Nothing To Show

on the yellow front. I didn't finish my yellow challenge which was to quilt Smile. I did buy the yellow thread and that's all I did. 

 

We got snow on and off and sometimes it was a LOT! I shoveled a LOT. I love it. It's a good activity and it pushes me to be outside, enjoying the sunshine. 

It was Winter Wonderland again, and again and ... Look at the roof of my little shed. It's picture-perfect round. I should paint that shed Gingerbread Brown and draw candies all over it. Wouldn't that be pretty in the wintertime? 

I worked on the HST quilt on and off, but that's for another post. 

I made these yellow HSTs as I made some pink too. I did some in a darker yellow also but they are playing hide and seek at the moment and I don't feel like seeking. 

Here's the thing with these. I am making lots of HSTs lately (wow, isn't that an understatement?) and some are too small to play in the HST quilt (have to find a better name for it). I ended up with lots of 2" HST. I didn't have to search far to find another HST quilt that I like. 

Correct me if I'm wrong but this block was proposed by Border Creek Station as a stash buster challenge block in 2018(?). Here's a preview of 4 blocks together. 

I couldn't JUST buy thread when there's a sale going on so I spoiled myself with some fabric. (You know, shopping therapy.) These are 2 and 3 meters long for backings. I have everything I need to finish some tops except the energy to do it. 

And off she goes to make more HSTs. 

Take care everyone. 

;^)

See more wonderful posts at 

Angela's So Scrappy

Cynthia's Quilting is More Fun than Housework

Frédérique's Patchwork and Quilts 

Improved Yellow

It's Yellow again!

You might not remember it but I did this yellow crumb block last year and I didn't like the umbrella fabric. 

In my book, it isn't yellow enough. 

So I fixed it. 

This is so much better. Oh, look at the gold piece on the top right. It really looks too brownish to me. No, no, NO! You are not going to change every little piece of fabric. Let it be, Chantal! Put the seam ripper down and walk away! 

I also did the last of the yellow tulip. I figure if I have three tulips of each colour, it will give me 21 blocks which is one too many for what I need. So one colour will only have two and it's not yellow. The blocks are 12.5" unfinished.  

Group photo. Say Cheese! 

So what happened to the umbrella fabric? 

It did not return into the scrap basket. I turned into an HST block.

It is raining cats and dogs in that quilt. 🤣

Hope you are all well and safe. Have a great sewing day! 
 

;^)

Joining my quilting friends

Frédérique at Parchwork and Quilts

Angela at So Scrappy

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun than Housework

Pat at Life in a Scrapatch 

Sarah at Confession of a Fabric Addict

Hello Yellow

February is the Yellow Month. My personal Yellow challenge is the Buttons and Spools quilt, made in 2020. It needs a back, pinning, and quilting just like the Smile quilt did in January. So, instead of having two quilts half quilted at the end of February, I will just continue to work on Smile. :^)

(Yes, I know, it's only the second month of the year and I'm already breaking the rules. That's the prerogative of being the maker of the rules. Hehehe.)

BUT, I will be working with yellow to do things like this.

Before all this, I had to finish a few things with the pink fabric, like these two crumb blocks I had started. 

Then I saw the little pieces leftover from the pink tulip. Well, I'm not one to throw away some good fabrics, so ... 

... tiny little Shoo Fly blocks were made. They measure 3.5 inches. Then I had to hunt down the other tulips' corners. 

I did find the yellow ones,  

but can't locate the red ones. I'm sure they'll show up eventually. My sewing room needs a good tidy-up session. 

Anywho! I'm hook on tiny little blocks again. They are so cute! 

Now that I have another tulip block finished, I can sew two more Shoo Fly blocks. Yay! 

My hand sewing project is coming along too. 

All the yellow leaves are done. I am working on the green one on top. Twelve leaves are done, eight to go. I know the background looks blue but, believe me, it is actually white. 

One final picture to remind me that I am only as good as my coffee is. 

Bloopers are part of my daily routine. 😋

Happy sewing! 

;^) 

Joining: 

Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict    

Angela at So Scrappy for RSC21

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitches

Frédérique for Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun than Housework for Oh Scraps! 

Pat at Life in a Scrapatch for Stitch Sew and Show

Last Pink Saturday

That's it. Pink is all done. Nope, it's not all done. Here's what I did and didn't do.

I did a pink Tulip block back in December before Angela declared the colour of January. 

So, I made another one in January. 

Aren't they pretty? 

My own challenge for January was quilting the Smile quilt. I did sew a backing, got it all pinned, and started the quilting but I am far from done. 

I found some threads the colour I need for the quilting. Between Mettler, Gütermann, Signature, and Coats, I'm missing only yellow and aqua, that's not so bad. I might even use a blue thread for the aqua block. (Yes, I use a hair elastic to tie the bobbin to the spool. It works fine.) I'm thinking of using the cream coloured thread, far right, to quilt the rainbow block. Maybe. 

I did the orange block ... 

... and the red block. It's hard to see but they are quilted. 

With the pink one already done, there are only 9 more blocks to go. Almost done, hahaha. 

Depending on which colour Angela will say February is and which quilt is tagged to that colour, I might just continue quilting this one through the next month. 

I wanted to do some crumb blocks for the crumb bricks quilt, so I might continue with pink for a little bit longer. Technically, I still have tomorrow. :^D 

Hope you are all well and safe.

;^)

Joining my friends

Sarah for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? 

Angela at So Scrappy for RSC2021

Frédérique for Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scraps! 

Pat for Stitch, Sew and Show! 

Oh No! What Have I Started Now?!!

I haven't been very good at quilting my Smile quilt like I was supposed to do. I did ponder about how to quilt it and this morning, I decided to start the quilting otherwise I will never choose a pattern. 

My quilting is not the best. I'm having trouble keeping my speed. On my Brother machine, there's a speed regulator button. There's no such thing on my Janome. 

I might redo this block ... and maybe not. I ran out of thread in the bobbin an inch or so before the end. :^(

Do you see what I have started though? I used pink thread on the pink block. Do I have the right colours to do the same to all the other blocks? 

    

Here are the other blocks before the borders were added.  

No! Oh! This is going to be a challenge. Thank goodness for online shopping. :^) 

During coffee breaks and lunch break, I did a little hand sewing. Yes, I did change the layout a little. I changed the dark leaf for two not-so-dark leaves. I love it now. 

Sorry for the poor quality picture. The background fabric is actually white.  Overcast skies don't make great pictures no matter how bad the photographer is, lol. 

Five leaves are done. I intend to join Kathy tomorrow for Slow Sunday Stitching and get one or two more done.  

Stay good, stay home, stay healthy. 

;^)

Joining my friends

Angela at So Scrappy 

Frédérique for Patchwork and Quilts 

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scraps!