Monday Making

For all the hype about the Storm Bomb we were suppose to get, I thought I better grab a quick Saturday morning photo of all the snow we got - before it was gone.  It was a bitter 28 degrees with strong winds though - brrr....  It is May, isn't it?

 

I'll be joining BETH with some Monday Making after taking the weekend away from the machine - housework had to be done.  Please check out the link up for lots of inspiration.  I just love the little blocks Beth has  in progress.

I'd like to get a start on my very large OMG project.  If I can get at least half together and clear the large table - then I can lay out the second half.  Then I'll stack and label rows to play with here and there thru the month until the two halves are ready to put together.  

Stay Safe and Healthy,

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon

Whooping Friday

The last of the minis are finished other than the button eyes need to be sewn on.  That may be my only stitching today as I need to catch up on house work - yea, someone has to do it.

I wish there was more of that black aqua dotty fabric - there was just an inch left of the binding (sweating).

AND here is the empty old broken plastic tote.  After pulling the batiks there wasn't really much left that inspired one last project.  So that was all processed down into the scrap storage system.  They will find new life in another project at some point.

Have you developed this new skill?  I'm taking a couple of days away from stitching to concentrate on a few 'home' necessities.  Some of that is re-organizing the stash/project area with a better working list.  I've whittle down a lot of fabric.  My basics (white, off-white, muslin, black) are just about gone and as a scrap quilter, you need those to marry it all.  Black Kona has been depleted from the market since January - any black quilting fabric for that matter.  It's all making me be a little more creative, but it does add to that new skill.

An update on the 'Corona Village' - trees added and final border.  I have a rough draft of what is planned for this week (yeah, behind on that) and next week - which is the 'pause'.  I have a feeling it will be slow to open and I will work what ever comes into the addition within this piece.  (size - 24" x 25")

This is another reason for a couple days of re-org!  YES more snow for us with very cold temps.  Will it ever end?!!?

Stay Safe and Healthy,
Sewingly Yours,
Sharon

OMG - May 2020

It took me a while to select my goal for May as there is so many things I would like to progress.  But this one is taking space on my little side table that I want to set up my old Singer to dedicate for piecing while the Juki is on the large table for quilting.

The Stars and Ladders for a flimsy

Please be sure to visit the LINK UP - some fabulous projects!

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon 

Monday Making

I am still working out of that old plastic tote and finished up two more table toppers with the Civil War Fabrics.  The remaining strips have been packed up in my stash for a re-visit in the Fall.  This is the Moda Love Layer Cake pattern and comes in three sizes - using layer cake, or charm, or mini charm.  I use the minin charm size to use up those bits.

  
This is the project that Moe was helping to arrange.  Those little, bitty 1" strips that normal people throw away made for some cute tiny 4-patches.  I'm really in love with this one.  But I think I am ready to move on from the CW play.

You see I am down to this mix now, but there are plans for it.  First I pulled greens for my tree row on the Corona quilt and yellows for the new June hop.  There are some strips and pieces of batiks , but I am allergic to those so will bag them up pass them on when able.

The next project cut and ready to chain thru the machine.  Yes, I like to chain it all one right after another,  the challenge not to break the thread until the finish (or sneak a leader/ender in).

This is a block from the Moda Snap Shots QAL - 2015 - all the patterns are still there.  I saved the dog and cat block (in case they disappeared) and in my quest to get all my animal patterns done this year - well, puppy in a basket is ready for quilting.  And there was just enough of that dotty aqua/black (love it) to make the binding.

I am pulling fabrics for the Kitty on quilts - then I can quilt the two and do their bindings right up.

There is still lots of play in that old tote.

Sewingly Yours,
Sharon