Design Wall Monday

This past weekend I was a hunting widow.

My plan was to quilt this quilt.

I started on Friday.

Soccer season is ending.

Some of the kiddos are sick of soccer so they asked to stay at Gramma's house

 Saturday morning instead of going to another soccer game.

I seldom say no.

So  no quilting happened Saturday.

They weren't here all that long but I got sidetracked on other things.

I did work on it for a while on Sunday.

Sunday morning I downloaded a few audio books to listen to while quilting.

This one is called A Spool of Blue Thread.

Hmmm, I'm having a hard time staying interested in it. 

I'll keep listening for a while. 

I hope it gets better.

I love these bags from JoAnn's and have several.

While packing for retreat, I noticed the binding coming off.

So I sat down and sewed all 4 seams.

I can't have my bag falling apart.

I am considering this my mending for the month. 

Halloween was treat day for Bonnie Hunter mystery fans.

Good Fortune is the new mystery.

I pulled some of my reds.

The ones in front are my iffies.

Still not sure even after changing to black and while.

The reds are the only fabrics I've pulled. 

I told myself to get that quilt finished first and then find the remaining fabrics.

I'm trying so hard to be a good quilter!

I'm still working on doll clothes.

This outfit will stay on Clella's doll. 

I need to make a few more shirts before Thursday!

Hmm, quilting and doll clothes.

I can do it! 

So with finishing the quilt and the doll clothes,

I need to get things ready for retreat Thursday.

I can do this.

My string bins are packed, the book and the papers are in the bag.

Everything else is in the rolling cart that houses my Featherweight.

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Quilting? What Quilting?

We had a fun time at the beach this past week.

It was only the 2 of us.

We had our own little Eclipse Party.

Ernie is not one to sit around and crochet or knit or sew like I am. 😏

He does take some time off once in a while to just read.

He loves his westerns and when he gets in to one, he's all in.

Lots more weedeating, chainsawing and chipping took place on the new lot.

Isn't it amazing!

There is still so much more to do.

It's a jungle!!!

He got a pretty good path made for the fence line.

You know what they say about fences making good neighbors.

Mostly it's to keep our dogs in.

I was determined to finish my Virus Shawl.

I started this in December 2016 after seeing a picture on Facebook.

You know what that's like...ooohhh, I must have one of those!

I can't believe I didn't blog about it.

I finished it!  It's so cozy.

I've used it several times already.

I used Red Heart Unforgettable yarn. 

The color is Tidal.

I love the feel of this yarn but it is not one I will use again.

I like a smooth yarn, not one with thick and super thin spots.

I brought 3 pair of my knitted socks that needed a little mending.

I am not a great darner but I got the job done.

No one ever gets that close to my feet to notice where these were fixed. 

Once these was finished, I got busy on my Meandering Vine socks. 

These were last shown here in July.

I was about halfway into the heel flap when I put them away.

I got them out one morning when I couldn't go back to sleep and

finished the flap and the heel turn.

I picked up the gusset stitches later in the day 

and on the way home just put my head down and got through the decreases.

Now it's mindless knitting in the truck for the next trip to the beach.

One day I sewed on my Wild & Goosey blocks.

I now have a total of 25 full blocks.

Each full block uses 4 3" blocks.

It's probably time to figure out how big I'm going to make this one.

It's fun just using what scraps I have with me.

There is not going to get more out of the bin.

Once the bag gets down low, I'll bring more.

But until then, it's the use 'em up game!

So that's most of the news from the last week.

Until next time...

Design Wall Monday

OhMyGoodness, how did Monday get here so fast!

I'm continuing to sew every day.

Whether it's string blocks or hand piecing.

This is the center hexi for Rosette 9 of Millefiore.

Her name is Judy.

I call her the Center of Attention.

I'm still thinking of replacing the center with an orange hexi.

snicker, snicker

This is round 1. 

With six different fabrics, 

it took me a bit of time to figure out which layout I liked best.

I think I changed it 9 different times.

And I haven't started sewing it together yet,

so I could change my mind 9 more times.

I bought a Moda Scrap Bag from somewhere.

It was perfect for this rosette.

I spent quite a bit of sewing time this week joining my rosettes.

I cannot begin to say how excited I am with this.

Once I add rosette 9 and join rosettes 5 and 2,

I'll have a better idea for color balance in the bottom of the quilt.

This has been such a fun, fun project.

Sometimes I have to earn Good Wife points.

Mending is at the bottom of the fun list but

some things have to be done. 

To replace this rain-wear is expensive.

The elastic suspenders have stretched out beyond their usefulness.

The last time he wore them, 

I had to pin the elastic up.

So I bought a pair of suspenders for the good elastic

and replaced them.

I should get extra Good Wife points for this.

The suspenders were wider than the elastic on the pants

and I needed to use the buckle.

So I fought with it and won.

Function or fashion.

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Design Wall Monday

The Hunting Club had it's annual picnic this weekend.

The elk quilt has a new home with our friend JR.

I was almost in tears by his reaction.

Funny thing is, earlier he had thanked me for making "his quilt". 

Imagine our shock when his name was called.

He said he knew he would be taking it home with him,

He's so cute!!!

I am redoing the center block of Rosette 1 for my Millefiore quilt.

The second hexi group for round 2 is being basted.

My sewing machine time was dedicated to mending this week.

Taylor needed her swimsuit repaired.

Those things are so expensive and so cheaply made!

Gramma did a good mend on this one.

There were a few other things that needed attention.

Mending is done for a while!

I worked on block 25 for my Castle Wall quilt.

I've been dedicating some time to these blocks

while I sneak in some Millefiore blocks.

I need to kit up a few more,

this is the last one I had ready.

Grab a cuppa something and

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