The third Saturday in September is traditionally Sew a Jelly Roll Day. Photo shared from the internet 😉 What are you working on? Does it include jelly roll strips? I’m having a quilting day at my Guild; no phone, cell service or wifi; just the joy of playing with fabric with like minded people. IContinueContinue reading “It’s National Jelly Roll Day!”
Tag Archives: Strings
Scrap Happy Day
ScrapHappy Day! It seems like forever since I shared a Scrap Happy Post, but I can report that I have several scrappy projects on the go. It seems as if green is the main colour for a couple of projects since when I checked my scrap bin/organizer the green bin seemed to be extra full soContinueContinue reading “Scrap Happy Day”
Weekly To-Do and Goals #69
My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #69 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. Keep working on quilt blocks for the Lytton Fire Victims. Finished another one. All of these tops wereContinueContinue reading “Weekly To-Do and Goals #69”
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”
Another Week of Goals, Stitching Time and Stash Reports
My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #51 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. Keep working on Delaney’s quilt. Flimsy is complete 2. Work on my project for In the Kitchen Stitchin’ BlogContinueContinue reading “Another Week of Goals, Stitching Time and Stash Reports”
My Week, Goals, Stash & Time Report
My Weekly Goals – To Do Tuesday #50 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. Keep working on Delaney’s quilt. All blocks are made and border is constructed. Sewing on the lastContinueContinue reading “My Week, Goals, Stash & Time Report”
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”
Leftovers Pattern Test
I was really pleased when Joanne Kerton who designs and blogs as The Canuck Quilter Designs emailed me to see if I could fit a pattern test in my schedule for her for the end of July. I was happy to do so. I used my Christmas panels that I had made from leftover stringsContinueContinue reading “Leftovers Pattern Test”
July OMG Finishes!
To date July has been quite the month! My goal for July was to finish 3 quilt tops. My first finish was a sweet pattern I was testing. The flimsy is done and in my cue for quilting. It looks like September will be a full month of quilting and binding quilts at the rateContinueContinue reading “July OMG Finishes!”
Another Few Days of Stitching Fun
I have been too busy since last week to actually sit down and write a post! Last week saw us in two different cities seeing different doctors on different days. DH is doing good and I get to try 8 weeks of physio before the surgeon will do the surgery on my shoulder. Works outContinueContinue reading “Another Few Days of Stitching Fun”
Good Fortune Mystery Quilt
Is a mystery no longer! Bonnie released the instructions on putting the quilt together and OMG……..it’s a beauty! I have been busy since we got back from our vacation (I will write about that later) getting the last blocks pieced and then starting to put it all together. I had managed to get some ofContinueContinue reading “Good Fortune Mystery Quilt”
Good Fortune Part 7
Today was catch up day with Bonnie Hunter’s Good Fortune Mystery QAL. With having been away in America for almost 2 weeks I had gotten behind. Parts 5, 6 and 7 were on the To Do List for today. Woo Hoo! I got the piecing done today. Just have to press and trim the blocksContinueContinue reading “Good Fortune Part 7”
2018 Recap and Planning for 2019
As we get closer to the end of the month, I have been looking back at a year of changes, stress, new adventures and so many memories being added to the collection. We started the year in our lovely 3500 square foot home with the monster 30 x 60 shop and are ending it inContinueContinue reading “2018 Recap and Planning for 2019”
Good Fortune Part 4
In between trying to finish up some Christmas gifts I was working on my Part 4 blocks. Strings, string, and more strings…..so much fun! On my sewing table you can see the last of my fabric bits to make parts 1 – 4. I’m doing them as leader Enders (with a few extras thrown in)ContinueContinue reading “Good Fortune Part 4”
2019 UFO List
I’ve been doing a bit of sewing and piecing to get used to my new machine. I’m more and more impressed with it. In between bits of sewing I have unpacked every box from my sewing room. Some of them had to be repackaged and put in the storage room due to my space limitations.ContinueContinue reading “2019 UFO List”
Some Sewing Happened!
For the past 2 days I have actually had time to get some sewing done! I managed to organize my 4 feet of space enough to work on some blocks. How fun is that! A while back I found a pattern on a great site, The Eclectic Abuela for her Boxes of Strings pattern. It’s aContinueContinue reading “Some Sewing Happened!”
Quilt Schmilt 