Slow Sunday Stitching

Time to report in again at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.   I really appreciate this weekly check in and motivation in seeing others' works.

This week has been a crazy one.  Multiple appointments were cancelled due to the mandate for shelter in place for the whole state of California now.  I did venture out daily in the mornings for needed supplies, most of which were gone from the shelves.  I can now say I did score some TP yesterday at Target, and was finally able to find some distilled water for my husband's CPAP machine at Sprouts, after looking for almost 2 weeks for those items.

My chest freezer and refrigerator are now filled to the brim for now, so we can rest easy.  I do miss our family, children and grandchildren immensely.  Granddaughter Kyleigh on her way home with her Dad as of Sunday driving cross-country from Boston.  They will drop off her roommate in Arizona along the way.

So what little sewing time I did this week, I finished up the Buhl-Bushong quilt border assignment for March.

Those blue flowers I ended up changing the fabric below.  I didn't think it offered enough contrast against the green, so I took it out and substituted the above fabric.

This week, I have been working on the Ella Maria Deacon quilt blocks too.  There were 2 applique, 1 broderie perse, which I have all prepped, and I will be slow stitching on Sunday. 

The fourth block was a lone star type pieced block.  I spent 4 afternoons working on this one.

The first one came out like this, almost looks like a cap.  I was really trying to force it to go together.

There is no way this one is going to lay down at all.  I didn't even bother putting three of the corners on.  This took me 2 afternoons to do this much.  I had a hard time figuring out where those parallelograms were supposed to match up.  I kept being off one way or the other.  I took some of those seams out 2-3 times.

Then yesterday I got this far before figuring this wasn't going to work either.  It was like a sliver was missing.

So today I read on Facebook someone from the group had theirs done, and had a hard time too, and did EPP.  So I decided that was what I would do.    I have never done EPP before and it was relaxing to me.  This is the first section.  I still need to prep the other 3 sections so I can do the hand work on these too.    But I think this will be better.  I did figure out when I made the templates to which we were to add the seam allowance, it was larger than it should have been.  That was probably what caused all my difficulties.  

And if I don't have enough to do above, I still have my Father Christmas block waiting to be put together!

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Head on over and see what everyone has been doing. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hand Quilt Along, Slow Sunday Stitching

Hard to believe another 3 weeks has flown by, and time to check in for the Hand Quilt Along, and also Slow Sunday Stitching.

Earlier this week I did a pretty extensive shopping expedition, but never found toilet paper.  Still can't find toilet paper.  I still have 5 rolls, but I was going to at least buy another package!  Then we found out yesterday our grandchildren are out of school until the 13th of April.  I was scheduled to watch the two youngest for at least 5 days during that time, but now our daughters have decided not to put my husband at risk, especially due to his asthma.  So my older grandsons are going to watch the two youngest.  I will miss seeing everybody for sure!  I also cancelled my husband's appointment on Monday, and rescheduled to the end of April.  

What I have been working on for slow stitching this week is my Buhl-Bushong assignment for March.  I have two of the flowers done, and have two more to go.  This is where I am now.

Next up, I prepared the next Father Christmas block.  My goal is to have this one done this month.  It was one of my 2020 Finish-Along goals.

The links for the other's in this 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, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Susan,  Nanette,  Edith, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen, Kathi,  Bella, Daisy and Connie

I will also be linking  up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Be sure and head over there to check out those links too.  

I really appreciate both of these weekly, or every three week motivations!  Thanks to both Kathys!

HQAL, Slow Sunday Stitching

This past week, I haven't gotten much handwork done, other than finishing last months Buhl-Bushong border and the applique on the Ella Maria Deacon quilt.

My next handworking projects are working on this stitchery I got from Kathy Schmitz's One Stitch at a Time Club.

I will also be working on these Buhl-Bushong blocks.  I'm hand stitching the archs on.

This Hand Quilt Along is an opportunity for hand quilters and piecers to share and motivate each another. We post every three weeks, to show our progress and encourage one another. If you have a hand quilting or stitching project, and would like to join our group, contact Kathy at the link below.  Just a reminder to everyone, the purpose of this group is to share our hand quilting adventures and to encourage each other. With that in mind, do visit our members and comment each month! New members are always welcome, any type of hand quilting is acceptable. That could be piecing, quilting, embellishing, applique and finishing

Kathy, Margaret, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Susan,  Nanette,  Edith, Sharon, 
Karrin, Gretchen, Kathi,  Bella, Daisy and Connie

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Do pop over there too and check out what everyone has been doing.  

This is my favorite Sunday, the opportunity to visit both groups!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do so appreciate your comments!

Slow Sunday Stitching

I can't believe how this year has flown past, and is almost gone.  It is time to report in again at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

I am looking forward to the quiet time to do my slow stitching.  After the hectic past couple of weeks, finishing gifts, entertaining guests, and watching grandchildren yesterday, it will be a joy to sit and stitch.

Today I prepped my border of the Buhl-Bushong quilt to be appliqued.  I got a little bit done tonight.  

I also started prepping the blocks for the Ella Maria Duncan Quilt.  Three of the four blocks this month have applique, and one is paper pieced, which is not my favorite thing to do.  

So that is what I will be up to this Sunday.  I will link up to Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching in the morning.  Head on over and check out what everyone has been up to.  It is one of my favorite activities on Sunday!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Slow Sunday Stitching

These weeks are flying away it seems.  It is time again to check in at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  This week has especially gone by fast, as we have John's brother Roger visiting from North Carolina till the day after Thanksgiving.  

Daughter Katie came for lunch Thursday to visit with Roger, as they were leaving for her in-laws in Arizona last night after work, and wouldn't see Roger otherwise before he left.  

John-John and Klara were ready for their adventure out of California for the first time.

Klara made sure she packed her babies stuff in the little bag I made her.

They arrived in Arizona safe and sound.  I surely will miss them this Thanksgiving, along with granddaughter Kyleigh.

I have finished putting together the One Stitch at a Time wallhanging and am in the process of quilting that right now.  I will have pictures of that later this week.

Other than Roger fixing a number of items around the house, and taking him Christmas shopping for my grandchildren, we managed to visit the Harvest Festival yesterday.  The only things we came away with were some cinnamon bread, and fudge.  

I also had 2 appointments this week for continued stomach pain, and managed to have a CT scan too.  Another scan has been ordered.

Daughter Kristen called earlier this week and asked if I had forgotten her Fall cushion cover.  I hadn't gotten to it yet, but I did manage to get it made yesterday.  I quilted in some leaves on the four corners.

What I will be working on for my Slow Sunday Stitching this week is my Buhl-Bushong Quilt.

A bird tops the follage on this one section, and then I have another tulip section to do and then another flower section.

I am going to try to prep some more handwork before I have to pick up my stuff in the dining room this week.

I will be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Be sure and pop over and see what everyone else is up to.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Slow Sunday Stitching, Klara's BD

Time to check in again for Slow Sunday Stitching over at Kathy's Quilts.  This weekend, I'm hand stitching my Buhl-Bushong blocks.  I have three blocks cut out, crowns made, and all ready to stitch.  I was able to get 2 done tonight after getting home from granddaughter Klara's BD celebration.

I've got more cut out and ready to go on the sofa for Slow Sunday Stitching.  

Head on over to Kathy's Quilts and see what everyone else is doing for Slow Sunday Stitching.  

We had a nice BD celebration of granddaughter Klara's 6th birthday at a local ice cream parlor.  Her birthday isn't actually until the 29th, but we celebrated early. 

She loved her mermaid bag, with the doll inside, plus a necklace.

Four out of five of my grandchildren.  I don't know what I will do if Jaeger gets any taller!

Thanks so much for visiting, and hope you have some good Slow Sunday Stitching time!

What I've Been Up To

I've been really busy trying to get projects done before November 13th.  I need to get all my quilting projects done before my brother-in-law arrives from North Carolina on the 14th.  

First off, I'm redoing one of the Hospital Sketches blocks, the Coxcombs and Currants.  I did not like the colors I chose for my original block.  I started taking the original one apart, and then decided it was too much work.   The last one I put 6 berries on each branch.  This time, I am going to put 12 as the pattern shows and I spent 2 days preparing 48 berries.  This is the old version.  I didn't like the brown and the the yellow was too faded out.

This is the new version.  Not such a great picture with the poor lighting in this house.  I like this cheddar a lot better.  

Next up, I spent about 3 days working on the Buhl-Bushong Quilt.  This is from the Virginia Quilt Museum's collection of quilts.  They are offering it as a BOM.  I have 2 completed blocks, and made crowns for 3 more.    I the components all prepped for the 3 more blocks.

These are the completed 2.  After I finish these 3 by hand applique, I'll only have 11 more to do.  I'm not that fond of paper piecing, but I wanted my crowns to have perfect points or as near perfect as I could.   I was going to do 2 blocks of each color combination, but when I went to cut out and paper piece the above ones, I found I had done crowns for 1/2 of a block more.  So I ended up making 3 of that color combination.  Not that it matters, but part of my cheddars I only have small amounts.  And the one I used for the outer ring I used up on this one.

Next up, I am going to start quilting my Crow's Feet top.  This is on my Finish-A-Long list for the 4th quarter.  I have the backing on the frame, and need to get the top pinned on.  I should be able to get this done in a few hours hopefully, if my thread and machine cooperate today.   This is a Cheri Payne pattern .  My crows don't show up too good, so I am going to have to  do some creative stitching to get them to show better.

Sunday when my daughter Kristen was here, she mentioned she had a coworker that had a micro-preemie last month and asked if I had anything I could quilt up for the baby.  The baby is still hospitalized.  Her due date was supposed to be the middle of November I think.

Anyway, I pulled out the Scrap Dance Minuet that Carole @ From My Carolina Home offered as a mystery earlier this year.  I am going to cut out some frogs and Sunbonnet Sues with my Accuquilt dies and get those machine stitched on today, to be ready to quilt hopefully last this week after Crow's Feet is done. 

Guess I'd better get busy!   Thanks for stopping by!

HQAL, Slow Sunday Stitching

It's hard to believe another three weeks has passed.  Time to check in for the Hand Quilt-Along.  Several days this week were not very productive.  I had a migraine again, and then 2 nights my youngest grandchildren had dance shows at school.  

I was able to finish this month's assignment on Sweet Land of Liberty which is being done through the Quilts by Cheri Friendship Group on Facebook, coordinated by Lori of Humble Quilts.  I think we are nearing the end now.  

I also finished the stitchery on a couple of Christmas presents for a quilter friend.  I need to make them into a stitching bag and a needle book.  These are designed by Jenny of Elefantz.  I have made the stitching bag before for granddaughters Kyleigh and Klara.  

I have also worked on the Buhl-Bushong Quilt this week assembling 2 blocks and I am in the process of making 2 more.

Once I finish making 8 more of the crown pieces, I will be hand-stitching these sections on.

Right now I am working on redoing this Hospital Sketches block.  I was not happy with the first version, which is the bottom middle block, and am totally redoing it, in cheddar, blue and red.  I think I will like it much better.  

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, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Susan,  Nanette,  Edith, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen and Kathi


I will linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Be sure and head over there and check out what everyone has been up to.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hand Quilt Along, Slow Sunday Stitching

The past 3 weeks has flown by, and it is time for another Hand Quilt Along report.  I've done lots of hand stitching these past three weeks.

I got 8 of these Buhl-Bushong blocks done.  I have about 56 more to go though.  I did paper piece the crowns, but hand-pieced/appliqued everything else.

I finished this Father Christmas guy.  I am trying to finish 2 more before the end of the month.  The other 2 are relatively simple, don't have the star borders.

I finished the last block of the Hospital Sketches BOM by Barbara Brackman

These are all nine blocks.  I'm going to redo the bottom middle block.  The brown/yellow just doesn't work for me.  The navy blue is fine, it is everything else.  

I finished this penny rug project called All My Stars by Blackbird Designs in a book called Higdon Camp-1928.  This has been a UFO for years, and I put it on my 2019 Finish-A-Long list for quarter 4.  So I can cross that off my list.

Right now I'm working on this crazy quilt piece for a friend.  I have some more stitching in the two blue patches to do.  I think I will be able to finish this by the end of the month for my One Monthly Goal.  

Check out the Hand Quilt Along links below and see what everyone has been doing.

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, Emma, Tracy, Deb, Susan,  Nanette,  Edith, Sharon, Karrin, Gretchen and Kathi

I will also be linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.   Head on over there and check out what everyone has 

Slow Sunday Stitching. Buhl-Bushong, Sweet Land of Liberty

It's time to link up again for Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  I do so appreciate this weekly link up and seeing what everyone has been doing.  

I've been doing a lot of slow stitching this week.  First I finished this month's assignment for Sweet Land of Liberty.  

I've gotten 4 of these Buhl-Bushong blocks put together.  I am paper piecing the crowns, and the rest is hand applique.

I have 4 more to put together today for my hand stitching.

I'm also blanket stitching these pieces for a penny rug called O My Stars.  As this is one my list for the 2019 Finish-A-Long for Quarter 3, I am trying to get these done too.  

I'll be linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Pop on over and see what everyone is up to!

My grandson Jaeger this week was kind enough to make room in his already crazy schedule of school, water polo practice and water polo games to come help me put my Handiquilter back up.   I bought one of the Handiquilter frames right after they came first came out.  It involved taping some rails to a table and then attaching the units that hold the rails with clamps.  At the time they did not have any machines to be used, and I bought a Juki TL 98E.    DH elongated the rails, so I can quilt up to about 92 inches.  When it is up, it is in my dining room.   The rails are attached to a laminated particle board and it resides in my guest room when not in use.  And also the banquet table it attaches too.  I need some help getting them out of the guest room but I can set everything else up by myself.  

I had put everything away in August because we were having a family dinner, and then I thought I was going to have Bunco here last week, as it was my turn to have dinner and Bunco.  But our Bunco disbanded this month, as members have other activities they need to do.  So I've been trying to get Jaeger to help me get my tables back out.  I'm back in business now, and quilted one of my friend Nerissa's quilts yesterday, and will be ready to load the other one up.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!