If my block a day project can be believed, it is now February 30th.
I cut all the pieces with my studio cutter. It took a lot longer to pick fabrics than to cut them! I need to decide if I want to cut more or stop here. Decisions, decisions.
Until next time….
One of my goals for the year was to knit one pair of socks every two months. I am a slow knitter! I was t sure I would finish my first pair by the end of February but my trip home fixed that. I started the second sock of this pair last Friday while traveling to Wisconsin. I finished it, except for the binding off, on the trip home. I got it off the needles tonight using Jenny’s super stretchy bind off. You can see a video tutorial on this bind off here.
I started a simple garter stitch dish cloth as it got too dark in the car to work on the sock.
I am linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times here.
Until next time….
This is what I have been up to today:
And those bits are turning into these blocks:
These are for a quilt of valor block swap. I will send 12 identical 12″ blocks and get 12 different ones back. I haven’t done a block swap in years and had forgotten how much fun it can be. I have 8 blocks finished and hope to have the others done and ready to send by tonight.
I used my Accuquilt Studio Cutter to cut my pieces. I used the 3″ finished square, 3″ finished half square triangle, and the 3″ x 6″ chisel dies.
Until next time…
It’s a good thing I was ahead on my daily Shoo Fly blocks before I left town. I stitched the last one that I had cut out before work today. I am still ahead but not by much:
I also got the borders added and the machine quilting done on the wedding quilt. I just have hand stitching on the binding left to do.
I almost have my laundry finished and suitcases empty.
Until next time…
I am on my way back to normal, whatever that is! My mom is doing much better and we are thankful for God’s grace and the prayers of many. It was good to be home with the family during this time.
Now I am working my way back to normal, cleaning up all the messes left behind in a hurry, trying to get caught up.
In the mean time, check out this great blog post that tells a bit about the Quilts of Valor Foundation. Included is a short but wonderful interview with a WW2 vet. You can see it here.
And because a blog post without pictures isn’t any fun, here are a few from our quick trip to WI, all taken with my phone.
And the best one of all, taking my mama home!
Until next time…
I am off on an unexpected trip to Wisconsin to see family. My mom had a heart attack last night and will have surgery tomorrow. It is time to be with family.
I knew today was going to be a long day at work but I wanted to get this little quilt done! Since I finished the blocks last night, the top went together pretty quickly early this morning. Then I layered and machine quilted it. I even got the binding sewon on before I had to leave at noon. I came home for “lunch” and got the hand sewing on the binding done. After getting home for the night, I took the picture.
The top and bottom borders are wider than I would like but I wanted to use this print and didn’t want to cut any heads off! It measures 17 1/4″ x 25.”
Time to get back to that wedding quilt! Until next time…
Today was my day off from the library. Not here! I cleaned the pantry, some closets, and bathrooms. I packed and shipped a box for Daughter #2 who is in the Air Force. After running errands, making dinner and cleaning the kitchen, it was finally time to sew!
I made my daily Shoo Fly block and added it to the others. I am still ahead by a few days.
Yikes! That picture is blurry! Sorry! I also finished the other 4 blocks for my Small Quilt Challenge.
I got a lovely package in the mail from a little online shopping.
I finished knitting my ruffle scarf as well but that picture will wait for another day. Now, I am going to watch a little TV with the family and then read a bit before bed.
Until next time…
Yesterday, DH and I took a little road trip to our favorite outlet store. I was able to finish this sock except for the bind off. I heard about a good stretchy bind off but had failed to take the directions with me to try it out. I hope to finish it later today.
I also cut more pieces for my little ShooFly block a day that I am doing in February.
I joined the Small Quilt Talk Yahoo group. This was started by Kathleen Tracy of The Sentimental Quilter blog. She has written several lovely books such as The Civil War Sewing Circle and Remembering Adelia. The Small Quilt Talk group if set up for the challenge of making one small quilt a month, usually from one of Kathleen’s books. The quilt for February has 5 blocks. I cut the pieces and pieced 4 patches last night:
This morning, I pieced one Shoo Fly and one of the blocks for the little quilt.
Oddly, they are pretty much the same block! Yesterday, I also started quilting the center of Daughter #1’s wedding quilt. My frame is not large enough to quilt the whole thing in one go so I will have to add the borders in a quilt-as-you-go fashion. My dear hubby got me these anti-fatigue mats at Harbor Freight for standing on at the frame.
Notice any problems in that there picture? Here let me show you a close up:
Yep, the batting is too short. Ugggg!!!!!!!! Oh well, this isn’t too difficult to fix. And yes, it is not the first time I have done this! I have about half of the center of the quilt quilted. I hope to have this done and start adding borders tomorrow. The shower is 3 weeks from today so I need to get this done!
Until next time….
Welcome!
This is what we woke up to this morning:
All area schools were closed and the library was too! I so enjoyed my unexpected day off. I worked on loading the wedding quilt into the frame for quilting.
I also did some cooking, cleaning, and knitting. A snow day is nice every once in a while.
Until next time…
