aunt. 

Lots of not-quilt-worthy fabric. They are strips of thick fabric for ...  cut from mattresses? blinds?

I don't know what but I have a whole box of it. 

And a box of SHIBs (Squirrel Hiding in Boxes, Bags) 

These are garment SHIBs. The red ones are wool and the strips are jersey. I see relaxed-fit midi summer dresses in those. Oh, I wish I had more time on my hands. 

I don't know how to knit but right now I wish I did. 

31 magazines of knitting patterns and home craft of all kinds and for everyone in the family. Dated from 1920 to 1937. 

16 magazines with crochet patterns. The oldest one is 1912! So precious. 

The aunt had a notebook forgotten with the magazines. I remember those kind of notebook with a paper cover of a Holy picture (as if Jesus was that white) and the time table on the back. But I never seen one with this serious security tips about electricity. It must had been when the electricity was a new thing. Imagine that! Electricity is a new thing! and people did not know not to touch it. Wow!  

The aunt also did Petit Point needlework. She finished this one. Some are halfway done. 

Two frames came with the tapestries. 
I did do some Petit Point a long time ago. I want to start doing it again now. 

But then! 

BUT then!! 

I said to a few of you already that I was thinking of recruiting because of the amount of fabric that comes into my place every week. Well, I did AND they responded. 

It went like this. Brought my idea to the president of Artisanat. The committee agreed to my idea. So, I exposed my idea to the group during our last reunion, that maybe some people would like to sew but don't have the room for a lot of fabric. I would make kits for baby quilts, nothing too big, and at the reunion, they can take one or two kits home and assemble them at their own speed. The instruction, picture and fabric would all be in the kit. 

10 people signed up. TEN!! I'm floored. I'm excited and scared at the same time. Okay, since we don't meet until September, I will try and kit as many quilts as I can during the summer. I got one pattern done, with 20 more patterns to go. I'll make several kits of the same pattern. All the ladies who signed up already know how to make quilts. FANtastic!! 

But did I sew? 

Yes! Just a wee bit. 

All 10 blocks for April Fool were done but I couldn't resist this one. So 11 green ones. 

Same for Flying Home blocks. Three blocks is usually what I do each month but ... 

this green-ish teal (that looks more blue against the green) just twisted my arm. So, one more for the month. 

Itsy bitsy sewing done. 

Only one green crumb block and 9-Patch, of course. There was a little bit of that gorgeous print in the new bags and I just had to get rid of that SHIB! One orange 9-Patch and the brown one was another SHIB. I did way more Rail Fence then those but it will be more fun to show them once they are assembled. Hopefully next week I'll have a few blocks to present to you. 

I thought the pile of green scraps wasn't diminishing much when I realized ... 

it's not fabric. It's Raven! He seems to like green. I caught him a few times sleeping there but he never did that with the other colours. Funny cat. 

Care to see my green garden? 

Yep, that's all. I believe a little chipmunk ate the seeds. All that's growing are a few cucumbers. No flowers. I'll plant more seeds this weekend AND store the pots elsewhere. Sigh!  

Now the end of the month comparison photos of green scraps. 

The green scraps at the beginning of May looked like this. . . 

. . . this big pile was added (from gifted bags). The piece at the front went in the stash. 

The end of the green month looks like this . . . 

Three regular-sized Ziploc bags plus a tall plastic bag and the scrap basket overflowing. I did not moved forward with this one, lol. I was looking for that pear and apple fabric when sewing the Flying Home blocks. It never showed up in time. Whatever, it will be used in an I Spy quilt. 

June is my birth month and Angela called my favourite colour: Orange. I'm so happy! 

This is all I have to play with. :^(  There might be more in the gifted bags but I'm not very hopeful as my friends are not "Orange" people. Haha. 

Phew! That was a lot. I hope life treats you well. 

Enjoy! ;^)

Good friends never let you go crazy by yourself. Love this girl! 

 

Come visit my stitching sisters for more inspiration. 

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

Long Weekend Sewing Report

EDITED - 

It was so wonderful! Can I have another one please? Even the thunderstorms didn't bother me. 

This is a treasure I found in the gifted bags. It's only 28.5" so borders or something will be added at some point. But not now. I'm having too much fun elsewhere. 

Free binding was also found in the bags. The blue one is 154" long and the solid caramel one is 175". Wow!  

This is what the living room corner looks like still. I kind of lost steam at one point. DH asked me when will all of this disappear from the room. That's a good hint that he's losing patience. It's my top priority this weekend. 

But did I sew? Yes, I did. So many goodies came out of those bags. Let's see. 

One more green Stained Glass block and ... 

another one in the work. The prints are obviously from a collection (except for the first on the left) and they were cut on the bias. I decided to sew them together before they go wonky on me. 

Now with the black all around. I'm not impressed. I didn't trim it yet as I think they won't play well with the others. What do you see? The colours are truer in the first picture. 

I also worked on these little blocks. 

Shallow Pond (a.k.a. County Clare by Bonnie K. Hunter) has been a nice interruption in my regular program. 

I like it. It's a cute block, it's blue and green which I love, but (you knew a but was coming, right?) I don't need another leader-ender in this busy sewing room. 

I finished the last blocks needed to reach 25. Over the long weekend this happened. 

Shallow Pond is a baby quilt. I'm moving on with other projects that can easily become my leader-ender, like the crumb triangles for Stained Glass, or the rail fence blocks for 9 Patch Path, or Bonus Points, or ... you get the picture. 

It is 30.5" squares at the moment. Border? Yes because it looks very plain like this. I'm thinking birds. Yes, birds. Ponds always have birds, right?  

A little oops! Two blocks of the same fabric side by side but I'm not changing it. 

Since Shallow Pond is "done", I can start another project, right? 

Remember Puss in the Corner? So many fabric are lining up for this project, it's overwhelming. But this one came together. 

What can I say? It's green, okay, granted there are snowmen too but on GREEN. The red snowflake was in the same gifted bag so, what's a girl to do? 

This one is gorgeous in my eyes but it's a tough one to please. 

The centre print and the solid rust were together. I love it. I can't match the dusty baby blue from the centre and I'm auditioning dozens of fabric from all range of colours. This one is more seafoam then blue but it might work. 

Next. 

There's little yellow/gold flowers in the print and this gold fabric pulls them out ... I think. Or is it overbearing? 

I even tried some browns. I like this one. It's not demanding at all. What do you think? Maybe I should continue searching? 

They are so much fun. I have more centres sitting on the sideline. 

EDITED: The search is over. 

All the blue fabric were removed from the bags. I dug into the pile in the hope that she had something that matches. She did! I love it! Next, please. 

Table Scrap Challenge, hosted by the lovely Joy, was design and started. It will have many greens as the theme for this month is "Fresh Cut Grass".  

Mine started with the tree print. More on that in another post. There's plenty of time for you to join us. 

My official leader-ender this month is 18 Bars and Bonus Points blocks. 

The red one needs a few more stitches. They are made with little bit of 1.5 X 2.5". 

New Sewing Room Resolution! 

With all the fabric coming into my world, I had some long discussion with myself, lots of brainstorming, this past week. A plan to reach accomplishment is needed. I came up with this.  

 

First, I put up my cutting instruction on the clothesline. Literally. 

In an attempt to be more productive, I want to see what I need for each project when I am cutting fabric. I start a lot of projects; I also kit some that are stored. I keep forgetting about the kits, like Crossroad to Jericho, and Ladies Wreath, and Jewel Box. Anywho! Having the measurements front and centre on my design wall will help ... I hope.  

Second, I've detailed my week. 

I want to do this, and finish that, and that WIP, and organize this corner; so many other things demand my time I just end up all over the place (so easy for an ADHD person). So, I thought if I know what I'm going to do (during the week nights) I might not waste 20 minutes pondering what I want to do or what needs to be done. 

Here goes: 

Monday, I will cut fabric (check the clothesline) AND clean the cutting table. 

Tuesday, I will take care of people, friends, (meetings are usually on this day). If it's a week with no meeting, organize things for the next meeting. 

Wednesday, I will sew or quilt (or pin for quilting) (need to fix the problem with the Janome) or organize backs or/and binding. 

Thursday, I will hand quilt (because I seem to never find the time to do this anymore). 

Friday, I will blog and sew (RSC blocks first and whatever after. Do not start another one). 

The weekends are all about cutting and sewing, and shopping, and cooking, and cleaning, and all the boring stuff like that, lol. 

Even if I work for only 30 minutes/evening, I might be able to accomplish more this way. Will it work? Time will tell. 

Okay, now, enough of this blah blah. Let's get to work ... I mean sew. 

Hope you have a fun weekend. It looks like we might have a little bit of sunshine today. Yay! 

Enjoy! 

;^)

Come visit my stitching sisters for more inspiration. 

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

All Fun and Play Time

It's a long weekend here in Canada and all I want to do is sew!

I revamped my miscalculated Framed 9-Patch and it will now be a Puss in the Corner quilt. Problem solved. Some blocks will have the traditional square in the centre and some will have the 9-patch because this is how I roll. The block stands at 13 inches, to finish at 12.5". It will use the big prints or the multicoloured prints that are not eligible for RSC. No more discrimination. These bigger prints will be used and will be accepted in RSC2026. (Oh! My! Have I just jumped to 2026?) 

Let's get back to 2025 and some green. 

Three April Fool blocks in green. I am now working on Flying Home and Joy's Table Scrap Challenge. Oh, lots of green in the one. 

That's not much to show this week but I have a valid excuse. 

This came home. 

When someone called and said she has a few bags of scraps for me. I had never picture this in my mind. 

The blue bag on tops has flannel. It is sitting on a bag full of tops. 

A regular Ziploc bag next to one (of the four) I just received. It is almost as wide as one seat of the loveseat and half as deep. I'm having so much fun. My living room is such a mess. My DH is so patient. God bless that man. 

Let me show you a few things. No, I am not done going through all of it but I'll share some of the treasures found so far. 

I love when I get more than one colourway of a print. I don't know why but I love it. 

These are small, maybe 3 X 6.5 and a little bit more for the aqua one. 

These are bigger and folded in two. 

Some wanna-be-Batik but failed. 

Interesting one. Also folded. 

The pinkish/purplish one at the bottom didn't photograph well. It is so pretty in person. 

And then, a SHIB!! 

Oh, that rooster is singing my name loud and clear. It is the first thing I will sew today. 

Is this SHIB #2? We don't have Joann stores here in Ontario so I know it has traveled a lot to reach me. I'm so glad it did. Love it.  

The biggest of the bags held some tops. I don't know what to do with these, so your thoughts would be very appreciated. 

These are made with broadcloth. A very thin cotton. Sorry for the dark photo. They are calling for thunderstorms and rain most the weekend. I hurried outside this morning, braving the mosquitos, to take pictures. 

Second top

Some of the prints. The orange one is not pieced; it is printed that way. 

Third top using broadcloth. 

No border on this one.

Are the blue and yellow the same in different colourways? Not sure. 

Dog ears and all. 

The next ones are made from a very thick polyester something that Mother called Gabardine (in French). I have no idea what it's called in English. Take a look. 

First top is huge. 

Fussy cut. The purple piece on the bottom left is very soft and is not textured like the rest. 

Second top

The seams in the middle are messy. You can see the texture and how thick this fabric is. 

Top #3. It looks like it was made in a rush. The sewing is even worst than the other tops. 

My friend, who gave me all these, also had 2 (3?) bags of the same fabric all cut up in different sizes. I said no thank you. I took the tops but don't know why. What to do with these? 

My son said to finish them as weight blanket. They sure are heavy enough, but who would like to received such quilts? 

In the pile of fabric my friend had received and was giving me was a large piece of corduroy. 

I like it. I'm thinking a pencil skirt with a short blazer, maybe with aqua accents. I still fit in a pencil skirt. Not my tummy but that's beside the point, lol. 

I still have lots of sorting to do and more cutting, cutting, cutting. I better close the computer and get to it. The thunder is rolling right above my head now. Fingers crossed we don't have a power outage. 

Enjoy your sewing time. 

;^)

Please, visit my stitching sisters for more inspiration. 

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