New Sunday Morning Project -- Patchwork Cats

 The next project I will be working on each Sunday until completion is this Patchwork Cats table topper.

I have saved a photo like this on one of my Pinterest boards so, so long ago.  Then I found and purchased a pattern on Etsy from MaGalinaLatvia for a super reasonable digital price of $3.12 here.

Although I purchased the pattern on Etsy, I realized that I am an Accuquilt girl and not always a rotary cutter girl.  I kept the main idea and mostly the color combinations an then alterned the pattern to work with my Accuquilt dies on hand.  

I wanted to play around with that Snail Trail die that I recently purchased at a great discount on the Accuquilt site.  I have learned now that I need to adjust my seam adjustment to make it an 8.5" unfinished size.  Mine ended up being 8.25".  I also changed the corner pieces because I messed up my quilt math.  But again I made it work for me.  I will be adding a small inner border and then another border to finish this flimsy to be used on our kitchen table.  I just LOVE these colors of scraps found easily in my stash.

I'm not sure how it will be quilted just yet.  Time will tell.  Add one item to my long... but getting shorter every month... WIP list.  I really do enjoy working on a specific project every Sunday morning before church.  I keep in on a special shelf in a special bin right in my sewing machine/computer area.

Slow Sunday Stitching

I have finished the stitching on my Autumn Stamp Collection SAL at Pinker n' Punkin Quilting.  I'm still looking for a frame.

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

Blue Schoolhouse Quilt -- An RSC22 Finish

 I'm excited to announce that my blue schoolhouse quilt is complete.  

Usually my quilts are super scrappy.  I'm really happy with this one.  I used the same fabric for the cornerstones, border, binding, and even the strip down the back.

It measures 45" by 57".  I love this size for babies.

At one point during the making of this quilt I made all of the houses incorrectly.  I had the white line that was below the roof at the bottom of the house instead of the top.  I'm so glad someone pointed it out on my blog an I went back and fixed all of them.

I quilted it using a design by Urban Elementz called Halo.  It's a fun texture.  I do need more practice on this one.  I see several quilts in my future using it.  Circles are starting to be more fun for me to quilt.

I'm always happy to knock another off the list.  I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC22.

JOY Table Topper with Prairie Point Setting FINISH

Oh what JOY this little table topper from orphan blocks brings me!  

It measures 18.5" x 39".  I quilted it using the Halo design from Urban Elementz.  It was a great place for all those little novelty pieces of fabric used in the prairie points to land.  The stocking and the wreath were made by my bloggy friend, Julianne.  She abandoned a project.  They had been sitting in my scrap basket for quite some time.  I just got tired of digging past them and made them into a project.

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

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

I'm linking up at Wendy's Quilts & More for the Peacock Party.

Midweek Making 10.26.22

 Busy, busy.  Here's what happened this week:

I finished this little orphan block table topper for my son's room.

I shortened my sister-in-law's kitchen valance and made a couple of matching mug rugs.

I finished the quilting on my blue schoolhouse quilt.

I'm getting close to finishing my Autumn Stamp Collection SAL at Pinker n' Punkin Quilting project.  Time to look for a frame.

I'm linking up with Susan for Midweek Makers here.  

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

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

 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)

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

 8. 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.  Random Ohio Stars -- started January, 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.  JOY table topper

5.  Vintage Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt

Planting Some Seeds

We have had some beautiful fall weather.  I finished planting some seeds given to me by a dear friend.  I post pics like this in my blog so that I can refer back to them in the spring when things start to grow.

Around the first three trees on the west part of our property are (south tree first):

S1 -- Umbrella plant and pink Columbine

S2 -- Black Hollyhock and Orange Poppy

S3 -- Orange Glory and Obedience Plant

Below is the lilac I picked in our yard on 10/21/22.  It smells beautiful.  It's one of my favorites.

RIP to my beautiful rooster, Wiggles.  He was the best.  I left him out to free-range this weekend.  Fifteen minutes later my son called me to tell me that Wiggles was dead.  There were no marks on him or feathers missing.  He was right by the front porch.  My thoughts are that a chicken hawk swooped down and got him in the head and then headed to the trees to wait to see if it was safe to eat his head.  Poor Wiggles!  Here's a photo of him in the spring.  He was such a gentle rooster.  

Monday Making

My sister-in-law asked that I make the valance for her kitchen shorter.  She is a coffee lover.  This is a thrift store find that she most likely found for a buck.  Now it is super short for her kitchen window.  I also made a couple of surprise mug rugs from the fabric that I cut off of the valance.  Fun, fun.

I'm linking up for Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt.

Slow Sunday Stitching 10.23.22

I'm still getting a few stitches here and there done on my Autumn Stamp Collection SAL at Pinker n' Punkin Quilting. 

These are the last two stamps of the project.

I also need to stitch down the two sides of the sewn on lable for this t-shirt quilt that I declared finished on 10/18.  It needs to be in the mail this week to the owner.

She requested a blank label on the back.  She and her sister can decide what to put on it.  I also need to unpick that blue stitching on it that doesn't belong there.

Until next week, my friends...

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

RSC22 -- Still working towards a finish on blue

I was supposed to be quiting a vintage Flower Garden quilt for a lady out of state.  I decided to bump another one of my RSC projects up in line to be longarm quilted.  My blue schoolhouse quilt is on the frame!  I just adore this little crib quilt!  Hopefully I'll be able to get it finished this week as well.

I originally planned to quilt this with my Baptist Fan board, but since I had the Halo design by Urban Elements already set up from the little quilt above (and my JOY table topper) I decided that it would look ok on this quilt as well.  I used a light blue thread for the quilting that perfectly matched the backing.

I finished this little quilt made of RSC plus orphan blocks.  Hopefully I'm into "finishing mode" of some of my RSC projects.  You can read more about it here.

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

I'm also linking up to the party over at Patchwork & Quilts #126 here.

An Unexpected Finish

Because I liked my little JOY table topper made from orphan blocks in the wrong scrap basket, I put these plus blocks left over from my Be Positive quilt.  Now they are a finished little table topper.  It's not that exciting, but it's done.  It will most likely end up on one of my son's dressers in his room.

It measures 14.75" x 17.5". Of course I had a scrap piece of batting and a scrap piece of backing that fit it perfectly.  I also had a piece of binding in the binding bin that worked.  When finished I only had 4" of that binding left.  I longarm quilted it with the Halo design from Urban Elements.  That design is really starting to grow on me.  I like seeing the neat circles.  

Here's the back: 

I'm linking up at Wendy's Quilts and More for the Peacock Party.  Check out all the cool stuff Wendy bought this week -- Jen Kingwell Quilt Recipe book, sparkly thread, fabric, bag patterns and more!

Linking up this finish at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?

WIP Wednesday 10.19.22

It's been another productive week.

I finished the t-shirt quilt.  I'm sure the owner will be happy with it.

I whipped this little table topper together because I kept coming across the stocking and wreath orphan blocks in my scrap bin.  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 added more stitches to my Autumn Stamp Collection SAL at Pinker n' Punkin Quilting.  

I'm linking up with Susan at Quilt Fabrication for Midweek Makers 354.

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

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.  JOY table topper

5.  Vintage Grandma's Flower Garden Quilt

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

October OMG Is Complete

I have finished the t-shirt quilt that I have been working on for a person that lives out of state.  She and her sister put this quilt top together for her son that graduated in 2020.  It was my one main goal to finish this quilt for her by the end of the month. 

Glad I had a chance to take a photo of it BEFORE IT SNOWS.  We are supposed to get some Ohio snow tomorrow morning.  We shall see.  Right now it's windy.

The backing is a solid royal blue.  I need to snip/bury the stray threads.  She requested that I quilt it with less fill.  I used my Circle Lord Egyptian Eye board and just used every other groove.  It's not stiff, which is the effect she was going for.  You know how t-shirts quilts get with all that pelon in them...

I'll be linking up at Elm Street Quilts for the OMG Finishing Party.

Monday Making -- T-Shirt Quilt

I'm moving this t-shirt quilt (that belongs to someone else) forward today.  It is finally quilted.  This is one of the blocks on the quilt.  The owner requested that the quilt be quilted with a "light fill".  I used my Circle Lord Egyptian Eye giant template board and used every other groove.

The backing fabric she gave me is a royal blue.  It seems to pick up every piece of lint in the area.

On to making the binding.  It is the same royal blue fabric as the backing.

I am also going to attach a blank label (per the owner's request).  She wanted an embroidered one but the rubber grommet inside my machine doesn't hold that part of the stitching anymore.  I don't really use the embroidery that much on this machine.  She can hand write her message on the blank label.

Here's what the t-shirt quilt looked like before it was quilted:

UPDATE:  I finished the stitching of the binding Sunday night.  I have to work today and didn't have a chance to take pictures of it in the dark last night.  Now I just need to hand stitch the label and take care of a few stray stitches and strings and it will be a FINISHED PROJECT.  Stay tuned for pics later this week!

I'm linking up for Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt.