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Sunday, January 30, 2022

Slow Sunday Stitching

I had a not so busy week this week, and can't say I have much to show for my time. I did do my last two weeks' borders in the SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin) hosted by Quilting Gail. You can find out all about it here. Each Monday one of the co-hosts gives you a different border to put on your block. I started out with an orphan block I had lying around. I didn't get mine done last week because I was working on blog hop project and Kristen's BD gifts. But I got caught up this week and got two borders on. Last week was curves, this week's prompt was diamonds. I'm happy with the way it is looking.

My daughters have a tradition with their friends. On their birthday their friends take them out to dinner. Each of the group put $20 in with the BD card, and they pay for BD girl's dinner. My girls invited me to go with them this time as it was Kristen's BD. I have known all of these ladies for years and years, except one of them. Their children have grown up with my grandchildren.

My daughter Katie is holding the phone and Kristen is right behind me. We had a really good dinner, and lots of laughs. I think we closed the place down.

One day this week, I assembled care packages for grandchildren Kyleigh and Jaeger who are off at college. I made Jaeger chocolate cookies, with peanut butter centers, and had gotten him 2 kinds of trail mix and Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Kyleigh is more health conscious and likes my homemade Gingerbread Granola, dried mango slices, pistachios but then some Starburst because she likes those. Jaeger made sure to ask before he headed back to college if I was going to send him a care package!

This week I did finish this Ella Maria Deacon block. I had to rip a couple of pieces out as the last couple of pieces weren't going to match up.

I have the next one prepped and ready to stitch for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Also if I get bored, I ordered this kit from Bird Brain Designs. It will be Redwork.

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching. Head on over and check out what everyone is working on. My favorite thing to do on Sundays!

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, January 29, 2022

One Monthly Goal, January

It's time to link up January's One Monthly Goal for January at Elm Street Quilts. I continue to greatly appreciate this monthly goal-setting and link up, and again many thanks to Patty for all she does!

My One Monthly Goal for January was to make my project for the Polar Plunge Blog Hop. I stated my goal here.

I did finish my project. My day for the blog hop was here. This happened to be my blog hop project, as well as a gift for my oldest daughter for her BD on January 21.

I will be linking up for One Monthly Goal @Elm Street Quilts.

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Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop, My Day

When Joan@ Moosestash Quilting announced the Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop, I knew I needed to jump right in. The challenge was to make something with a polar bear, blue or something reflecting the cold.

I knew exactly what I wanted to make. It was an old unstarted kit I had gotten from my LQS I think in 1998 for a wool table runner. The book doesn't have any copyright date it it, but on the back is the price sticker and it says 12/98. I have always meant to make it up for my daughter Kristen. I have been meaning to make this for her for years and it has never gotten done. Since her BD is January 21st, this was the perfect impetus to make it.

This project/kit came from the book Snowflake Threads by Need'l Love.

This is my finished product. I love it, and so did Kristen when I gave it to her last week.

Thanks so much to Joan @Moosestash Quilting for another delightful hop, and giving me a kick in the pants to at long last get this done!

The full schedule for the Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop is below. Be sure to visit all these creative bloggers and see what they have come up with.

Monday Jan 24

Samelias Mum

Purring Cottage

Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Scrapdash

Tuesday Jan 25

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

Wednesday Jan 26

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Hazel’s Daughter

Words & Stitches

Kathleen McMusing

Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!

Thursday Jan 27

Friday Jan 28

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Stay at Home Round Robin, Weeks 1 and 2

Gail @Quilting Gail is hosting the SAHRR (Stay At Home Round Robin) again this year. You can find out all about it here. Each week one of the co-hosts gives you a border to put on your original block. This is a list of the rounds.

January 18: 1st Round: Anja @ Anja Quilts
January 25: 2nd Round: Emily @ The Darling Dogwood
February 1: 3rd Round: Roseanne & Sue @ Home Sewn by Us
February 8: 4th Round: Wendy @ Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life
February 15: 5th Round: @ Quilting Gail
February 22: 6th Round: Chris @ Chrisknitssews
March 21: Parade – showing all of your finished SAHRRs!

Last week I was busy working on my daughter's BD presents, and didn't get around to getting my round on. This was my original block.

The first round was suggested by Anja @Anja Quilts, curves. This is my first round of curves.

This week's prompt was by Emily @The Darling Dogwood and was diamonds. This is my diamond round. I was going to do an economy square in the corners, but I miscut my brown fabric several times, and misjudged the dimensions of my cut pieces, so I had no more brown fabric left.

I will be linking up @Anja Quilts and @The Darling Dogwood. Thanks so much ladies you are challenging me to try new things!

Sunday, January 23, 2022

Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop Starts Today

The Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop started today, hosted by Joan @ Moosestash Quilting. Many thanks to Joan for another great blog hop. The full schedule is below. My day is Thursday the 27th. Can't wait to see what everyone has come up with.

Monday Jan 24

Samelias Mum

Purring Cottage

Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Scrapdash

Tuesday Jan 25

Becky’s Adventures in Quilting and Travel

Wednesday Jan 26

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Hazel’s Daughter

Words & Stitches

Kathleen McMusing

Quilting & Learning - What a Combo!

Thursday Jan 27

Friday Jan 28

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Slow Sunday Stitching

Another action-filled week has passed. I spent a lot of the week trying to finish daughter Kristen's BD presents. One of them I can't share as it is my Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop Project which starts next week.

Most of the week was trying to find a crow SVG design that I could cut out with iron on vinyl on my Cricut. I found a design I really loved, but it was too intricate. Daughter Kristen when she went to her sister's house in October discovered I had given Katie a pillow cover and didn't give her one at the same time. It was for Katie's BD, so I told Kristen I would make one for her BD. She requested something with a crow. Crows or ravens have significance for us, as we have seen them since John died a lot. Plus he remarked to me numerous times I always seemed to make things with black birds. So I was looking for a crow or raven on it I could cut out. I cut out my preferred design 3 times, but it was so intricate that when I was weeding out the vinyl that was not wanted I kept tearing off parts that weren't supposed to be weeded off.

So finally I found one that worked, and this was the result. Kristen loved it!

Another thing I made was this cardinal vase. I copied this picture from the Jennifer Maker website. This is where I have been getting a lot of project ideas for the Cricut, and I had enrolled in one of her classes. I had tried to take a picture of the completed vase but the lighting was not right.

The video for the instructions are found right here: https://jennifermaker.com/cardinal-remembrance-vase/. She had gotten these blank vases at Dollar Tree, and I spent several days looking for one. I finally found one at Joann's on sale, but it was not a dollar. Today I was at Goodwill looking for pots I could put my new orchids in. I didn't find any vases but I did find another one of these vases for 49 cents!

This week I also attended the guild meeting and they were looking for sign-ups for Quilter of the Month, and no one was volunteering, so I volunteered for June. I am not very good at speaking in front of a lot of people. I hope I am brave enough to do this!

So daughter Kristen took the day off on Friday for her BD and invited me to come with her and husband Jeff to Half Moon Bay. My happy place is at the beach and I jumped at the opportunity. I had been thinking about driving myself the 2-1/2 hours to the beach, so I was happy to get the opportunity to ride. We got there about lunch time, and went to Barbara's Fish Trap where we had a delicious lunch. We had been there once before and vowed to go back again.

In Half Moon Bay there are several nurseries along one road, and a succulent nursery in the main part of town. Kristen wanted to get some succulents so we stopped at the one in town first. Then we went to the orchid nursery we had been to last July. I was able to buy 3 orchids this time. They didn't have the selection they did last time, but I did find some beauties. The lighting is poor tonight, but it was too bright this afternoon.

We were able to spend a little time at the beach before we came home. We couldn't have asked for a better day. The weather was beautiful.

We left Half Moon Bay at 4:30, had back to back traffic going into San Francisco, all the way across the Bay Bridge and almost all the way home. It took us until 9:15 to get home.

When my family have a birthday I usually pull out old pictures and post them, wishing them Happy Birthday.

These were a few I pulled out the other day. I look like I am a baby when I had Kristen, but I was actually 28. That photo session with Kristen's portrait pictures, she had 6 different expressions, this is the one I loved the best.

This week the senior swimmers at Kyleigh's college were highlighted, and this was the picture she had taken. She will be graduating from nursing school in May.

Last week I was so busy driving around looking for supplies for Kristen's BD gift I didn't get my Ella Maria Deacon Block done. I will also probably work on my next Kathy Schmitz embroidery.

So this is what I will be doing for Slow Sunday Stitching this week. I will be linking up at Kathy's Quilts. Head on over and check out what everyone is working on. It is my favorite place to spend time on Sundays.

Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, January 17, 2022

Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop Coming Next Week

The Polar Bear Plunge Blog Hop is starting next week, hosted by Joan @ Moosestash Quilting. I am putting the finishing touches on my project. Can't wait to see what everyone has made. The schedule is attached below.

Monday Jan 24

Samelias Mum

Purring Cottage

Pieceful Thoughts of My Quilting Life

Scrapdash

Tuesday Jan 25