bow tie

Bow tie blocks were the 2011 quiltville mystery leader/ ender challenge, and Bonnie's first. She did hers with cheddar fabric, I believe. I wanted something a little brighter. At the time, I had a bunch of scraps that were polka dots, and so, it began.  With the 2022 announcement, I realized I didn't have a great finishing success record. I think 2 out of 12. But, I started all of them. I decided to try finishing one this year instead of starting a new one...... so far. It was an easy choice, start with number one. Remembering my plans is the hard part. And my notes are cryptic, even mysterious. I have 200 + made and I need a few more. Once I went down this rabbit hole, I remembered that they are a lot of fun to make, really. Mine are finishing at 3 1/2 inch squarish. I am hoping for a top this year.

and an easy breezy to boot

 

In the center of this bed are my beets. And they are doing very well. To the right is swiss chard  (yummy), and, to the left, is green beans that are actually purple. I have grown beets before, but, usually, we don't get a good harvest. I think this one will be great.

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Monday Making

design wall monday 

oh scrap

to do tuesday

wednesday wait loss

Therapy for Overactive Thoughts

Our Guild had Mary Huey from Quilting through rose colored trifocals as a speaker. She was a great teacher and resource. I attended her kaleidoscope workshop which I thoroughly enjoyed. But my brain was a little fried, and I had to talk myself into just doing something in my "studio". So I found solace in the mundane.
I sewed a few corner pieces for my dotty bow ties....

chain piecing starts to mend the brain. I ironed and took pictures of my Thistles for forest friends quilt.....

I cut 300 pairs of black and neutral 1/2 square triangles for  Bonnie Hunter midnight Flight....

I used up 4 scrap size pieces of black and 6 scrap size pieces of neutrals until this was all that was left.......

Calm was again restored, and I could go to sleep without visions of kaleidoscope pieces dancing around in my head.

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Fabric, thread, and yarn
and
Needle and thread thursday
and
oh scrap

Progress and smiles

I had a a productive day in my sewing room. My daughter and I used google hangouts to sew together in the afternoon. She lives in Utah, and I live in Indiana, so this is how we have to spend time together. She was working on quarter square triangles that she, Lucy, and I will swap for the leader/ ender challenge. I was working on thistles from fancy forest. I have discovered that I am anti - dyslexic. I can't mirror image without a few rip outs and trying again.  Good thing I am persistent.

I made kits for my dotty bow ties

I made my daily wild and goosey block, but this time, there were four, and I could make the whole block. So exciting to see another finished block. This is block 46. I think I need 48. So I am getting close.

But, the best part of the day, is the sweet voice of my grandson, in the background, singing to himself songs he is learning in kindergarten.

At one point, he was so energetic, that I giggled, and I heard him ask why are you laughing Grandma. And I told him, his singing had made me very happy so much so that it came out as a giggle.
I am still smiling.

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Fabric Tuesday
Fiber Tuesday
Sew Cute Tuesday
Free motion by the river

clean up

We were so blessed to have over 120 people from all over Indiana join us for a day of service to clean up some of the tornado damage. Our church donated chainsaws and wheelbarrows, gloves and goggles and the city asked us to work near the resevoir.  We broke into 3 teams and started to work. The weather was perfect and it was fun to be apart of helping hands.

My husband used the chainsaw

and I was on wheelbarrow duty

There is still so much to be done and people are still trying to figure out what to do. We met several older folks with damaged homes and this is very stressful for them.

I am ready to cut more dotty bow tie blocks

I have cut for the hedgehog, thistle and firefly in the forest quilt I would be lost without the stickers.

And I am trying to gather stuff to make project bags. I want to try both of these patterns.

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sew cute tuesday

Making progress

Today I am working on quilting a customer quilt with big swirls.

and little bowtie blocks from dotty fabric - so cute

I have all the borders on this sweet yellow/ turquoise quilt. I bought this as a kit from Morgansen's in Payson Utah a few years ago.I love the colors. It is called Jax.

I'm linking to Moving it Forward and Monday making