ScrapHappy March

It’s time for showing off our scrap projects! ScrapHappy is open to anyone using up scraps of anything – no new materials. It can be a quilt block, pincushion, bag or hat, jewelry, dolls, socks or a sculpture. Anything made of scraps is eligible.

I'm still working on Winter Blues, a pattern by Bonnie Hunter.  This was cut out entirely from my scrap bags.   Last month this was where I was.  Right after this, I had to pick up my design floor as  I had some ladies from my guild come over to work on community service quilts.  It's at my house the 3rd Wednesday of the month.  So I picked it up, and put it in my sewing room.  I had to sort out all the components again when I got it out again.

I got it out again last week, sorted the pieces out again.  This is where I am now.  I have 3 more rows to add to the bottom half, and then I can join the sides.  I am hoping to finish this section of the top before I have to pick it up again next Tuesday in preparation for work day.

Then it will be to piece the border.

If your scrap collection is out of control and you’d like to turn it into something beautiful or useful instead of leaving it to collect dust in the cupboard, why not join us on the 15th of each month? Either e-mail Kate at the address on her Contact Me page, or leave a comment on her Scrap Happy Post. You can also contact Gun via her blog to join. We welcome new members. You don’t have to worry about making a long-term commitment or even join in every month. Regular contributors receive an email reminder at least three days before the event.

Check out what the other members are making with their scraps this month.

Kate, Gun, Eva, Sue, Lynda, Birthe, Turid, Susan (me!), Cathy, Tracy, Jan, Moira,
Edi, Sandra, Chris, Alys, Claire93, Jean, Jon, Dawn, Jule, Gwen, Sue L,
Sunny, Kjerstin, Vera, Nanette, Ann, Dawn 2, Carol, Preeti, Debbierose,
Viv, Nóilin, Karrin, Amo, and Alissa

Thanks for stopping by!

Hand Quilt Along, Slow Sunday Stitching, SAHRR

This past week was jam-packed with activities.  Monday I had choir practice at the community center which is across the street from my home.  Tuesday was our quilt guild board meeting which I attend as I am co-chair of community service quilts.  Wednesday I gave my son-in-law a ride to the airport at 6:30 a.m.    Then at 9 a.m. was our guild pin basting day at the community center.  Wednesday afternoon our choir group did a performance at a local memory unit.  Those residents have such a good time, it doesn't matter that we might not always been on key.  They wave their hands around directing us and sing along with us.  It's always an uplifting experience.

Thursday I had an appointment with my Dr. and got a cortisone shot in my knee and lab work.  The good thing was every single one of my tests was perfectly normal, BP 1156/58.  When I got my lab work done, she put a cotton ball and tape on the site and told me to put pressure on it.  I went outside where it was pouring down rain and drove on home.  I got home and took off my coat and the whole arm of my sweatshirt was soaked.  

Friday was the Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop, hosted by Bea @Beaquilter.   You can read my post here.    I made this quilt for my granddaughter Kyleigh's boyfriend Drew.  I promised him a quilt when he graduated from nursing school in December.  Drew loves Moose, so I added some moose applique.   His birthday is this month.   I plan to give it to him next week.

I also was able to get my SAHRR done.   This is a round robin that is organized every year by Quilting Gail, and each week one of the co-host bloggers gives a prompt as to what you should add to the next round.  We start off with an orphan block, or something you didn't use for another quilt.  My block was leftover from grandson Jaeger's high school graduation quilt.  I made the block wrong and saved this one.  

The last prompt was by Quilting Gail for pinwheel blocks.  This is my finished quilt.  It measures 64x77 and I plan to donate it to community service in my guild.  

This week I also made a couple of St. Patrick's gnome pillows.  My embroidery machine is in the shop still, and I didn't have time to do any applique, so I printed some images on fabric, and did some quilting around the images.  

This week I have continued working on my Green Apples Blog Hop project.  I am sewing units together on machine, and then sewing rows together by hand at night.  

I also worked a bit on this embroidery.  This is a Bird Brain Design.  

I got my scrappy project back out.  It is Winter Blues by Bonnie Hunter, and will eventually be a wedding quilt for a family friend's daughter.   I last had this out in February when I had to pick everything in my work area, which happens to be the dining room/kitchen where I have really good lighting.   The end of the month I have a guild work day at my house for community service.  We cut batting and binding for donated quilt tops/backs and package them up.  Usually there are about 6 of us.  So the components for this quilt were in about 4 baskets/containers and all mixed up.  I am going to organize them so I can figure out what I am doing again.  They were basically organized before put them in my sewing room.  

The end of the month I have signed up for a 4-day Day Camp at my guild.  It is 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.   We will have a potluck dinner each day.   I am trying to organize projects to work on while there.  

Carole @From My Carolina Home has a mystery quilt along each year, and she just started a new one called Scrap Dance Quadrille.  I plan to make a lap quilt for an 80+ year old friend who has been having chronic medical issues.  Barbara likes purple so I pulled a bunch of purple fabric out.  I cut a bunch of the scrappy 4 inch squares out.  I still need to cut out the background squares and rectangles, but that will be one thing I will work on at Day Camp.  I probably have enough purple squares here to make 3 quilts but I got in the groove of cutting up scraps. 

Daughter Katie and I and Klara and John had a great lunch at Spaghetti Factory Saturday.  We always love it there, and didn't have to wait like we usually do at dinner time.  The other great thing is the great leftovers.

For my slow stitching this week, I will continue working on my Bird Brain designs, and my Green Apples project.  Check out the other quilters below for the Hand Quilt Along 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, Nanette, Sharon, Karrin, Daisy, and Connie

I will also be linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Head on over and check out what everyone has been up to.  Monday I will be linking up at Quilting Gail for final picture of the SAHRR.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop, My Day

                                            

Welcome to the last day of the Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop, and my day.  I am so thankful that Bea @Beaquilter contacted me and invited me to this blog hop again.  Somehow I missed it last year and was very sorry.  

I dusted off my quilt books.  I didn't go through all of them, but this is the oldest book I found, published in 1985.

I like to coordinate my blog hop projects frequently with a gift for someone.  My granddaughter Kyleigh's boyfriend Drew graduated from nursing school in December and I promised him a quilt as a graduation gift.  Drew chose the color, and I know he likes moose.  Drew's birthday is coming up later this month, so it will be a combination graduation/BD gift.  This is a picture of Drew and granddaughter Kyleigh.  

The book I used was Another Nice Mix by Gerry Kimmel.  This is one of my primitive books which I love.    I started quilting in around 1994.  This book came out in 1995.  The quilt I made is called Mary Jane's Star.  I have made this quilt several times.

Then I used this other book for the moose applique.  I also used used my Accuquilt moose and bear dies.  

I thought I had gotten a moose panel, but I am not sure if it is a moose or elk.  Drew will probably let me know.

Thanks again Bea for the chance to participate in one of my favorite blog hops.  

The entire schedule is listed below.  Be sure and visit these other talented bloggers!  

March 6th

Quilting at the Farm

Lemon Tree Snippets

Creatin in the sticks

Natalie (on Beaquilter)

March 7th

Quilting Gail

Thrift Shop Commando

High Road Quilter

Moosestashquilting

The Morning Latte

March 8th

Kathleen McMusing

Words & Stitches

 Isabella's Whimsy

DesertSky Quilting

 

March 9th

LC's Cottage

Cynthia's Ark

Ms P Designs USA

Just Let Me Quilt

 

March 10th

Beaquilter

Karrin's Crazy World

Quilting Patchwork Applique

Thanks for stopping by!

Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop Starts Today

 

The Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop starts today hosted by Bea Lee @Beaquilter.  I'm looking forward to see what everyone comes up with.  Many thanks to Bea for inviting me to this blog hop again.  One of my favorites!  My  day is on Friday.  

March 6th

Quilting at the Farm

Lemon Tree Snippets

Creatin in the sticks

Natalie (on Beaquilter)

March 7th

Quilting Gail

Thrift Shop Commando

High Road Quilter

Moosestashquilting

The Morning Latte

March 8th

Kathleen McMusing

Words & Stitches

 Isabella's Whimsy

DesertSky Quilting

 

March 9th

LC's Cottage

Cynthia's Ark

Ms P Designs USA

Just Let Me Quilt

 

March 10th

Beaquilter

Karrin's Crazy World

Quilting Patchwork Applique

Thanks for stopping by!

Slow Sunday Stitching

This past week was relatively quiet in social activities, so I got in a lot of sewing time.  I am in 2 blog hops this month, and I have been busy sewing away on my projects.  I am in the midst of quilting my Dust Off a Quilt Book project, and my second project, for Little Green Apples I am machine piecing the units together, and hand stitching the rows together in the evenings.  

I am also slowly machine quilting my Father Christmas quilt.  I have entered this one in my guild's quilt show in April.

I was reading a blog somewhere about free motion quilting and wearing gloves.  My quilting gloves are pretty much shot and I was thinking about buying some new ones.  Anyway this blogger talked about cutting a couple of pieces of that rubber shelf liner and using that to grip the quilt.   I always dislike taking the gloves off and on to pull up bobbin thread etc.  I cut a couple of pieces of shelf liner, and it really works, and I love it!  Didn't cost me anthing!

The other thing I have been slowly working on is my SAHRR.   Quilting Gail had the prompt this past week which was pinwheels.  I cut out a bunch of half square triangles with my Accquilt #5 die.

I pulled into my driveway the other day and there was this squirrel.  He just looked at me,  and went about doing whatever he was doing.   I hope it wasn't burying anymore acorns though.  

For Slow Sunday Stitching I will continue working on my Little Green Apples Project.

I'll be linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Head on over and check out what everyone has been working on.  

Be sure and stop by Monday for the Dust off a Quilt Book Blog Hop hosted by Bea @Beaquilter.  

Thanks for stopping by!