Monday Making

I hope to get a few more of these done today.  This is a no rush project and I'll take a break here and there as I assess projects to work on during September.  

We experienced a week of alternating storm days with clear days.  A day to hide and a day to clean up.  The scary part was that the day of the land fall of Hurrican Laura was the 9th Anniversary of the devistation that Hurrican Ireen did to our Valley.  And yesterday we had an F-1 tornado go thru.  With these storms our temps have dropped into the low 70's and even 60's.  It's all a bit of a shock to the system.

 

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Sewingly Yours,

Sharon

A Scrappy Thursday

I did no sewing at all yesterday.  It was a full day in the kitchen processing vegies and getting them into the freezer.  Of course you then have a LOT of pots, pans, utensiles, etc.. that have to be washed up and an entire kitchen scrubbed down.

This was the small pile of fabrics in the little baggy in Mom's bagged quilt and was for a totally different project.

  
There were a lot of blades cut and partially pieced, but no pattern or template so I had no idea where this was going.  Sew - I just stitched them together and will turn this into a pillow top.

The rest of the pieces I will use for this block.  I know it as the Cactus Blossom, but could have other names.  I'm sure I can get 20 blocks from this pile and then can see what is in my stash (I know I have some of this) and get another 5 made as well as add to setting, borders.

My daughter sent me this - she's created a monster.  Hannah learning to use Mom's new super, duper new sewing machine.  I can't wait to see what she is creating here.

We are expecting some really bad storms today, but nothing compared to the Gulf.  My prayers are with all in this huge storm's path.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

OMG - August 2020

I used the August OMG to push for another quilting finish on flimsy stuffed in that (bottomless) tote.  Well, actually that tote has found it's bottom finally.

The goal was to get this scrappy patriotic quilt finished for the Wounded Warriors Winter Games, but that has now been cancelled.  It will be held on for possible 2021 donation.

All the sashing and churns done with a stitch in the ditsh with a free form star inside each churn.

I had used this extra wide on a couple of quilts and had several large pieces from the cut offs.  Those were pieced to make the backing for this.  The binding came from the 'binding drawer' - all the navy blues for a scrappy binding to complete the quilt.

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Sewingly Yours,

Sharon 

The August List Is Empty

I'm happy to say that the August list is completed, but then I am always stumped on what to do as I like to keep to the schedule.  This quilt jumped into the month unexpectantly, but finished.  This is the re-make of my Mom's quilt in a bag.

So glad I bought the whole 'what's left on the bold' of the green as I had enough to use for the back.  This is a much smaller quilt that my Mom likes to make, but I was using what was 'useable' in that bag and not add more to it.

The left overs - cut offs from the backing, about a FQ of muslin, and bits of the two florals.  All of this will get cut down into my barrel scrap system.

The utility quilt was finished off.

The backing was a yardage bag I picked up at a quilt show guild table a couple of years ago.  Just enough with the trim offs either in the string tote or cut down into the barrels.  Glad this one is off the shelf.

The low volumn postage stamp got quilted as well.

I would have liked something more on that light aqua for the back, but with Covid making us use what we have on hand, I used this extra wide chambrey blue.  I have enough of that left to use as a back on a baby quilt.  The binding on this one is the long trims of that gray floral backing from one of last month's quilts.  Yes, using it all up one way or the other.

I have one more quilt that was finished, but will share tomorrow for OMG.  I'm still doing well on getting four quilts completely finished each month for the year.  Next month I think I need to clean up a lot of small projects.  They will help to clear out the batting cut offs and small pieces of backing used up.

We had a horrid 4-hour storm whip thru here.  High winds, lightning that made my nerves peak (along with the furkids), sheets of rain.  I probably will be cleaning up a lot of debri and downed limbs tomorrow.

My prayers are with those who may be in the path(s) of the two hurricanes.  Be safe and well,

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon