Five Shadows

Hello Quilting friends! I had a short week of sewing, only a few star blocks made. We worked at our daughter’s house, and I started a reno project at my own house. I’ll keep that one under my hat for a while, but it might involve getting a Gammill longarm! Wink Wink !!!

Here’s what happened this week -

To-Do Tuesday, July 11, 2023

1. Twilight Stars – will I catch up before the new blocks are shared this Friday? ✔️
2. I have an idea for a Christmas Countdown I’d like to get started on to gift to my grands by the end of November. That means starting two new projects. Hmmm.  ✗

1 Twilight Stars QAL!

I caught up on the first five weeks of the Twilight Stars QAL hosted by Primitive Gatherings. I’m stitching up 6″ finished blocks using Primitive Gatherings 3/4″ Triangle Papers. Each week we make two blocks from the Triangle Gatherings Book and then set the blocks in the star points. I’m using Dapple Dot by Riley Blake for the block & star point design and Joy in the Journey by Dani Mogstad for Riley Blake for the background. I just love the tiny floral print with the Dapple Dot. It’s such a happy combination.

2. Christmas countdown. The Accuquilt die for numbers won’t work for what I have planned, the numbers are just too big. Maybe I’ll think on embroidering the numbers? Hmmm.

I didn’t do any other sewing, but tonight I do hope to sew up some turbans for cancer patients. I said I’d make up a few by my church quilt meeting tomorrow! I better get to it!

I did do one other sewing related thing though. I sign up for the Aurifil Thread Lab at Clothesline Creations in Middlebury, IN which meets once a month for the next six months. We had our first Lab today!

We received a box full of goodies including Aurifil’s Swatch Book. Aren’t those colors gorgeous!? We have a little project to make with the spools of threads pictured. I’ll be showing that maybe by next week if I get it completed. Each month a different instructor will present a project in her specialty. It’s going to be fun! It’s not too late to join in if you are interested in learning about all Aurifil has to offer in threads.

On to my daughter’s house -

Here’s where we left off last week – framing in a closet.

Here it is with drywall installed.

And mudded! It looks splotchy because mud is drying. What a difference! Priming soon! Then after painting, shelving will be added.

That’s it for this week. How was your week for quilting and crafting?

To-Do Tuesday, July 18, 2023

1. Turbans! Hope to get to a few tonight.
2. Meeting with Church sewing group tomorrow, Wednesday.
3. Friday some friends and I are going to the One Stop Shop Hop in Wabash, IN. I’ve got a shopping list!
4. Friday is also the day Primitive Gathering announces the next two blocks to be made for Twilight Starts QAL. Looks like busy weekend sewing ahead for me!
5. Aurifil thread project.

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

Happy Independence Day to my USA quilting friends!

Here’s how my week went and also photo updates of my daughter’s house.

To-Do Tuesday, June 27, 2023

1. I received a box of 36 t-shirts just before we left on our trip. I’ll start making three t-shirt quilts from them for a customer.  ✔️
2. Quilt Block 13 of my PUP quilt.  ✔️
3. Thursday I meet with my quilting group. I plan on taking along the EPP Owl. ✔️

1. T-Shirt quilts

33 t-shirts have been trimmed to 16 1/2″ square. And then sleeves were cut and pieced together to make the 12th block for each of the three quilts. Above is the layout for one of the quilt tops and the sashing for this quilt. The three quilts will all have different sashing. These shirts are showing a big Chicago Bears and Cubs fan!

2. Quilt Blocks from my Previous Unfinished Project – PUP! I not only quilted Block 13 but moved on to a few more blocks.

Block 13 – 12 1/2″ square, quilted using Sew Steady/Westalee Design templates Spin-E-Fex and Spiral templates.

Block 14 – 6 1/4 x 12 1/5″ as a whole cloth, no piecing. Here is a close up of the design as it doesn’t show up well on this print I selected for the filler blocks. This used the Spinning Wheels template for the flower petals.

Block 15- 8 1/2″ square, I messed up this design and decided to just stop at this point. It’s not supposed to be oblong, and I’m not ripping out. Templates used are the Arc and Spin-E-Fex.

Block 16 – 8″ x 8 1/2″ – this is what is called a TempLee block. The top fabric has fusible like Heat N Bond Lite attached and then is layered with a ‘peeker’ fabric. The design is quilted and then the top fabric cut away to reveal the peeker fabric. I like it! Spin-E-Fex template was used for the quilting design.

3. EPP Owl

I didn’t get far, third row is started. And my owl will be facing the opposite direction. Hmm. That seems to happen to me a lot. It still works though!

On to my daughter’s house!

She’s got her bathroom tiles in place. Next up, grout.

The beginning of the priming paint!

In the smallest bedroom, a closet in the eves is being remodeled.

Drywall now in place. One more coat, sanding, and then ready for primer.

This dead space in the eves was opened in main bedroom to create a closet like the one above.

That’s a lot of progress!

This coming week’s list -

To-Do Tuesday, July 4, 2023

1. Continue with T-Shirt Quilts!
2. Wednesday sewing group at church – not sure what I’ll be working on.
3. ??? Maybe I’ll sew up & quilt more blocks from my PUP.

Happy quilting all! That’s it for me this week. Time to get cracking on the t-shirt quilts!

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

We are back from our quick trip to TN to visit with friends and then spend a few days in the Smokie Mountains with some of our family.

I’ll share a few photos, just know Hubs didn’t take along his camera equipment so photos are a bit lacking.

To-Do Tuesday, June 6, 2023

1. Hubs and I are taking a short break from house reno to visit friends and family for a few days.
2. But first, Wednesday sewing with church group
3. I’m taking the Owl EPP along on our short trip.

1. Tennessee Trip!

Mama bear and her 4 cubs walking across the street. FOUR cubs! Isn’t that cub standing on its hind legs just the cutest! We saw 9 bears in just three days. That’s more than the total I’ve seen in our many trips to the mountains. Sadly, I think it is because humans are building in and destroying their natural habitat. I hope they survive.

We had a beautiful clear day to walk up to Clingmans Dome. I didn’t get any photos. And family has not yet shared theirs with me. Then rain came in over night. The next day clouds were blowing in over the mountains. This photo is from Newfound Gap. I loved watching the wispy clouds  moving through the mountains.

Just a fern growing along a rock. Didn’t ID which fern this is – there are so many plant varieties in the Smokies!

One of my favorite things to do in the Smokie Mts is find waterfalls! This is Mingo Falls in Cherokee, NC. Hubs and I visited Mingo in December 2017, it was a chilly walk with ice on the path. We wanted to see Mingo again in the Spring. Well worth the drive over the Smokies to the NC side. Plus Elk, you see elk along the way. Again, no photo.

2. At my church group sewing day before our TN trip, I tried sewing on one of the group’s sewing machines. It had the wrong bobbin in the case. After changing out the bobbin and rethreading, I still could not get it to work. So off to sewing machine spa it goes. Other than an hour or so of chatting, I didn’t accomplish anything!

3. I didn’t touch the Owl EPP on our trip. We filled our days with hiking and enjoying family. Plus the lighting in the cabin was not good for hand work.

No change, same photo as last week.

We are back home, and kind of back to normal. We visited daughter #2 at her farmer’s market booth today.

I bought this lovely bouquet plus spring salad mix, bok choy, radishes, & cilanto. Yummy meals coming!

How was your week?

To-Do Tuesday, June 13, 2023

1. Sandwich and quilt anniversary quilt!
2. Daughter’s house – finish sanding drywall mud.
3. Other quilting?

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

We are staying busy at our daughter’s reno house. Sanding drywall might be finished up today! Hubs and I are not planning on doing the painting. I think she should have a painting party with her friends. Maybe I’ll take pizza over. Tee hee!

Here’s a few photos of projects going on there and a bit of sewing/quilting at my house.

To-Do Tuesday, May 30, 2023

1. I’m keeping daughter’s house at the top of the list. Dry wall mudding is the chore of the week.
2. Make headway on Anniversary quilt!
3. Friday is quilting day with friends. I hope to alter two t-shirts with a friend’s help. The shirts have ‘flutter’ sleeves that I just do not like.    And I’m taking along an EPP project, handwork.

Screws and glue are used to pull and hold the plaster to the lath foundation. Once the glue has dried, the round white discs are removed. Daughter has done all the ceiling repair.

Dry wall mud fills in the holes and cracks. Isn’t that an improvement!? This will be sanded. Then it’s ready for paint!

All the sanding should be completed today.

Daughter is learning how to install a tile floor. Looking good! I like the tile and design she decided to use for her bathroom floor.

2. Anniversary quilt

Label is made and back is purchased and stitched together. That’s as far as I got, no sandwiching or quilting.

3. My friend talked me into leaving the flutter sleeves on the t-shirts. Easier for both of us, ha ha!

New EPP

I won this Barn Owl EPP pattern a few years ago. It’s my current evening handwork project. But I’ve not worked on it much in the evenings! It is also my take along project. It’s going with me today to my quilting group. Hostess says she has cheese, crackers, and wine for us! As you can see, I’m doing the background in greens. The owl I will do in browns.

Other quilting -

The last of the braided table runners is made and ready to gift today. I taught this at a retreat back in 2012 I believe. When digging in my sewing room for something else, I came across fabric left for 4 kits for the runner. I decided to finish them up as gifts. This one goes with me today to gift to one of my quilting friends.

So you can see, not much is happening right now in my sewing/quilting world.

Here’s this coming week -

To-Do Tuesday, June 6, 2023

1. Hubs and I are taking a short break from house reno to visit friends and family for a few days.
2. But first, Wednesday sewing with church group
3. I’m taking the Owl EPP along on our short trip.

I hope you all have a lovely week.

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

Family, sewing, quilting, and house reno. That’s my life now.

Here’s my list and what happened this past week -

To-Do Tuesday, May 23, 2023

1. As Hubs works on drywall finishing at daughter’s house, I hope to get going on stripping the wood trim that was removed from bedrooms to update electric. Drywall ✔️
2. Sandwich three baby quilts and anniversary quilt. ✔️ – kind of 2 out of 4
3. ??? Guess I’ll see which way the wind blows again this week in my sewing world. I really should get started on quilting the anniversary quilt.

1. Here are a few photos of what’s happening at the house

This might not look like much of a difference from last week’s photo but this is the second layer of drywall mud. Ready to be sanded before applying the last coat of mud. The mudding might just be finished this week through out the house!

Frame for tub was built, and tub set in place.

Bathroom floor tile. Daughter playing with layout.

This is how you fix ceilings with cracked plaster. It looks like a mess now, but will look brand new soon!

My plans to start stripping woodwork was vetoed. I’m just barely keeping up as the clean-up crew and go-fer! I do what I’m told to do! Ha ha!

2. Sandwich quilts.

My Daughter in Love has been learning to quilt. She did such a beautiful design recently on a charity quilt that I asked if she would be willing to quilt the Trip Around the World Variation. She said yes! And here she is doing a large floral design at my Baby Lock Tiara III.

And here is my daughter straight line quilting the giraffe quilt for her coworker. It was well received at the party.

Sorry for the lousy photo of the finished Giraffe baby quilt. Daughter was flying out the door with it for the party. It finished up at 35 1/2 x 47 1/2 inches. Bound in Moda green grunge. I don’t remember which thread she use for quilting.

Two quilts completed.

3. Today I bought fabric for the back of the anniversary quilt. So I hope to get moving on that one soon.

The other project I worked on was making a tote for storing my large Clammy Rulers,

A t-shirt came with the ruler order but I ordered a size too small. I figured I could cut it up and use in the design of the tote. So here she is. Another circle design with the quirky saying from the t-shirt. Now all my Latifah Saafir rulers and patterns are stored together in this tote.

To-Do Tuesday, May 30, 2023

1. I’m keeping daughter’s house at the top of the list. Dry wall mudding is the chore of the week.
2. Make headway on Anniversary quilt!
3. Friday is quilting day with friends. I hope to alter two t-shirts with a friend’s help. The shirts have ‘flutter’ sleeves that I just do not like. And I’m taking along an EPP project, handwork.

House renovation – Reno is moving along at our daughter’s house!  Pictures below! In my sewing world, I actually did get more sewing done than I thought I’d get to this week.

Here we go -

To-Do Tuesday, May 16, 2023

1. Daughter’s house!  ✔️ Playing in mud!
2. Labels – I really need to get those done.  ✔️ One made. One designed.
3. Wednesday, meeting with church sewing group. ✔️
4. ???  I guess I’m tired and just don’t know what I’ll get to the rest of this week. ✔️I found a few things to work on.

1. Daughter’s house!

This might not look like much to you – first coat drywall mud is up through out the house!

Here’s the bathroom. And look! subfloor installed! Daughter plans to lay the tile herself.

First coat of tape and mud! If you look back through my posts, this is the wall shared with the attic steps. It’s looking so good! I think this will be the reference wall for the reno moving ahead.

2. Labels – one made and attached to the quilt. Quilt is bound and washed. Ready to gift.

(Not showing label for privacy) Trip Around the World, quilted, bound, backing and binding shown in photo. Quilt is 63″ x 65 inches. Quilted with Omni Superior Thread.

3. Church group. We finished 8 more heart pillows for cancer patients. One gal worked on quilting, and another worked on a binding. I cut out jersey knit for turbans. We had a nice time visiting during our 2 hour meeting.

4. Sewing did happen!

This is what I’ve done with the Granny Square blocks. Appliqué center surrounded with Granny Squares, 2″ cream border, 6″ border of 9-patches and cream fabric. The blocks are all made with squares leftover from the Trip Around the World quilt above. Top is 62″ square. This will be a 50th Wedding Anniversary gift.

I stitched up another circle quilt top using Latifah Saafir’s Clammy Ruler technique.

Daughter likes this one as a baby quilt for her coworker and says she will quilt it. The center is a Charley Harper print. I’ll get it sandwiched for her this week. Binding is made.

I pulled out a pieced table runner to quilt, and darn if I didn’t flip the back and had to do some ripping out.

Here she is quilted and bound and ready to gift. Note the Lilly of the Valley in this photo. I love the scent of these flowers and fill my house with them during their short blooming season.

That’s it for this week.

To-Do Tuesday, May 23, 2023

1. As Hubs works on drywall finishing at daughter’s house, I hope to get going on stripping the wood trim that was removed from bedrooms to update electric.
2. Sandwich three baby quilts and anniversary quilt.
3. ??? Guess I’ll see which way the wind blows again this week in my sewing world. I really should get started on quilting the anniversary quilt.

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

Another week flies by! Sunday was Mother’s Day here in the United States. Some of my family picnicked with Hubs & me at a state park. We went on a hike, and played at the playground. It was a nice day, somewhat cloudy with the high of 68F.

I hope you all had a good week, and if celebrating Mother’s Day, I hope you enjoyed the day!

Here’s how I did on my list -

To-Do Tuesday, May 9, 2023

1. Continue on daughter’s house!  ✔️
2. Back for Trip Around the World variation quilt. And quilt it! ✗
3. Stitch applique in place for the Granny Squares quilt.  ✔️
4. Create labels for two quilts.
5. I’ve been asked to make 3 t-shirt quilts by the end of May. I don’t have the t-shirts yet but hope they are delivered this week and I’ll get going on those! – Still don’t have the t-shirts.

1. Daughter’s house!

Third bedroom. Before -

Another wall came out. While pulling out the closet walls, our daughter decided to work on the bedroom wall as well. Apparently all the wall paper, several layers of paint and more wall paper and paint was what was holding up the plaster! So down came the wall in the bedroom and in hall going up the attic steps.

After

Drywall up! And in closet too. What a difference a little unfinished drywall makes!

The attic side is completed too. And the wall is insulated.

Mudding is next.

2.  Trip Around the World variation, I didn’t work on this quilt at all.

3.  Granny Squares quilt

The appliqués I cut out last week are all stitched in place! I used a blanket stitch for all the appliqués.

Oops look what I did! I missed stitching a flower center. And the top got flipped under into the way. So I had to rip out the stitching and start again.

Applique completed! and Granny Squares stitched on. This quilt will get more borders.

4.  Create labels – nope.

5.  I don’t have the t-shirts yet, so can’t work on the quilts.

So that’s my list from last week. But ya know, there is always something else to work on. Dear Daughter asked if I’d make two baby quilts, one for a long time friend, and one for a co-worker.

For a jungle theme quilt I pieced 36 – 5″ charms from a Jungle Paradise pack I had on hand. Then using Latifah Saafir’s Clammy Ruler I cut out a circle from the background piece, and cut the pieced section into a circle and stitched them together. This went together so easily! Look Latifah up on Youtube for instructions. Top is 35 x 43 inches.

The second is a panel by Penny Rose Fabrics called This & That. I just added the polka dot fabric to widen it. Top is 36 x 43 inches. DD says she will do the quilting for both quilts.

And for this week -

To-Do Tuesday, May 16, 2023

1. Daughter’s house!
2. Labels – I really need to get those done.
3. Wednesday, meeting with church sewing group.
4. ???  I guess I’m tired and just don’t know what I’ll get to the rest of this week.

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

Daughter’s house is moving along, as you will see in photos below. That’s the big news for now!  I only did a bit of stitching in my sewing room this week. Not much, but some!

To-Do Tuesday, May 2, 2023

1. Daughter’s house – guess it should go at the top of the list now that we are hanging drywall.  Drywall up makes it look so close to finished! Which is deceiving, as there will still be so much to do. But once it’s finished, painting!  ✔️
2. Sewing with my church group Wednesday morning.  ✔️
3. Granny Square quilt – keep at it.  ✔️
4. Hand work at night – hexies for now.  ✗
5. Backing for Trip Around the World variation quilt. ✗
6. Sew Clammy Tote.  ✗
7. Sew Featherweight Embroidery borders so it can be framed.  ✗

Stuff happened!

1. Daughter’s house

Main bedroom – south wall ready for drywall.

West walk is also ready for drywall. Hubs peeking into room.

Drywall up. Not mudded. But doesn’t that look great!

Tada! Another wall up! And not photoed is the drywall up in the second bedroom. It’s been a productive week!

2. Wednesday morning sewing group – oops forgot to take photos! We worked on stuffing heart shaped pillows for cancer patients. Delivered 15 quilts to hospice, and other misc diddly jobs completed.

3. Granny Square quilt. So, my ideas for this quilt keep evolving.

Latest thought -create a basket of flowers for the center.

Something like this. I cut out the appliqués on a friend’s accuquilt cutter this morning. Currently playing with layout.

On to this week -

To-Do Tuesday, May 9, 2023

1. Continue making headway on daughter’s house!
2. Back for Trip Around the World variation quilt. And quilt it!
3. Stitch applique in place for the Granny Squares quilt.
4. Create labels for two quilts.
5. I’ve been asked to make 3 t-shirt quilts by the end of May. I don’t have the t-shirts yet but hope they are delivered this week and I’ll get going on those!

Between working at my daughter’s house and working on the t-shirt quilts, I might not be getting anything else completed this week!

I hope you all have a good week! Happy stitching and enjoy the great outdoors!

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

Happy May!

So, this week didn’t actually go according to plan. I know I did stuff, but what exactly is questionable. Ha ha!

To-Do Tuesday, April 25, 2023

1. Create back for Trip Around the World variation.  ✗
2. Clean house – it’s been neglected for too long.  ✔️
3. Featherweight embroidery – finish it up, buttons and border for framing.  ✗
4. Figure out something for evening handwork – hexies? Hmm. Maybe? 
5. Daughter’s house – wish I could say the end is in sight!  ✔️

What I did and didn’t do -

1. I didn’t work on a back for Trip Around the World. But I did start a new project from the leftover squares. More on that in a bit.

2. Clean house. Mostly accomplished! My bedroom and bath got a major deep clean and sure does look nice! I hope it can stay that way for a while! The other bath and half bath also got a cleaning. Kitchen, dining room, foyer, bathroom floors all got a good scrubbing including the grout in my bathroom floor. Just about the only think still needing attention is dusting the living room and changing out winter decor quilts for spring. All boring stuff I know, but with working on my daughter’s house reno, my house maintenance has been neglected.

3. I didn’t touch that cute Featherweight embroidery.

4. I’m sticking with the hexies for now for evening stitching. And I didn’t get far on them this past week. I’m feeling kind of burnt out on them, yet didn’t dig anything else out to work on in the evenings.

Hexie designs will be added to a background fabric to make mug rugs. I’m aiming to create three to gift to quilty friends.

5. Daughter’s house has insulation in! And also drywall installation has started!

This was once a bathroom! Floor was rotted. The whole room was gutted top to bottom.

Look! New floor joists covered with new subfloor! Plumbing and electric in! Insulation! And not photoed yet, yesterday drywall started to go up! People! This is major progress! And so exciting to see!

Here’s what I did work on that was not on my To-Do list.

1) I started making 9-patches with 2 1/2″ squares left over from the Trip Around the World quilts.

Then they evolved into Granny Squares.

I’ve got 10 finished blocks of the above color way. I think I’ll do a basket of flowers in the center of the quilt and place Granny Squares around it. Then figure out what to do with the 9-patches. No pattern, I’m just playing and building the quilt as I go.

2) I mentioned the Giant Clammy Experience hosted by Latifah Saafir in my last post. Registration is closed, the first online class was yesterday, May 1st. I watched the class and pulled fabric for the first project which is a tote to hold the rulers.

Floral canvas with a mottled red for the lining.

3) Yesterday Hubby and I hung the first pieces of drywall in our daughter’s house! We started in the bathroom. I didn’t get a photo as I had to leave to pick up grandkids from school. Next week there will be more photos of the progress.

Here’s this week’s list -

To-Do Tuesday, May 2, 2023

1. Daughter’s house – guess it should go at the top of the list now that we are hanging drywall.  Drywall up makes it look so close to finished! Which is deceiving, as there will still be so much to do. But once it’s finished, painting!
2. Sewing with my church group Wednesday morning.
3. Granny Square quilt – keep at it.
4. Hand work at night – hexies for now.
5. Backing for Trip Around the World variation quilt.
6. Sew Clammy Tote.
7. Sew Featherweight Embroidery borders so it can be framed.

I’m being very optimistic here! I might end up helping with drywall more than sewing/quilting this week. Maybe I’ll surprise myself and get to play in the sewing room! Here’s hoping!

I hope you all have a great week in your sewing room/studio. Or garden! It is that time of year here in the USA!

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.

What a week! We did have a Blessed Easter, but not the way we expected. I missed Good Friday service because my daughter called saying she had a nasty cut on her ankle. She thought it might need stitches and her husband was not home. Also, she does not do well with blood! Could I look at it and take her to Redimed? Mind you I live 35 minutes from her. We Face-timed and yes, I thought it would need stitches. So hopped in the car, got her to Redimed 15 minutes before they closed. She was the only patient, and yes she did need 3 stitches. Plus splinters removed. The DR was very nice. I had said sorry for keeping him late on a Friday night, and he said he didn’t mind when it was someone who really needed assistance.

Easter Sunday plans changed again as our son and two of his family were sick. I took my granddaughter to church, Hubs picked up lunch for us, and we had a fun afternoon with multiple eggs hunts in our yard. I think granddaughter would have gone on for hours with us hiding eggs again and again! When we took her home, we thought/hoped her brother would be well enough for a little egg hunt in their yard. Nope. Poor fella. He figured out quickly which eggs had something in them, and bypassed all the rest. After picking up just four eggs said he was done.

Basically, it was the quietest Easter Hubs and I have ever celebrated. Instead of potentially 14 of us, only three of us. The rest of family was traveling or had other plans, or sick! Poor daughter with stitches did make it outside for a bit, using crutches, to enjoy the sunshine.

In my sewing and quilting world -

To-Do Tuesday, April 4, 2023

1. Quilting Trip Around the World  ✔️
2. Pieced border for the Featherweight embroidery. ✗
3. Wednesday – sewing with women’s group at church – heart pillows for cancer patients. ✗
4. Spring Break – granddaughter is to visit for a quilting lesson. ✔️
5. Daughter’s house – not sure when I’ll fit getting over there this week. Hubs is staying busy there finishing up rewiring. Porch lights are next. ✗

1.  Quilting Trip Around the World. Last Tuesday I met up with two quilting friends for lunch. And then headed over to one friend’s home to load the quilt on her longarm. I only had the afternoon for quilting.

Loading the longarm.

Last pass, as I forgot to take pictures during the quilting.

Friend Ruth, who invited me to use her longarm, holding up quilt.

As a reminder, this is the first ever quilt pieced by my friend, Janie. She pieced it while visiting from TN. Then she left it for me to quilt for her. As you can see I did an all over large meander with occasional loops. All free motion. I hope Janie will like the simple quilting. If I’d had more time and experience with a longarm I would have liked to have done something more intricate. Binding is ready to attach.

2. Pieced border for the Featherweight embroidery.

I did have time to piece the HST, but not sew them together or attach to the embroidery piece.

3. Wednesday – sewing with women’s group at church. This didn’t happen. Canceled due to severe weather predicted that didn’t materialize here. A tornado did pass through 30 or so minutes south of us, but didn’t touch down.

4. Spring Break – granddaughter is to visit for a quilting lesson.

My DIL and two grands only made it over one day for sewing. Here’s the run down of what happened.

My DIL FMQ -

She quilted this top, I don’t remember the name of the pattern, I think it came with the layer cake.

She did cross hatching, ‘v’s and stippling with little loops. All FMQ, love her creativity!

Look at her large FMQ flower in the center of the quilt! Love it! If I’m counting right, this is only her 4th quilt to FMQ! Talent! (Maybe I should have had her do the quilting on Janie’s Trip Around the World!) Quilted with Variegated gray 40 weight Auriful thread.

Granddaughter

She picked out this house quilt pattern last Fall when we also bought the fabric and cut the pieces out.  Pulling it all out, she got the strips sewn together for the house chimneys. Then she was done. This might just take a while!

Grandson

I think he wanted to sew because Mom and sister were doing so. We picked out a charm pack and all he got sewn together was four little squares! Lost interested quickly. I think I’ll be finishing this one with out him.

5. Daughter’s house – Hubs has been working on getting the electric finished up for the next inspection. I was only over there one day. I had lots of construction debris to clean up. Plus helped Hubs pull through the last two wires for three-way switches. At this point, I really don’t know what is next.

And now this week -

To-Do Tuesday, April 11, 2023

1. Trim and bind Trip Around the World.
2. Piece border for the Featherweight embroidery.
3. Decide on a project for evening handwork.
4. Land on some other project – old or new?
5. Daughter’s house. Her goal is to be in the end of this month. Hubs and I don’t think that is very realistic. She wants to move in while construction is still happening. I’ve experienced that, and don’t recommend it!

Linking to To-Do Tuesday hosted by Carol of Quilt Schmidt.