Hand Quilt Along, Slow Sunday Stitching

This was another busy week, topped off with a trip on Friday to Half Moon Bay for my SIL Jeff's BD.  

Jeff decided he wanted to spend his birthday in Half Moon Bay at Dunes Beach with his family.  We also had Jaeger's girlfriend Cali and Drew, Kyleigh's boyfriend with us.  We loaded up in a large vehicle and made our 2-1/2 hour trip to the beach.  When we went to pay our entry fee at the state park, the attendant stated she had seen a whale off the coast earlier in the morning.

So we kept our eyes looking for the whale.  There was one, maybe two whales that traveled up and down the coast where we were all day long.  It was truly magnificent.  I love whales, and whale watching.  He entertained us all day long.  

I was able to finally catch an image of him when he breached one time.  

We spent a lovely day at the beach.  It was on the cooler side in the 60's, but it didn't seem to bother the kids even to go in the water.  

Keaton was the bravest one, getting completely wet.    

There were also quite a few seals playing in the surf.  Jaeger spent quite a while playing with a seal.  It would sort of body surf in on the waves to a certain point, and kept playing with Jaeger.  

Drew and Kyleigh were doing some acrobatic maneuvers.  

After a full day of fun we had a wonderful dinner at Half Moon Bay Brewing Company, and then made our way home.  

I haven't done much handwork the past three weeks.  I did take my stitching for the road trip, but didn't do anything, and then left it in the car when they dropped me off.  What I will be working on for Slow Sunday Stitching will be my Gathered Blessings by Kathy Schmitz.  

Check out the Hand Quilt Along links below.  

Hand Quilt Along Links

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate one another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another.  If you have a hand quilting project and would like to join our group contact Kathy at the link below.

Kathy, Margaret, Deb, Nanette, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy and Tracy

I was able to get to a tiny bit of yard work this week.  I found my Dahlia blooming.  

I also have Amaranth plants growing out of the brick pathway again.  

I also got another visit from the baby turkeys.   I am letting my grass die, as I am going to do a more drought conscious landscape out front.   They were heading over into my neighbor's driveway before they headed back to the park across the street.  

I also was able to get some more Storm at Sea Blocks done this week, only 4 more I think to go before I can start attaching them to my brother's lighthouse quilt. 

To those in the U.S, Happy Fourth of July.  I plan to spend the evening with part of my family.  Daughter Katie and John-John and Klara are visiting their other grandmother in Arizona.  

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.    Check out what others are working over there too!  

Thanks for stopping by!  

One Monthly Goal, July

I wasn't able to complete my One Monthly Goal for June which was to quilt my granddaughter's graduation quilt.  I got it half done, when my Handiquilter Moxie started having problems.  It is hesitating, and making large stitches, which I suspect is the stitch regulator encoders.  I will check with my dealer on Tuesday.  

I have the quilt loaded and half-done.  

So my One Monthly Goal is to complete the quilting and binding on Kyleigh's graduation quilt.  

I'll be linking up for One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.   Many thanks to Patty for this monthly motivation.  

Thanks for stopping by!

 

350 Blocks Project, June

 

This month, I didn't do too well block wise, I had a lot going on, having company 2 days, getting ready for the guild community service to be moved to my garage.  

I did complete 18 of the Storm at Sea blocks for my brother's lighthouse quilt.  

I'll be linking up at Prairie Moon Quilts.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Slow Sunday Stitching

Another busy week has passed by.  Monday, Kyleigh and her boyfriend Andrew took me and Andrew's grandmother out to lunch.  It was a really nice lunch and nice to get out and see Jandra again.  By the time I got home from lunch, brother Bill and SIL Char were back from Oregon.  They have been scoping out places to live once they retire in 3 years.  Bill was also able to get some rare woods and the finish he likes to use for his wooden bowls and platters.

My daughters requested a family dinner on Tuesday night and Char and I spent most of the day preparing dinner.  

Char and I, sister of my heart

My daughters, Char and my brother Bill

The grandkids were acting silly, had a hard time getting them to cooperate.

While Char was in Oregon she was able to finish her cross stitch.  

Wednesday was our last guild workday at Joann's house, the former co-chair of Community Service.  These workdays we usually cut backings and battings and bindings for the quilt tops we receive.  

After that workday, we moved the rest of the stuff to my garage.  So next Wednesday will be a workday at a local church where we will quilt small quilts for about 4 hours.   I will have to pack up the quilts we have pin-basted, plus rulers etc. to the church.  Joann is going to come and help me know what I need to take with me.  

Several days ago I was pulling out of my driveway and the turkeys were walking across one end.  There were 2 mothers and about 9 babies.  

This week, after my company left on Wednesday morning, in my free time I have been working on Bill and Char's lighthouse quilt, in particular the Storm at Sea blocks.  I had not cut all the pieces out for the 22 blocks.  It took me 2 days to get everything straightened out.  I decided to lay everything out on the table so I could make sure that they had all the components for the blocks.  I have now gotten up to 12 blocks done, 10 more to go. I scrounged up just enough background for all the blocks. 

Saturday I decided to wash a skirt I love, and wore the other day.  Instructions said to hang to dry.  It was so hot here, I hung it in the garage, and it was dry within 1/2 hour!  

Long, long ago, in 2014, a crazy quilt friend and I exchanged blocks to embellish for one another.  Life happened for both of us, and the blocks got set aside for many years.  In 2019 I decided to finish up her block and sent it off.  In 202 she got to my block, but COVID  happened and she was not been able to get it out of Turkey. Her husband has recently traveled to Scotland, and was able to send it to the US from there, and it arrived today. I am totally humbled and amazed at the beautiful piece of art she has sent back to me.

I also got back another of my blocks I had sent to a CQ friend in Texas who offered to embellish for a list of people she drew names for. Another beautiful block!

What I will be working on this week for Slow Sunday Stitching is another Ella Maria Deacon block, and/or July's stitch-along from Kathy Schmitz' from her Gathered Blessings panel.

I'll be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Head on over and check out what everyone has been up to.

Thanks for stopping by!

Here Comes the Sun Blog Hop, My Day

                                                                

The Here Comes the Sun Blog Hop hosted by the fabulous Carol @Just Let Me Quilt started on Monday.  There have been some wonderful projects being shared.  

Carol challenged us to "Sew something that has a summer theme like: sunglasses, beach items, sunny skies, and/or yellow colors. It can be a quilt, a bag, a toy, or whatever you want it to be."   

The entire schedule is posted below.

When I think of Here Comes the Sun, my immediate thought goes to the beach and all the things I love.  

My immediate thought of what to do for this hop was to finish my brother's lighthouse quilt.  Brother Bill and Char replaced my kitchen floor last year, and this was the payment he requested.   I love the ocean, and lighthouses, beaches, as do Bill and Char.  I thought I would be able to finish the top of this king sized quilt before they got here on June 11th, in time for the blog hop, but unfortunately I was not able to complete my project in time due to other activities I needed to get completed.

The lighthouses were from a BOM I purchased a LONG TIME AGO, along with the center lighthouse panel some of the other blocks from the BOM.  The corners had motifs cut out with my Accuquilt, crabs. seashells, seahorse and starfish.

I got this far on the top.  My next round is going to be Storm at Sea blocks.  

I thought I had cut out all the components for 22 Storm at Sea Blocks on the Accquilt, but I apparently miscalculated.  I made all the center blocks, all the rest of the components were short.   I did find more of the background with the anchors on it, but I am having to substitute some of the dark blue fabric for something else.  

I love the ocean so much, that much of my house has a nautical or beach decor.  My dear husband commissioned someone to make me a stained glass window of a whale, another of my favorites.  I picked up the mermaid on a beach vacation in Southern California.  

Be sure and check out the other bloggers below.  

                                                        

June 20

Creatin' in the Sticks

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

For The Love Of Geese

That Fabric Feeling

 

June 21

MooseStashQuilting

Inflorescence

Ms P Designs USA

Quilting Gail

Vroomans Quilts

 

June 22

Samelia's Mum

Beaquilter

Karrin’s Crazy World

Selina Quilts

Scrapdash

 

June 23

Quilt Doodle Designs

Patchouli Moon Studio

Karen's Korner

Homespun Hannah's Blog

Days Filled With Joy

 

June 24

Just Let Me Quilt

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Quilted Delights

Quilt Schmilt

Lynn's Blog

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks so much Carol for another great blog hop!

Slow Sunday Stitching

Another whirlwind week has passed.  I had a great weekend with brother Bill and SIL Char.  Bill did a couple of things on my to-do list.  He installed a new shop light for the garage, and actually rewired my garage and put in outlets for the garage lights so that they were not connected by extension cords wrapped around the rafters and going across the garage to one of the few outlets out there.   This week part of the Community Service shelves and stash were moved to my house.  The rest will be moved in another week after our workday at Joanne's house, the outgoing co-chair of Community Service for our guild.

Bill also redid my dryer vent so I have a device that catches my lint instead of dumping into the garage.  I am very excited about this.  My brother is so good to me!  

He also attached my cast iron trellis to the gate going into my side yard.  This area has always been undeveloped as it was where John built his boats.  But I am thinking about a secret garden.  It will take awhile but I am excited it is attached instead of free-standing like it has always been.    I didn't think of taking the picture until the sun went down.

This week at the guild meeting I was the Quilter of The Month.  I am not used to talking in front of people, but I guess I did OK.  

This week I have been trying to work on my back garden area.  It was neglected while I worked on the garage and things got away from me.  I found that my hollyhocks that bloomed for the first time this year, and were almost 5 feet tall had something infecting their leaves, that had all fallen off.   The leaves looked like they had pox.  Apparently I had some sort of rust.  The nursery recommended I cut everything back and spray with copper fungicide.  The new leaves are looking OK so far.  

I also cut back part of my foxgloves that were almost laying on the ground, and the hydrangeas have been gloriously beautiful!  Since we had been having 90-100 degree weather last week, I decided to bring a bunch inside to enjoy before they became crispy critters inside.  These past few days we have been in the high 70's but today, Sunday we are heading back up into the 90's.  

Char and I actually did spend a Slow Sunday Stitching last Sunday.  Char was working on this cross stitch.

She had gotten this far by Sunday night.

I finished this Ella Maria Deacon block

I also got this far on the CQ boho bag front.  This is also what I will be working on for this week's Slow Sunday Stitching.  

I'll be linking up to Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Head on over and check out what other's are working on.  

Bill and Char left for Oregon last week to look for their forever home.  They will head back this Monday to stay a few days on the way back home to Southern California.  Tuesday we have planned a family dinner, for which I needed to pick up my quilting stuff in the kitchen and dining room.

Today, on Father's Day we will be thinking of our loved ones and wishing them a Heavenly Happy Father's Day.

 I found this on Facebook recently:

Thanks for stopping by and  hope you have a great week!