Design Wall Monday

It's been a tough week here.

My dad passed last week after a battle with cancer.

My mind has been a jumbled mess and I find it hard to concentrate on much of anything.

So lots of things got worked on a little.

I thought I had finished with my On The Road Quilt.

After it was dog approved, I started to fold it up.

Then I noticed I need to add 2 hexies to one side!

I'll get to that this week.

The backing arrived and I'm anxious to quilt it.

I pulled out some panels from the bag my friend gave me.

Ran them through the washer and dryer and pieced a back for the January UFO top.

I've had this table runner basted for a while so I decided to try to quilt it.

Threads were chosen, 

quilting started,

interest lost.

This happened all week!

When we thought it was over,

we woke up to 4 more inches!

Winter is not over!!

These 2 needed to cuddle so to the couch we went with our favorite quilt and a book.

There may have been a Sunday morning nap.

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The sewing mojo has returned home! 

On Ringo Lake is a finished quilt top!

Even that one sashing block has been turned the right direction.

I'm waiting on the backing to arrive this week and the basting will begin.

After ORL, I grabbed the board the had these cute 6" calendar blocks layed out on it.

These were our Christmas Club exchange blocks for 2017.

I knew all last year how I was going to sash them!

This will hang in the bus at the beach when it's completed.

Then I started sewing Oklahoma Backroads blocks into a top.

I've been making these blocks as leader/enders for a while.

The pattern is at Quiltville in the free patterns tab.

Sorry for the horrible picture.

It needs a good pressing and then the sashing will go on.

Lots of tv time with the Olympics and then yesterday was the Daytona 500.

We have really missed watching NASCAR the past couple years.

I sat down thinking I could get the last row finished on The On The Road Quilt

(found at MDQuilts)

but I was wrong.

I had one yellow/orange rosette stitched wrong so unsewing and resewing had to happen

before anything else.

I have the final 4 finishing rosettes and 1 little edge section left.

Today? Maybe~

Snow and ice and freezing temps are here again.

Spring tried to show herself around here.

Daffodils are up with buds ready to open, trees are starting to grow their buds,

then WHAM!! Winter tells us who is still boss.

These days are perfect sew days. 

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Slow Stitching Sunday

 I haven't done a Slow Stitching post in quite a while. Believe me, there has been some SLOW stitching happening around here.

Case in point is my On The Road Quilt that only happens on the couch.  I am so close to having it complete. The final half hexi row of yellow/orange rosettes are prepared. The final blue hexi and the surrounding neutrals are ready. The side fill in pieces are ready.

I started this August of 2016 and have worked on in off and on since.
I am so excited to have his one so close to complete. I've got a plan in my head for the borders and the quilting. The backing fabric will be here this week. It is #4 on my UFO list for the year. When that number is called, I'm hoping to have it marked off the list already.

NASCAR Daytona 500 is today. I predict I will be sitting on the couch with this in my lap stitching and stitching until the final stitch is in.

Of course sometimes I predict wrong but I have have high hopes.

I can't wait to pull out the rest of the papers!

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Design Wall Monday

On Ringo Lake is becoming a quilt top.

Slowly but surely!

3 long center rows are sewn together.

The 4th row blocks are stacked and ready to assemble.

Eating the elephant one bite at a time.

The Olympics have taken over my TV.

Now I wish I had a TV in my sewing room.

I am soooo very close to working the bottom row of my On The Road Quilt.

I'm only 2 rosettes away from finishing  the last blue row

but I got stalled when I needed more piece neutral hexies.

So I grabbed my neutral scrap bucket and went to work.

I'm not sure how many I have but I'm thinking more than enough.

You know how that works, right!!

Last night I basted all the remaining hexies.

I hope, I might need to make a few more grays and a couple of lavenders 

 but they are easy, 

just cut fabric and baste to the paper.

I'm ready to finish this top!

Bring on the Monday evening Olympics.

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January Pantry Challenge Wrap Up

It was a good month for the pantry challenge. 

I feel like I accomplished what I wanted to.

I have a good handle on what I need, what we use most

and what we are out of. 

I planned to continue into February 

but not as strict as I was in January.

I need to restock some things.

My true test was getting ready for the beach trip.

I normally menu plan for our time there and

I had no problem making a grocery list to supplement what I had.

This time I didn't want to shop.

I wanted to stick to the challenge.

I did really good except I forgot to take potatoes.

So Ernie "had" to go to the store.

His favorite is Jack's Country Store

and always finds a reason to go there.

 And Momma wanted Cinnamon Bears!

The real reason for the beach trip was it was open for clamming.

I didn't go.

I don't like the cold rain and digging in the dark.

So a few more clams have been stocked in the freezer.

I will use any excuse to go to the beach. 😀