Saturday, November 09, 2019

Hand Quilt Along, Slow Sunday Stitching

It's time again to see what I have been doing in the hand stitching department.  I have been doing a lot of hand stitching the past 3 weeks, most of which I can't share until Monday 11/11, the start of the Stitch it and Gift it Blog Hop.

I did finish this Redwork Christmas piece.  I also completed assembling it, which I will share on Monday.  This was from Robin Kingsley's  book Just Be Claus.



I'm working right now on the Nativity scene.     I just put in a Google search for free nativity coloring page.



I also made 2 more of Jenny of Elefantz's Merry Heart Sewing Bags for gifts for friends.  I love these bags, I still need to make one for myself.  




Next up I need to prepare my Buhl-Bushong border for this month, and get going on Sweet Land of Liberty. 

Be sure and check out the others participating in the Hand Quilt Along below.  Welcome Bella, Daisy and Connie to our group!

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 at  Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.  Pop over there and check out what others have been doing too!


 

Monday is the start of  the Stitch it and Gift It Blog Hop hosted by Carla @ Creatin in the Sticks.  My day is on Monday.  

Monday, November 11th



Tuesday, November 12th

Wednesday, November 13th



Thursday, November 14th


Friday, November 15th





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Wednesday, November 06, 2019

Upcoming Stitch it and Gift It Blog Hop, Virtual Cookie Exchange

There are a couple of blog hops coming up which I am involved in.

  

The first one is the Stitch it and Gift It Blog Hop hosted by Carla @ Creatin in the Sticks.  This is actually less than one week away now, and my day as you can see, is on Monday, November 11th.  I have been sewing like crazy items I plan to gift.
Monday, November 11th



Tuesday, November 12th

Wednesday, November 13th



Thursday, November 14th


Friday, November 15th




The Virtual Cookie Exchange and Blog Hop starts December 2nd.   This is hosted by Carol @ Just Ler Me Quilt.  My day for that one is December 6th.  I'll post a schedule for that one closer to that time when the schedule is more finalized.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Saturday, November 02, 2019

Slow Sunday Stitching

It is time to check in again with Slow Sunday Stitching @ Kathy's Quilts. 

I've been working on a number of slow stitching activities this week, but they most are a secret until next week with the Stitch it and Gift it Blog op hosted by Carla at Creatin in the Sticks.  My day is November 11th, next Monday.


What I continue to work on is the Buhl-Bushong blocks, although I am going to have to set these aside for now as this month's assignment is another border.  I need to prep those pieces for hand applique.  I have two more blocks prepped, with the crowns made. I'll work on those while I'm getting the border prepped.






l will also be working on a couple of Redwork Christmas ornaments.  I ran some Printable Stick and Stitch Sulky sheets through the printer and then stuck them on my fabric.  After stitching. I soak them in cold water and they dissolve.  I have no affiliation, but I have 3 packages of these I am using up.  I like to use them on the more intricate designs like the stocking below.  



That's all I can show right now.  I'll be linking up at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.
Head on over and see what everyone else is working on.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Friday, November 01, 2019

One Monthly Goal



The link-up for November's One Monthly Goal is up on Elm Street Quilts.  I really appreciate this monthly motivation to get things done, and appreciate all Patty does to keep us going.  Last month I won a prize, a $40 gift certificate to Thimble Blossoms and was able to buy 5 new patterns.  Thanks so much Patty and Thimble Blossoms for the sponsorship!

 My One Monthly Goal for November is to put these One Stitch At a Time stitcheries designed by Kathy Schmitz into a wall hanging.  I plan to give this one to my oldest daughter Kristen for Christmas.  Plus I want to enter it in Kathy Schmitz's contest, the picture needs to be submitted by January 25th.  


So my goal is to get these set into a wallhanging, quilt and bind it so i t will be ready to gift for Christmas.

 Linking up One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.  
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350 Blocks: October Report

Shelly @ Prairie Moon Quilts set the goal this month at 30 blocks, and sadly I fell short.  

 Sweet Land of Liberty:  5 blocks

Buhl-Bushong Quilt:  4 blocks



Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop:  I made 4 blocks and made them into pillow covers:  3 table runners.  So I count that as 7.






Ella Maria Duncan Quilt:  4 blocks


Klara's mermaid bag:  1 block



One Stitch at a Time Club:  2 blocks


Jenny of Elefantz Stitchery:   2 blocks


Redid block on Hospital Sketches  1 block



So my October total is 27 blocks:    536 total for the year so far!  


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Wednesday, October 30, 2019

One Monthly Goal, Wednesday Wait Loss - I've Been Featured

October OMG FINISH link-up is open!

Well I procrastinated my way through October till the end of last week, and then got busy on my One Monthly Goal for this month, hosted by Patty @Elm Street Quilts.

 My goal, which I stated here was to quilt and bind my Nutcracker Suite quilt top.  This was a BOM from late last year, through this year.  I kept up with it, and really want it hanging up for Christmas.  It was offered through Shabby Fabrics, and designed by Cheri Leffler.  I have a large collection of nutcrackers, and this quilt appealed to me, (I had to have it).   My DH kindly paid for half of the program last year as my anniversary present!

 I really wasn't sure I would be able to finish quilting it because of issues the machine I quilt on, a Juki 98E.  Last week I was quilting a baby quilt and broke 2 needles, one right after the other.  Since then, the machine has been skipping stitches occasionally.

 I was able to quilt my Nutcracker Suite top, though I ended up ripping out 2 whole rows due to the skipped stitches.  After recleaning, oiling, and adjusting the tension some more, I finally finished.  I took the machine up to be serviced before it is used anymore.

 This is where it will hang during the Christmas season, in the place of honor, you can see  coming through the front door.   I also wanted to point out the oak quilt holders my DH made some years ago.  They have notches on either side that you can put a curtain rod through to hand quilts.  The notches are at 2 different levels so that if you have a bigger quilt it can go on the top notch.  I have another one in the hallway.  They both measure a little over 5"

For the label, I had a nutcracker stamp I wanted to use.  I used a Fabrico stamp pad, that is for fabric.  You just have to iron the design when it is dry to set it.  


I will be linking up at Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal.  I truly appreciate the motivation this gives me to finish my projects!



Another exciting occurrence today was to find I was featured on Wednesday Wait Loss @The Inquiring Quilter today.  The Crow's Foot Quilt I just recently finished was one of the ones featured.  Jennifer Fulton @The Inquiring Quilter has a link-up every Wednesday to share projects you have finished or are working on.  Thanks so much Jennifer for the honor of being featured!
Little Bo Peep by Debra @ Turning My Heart Quilts
I'm going to share my Nutcracker Suite at Wednesday Wait Loss also.   Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Saturday, October 26, 2019

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!

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Pedal to the Metal

I feel like I have had the pedal to the metal this week literally.  I feel like I have accomplished a lot.  

First up, as I already mentioned, I quilted and bound Crow's Foot, a Cheri Payne quilt from the book Wednesday's Best.  


Next up I loaded up the Scrap Dance Minuet mystery top created by Carole @ From My Carolina Home earlier this year.  My daughter needed a baby quilt for a coworker's baby that was born way prematurely.  I added some Sunbonnet Sues to this and a frog, but am not sure I really like what those added or didn't add.  Too late to take them off though.  I had some Peter Rabbit fabric I backed it with.  

This quilt gave me nothing but problems.  I broke 2 needles, thread, changed needles and thread multiple times, but it was skipping, a lot.   I know I wasn't making 1" stitches while FMQ.  I ended up ripping out 2 full rows which took some time.  But finally I got it quilted and bound and got the label on, and then noticed it was going sideways.  At least it is labeled!  I'm glad to get this one out of here. 



Then I started working on my Ella Maria Duncan Quilt blocks for this month.  This was such a pleasure yesterday after wrestling with the above quilt and having to rip out 2 whole rows.

These are all 8 blocks together so far.  



Then this morning I put together my Hospital Sketches blocks.  This is the Barbara Brackan BOM from Civil War Quilts Blog.  I still need to decide on the border.  I would like a pieced/appliqued border.  But I probably don't have enough to piece the background to I will need to come up with an alternate plan.




That's it for now.  Will be back tomorrow for Slow Sunday Stitching.    Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Wednesday Wait Loss

Wednesday Wait Loss


It has been awhile since I checked in for Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter.  I actually finished something this morning before I had my Dr's appt. 

I'm trying to quilt up some tops before I have to put my frame down for Thanksgiving.  Otherwise I won't be able to use it till after Christmas.

First thing I have finished is this Crow's Foot.  This was designed by Cheri Payne in the book Wednesday's Best.  I found some blocks started long, long ago, and put them together last year.   

Yesterday I quilted it.  Just simple meandering mostly.  But it went pretty fast, and my machine decided to cooperate and not break threads.  I had one small incident where I left my presser foot up by accident and got a small nest, but it was easily removed.  I hate it when I go across a  whole row like that!








I'll be linking up for Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter.  Head on over there and check out what everyone else has been doing.


This also happens to be #10 on my list for the 2019 Finish-A-Long goals for Quarter 4.  So I can mark this off my list!
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