The Squirrel that Jumped on the Longarm

A cute little squirrel project jumped on my longarm.  This little orphan block project just makes me so happy!  

These prairie points are so much fun.  And don't they look great with that 1/2" inner border?  Don't worry about them sticking up right now.  It's just in the quilting process.  They will behave once the quilt is quilted.  It might get interresting on the quilting. I can manage this many prarie points.  They are totally worth the interresting effect.

As a newsletter subscriber to Canuck Quilter Designs, Joanne sent a free download for the Prairie Point Setting Instructions.  Check out Joanne's pumpkin and maple leaf runners here.

I'm quilting it with a design called "Halo" from Urban Elementz.  I love this design so far.

This is the project I will be working on each Sunday until it is complete.  It's a very small project.  I know it will be completed soon.  Glad those orphan blocks hanging out in my scrap basket by mistake found a happy home.  I just started playing with these blocks earlier this week.  I see more projects like this in my future.

I'm linking up for Oh Scrap! at Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework.

Slow Sunday Stitching

This week I added more stitches to my Autumn Stamp Collection SAL at Pinker n' Punkin Quilting.  This little project makes me so happy.  There are so many stitches out of place, but I just go with it and make it my own.

Actually, when I look at the post last week I realized how much I did accomplish on this project.  Substitute teaching for high school students vs. K-3 has it's advantages in my hand stitching world.  I finished the squirrel, the acorns, the pie, and the rest of the border.  I even started two of the other stamps.  Woohoo!

Last week I also showed some of my special lighting to help me stitch.  LOL.  This week found me waiting in the truck for the youth group video game night to finish as it was getting dark.  I had this light in the pocket storage of my truck.  It had a hook on it and I hung it on my glasses.  Hmmm.  Now I can almost justify some of those stray stitches.  

Until next week, my friends...

I'm linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

October RSC22

I'm happy to report that I completed the School House quilt top in light blue this week.  I started working on this project in September, 2022.  

I wasn't sure if I liked this Accuquilt die when I first purchased it.  It wasn't the simple just throw it on the die and crank it through type of die.  It has folding and counting involved.  I had to make sure the fabric was the correct side up.  Hmmm.  But now that I see the end result, I LOVE IT!  I can see more school house quilts in my future.  

Yesterday while digging through batting scraps for a small project I found the perfect piece of batting for this quilt -- all in one piece!  Next I almost found the perfect backing.  a piece of leftover border from the front sewn down the backing made the perfect sized back.  Oh how I love when a project comes together like this right out of the scrap bins.

I also moved another RSC project into the flimsy stage.  This quilt is called Random Ohio Stars.  This is a free pattern on Bonnie Hunter's blog.  You can find it here.  I started putting blocks for this quilt together in January of 2022.  I'll be digging through the scraps bins for a back for a pieced back for this soon.

Both of these quilts will sit on the to-be-quilted pile for a little while because I have two quilts with deadlines that need to be returned to their owners.

I kept gowing past these plus blocks in the scrap basket.  Why they were in the scrap basket, I had no idea.  Orphan blocks have their own tote bin.  But anyways, I decided to sew them together and call them a project.  My son could use a little table topper on his night stand anyways.  There's a lot of fun neutrals in this one.  I love that "Sam I Am" scrap.  I don't think I have much of that left.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog for the RSC22.

I'm also linking up to the party over at Patchwork & Quilts #125 here.

WIP Wednesday 10.12.22

A couple more projects moved down on the list this week.

I'm happy to report that I completed the School House quilt top in light blue.  I started working on this project in September, 2022.  

I also moved another RSC project into the flimsy stage.  This quilt is called Random Ohio Stars.  This is a free pattern on Bonnie Hunter's blog.  You can find it here.

Both of the above quilts will sit on the to-be-quilted pile for a little while because I have two quilts with deadlines that need to be returned to their owners.  One of those deadline quilts have made it on the frame.

I added a project using a couple of orphan blocks from the scap basket to my WIP list.  This little project will be a table runner or wall hanging.  I just LOVE the Prairie Point Runner Setting design by Canuck Quilter Designs.  I'm not a pro at prairie points, but they did catch my eye on Instagram this week on her pumpkin runner.

I added more stitches to my Autumn Stamp Collection SAL at Pinker n' Punkin Quilting. 

I found some orphan plus blocks in the scrap bin and threw them together.

42 Items remain on the WIP list. (I've had over 90 in the past!). This is PROGRESS!!!

I'm linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers 353.

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern

 2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

 3.  HST Three, Six, Nine Quilt

 4.  Picadilly Circle

 5.  ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)

 6.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

 7.  Autumn Stamp Collection SAL @ Pinker n Punkin Quilting, started August 2022

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Dresser Scarf (My Grandma's WIP from the 1970's found 1/1/20

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

12.  Mod Mod QA (from Block Lotto, circles w/lines)

13.  Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter (started 4/1/2020)

14.  Rail Fence Blocks (started January 2021 as my leader/enders)

15.  Maroon Sampler Quilt--I found this on 2.6.21

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

17.  Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18.  Kathleen Tracy's 2019 Mystery Quilt Facebook QA started in March, 2019  

19.  2.5" Scraps from Dani -- making "cracker" blocks

20.  Little Houses (2.5" blocks)

 Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

Blocks Are Made But Need to be Sewn Together (and/or Some Sashing)

 1.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks 5/17/17 QA

 2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby

 3.  Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN Dot Dot Dash Bag, Won April, 2018

 4.  Split Stars (blocks won from the Block Lotto, October, 2012)

 5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)

 6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto)

 7.  Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May 2018)

 8. Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

9.  "JOY" Prairie Point Runner Setting runner or wall hanging started 10/12/22 from orphan blocks

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Random Ohio Stars -- started January, 2022

4.  School House Quilt (light blue) -- startred September, 2022

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  Plus Quilt (Be Positive) started in 2016; quilt top completed 1.1.22

3.  Rescue Quilt from my SIL (patchwork squares)

4.  T-shirt Quilt for a 2020 graduate

5.  Vintage Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt

6.  Orphan Plus Blocks table topper

Chasing a Tuesday Squirrel

 This week I printed out the pattern from Canuck Quilter Designs for the Prairie Point Runner Setting.  The prairie points on Joanne's pumpkin runner really caught my eye on an Instagram post.

I've been seeing these two blocks in my scrap bin every time I dig for scraps in the little basket.

The stocking and the wreath were blocks that a bloggy friend, Julianne, sent to me with these reindeer blocks.  I finished this little charity quilt for Jack's Basket during the H2H drive in May of 2019.  But I still has these two little blocks left over.  What to do, what to do...

I decided to may a "Y" and spell "JOY" with them.  Now that I see the blocks, I should have just used white on white (WOW) scraps for the "Y" block.  But I do think it looks fine like it is all scrappy.  It shows the range between Julianne's blocks and my block I guess.

This adds a new project to my UFO list using orphan blocks.  The good news is that I have decided to NOT participate in the two quilt alongs that I posted about last week.  I'm only adding one to my WIP list instead of three.  Stay tuned.  This is just a table runner or wall hanging, not a huge project.

OMG T-Shirt Quilt

 It's my OMG (one main goal) to finish this quilt this month.  This quilt belongs to someone else.

This quilt belongs to someone else.  She requested that I longarm quilt it with a "light" fill.  I am using my Circle Lord giant template called Egyptian Eye.  I am only using every other groove so that the quilting is not as dense.

Random Ohio Stars Flimsy Complete

The Random Ohio Stars quilt top is finally complete.  

At first I was going to go with a navy blue for the border.  I found the perfect amount of this green print in my stash to use instead of a navy blue.  Of course, all fabrics in this quilt are from my stash.

Working on it a little each Sunday really moved this quilt along.  I'm very happy with my Sunday sewing plan to work on one project a little each Sunday until it is a completed top.  I still need to assemble a back for this quilt, longarm quilt, and bind it.

This is a free pattern on Bonnie Hunter's blog.  You can find it here.

I'm linking up at Quilting is more fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!