HQAL, Slow Sunday Stitching

It has been another couple of busy weeks.  The last Wednesday in October was our 5th Wednesday at our guild.  We have a sewing day.  People can quilt small quilts we have prepared, or work on quilt tops, make pillowcases.  We work for about 4 hours and have a potluck lunch.  I worked on this flannel panel.  It was shown at our guild meeting this past Wednesday.  

In the green border I quilted holly, and in the white border I quilted meandering snowflakes.

I recently finished these placemats for my grandson and his girlfriend for Christmas.  They live in Albuquerque.  I used the Accuquilt cactus die.  

On November 8th, I went went with daughter Kristen and her Sutter Hospital team for the Light the Night Walk for Blood Cancer.  It was a fun walk.  

I have been working on Christmas presents recently, and I had purchased 2 panels to participate in Angela Walters Season's Greetings Quilt Along.  I was going to give them to both my daughters, but then Angela pointed out you could cut the panels up and make table runners and placemats. 

So I cut them up so I have 2 table runners for my daughters  and 8 placemats for granddaughter Kyleigh.  I still have a lot of quilting to do.  I am working on my domestic machine for these.

November 16th would have been my 50th anniversary.  I told my family I didn't want to spend the evening alone.  So granddaughter Kyleigh made tacos, and I made Mexican rice, and Katie and SIL John brought refried beans and a delicious dessert, Buttermilk cake with buttermilk icing.

My 50 year old bottle of Moet Brut champagne went down the drain.  It had no bubbles and was mostly sediment, probably from not being stored properly.  Kyleigh made some delicious margaritas though.  

Last week was our guild meeting, and we had a lovely Quilts of Valor meeting with 5 veterans receiving quilts.

My guild friend Ann and I have challenged each other.  She has a longarm she hadn't really used, and I have a Handiquilter Moxie which I do really nice meandering on, but basically nothing else.  I challenged her to work on her machine, and she challenged me to do other stitches on the Moxie.

I had a piece of fabric for grandson Jaeger.  He wanted something with cows on it, and I had cuddle on the back. So I put it on the Moxie, and quilted it all over with swirls.

I have been working around the house too.  I recently had the sink taken out of my laundry room.  The faucet was leaking and I never really use it except to put dirty towels in it till I have a full load.  After the sink drain was capped off, I repainted the laundry room and molding.  Then I looked all over for a cabinet to put in front of the capped off pipe.  I was able locate one on Facebook Marketplace.  I put my cleaning supplies in there, and came out with empty shelves in the laundry room.

I decided those empty shelves were a good place to organize my UFO containers.

After I had taken those out of my sewing room, I decided to clean up my sewing room too.  It is actually my supply room.  I sew in the kitchen, and my dining room table is my cutting station.

What I will be working on for Slow Sunday Stitching continues to be the vintage DWR I am restoring.  I have 9 more center blocks to quilt on this section, and then I can move on to about 2 rows.  I am hoping to have it finished by our next guild meeting in December so I can show it.

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, Deb, Sharon, Karrin, and Daisy

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching and https://quiltingpatch.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by!