Friday, March 9, 2018

yellow jax quilt

I finished this quilt in time for nice weather outside to take pictures.


I used a soft peach for the back

And I had showed how I was missing 7 inches of binding. I found a yellow floral scrap that wasn't exactly the right fabric but it looks like it is on the quilt. I am so grateful to find anything even close.


 I bought this quilt as a kit while visiting my daughter in Payson Utah. I started working on it while I was there, but it languished. I finished the top in 2016.  This will be a donation quilt, I think.

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Thursday, March 8, 2018

His tool box

Recently, my hubby was permanently laid off from general moters. That meant it was time to bring THE tool boxes home. He is a machine repairman. Over the years, He has found great pleasure in "customizing" his little home away from home. I was fascinated with all the gizmos and doodads.


The black "garage" on top was made from the hard drives of all the computers He found in the trash when many of the engineers left during downsizing.


And it opens to reveal his take away tool carrier.



He found many magnetic gizmos in the trash as well and made use of them to keep important goodies easily accessable.



He created a door for the back part of the box as well from found trash parts.


And it opens. I remember the tv show Batman as a young person. He would say Robin, the right tool for the right job, and then He would produce some magical gizmo from his tool belt. Batman would drool over this tool box....


I love my hubby's fun take on his work, his ability to laugh at the irony, his talents, and his ability to make something from nothing. Let's hope he can do that with money. tee hee



Wednesday, March 7, 2018

motel sewing

I had a sweet set up in the motel in Buffalo New York. There was this perfect table near a great lamp. And the room had it's own iron and ironing board. And, yes, I took my Grand Illusion quilt to sleep under. I really love to sleep under a real quilt.

After a long day and intense conversations, it was exactly what I needed to sit and work on Snow Days. I had the whole bed, too, to spread out the rows as I was assembling them.


As I would piece for it's stitchery, I would soak the block in the little sink to remove the transfer eze.


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Monday, March 5, 2018

March goals

I want to spend March, as part of my one monthly goal working, on my marie webster  quilt again. It needs more hand stitching. I have 4 blocks finished, and I need 12.





I want to do the quilting on my lazy sunday quilt which was a quiltville mystery quilt in Quiltmaker magazine in 2013. This is also part of my mystery quilt challenge that I am doing as part of Jos Country junction challenge


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Sunday, March 4, 2018

stash report March 4 2018

I bought 2 remnants at Joann in Buffalo only because I needed another spool of thread for a project that I took - snow days, and they jumped into my cart. I visited 3 quilt shops in Buffalo, but they were not talky people ( I wanted to know about guilds and groups ) and I didn't buy anything.


Stash report

Fabric Used this Week 11 1/2 yards
Fabric Used year to Date: 115 1/2 yards


Fabric Added this Week: 1 yards
Fabric Added Year to Date: 32.75 yards


Net Fabric for 2018: 82.75 yards used more than purchased.

I sewed 15 min every day this week, even in a motel room.

I had this ( Jax) on the frame before we left for Buffalo and had a chance to quilt it Saturday.


Oh for Heaven's sake... and of course, I made the binding last year and can't find  any scraps.


And I like the texture of free motion daisies.


binding will be my slow Sunday stitching. I love to bind. This is going to be a donation quilt.

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sunday stash at quiltpaintcreate

15 min to stitch at life in pieces



Saturday, March 3, 2018

green in the rainbow

It's March already and time for green in the rainbow scrap challenge at soscrappy.
I do have a bunch of 2 1/2 inch strips I will use for my soul searching quilt.


I have been gone for a week and I only took snow days quilt with me. So the best I could do for Jos Country junction challenge and block of the month, was to cut out and web another block for my Christmas sampler BOM. But progress is progress.




While in Buffalo, we tried to experience local flavors. Most diners and cafes served at a liquor bar as well. This was breakfast at Sopias's. with homemade bread french toast. And yes, they were ordering cocktails at breakfast.


We just had to see Niagra Falls and it is just as spectacular in the winter.



We ate a buffalo treat -chocolate sponge candy too. yum.

and Beef on weck - not a fan




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Friday, March 2, 2018

Am I moving?

One thing great about traveling, is the time in the car to stitch or do any handwork. I have had a chance to work more on my snow days quilt. I took it and my featherweight with me to New York for an explorative trip. My husband has been offered a job in New York with GM, and if he doesn't take it, we have to sever employment with GM. We are too young to go on social security and too old to completely change our life. We are small town people with small town tastes. But we had to give it a try. We have less than a month before we would have to report for work in Buffalo. Very stressful.



 As I piece the quilt blocks, and put them together, I need to add additional stitching over the seams.


I am using tranfer eze for printing the stitching and then it adheres directly to the  fabric. It will rinse off with water.



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