Applique

 I've been working here and there on sewing stems and leaves during my lunch period.

This is for a small, rail fence style quilt.  Eight of these blocks are needed.

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

 

I just realized that I have not had much slow stitching time since mid July!!!  Colder months are coming.  On a good note, I have been very active working outside and had my kayak out a few times.  I lost about 15 pounds since that post... that is a good thing.  As cooler weather arrives, hopefully I'll have time for more slow stitching.

RSC26 Scrappy Rail Fence Continued

The third portion of the scrappy rail fence is complete.  

These blocks are 3.5" (3" finished).  I have all of the blocks made.  I am going for a 28 x 30 block layout.  I'm not in a hurry to finish it.

I'm linking up with Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC26.

RSC26 Scrappy Rail Fence

 I'm back!  Whew...  It's been a busy three weeks in fourth grade as a substitute teacher.  She will return to work on Tuesday!  I'm back to being a free agent so that I can bounce from one school to another between different districts and different grade levels.  I'm anxious to see many of my little friends that I haven't seen since spring break due to the long term absence that I covered.  Can't wait!

No more lessons to plan for quite some time.  I WILL be prepping my sew-to-go bag this weekend!!!  I should be able to get some stitches in during my lunch and planning periods now.  Woohoo!!!

I had time to lay out the third section of my scrappy rail fence quilt.

These blocks are 3.5" (3" finished).  I have all of the blocks made.  I am going for a 28 x 30 block layout.

Oh, and just in case you are wondering.  The quilt on our California king bed (under the rail fence blocks) is called Go Four It (finished in 2021).  It is one of my all time favorite quilts.  You can read about it here.

I'm linking up with Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC26.

I'm also linking up for Oh Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than housework.

RSC26 Rail Fence

 I think I have only sewn three rows together since I last posted about my rail fence project.  I only have Monday as ONE MORE DAY of summer vacation and then it's back to school as a substitute teacher.  It's already weird to say but my schedule is almost FULL of jobs from 8/18 until mid October!  Then I have other days already scheduled and even the last week of the year! That's crazy.

For some reason Blogger won't let me load photos today.  Ugh...

These blocks are 3.5" (3" finished).  I have all of the blocks made.  I am going for a 28 x 30 block layout.

I'm linking up with Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC26. 

Hot Mess Rail Fence RSC26

My sewing area is a hot mess!  I worked on rows of the rail fence blocks.  This group of rows is for the third section of the quilt.  Then there will be one more section to make the flimsy.  

These blocks are 3.5" (3" finished).  I have all of the blocks made.  I am going for a 28 x 30 block layout.

I'm linking up with Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC26. 

Shrub Moving Process

I'm still working on cleaning out my flowerbed by the pole barn.  Yesterday this messy end started like this...

You can barely see my variegated weigela behind the (cluster of red) Lucifer Crocosmia.  It was in the 80's yesterday and humid.  In the evening it really looked like rain.  This was my chance to move it without worrying about hauling water to water it in.  I can't wait to see pretty, pink blooms at the edge of the woods in the spring.  It will be nice to see when I round the corner of the field to mow.

I also moved the bush on the far left in the top photo.  I forget what it is called.  When I dug it out of the ground it split into two different pieces -- a nice sized one, and a small one with a big stump in the middle.

I planted it behind this barn stone for safety from the mower.  It doesn't seem to look very impressive here.  It too will bloom about the same time in the spring.  Then the little piece I planted way down the edge of the woods.

We had a ton of rain last night!  Mission accomplished.  

I also got to see what color the rose of Sharon is that I bought at a church yard sale about four years ago.  It was only two feet tall when I bought it.  Now it's taller than me.  I originally planted it in the flowerbed next to the chicken yard for safety so that I could water it until it got big enough to move.

Rail Fence Progress

 I'm working on a large quilt (28x30) block layout using 3.5" (3"finished) rail fence blocks.  I'm working on the third section.  Here's the layout:

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