Moving Forward

Thanks to the quiltathon weekend, all my border units for midnight flight are finished.

as a matter of fact, all my units are pieced. hooray. There are a gobzillion pieces I have put together a little at a time as an away from home sewing project.

Now it is time to retire this quilt from active duty and find another no brain sewing project to take to my small quilt groups. But I have 576 bonus triangles from midnight flight in purple or blue and neutral  that will be the seeds for scrap crystals. I need 684. that shouldn't take long.
I came up 5 units short for piecing the hourglass blocks for pfeffernuese. on the plus side, at this point, there is no stress over what to do with the leftover units haha.

My En Provence  bright is all ready to start assembly

My civil war version needs the 4 patches and both hour glass units.

There is a final link up at Quiltville for En Provence. There will be so many wonderful, inspiring places to visit and see here

I am linking to:

Making Monday

Moving it Forward Monday 

 Patchwork Times

Main Crush Monday

quiltathon day 2

Judy at Patchwork Times quiltathon day 2 for me. I sewed a few flowers for American Beauty Rose, and I am ready to start laying them on the block. This part has me intimidated.

As a diversion from having to take the next step on Rose, I made some leaves for the Rainbow scrap challenge. At the last minute, last month, I decided to add 2 new quilt starts to the challenge. Maple Leaves and Cutting Garden. so I still have last months leaves to make. I need 9 of them.

I spent some time sewing cheddar onto my midnight flight rectangles , and marking bonus triangles using Bonnie Hunter's bonus buddy. I do love that thing.

While resting. I decided to unknit my sock that had gone terribly wrong. It was risky to take it apart. But, it was either that or start over. If this doesn't work I will start over. problem solved.

I think I caught it all and got back on good footing. Pun intended. I am going to turn the heel yet again.

Pretty exciting day that even included a little fabric shopping ( who me?) and much loved time talking with my daughter via hangouts.

I am linking to:
TGIFF
FInished or Not Friday
WHoop Whoop
Crazy Mom Finish Fridays
Fort Worth Fabric Studio
Patchwork Times

snow = soup

Our first snow of the year. It was so pretty and flakey. It took awhile for it to stick.
SO  soup...
Oh my goodness this is yummy.
copycat Zuppa Toscana


1 lb. Italian sausage-I used a pound of mild spicy sausage

4-6 russet potatoes, chopped

1 onion, chopped
1/4 c. REAL bacon pieces - I cooked the bacon in the air fryer.
 minced garlic to taste
32 oz. chicken broth-I used water and bullion
1 c. kale or Swiss chard, chopped
1 c. heavy whipping cream
2 Tbsp flour

1. Brown sausage in a pan.
2. Place sausage, chicken broth, garlic, potatoes and onion in slow cooker. Add just enough water to cover the vegetables and meat.
3. Cook on high 3-4 hours (low 5-6 hours) until potatoes are soft.
30 minutes before serving:
4. Mix flour into cream removing lumps.
5. Add cream, kale, and bacon to the crock pot, stir.
6. Cook on high 30 minutes or until broth thickens slightly.
7. Add salt, pepper, and cayenne to taste.

I'm thinking of canning this in a base form, And just adding the cream, roux, kale, and bacon after I open the can to eat.

I'm planning a weekend of quilting with Judy of patchwork Times quilt a thon.

I am still working on American Beauty Rose. I tried my hand at the little fiddley pieces. I used an hemostat for  turning, It worked really well.

Today, I expect to start adding pieces to a block background and see if the pieces will work together. I see this as a reproduction quilt, but quiltsmart instructions are more interested in ease of completion. They are recommending that I zig zag the pieces to the block. I think I want to hand stitch. I think I will have more control of hiding the interfacing if I do it by hand.
We will see.

I am linking to:
needle and thread thursdays
oh scrap
patchwork times

I love a quiltathon day 4

I was very good this week and resisted alot of temptation at Missourri Star Quilt Co. I have been sick and it has been bitterly cold, so I really wanted to order something, but didn't. Go me.
I've cut alot of fabric this week, but I am waiting to count it when the projects are finished.

Fabric Used this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Used year to Date:  108 yards
Fabric Added this Week: 2 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 2 yards
Net Fabric for 2017: 106 yards used

While my daughter was here, I grabbed 2 boxes of odd fabric from the attic, and we played the "you pick one and I will pick one" game. 90 yards of fabric went home with her and 18 yards went to goodwill. Her husband doesn't see the fascination with all this fabric. This should help me see better numbers on my stash accounting for awhile. She took some ugly fabric to me and was delighted and giggly.


I bought 2 yards of fabric at quilt expression in Noblesville, In. I really "love" this fabric

I have had to hide my rug hooking project from curious Grandchildren, it will be a sweet pleasure to get it out and start again.

Judy at Patchwork times is having a quiltathon and I have been working on projects for that. I hope to cut my civil war version of En provence for 64 1/2 square triangles.

cut Carolina Chain all finished
turquoise hourglasses all finished
quilt on the frame
en provence 1/2 square triangles for the bright version all finished
purple rainbow challenge blocks nearly done
Christmas all put away
knit the sky is current
still looking for 2 border pieces for my tumbler - they could be anywhere swept up in any bucket ;(

I am linking to:
Patchwork Times
Slow Sunday Stitching
Sunday Stash

quiltathon day 3

4:30 PM
Most of my Christmas stuff has been put away.
 And I am starting the Rainbow Scrap challenge. RSC17 the color for January is purple. I have decided to do Bonnie Hunter Pineapple Blossom for my blocks. I think I will do 5 of each color and I am doing them with 2 1/2 inch scrap strips instead of 2 inches as the pattern suggests. I also want to try using the corner pop tool by Deb Tucker for the corners, to try something new.

oh my goodness there are a lot of wonderful quilts and ideas on think link up  today
my button is in the side bar.

The quiltathon continues at Patch work Times.

All my hourglass blocks in turquoise are finished and ready to mail . I am swapping with my daughter and a friend. I needed 150 divided by 3.

I finished cutting all my pieces for Carolina Chain. I need to label it and send it to the Ufo storage. I don't see me piecing it yet, I just needed to cut scraps as therapy. This is all that is left from 2- 2 inch bins.

I put a customer quilt on the frame and it is ready for the next phase. I longarm in four phases
1. measure and put the quilt on the frame
2. decide thread color, pattern, wind bobbins, thread the machine, baste the edges of the quilt
3. quilt it
4. reward myself - best part

If I try to combine 2 phases, I will procrastinate way too long.
I still haven't found borders yet for the tumbler quilt. sigh....
linky party here

Quiltathon day 2

4:30 pm woohoo all over the cutting is done for Carolina Chain

The quiltathon continues at Patch work Times.
I didn't get much done last night. But I am making an effort today to ignore this nasty cold.
I have cut more 2 inch strips and subcut them for the Carolina Chain quilt- Bonnie Hunter

I have officially finished cutting all the dark fabrics.

And while I rested a bit, I caught my knit the sky scarf up for the last 4 days. There has been way too many gray skies this holiday. Today is sunny but very cold. I don't mind the cold, I just need the blue skies.

There is still no sign of the missing borders for my tumbler quilt- But there is still a huge pile of STUFF on my table.
linking to Patchwork times