Season By Hand~

Have you been following along with Clover & Violet's summer series?

Well now is the time to show them what you have been hand working on this summer~ and they have some terrific prizes!   Stop over and take a look at all the wonderful summer projects that were made.  :-)

Once again~ I know you are getting tired of them!~ I am showing all my dish cloths. I don't have a speck of Sugar 'n Cream yarn left in the house. :-)  And this isn't really all of them, I think the pile is missing 4 or 5.  ;-) But I must say, it was a great project for the summer. ;-)

Now I am back to embroidering, but I can't show you what I am working on... yet. ;-) LOL

Have a great week!
Happy Stitchin'

Happy Friday!

The weekend is near, do you have plans? Do they involve sewing or quilting?   As for me, I hope to do a bit of piecing, but we will see what happens. Weekends are always busy at my house. ;-)

First up we have~

Last month I worked on crocheting dish cloths. Since I love them so much, and so does every one I know, I kept crocheting until I had used up all the yarn and extra bits I had. It made quite a stack! 

This month, I made little net scrubbies to go along with some of the dish cloths. Again, I just kept my hook busy until I used up all the net I had. :-)

I've now packed the hooks back away and need to figure out a different project for August. LOL

To be inspired with Christmas projects, be sure to visit our hostess~ Anthea @ Hibiscus Stitches

I was caught up with my Nabby's Dowry blocks until this morning when the next one came out. LOL

And finally~ I have 16 baskets for Temecula Quilt Co's challenge.  I used a little 2.5 inch Moda candy pack and ran out of squares, so I think I will stop here and hopefully I'll be able to make a cute little project with them. :-)

Have a great weekend!
And happy stitching!

A Week!?

Ok, who is flipping the calendar when I'm not looking!? I don't think a week has passed since my last post, I think someone is tricking me! ;-)

Well, it has been a busy week. :-) LOL  First up, the Vintage Schnibble project for this month~
When Sinta and Sherri announced it would be Lincoln from 'Another Bite of Schnibbles' by Carrie Nelson, I thought it sounded familiar~ and not because I have paged through the book so many times that I now have loose pages. :-)  I went to my 'waiting-to-be-quilted' stash and yes! Indeed I had made this Scnibble in wall hanging size in the past.

I decided it really wouldn't be playing fair to just show that one to y'all. :-D  So I pulled out all my patriotic scraps~ and believe me, some were really small! You can't see where I did some creative piecing. ;-) And made the larger size 'Lincoln'~

I chose not to add any border so it would be like the smaller one. It measures 63.5 inches square~ the perfect size for the back of our love seat.  ;-) Not sure when I will get it quilted, but surely before next July! :-o

I just took this off the machine on Monday. It is quilt #3 for my Mom. We both made this quilt top from kits I had purchased from JoAnn's some years ago (on clearance~ I love a sale!). I pieced mine on my treadle (and it is on that waiting-to-be-quilted shelf)  :-/  As soon as I get all my Mom's quilts finished, I plan to get busy with that shelf! LOL

Hope you are finding lots of time for sewing and quilting this summer!
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Lazy? Days of Summer...

I have been spending more time out than in lately. We are really dry, so I am hauling water all around our yard to keep my plants alive. ;-)

This is one of our hydrangeas. I just love these plants!

And if you think I have some miracle green thumb~ this will make you think again. ;-) Maybe i shouldn't show you this~

 My poor pitiful hollyhock. This is one that was chewed down to spikes by a rotten raccoon. I am happy to see it bloom~ but is isn't very tall, or happy being caged up. :-/

My sewing machine has been growing some cobwebs~ I need to get back to my projects! :-o

Hope you are having a happy summer. I'll be back when I have some progress to show you. ;-)

Happy Quilting!!

Quilting, Quilting, Quilting...

Yippee! I just finished the second of my Mom's quilt tops. This one was a Disappearing 9-Patch that we swapped blocks for a few  years ago. Here's a peek~

I love the variegated thread on this colorful quilt. ;-)

I've also been working on my mini baskets. A basket a day, keeps me in stitches! LOL This is the Temecula Quilt Co's Summer Challenge. These little buggers finish at 2 inches and are fun to play with~ and so addicting!  LOL

I hope you have been having a little summer fun too!
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!!

Quilting and Gardening

I love to be outdoors when the weather isn't too hot, and this year I tried something different. I saw the ads on TV for making flower towers from one of the home improvements stores, but didn't really want to buy fencing and all the stuff they used. So I used two tomato cages and put them upside down in my pot with some black plastic garbage bags between them. I poked holes in the bag where I wanted to plant a flower and viola~

my own personal plant tower. LOL I love how it turned out! :-)

As for quilting~ on the cool days I am out in the cottage working on some of my Mom's quilt tops. I finished a big one yesterday but can't show you the whole thing, so here is a peek. I used an all over leaf panto and autumn variegated thread and it turned out really nice. I was really worrying about having enough thread, but I made it! :-) I love it when a plan actually works! ;-)

I hope you have been having a great summer with a little gardening and quilting too!
Until next time~
Happy stitchin'!

Ca~razy? Why Yes!

I think I am! :-) but maybe not as much as I could be! LOL 

When I saw the Nabby's Dowry Sew-Along, Pam Buda @ Heartspun Quilts is hosting~ I jumped right in! I love making mini quilts! But thennnnn... I saw that we needed 162 HST's!  :-o Say what??!!  Ok, it gave me pause, but then I thought about just printing off some Triangulations sheets and doing some mindless sewing. ;-)  I cut the sheets into smaller sections so I would get more variety in my scrappy HST's.  It was pretty quick work! I sewed the pieces and rotary cut them apart, then while watching TV last night (Rizzoli and Isles!) I finger pressed then apart and took off the papers. The secret to easily removing the papers is to set your stitch length small. ;-) It worked like a charm and all my HST's are finished and ready for the next step on July 12th.  {I just love using Triangulations, but this isn't an advertisement for them~ they probably don't even know how much I love their product!}

Since I was on such a happy roll, I thought~ hey! why not go really crazy and try them with the Temecula Quilt Co's Cakestand Basket summer challenge?  These little buggers finish at just 2 inches each!!  :-o  Yeah, I am crazy! But aren't they just cutest?

I'm a little behind as we need to do one a day for July, but with my handy dandy little triangle papers, I will catch up fast. And the best part for these little guys? The seam allowances are already cut down for me. :-)  Sewing them together was really easy!

I'm headed back to my sewing~
Until next time~
Happy Stitchin'!