Tag Archives: Scraps

Weekly To-Do and Goals #66

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #66 Chris at Chris Knits is now hosting the weekly To-Do linky party and it’s always fun to go see what everyone has done and are planning To-Do. Last week’s list: 1. Get the binding and label on Glacier Ice. Done 2. Keep working on a leader/ender project with myContinueContinue reading “Weekly To-Do and Goals #66”

Sunday Sewing

I had some fun today making some blocks for a quilt to send to the Lytton Fire Drive. This is completely from my scrap bins. I just love the warmth of these brown, rust and tan scraps with the bits of red, blue, orange, yellow and green in the patterns. To me this quilt willContinueContinue reading “Sunday Sewing”

Friday Finishing Fun

I’m sitting here with a lap full of fun today and counting this quilt as a finish. Glacier ice was created as my project for Carla Henton’s Winter Blues Blog Hop in January 2020. You can read my post here for a link to the pattern I was at the studio a week ago toContinueContinue reading “Friday Finishing Fun”

Scrap Happy Day

There are a group of quilters who delight in playing with scraps. They celebrate by posting a show ‘n tell on the 15th of the month. Occasionally I have something to share. This is one of those months! While I was suffering from a squirrel attack, I had to pull out my collection of 5”ContinueContinue reading “Scrap Happy Day”

Friday Finishes

It has been two interesting weeks in my world. Last week had me spending time at the studio where I decided I needed to try working with pantos for the first time. In the week I was there I managed to finish 5 quilts on the frame. As soon as I finished 2 of them,ContinueContinue reading “Friday Finishes”

My Weekly Goals, Reports and Review

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #57 Chris at Chris Knits is now hosting the weekly To-Do linky party and it’s always fun to go see what everyone has done and are planning To-Do. Last week’s list: 1. Try to get away to the studio for a couple of days to spend some quality time withContinueContinue reading “My Weekly Goals, Reports and Review”

My goals and Reports for the Week

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #55 Chris at Chris Knits is now hosting the weekly To-Do linky party. I can’t believe it’s been a year since I started joining Roseanne and Sue at Home Sewn By Us for this fun link up. Last week’s list: 1. Try to get away to the studio for a couple ofContinueContinue reading “My goals and Reports for the Week”

RSC Blue Blocks

I made 4 – 12 1/2” square curvy log cabin blocks from my blue scraps, and managed to get them sewn together for a new runner for the cabinet which the tv sits on. When we get back from town for DH’s medical appointments tomorrow, I will get it sandwiched, quilted and the binding on.ContinueContinue reading “RSC Blue Blocks”

H2H Update and Scrap Happy Days

Every year Sarah from Confessions of a Fabric Addict organizes the Hands to Help Charity Quilt Challenge to encourage quilters everywhere to do a bit more charity quilting. She usually has a list of 5 or 6 charities that could use our support. One of those charities is here in Canada and is a bitContinueContinue reading “H2H Update and Scrap Happy Days”

Another Week of Goals, Stitching Time and Stash Reports

My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #52 Chris at Chris Knits is now hosting the weekly To-Do linky party. I enjoy seeing how everyone is using the party to keep projects moving along. Last week’s list: 1. Get Delaney’s quilt and my SAHRR on the list for the next studio trip. Just waiting until I canContinueContinue reading “Another Week of Goals, Stitching Time and Stash Reports”

Sunday Sewing

We had some nice weather this morning so I was able to get out for my walk early. I so happy to see how quickly the snow and ice is melting. It was a profitable walk. I came home with 21 golf balls! I save my finds and give them to the golf course. TheyContinueContinue reading “Sunday Sewing”

Scrap Happy Day

I discovered Kate and Gun’s Scrap Happy Days post through an online friend and decided that it fits in my wheelhouse perfectly! I love playing with my scraps and creating something fun with them. Once a month these bloggers post their scrappy projects so I decided to join in. I had jumped in to doingContinueContinue reading “Scrap Happy Day”

Wonderful Wednesday

Had some fun today playing with scraps. 😄 I’ve been busy doing some organizing and redrafting patterns. I even drew out a quilting design on a quilt top. It was one of those days I just couldn’t settle to any one project. I think that it must be the start of spring fever. The weatherContinueContinue reading “Wonderful Wednesday”

Scrappy Saturday

We are still suffering from nasty, cold weather here but you wouldn’t know it by the state of my sewing table! This month’s RSC is yellow. It’s not a colour I have a lot of so I pulled my gold and yellow scraps together to see what I could play with. Isn’t that a sunnyContinueContinue reading “Scrappy Saturday”

My day on Hearts on Fire Blog Hop

Carol from Just Let Me Quilt is hosting another blog hop with an intriguing theme; hearts but no pink. Right away my mind wandered to a fun fact. Did you know that Hearts on Fire is the brand name for a jewelry company? There diamonds are very pretty and the jewelry settings are pretty unique!ContinueContinue reading “My day on Hearts on Fire Blog Hop”

Playing With Scraps

In keeping with my goal to clean out my scrap bins, I cut several stacks of 2 1/2” and 4 1/2” squares with my Accuquilt cutter and dies. I’ve been having issues with the Covid brain fog (or perhaps too much American news on tv?) so haven’t been able to muster the concentration I needContinueContinue reading “Playing With Scraps”