Gnome For Thanksgiving Blog Hop Challenge, My Day

 

The Gnome For Thanksgiving started Monday hosted by the fantastic Joan @Moosestash Quilting.

The Challenge this time:  To "Gnome" Them is to love them!  Throw a little Thanksgiving twist into your Gnomie" project"  

Many thanks to Joan for all the great blog hops which I have had a pleasure to participate in all these years.  

I was really excited about this one, gnomes are one of my favorites.  I generally have them for every season.  

I made several things.  On Facebook several months ago, I had noticed a site that was offering vinyl iron-ons and they had a number of gnomes.  I ordered some and ironed them on fabric and made some new pillows for Fall/Thanksgiving.  

I went out to a cupboard where I have decorator fabrics that I have had for years, and found this one which I used to back the cushions.  

While out in that cupboard, I found that I had enough of this fabric to make a long tablecloth for  the Thanksgiving table.  I serged the edges with a rolled hem.  I have had these two fabrics for years, and glad I finally completed what I purchased them for.

I had also bought this fabric.  It was already hemmed on both sides, I think for tea towels, but I bought a length of it to make a table runner for my kitchen counter at Thanksgiving.  I just hemmed the ends.  

Finally, I spent most of the week last week embroidering motifs.  I found some with some cute gnomes.  I have made others table runners, but never any for myself, and I wanted a Thanksgiving table runner.

 

The first two motifs I bought from Tattered Stitch Embroideries.  The Grateful Heart I purchased from OESD, and the rest from Embroidery Designs.com.

I had some leftover fall themed 3 inch squares that I bordered the table runner with.  

Be sure and visit the other blogger/designers.  The entire schedule is listed below.  

Monday Nov 18

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs

Quilt Schmilt

Scrapdash

 

Tuesday Nov 19

Words & Stitches

Karrins Crazy World

DaysFilled With Joy

QuiltedDelights

 

Wednesday Nov 20

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilted Snail

 Selina Quilts

Thursday Nov 21

Just Let Me Quilt

Patchouli Moon Studio

Songbird Designs

Thanks for stopping by!

Slow Sunday Stitching

It has been another busy couple of weeks with back to back activities.  

Something weird has been happening on Blogger.  Everyone who comments is coming up anonymous, even people who are not ordinarily anonymous.  Has anyone else had this problem or know how to fix it?

Last weekend I went with some guild friends to a sister guild's show.  They had some beautiful quilts.  

Last week daughter Katie, granddaughter Klara and I went to see a high school production of Les Miserables which was an excellent production.  

I've been busy working on my Gnome For Thanksgiving project, and spent the week embroidering a bunch of motifs on my embroidery machine.  

I got more done on granddaughter Kyleigh's poncho.  I need 56 inches, and I am at 24 inches.  I will be working on this for Slow Sunday Stitching.  

Saturday was bittersweet for me.  It would have been my 49th anniversary.

My girls, son-in-laws and two of my grandchildren took me to dinner at a favorite Mexican restaurant.  

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

Thanks for stopping by!  

Gnome For Thanksgiving Blog Hop Challenge Coming Next Week

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The Gnome For Thanksgiving starts on Monday, hosted by the fantastic Joan @Moosestash Quilting.

The Challenge this time:  To "Gnome" Them is to love them!  Throw a little Thanksgiving twist into your Gnomie" project"  

I have been busy working on my project.  See you in a couple of days!

Monday Nov 18

MooseStashQuilting

Ms P Designs

Quilt Schmilt

Scrapdash

 

Tuesday Nov 19

Words & Stitches

Karrins Crazy World

DaysFilled With Joy

QuiltedDelights

 

Wednesday Nov 20

Quilting Gail

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Quilted Snail

 Selina Quilts

Thursday Nov 21

Just Let Me Quilt

Patchouli Moon Studio

Songbird Designs

Thanks for stopping by!

Slow Sunday Stitching

Last Sunday I participated in the Breast Cancer Walk with daughter Kristen and her coworkers.  

This past week was a bonus week for me, there was no 5th Wednesday workday, so my week was mine to do as I wished.  I am not sure I used my time wisely, as I spent 2 days just reading.  

I tried to get my knitting machine to work, which I haven't used in at least 25 years.  I watched You Tube videos, read the manuals and tried multiple times to cast on.  What I ended up doing was breaking some wheels on the carriage.  They were rubber and apparently brittle.  I ordered some more, but they are coming from Japan, the only place I could find the part.  

I decided to sell both my machines, I am just not interested enough to figure out how to use them anymore.  I am more into quilting, stitching and my garden.  When I get the parts I will put them up for sale.  I have a lot of attachments for both machines, and I have seen them for sale on eBay and other places.  

This week has been a lot cooler weather and I have had a chance to work on my new garden.    I planted most of my naked lady bulbs,  moved some things from pots including succulents, a peony and some lambs ears I had dug up from the prior garden.  

This week I was able to finish the little Flora Supply Case by Clover and Violet.  This is a gift for my secret sewing sister for Christmas.  I have procrastinated about putting in the zipper for 2 weeks but finally got it in and finished up.  So glad it is finished.

The next project I plan to tackle is this for my granddaughter Klara for Christmas.  She likes to sketch and is actually a very good artist.  I have the all of the materials except for some clear vinyl.  

Klara turned 11 this week.  We plan to have a family lunch on Sunday to celebrate.  

Because I had hopes of getting my knitting machine working, I hadn't worked on my hand knitting of granddaughter Kyleigh's poncho.  I had about 8 inches done.  When I picked it up again last night, I discovered a dropped stitch about 4 inches back, so I ripped back and started again.

This is what I will be working on for Slow Sunday Stitching.  I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts. 

Thanks for stopping by!