Karrin's Crazy World: April 2024

Monday, April 22, 2024

April Showers Blog Hop Challenge, My Day

Today is the second day of the April Showers Blog Hop Challenge, and my day. This is hosted by the fabulous Joan @Moosestash Quilting. Thanks for another great challenge!

The challenge this time: Late snow showers, rain showers, baby showers, wedding showers. What do you like to shower everyone with?

When the challenge came out, I knew exactly what I wanted to make. Several years ago, Carla @Creatin in the Sticks designed a Happy Spring Gnome Mini Quilt for Thermoweb. The tutorial and templates can be found here. I had downloaded the instructions, and even printed out the templates on the Heat and Bond EZ Print Lite, but never made it. I love gnomes and projects with gnomes always catch my eye.

At the same time the phrase "April Showers Bring May Flowers" kept going through my mind. So I decided to cut that phrase out in iron-on vinyl on my Cricut.

This is my finished project. I should probably have made the gnomes skin a darker tone to show up better though.

Be sure and check out what the other bloggers have come up with for this challenge.

Monday April 22

MooseStashQuilting

Words&Stitches

Quilting Gail
Quilt Doodle Designs

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Tuesday April 23

Wednesday April 24

Quilted Snail

Ms P Designs USA

Days Filled With Joy

Quilting Between the Rails (Facebook)

Bumbleberry Stitches

Thursday April 25

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, April 21, 2024

April Showers Blog Hop Challenge Starts Today

The April Showers Blog Hop Challenge, hosted by the fabulous Joan @Moosestash Quilting starts today. Many thanks to Joan for another great challenge!

The challenge this time: Late snow showers, rain showers, baby showers, wedding showers. What do you like to shower everyone with?

The entire line-up is below.

Monday April 22

MooseStashQuilting

Words&Stitches

Quilting Gail
Quilt Doodle Designs

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Tuesday April 23

Wednesday April 24

Quilted Snail

Ms P Designs USA

Days Filled With Joy

Quilting Between the Rails (Facebook)

Bumbleberry Stitches

Thursday April 25

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunday, April 14, 2024

HQAL, Slow Sunday Stitching

I think three weeks ago I was still sewing the binding down on my Ella Maria Deacon quilt, and I finished that, as can be seen in my header picture. It is ready to go, except for the label, and the paper label I need to sew on for our quilt show.

This week I have been stitching on the hanging sleeve of the my guild's opportunity quilt for next year. It will be hanging at this year's show. Next year our theme is red and white quilts.

I found this on Facebook today, which was pretty funny considering our weather recently. Several days this week we were in the high 80's. I even had to turn the AC on one night.

Today woke up to 44 degree weather and got into the high 50's raining all day. We have several more days of low 40's and high 69. and then we are back into the 80s by Wednesday. I am making multiple clothing changes some days.

I did get outside and worked one day and sort of weed wacked my brick pathway which has gotten overgrown. I like the low moss, but then it starts growing weeds.

The flowers are all blooming though. Its a big mess back by the wisteria with weeds, overgrown naked ladies which I need to thin out and plant elsewhere.

The geraniums need to be sorted out as well as the lamb's ear.

The peppermint camellia is blooming.

My sister was able to take the quilt over Mrs. Bush, my old childhood neighbor, who is 90+. She loved the quilt.

This was from the Star Kissed Quilt Along by Wedding Dress Blue.

What I will be working on is this Kathy Schmitz stitchery for Slow Sunday Stitching.

Check out what others are up to on the Hand Quilt Along.

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 Connie