HQAL, Slow Sunday Stitching

 It has been a busy couple of weeks.  I didn't have time last week to post, my oldest daughter and her family went back to South Dakota to a friend's daughter's wedding, and I had the pleasure of taking care of 4 of my grand dogs.  Apparently I overfed them treats when getting them back in their kennels, they were looking at me with such sad eyes though.  My daughter said I was a sucker!

Last week I received a great package.  I won an Island Batik FQ pack for participating in the Stay at Home Round Robin this year.

Last week I was able to finish the Civil War Mini Sew Along by Kathleen Tracy on Facebook.  

I also got caught up on the Scrap Meets Thrift Challenge by Reproquiltlover on Instagram.  These are 2 inch blocks and I now have 70 made out of 250.

This week I finished quilting my last entry for our quilt show in two weeks.  I just need to sew the binding down, and the label on. 

Check out the Hand Quilt Along Links below.

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, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy, and Laura

I will be working on my binding for Slow Sunday Stitching.

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching, and  Frédérique @Quiltingpatch.

Slow Sunday Stitching

These weeks seem to be flying by.  I had my hair appointment this week, and that feels much better with it a bit shorter.  I am not good at selfies, or I would take a picture.  

This week was also pin basting day for our Community Service of our guild.  

The rest of the week I had to myself, which I loved.  I worked on one of the quilts I am entering in our guild's quilt show.  We had room, so I could enter a quilt that was not red and white.

I had my For the Bees quilt, which consists of a bunch of bee embroideries that I stitched from Kathy's Schmitz's embroidery patterns.  

This is the back.  I found this cute panel for the back. 

I've been working on the Civil War Mini quilt by Kathleen Tracy.  I have a bit of quilting left to do, and sewing the binding down.  

I also embroidered this piece.  I am going to make a small tote bag for granddaughter Klara.  I thought I would put he Easter Candy in it.  It was by Joy @Days Filled with Joy

I also finished 12 more blocks of the Econony blocks for the #scrappymeetsthriftychallenge hosted by Taryn @reproquiltlover.  I have 50 blocks done out of 250.  They are 2-1/2 inch blocks.  I am using up my Civil War reproduction scraps.  

I have been working a bit on the yard this week.  My wisteria is blooming.  I am trying to get it to wind around the trellis gate at the end of the garden.

In my new garden, at one end I planted succulents I had had in pots.  This one has gotten huge and is blooming.  

What I will be working on for Slow Sunday Stitching is the binding on the Civil War Mini, and sewing label on my bee quilt.

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching and Frédérique @Quiltingpatch.

Thanks for stopping by!

HQAL, Slow Sunday Stitching

 

It was another busy week.  Tuesday morning I had a quilt guild board meeting and in the evening the Begonia Society board meeting was at my house.  There were 8 of us in attendance and I made sesame chicken and broccoli for dinner and brownies for dessert.  The rest of my week I have been trying to catch up on my projects.  Before the Begonia dinner though, I quilted my On the Road Again table runner.  

Last week in slow stitching, I finished the hand quilting on this.  I intend to make a pillow cover and it will be entered in our red and white quilt show in May.  It was started by a friend's mother in the guild who passed away last year.  She had cut out the Hawaiian applique, and had it basted, I appliqued it and quilted it.  

I also finished the Civil War Mini stitch along by Kathleen Tracy on Facebook.  I am in the process of hand quilting it.

 I got 10 more blocks done for the Scrap Meets Thrift Challenge on Instagram hosted by @reproquiltlover.  I am up to 38/250 2 inch blocks.  These are all made out of my Civil War reproduction scraps.

I also finished the first block on Barbara Brackman's new block of the month, Liberty's Birds.  

I have also been quilting on another quilt show entry.

I need to figure out what I am doing with the white part.  most of the other is quilted.

Saturday was my dear husband John's BD, he would have been 82.  This picture is one of my favorite.  We went to get family pictures, and he asked if he could bring his guitar for some pictures too.

My girls and their families that were in town went to our favorite Mexican Restaurant where John and I had gone to since we moved to town.  

Grandson Keaton was home several days for Spring Break, but was headed back to West Virginia Saturday night.  

I will be working on the Civil War Mini quilt above for Slow Sunday Stitching.  I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts.  

The links for the Hand Quilt Along are 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, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy, Connie and Laura

Thanks for stopping by!