House Day

 I'm happy that I kept up with my goal to make one house per week for my Cabins by the Lake quilt.  Here is house #3.  This is a pattern from Fons & Porter.  I still need to go to the scrap bins in the other house and grab some greens/tans/browns for the "grass" of this block.

We are not huge Halloween fans here.  We ordinarily don't decorate for it except for some pumpkins and  goards and such.  Owen went to his first middle school dance. Due to all the Covid stuff, this is the first school event he was able to attend.  So we left him pick a costume and go independently.  I was quite nervous, but he did great!  It was fun to look at the photos he took on his phone while there.  He was able to reconnect with friends even though he is a remote learner.  He is waaaay more social that my husband and I are.  This is his version of a creepy hazmat guy.

I didn't get a good photo of the contestants at bowling in their costumes.  He is the tall one with the green hair.  He was a mad scientist at bowling.  He didn't want to be a creepy hazmat guy anymore because that costume was way too hot.

Scrap Happy Saturday -- RSC

 I'm happy to show that my Pumpkins & the Beanstalk flimsy is now complete.  It was a very productive week where the RSC projects are concerned.

Many scrappy greens made up the leaves.  The inner border is purple.  The color doesn't show as well on this photo.  Hopefully I'll have a finished photo next month for you to see and the sun will be out when I take that photo.  LOL.

I finished my Veggie Patch quilt.  It actually started when I wanted to make the cute pea blocks because I had just the right pea fabrics during the bright green month that RSC year.  I love how this quilt came out even though the brown background and red binding took me out of my comfort zone.  Veggie Patch is a Katie Mae Quilts design.  You can read more about my quilt finish here.

The Happy Little Accident quilt is on the longarm frame.  This little crib quilt started out as my table scrap challenge quilt this month.  It got too big for a table topper.

I made a bowl cozy for my table scraps challenge this month.  You can read about the post that I got to link up to Joy's blog here.  I also referenced where I got the instructions for the bowl cozy on that post.

I'm linking up to Angela's blog for the RSC21 here.

Table Scraps Challenge -- A Little Friday Finish

 This week while sorting fabric and cleaning up my work area, a fun spider/web fabric fell to the floor.  I thought it was about the perfect size scrap for a new holiday bowl cozy for my son.  I'm linking up at Joy's blog, The Joyful Quilter, for the October Table Scraps Challenge

In the above photo it is hanging over the first one I made in 2017.  You can see it here.

You may think that it is odd that I am adding this to the table topper challenge, but this is what we use instead of placemats often.  We ARE that family that has meals together from our respective comfy chairs in the living room vs. the kitchen table.  Messy stuff is served at the table (tacos, big dinners, dinners with guests).  Meals that fit nicely on a plate (pizza, burgers, casseroles) get consumed in our comfy chairs.

I lined it with a scrap left over from my first attempt of my October Table Scraps Challenge  in the color of the month for the RSC.  That little quilt is now on my longarm frame.  I'm calling it Happy Little Accident.  It definitely turned out too big for a table topper.

Of course I didn't think it would be complete with a little spiderweb quilting.   This makes a nice, flat place for the bowl/plate to rest.  I also added an extra layer of batting to make this cozy nice and puffy.  We DO NOT put these in the microwave.  It just holds the warm bowl/plate that comes out of the microwave.

Perfect fit!

I used this YouTube video.   I also used a 15" base for a start.  It's a nice size that fits all the bowls we use.

If you're not into YouTube, I found this free pattern.  Both are similar, but the one in the YouTube video is the one I made and fits all my bowls, starting with a 15" square.  The one in the free pattern would just fit my soup bowls because it starts with a 10" square.  This could be a fun project to use orphan blocks!

I'm linking up at Joy's blog for the Table Scraps Challenge.

OMG My OMG Veggie Patch Quilt is Complete

 I am so excited that I finished the Veggie Patch Quilt today.  It was my one main goal (OMG) to finish this quilt in October.  

The Veggie Patch quilt is a design by Katie Mae Quilts.  With the additional border I added, it measures 75" x 85".  It was definitely out of my comfort zone to use a scrappy brown background.  I love how it turned out with the scrappy bright colors against the scrappy browns.  I quilted it with the help of my Circle Lord giant template board called Swirls.  I LOVE the red binding.  LOVE LOVE LOVE this quilt!  The backing is all one fabric.

I'm linking up at Elm Street Quilts for the October finish link-up here.

Now I'm off to do the happy dance, catch up on some blog reading and probably magnet fish with our son.

I'm linking up at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop here.

I'm linking up at Finished --or not -- Friday at Alycia Quilts here.

I'm linking up at Meadow Mist Designs for Favorite Finish Monthly Linkup here.

Happy Little Accident On The Frame

 Today I loaded my happy little accident quilt onto the frame.  I guess that's what I'll call it... Happy Little Accident.  It's a small crib quilt that started out as a Table Scraps Challenge quilt.  It got too big and the colors just weren't right for a table...  It's perfect for a crib quilt.

I had the Circle Lord Giant Swirls template board already set up on the frame.  The quilting design is very versatile.  It will be fine (and fast) on this quilt.

WIP Wednesday 10.27.21

I'm excited of what was sewn this week.  I'm excited that I added borders to my Pumpkins & The Beanstalk quilt (pattern by Fig Tree & Co.). The paisley with striped border is out of my comfort zone, but I think it worked great for this project.  This now makes this quilt a more useable size for our family.

Oh the sun came out for just a bit!  Here's a photo of Pumpkins & The Beanstalk in the sun:

I finished the quilting (and unquieting) and then the quilting again on my Veggie Patch quilt (design by Katie Mae Quilts).  It is my One Main Goal (OMG) challenge quilt to finish this month.  I have selected a red binding.  Hopefully I will have time this afternoon to make the binding and attach it.  I still have time to finish it by the end of the month!

I came out of the store with the groceries to this...  He was having a blast waving to people like he does.      He always cracks me up.  He even has a cheesy smile with food in his mouth.  We accidentally took our costume to bowling on Saturday, 10/23.  The costume bowl isn't until 10/30.

Below is the costume that he chose to wear at Buddy Up Tennis on Sunday.  The green part of the mask lights up.  I have no idea what character this is.  He just loves costumes.  His Aunt Jo loves to buy costumes at garage sales.  I know part of it is a Batman cape.

Tomorrow night will be his first ever middle school dance/party.  It's a costume party.  He did great at church camp for three days.  I'm hoping he can have a lot of fun for two hours.  He found a similar costume at the Halloween costume store for $40.  Aunt Jo got this mask for $1 at a garage sale a few years ago.  I bought him a useable rain suit for $7.99.  I'm going to let him dribble red/brown paint on the rain suit to make it look more bloody.  I'll probably give him a bloody rag as well.

I cleaned up my cutting table area and made more rail fence blocks.  170 of 900 now complete.

 I met my goal of one Cabins by the Lake (Fons & Porter pattern) block.

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

I now stand at 49 projects on my WIP list.  

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern

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

 3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

 4.  Picadilly Circle

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

 6.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

 7.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Jelly Roll Rug

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.   GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

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

13.  Stay Centered started February, 2021

14.  Rail Fence Blocks 170/900 complete started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

15.  Gobble, Gobble, pattern by Lori Holt, started February 2021

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

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

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons  Porter Magazine) only one house block complete.)

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

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

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

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

24.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- needs blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017

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

28.  Full Stop, started RSC21 (January,2021)

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

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

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; October 2012)

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

 8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt

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

10.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  Veggie Patch from Katie Mae Quilts

3.  CM's Draperies Quilt

Cabins By The Lake

 Today I kept up with a new goal to make one Cabins by the Lake block per week.

The Cabins by the Lake pattern can be found in Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting Magazine, November/December 2014.  I started this project in 2015.   I am using a flannel layer cake that I won around prior to that.

RSC21 -- Light Green

I completed the Pumpkins & the Beanstalk quilt top thus far.  I'm probably going to add a couple of borders.  

I also made some 3.5" rail fence blocks with some leftover scraps on the desk.  149 of 900 complete.

After cutting borders for the pumpkin quilt in the top of this post.  I had more 1.5" pieces on the cutting table.  I made more rail fence blocks as leaders and enders to another project.  Then there were more 1.5" pieces left over from my October Table Scraps Challenge piece.  160 of 900 rail fence blocks complete.

I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrappy for the RSC21 here.

More Quilting on the Veggie Patch Quilt

 I worked for another hour on the Veggie Patch quilt (design by Katie Mae Quilts.)

The good news is that I had a free hour to spare and got this quilt to the half-way-done point.  The bad news is that I made a rookie mistake and didn't check the back after I changed replaced the empty bobbin. The last two rows of swirls have just a little too much loose tension on the bottom for me.  I will need to pick it out.  The top looked great... usually I can tell by the stitches on the top.  Not this time...

WIP Wednesday 10.20.21

I'm still happily quilting along.  Our son had an amazing time at church camp.  We are super proud of him and how he has developed and matured as a teen to be able to participate in events like this.  I got a little sewing done while he was gone.

I loaded my Veggie Patch quilt (by Katie Mae Quilts) onto the longarm.  This is my OMG (one main goal) to finish be the end of the month.  Usually I procrastinate until the end of the month, but I'm on it with this one!  I am quilting it with Swirls by Circle Lord.

I took in another quilt from a friend to longarm for her.  This is made out of cotton draperies that used to hang in her daughter's living room.  It's fun to watch my friend develop as a quilter.  It's next in line to be quilted after the Veggie Patch quilt.  I'm pretty sure I will be quilting it with Swirls as well.

I dodged a bullet and avoided starting another project.  I really wanted to start another, but pulled out one I had already started instead.  This is called Cabins by the Lake.  I have set a goal to make one house block each week.  

Playing with light and bright green scraps with the RSC (Rainbow Scrap Challenge) I completed and attached another row to my Pumpkins & the Beanstalk quilt.  Yeah!  Progress!

I now stand at 49 projects on my WIP list.  

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern

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

 3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

 4.  Picadilly Circle

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

 6.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

 7.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Jelly Roll Rug

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.   GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

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

13.  Stay Centered started February, 2021

14.  Rail Fence Blocks 149/900 complete started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

15.  Gobble, Gobble, pattern by Lori Holt, started February 2021

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

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

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons  Porter Magazine) only one house block complete.)

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

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

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

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

24.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- needs blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017

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

28.  Full Stop, started RSC21 (January,2021)

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

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

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; October 2012)

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

 8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt

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

10.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  Veggie Patch from Katie Mae Quilts

3.  CM's Draperies Quilt

Happy Little Accident Crib Quilt

Last weekend I was seriously searching for my Dogs in Sweaters pattern by Elizabeth Hartman.  No luck...  But I did find some light green star blocks that didn't meet my quality standards size wise for the Block Lotto.  These were left over from the Block Lotto block pattern back in April of 2015.

  I love to try to link up to Joy's blog, The Joyful Quilter, for the Table Scraps Challenge.

I thought that they would make a cute and quick table runner.  Well, one thing led to another.  I had three green and three blue star blocks.  I just couldn't let the blue blocks stay in the box.  I didn't really want to make two similar table runners.  I sewed them together with mint green sashings and threw in some orange cornerstones for fun.  Next, I didn't really like that the sashing was only a 1.5" strip on the edge.  I threw on another border and now my wanna be table topper turned in to a happy little accident crib quilt.

The good news is that now I have this cute little crib quilt.  The bad news is that I'm back to the drawing board for my table scraps challenge quilt.  I do need a new little mug rug for my desk now that it has been cleaned off.  

Veggie Patch Is on the Frame

 My OMG (one main goal) quilt for October is to finish my Veggie Patch quilt.  This is a design by Katie Mae Quilts.  It's not even the last week of the month and I'm quilting it already!

I am using my Circle Lord giant template board called Swirls for the quilting.  I think it will look great with all those veggies made from squares and HST.

Draperies Quilt

 I took in another quilt to longarm for a friend.  I'll call this one the Draperies Quilt.  She made it out of a pair of old drapes from her daughter's living room.  It is a nice cotton.  I think the quilt top turned out great.  It's awesome to see my friend develop as a quilter.

The back is also the same color as the floral on the front!  I'm definitely quilting this one with swirls when it gets a turn on the longarm.

RSC21 -- More Green Leaves and Stems & FNSI Update

More leaves have grown on my Pumpkins & the Beanstalk throw.  (This is a design by Fig Tree & Co.). One more row to go!

Although I planned on working on my Cabins by the Lake (Fons & Porter) pattern, I had to clean up my sewing area and desk.  I decided to work on this project instead because I already had the row layout ready.  I didn't want to have to re-do it.  Time slipped away.  The cabin will have to wait another day.

The happy camper went to church camp last night.  Hoping many memories and friends are made.

He's so proud to be a teen.  He insisted upon taking the Mario quilt.  It's only 56 degrees and rainy this morning.  I'm glad I paired it with flannel sheets and warm pj's.

I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrappy for the RSC21 here.

Cabins By The Lake -- FNSI

Yesterday I was putting some things away in the longarm room.  I found a plastic project bag.  It's Cabins By The Lake.  I'm trying hard to NOT start a new project.  This one has been on my list for a few years.  I'm going to try to sew ONE cabin a week by scheduling it on my calendar.

This could get interesting.  There is one page of notes that I wrote around 2015.  I know I won the flannel layer cake that I am using for the main parts of the house.  Some of the pieces are already cut.  Weird that I already cut the cornerstones...  Hopefully it will all come to me what goes where.

I'm happy to work on this project since it has already on my list.  No new projects were started.  LOL.

I'm excited that our son is going on a church camp outing this weekend.  He hasn't got to do anything like this for quite some time.  I'm excited for what the Lord is doing in his life.

I'm linking up at Sugarlane Designs for the October FNSI here.

WIP Wednesday 10.13.21

 I'm still working on getting my sewing groove back.  It's all coming together!  I finished the longarm quilting on my friend's patchwork quilt.  

I used my Circle Lord giant board called Stars and Swirls.  I omitted the stars and only used the swirls.  I then re-rolled the quilt and filled it in with an allover stipple.  I had to re-roll it because one of the guides would have hit on the finished quilt roll and not allow me to go to where I needed to quilt.  I didn't want a little null spot at each point on the quilt.  I really like how the texture turned out.

Here's the look of the back.  It was a gently used sheet.

I made progress on my Pumpkins & the Beanstalk quilt this week.  Pattern is by Fig Tree & Co.  This is the center three rows.  I don't know why I started in the center, but here I am.

I got my dashes caught up for the Full Stop QA with Anglea at SoScrappy and the RSC21.  I also pulled out some of the purple scraps that I didn't put away yet.  I'll have to see what needs done for purple before I get to the green.

I now stand at 49 projects on my WIP list.  

This is a BIG improvement for me!

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern

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

 3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

 4.  Picadilly Circle

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

 6.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

 7.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Jelly Roll Rug

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.   GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

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

13.  Stay Centered started February, 2021

14.  Rail Fence Blocks 82/900 complete started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

15.  Gobble, Gobble, pattern by Lori Holt, started February 2021

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

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

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons  Porter Magazine) only one house block complete.)

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

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

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

24.  Linen & Threads Mystery SAL, Started 1/1/20 for my sew-to-go-bag

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- needs blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017

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

28.  Full Stop, started RSC21 (January,2021)

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

30.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

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

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

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; October 2012)

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

 8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt

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

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  Veggie Patch from Katie Mae Quilts