Thursday, August 11, 2022
Witchy Boo
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Is it Tuesday already!!!
Geesh the week has just flown by hasn't it? Each week on Tuesday a bunch of us set goals for the coming week and link up at To Do Tuesday at Texas Quilt Gal.
The goals I set for last week were:
- work on round wedge toppers and reversed S swirl runners- The strip sets are sewn and need pressing. They didn't progress any further.
- work on snowman runners-✅
- Finish four snowman table runners
- Finish two Gnome table runners
- I have lots of photos to take and get the items listed in my Etsy shop
- Start a Halloween wall hanging(maybe)
- Every time I turn around I think of something else that I need to get made up for the shop...nope they might just have to wait another week!
- And as is that isn't enough I am joining Melisa at Pinker n Punkin Quilting for her Autum cross stitch SAL. So I have to get that started and stitch a bit each night. I couldn't resist as I like to decorate for the fall!
Sunday, August 7, 2022
It was a busy week
It was a busy week with lots of fun thrown in. We were in Iowa at the Pyrotechnic Guild International (PGI) fireworks event. Hubby took in seminars while I was content staying in the air conditioning and sewing away in the fifth wheel. Then in the evenings we went to see the fireworks displays, beautiful to see for sure! Three of the nights the public could attend in addition to us PGI members. These displays were choreographed to music. The other nights were for PGI members to watch the competitions of those that built fireworks. A lot of later nights than usual for us!
The weather was something else, hot and humid, yuck! We thought we were going to kayak and bike in between events but we only took in a bike ride one morning. That ride led us into an arboretum, where we saw some lovely posies. I don't know what these purple and white ones are, anyone know?
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Two for To Do Tuesday
I am joining several other bloggers in setting goals and trying to meet them on Tuesday each week.

I decided to use four red string blocks sashed with a black print to spruce up the center of the backing.

- finish piecing the above round wedge toppers and S swirl runners.
- Work on snowman runners
- That's all I can muster up the desire and energy for this week!
Friday, July 29, 2022
Covering the World: One Quilt at a Time
Today I am sharing a quilt I made to donate to my local Crisis Nursery Center. This is in part with Covering the World: One Quilt at a Time. My quilt is made from Island Batik Fabrics and my Accuquilt 2.5" strip cutter and 5" square die. The pattern I used is from Connie who blogs at Freemotion by the River and is called River Squares. This is an easy and fun pattern and it is a free one!
Here is information on this worthwhile cause:
In 2022, AccuQuilt, Moda Fabrics and Baby Lock are partnering in a pay-it-forward campaign called Covering the World: One Quilt at a Time. Moda and AQ staff and designers will be donating one quilt a week, to a charity of their choice, to support this campaign.
Making and donating a quilt is such a rewarding feeling, I only wish I had more time to make more. In the meantime I will do what I can to help fulfill the need.
Linking with, Finished or Not Friday, Peacock Party, Off The Wall Friday, TGIFF
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
A finish for July OMG
Sometimes it is so easy to set aside a project thinking I will get to it later. At the beginning of July I picked a project I needed to finish up. I am glad I picked this little wall hanging that I needed to decide on where to go with finishing it into a flimsy and get it quilted and binding added.
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
My weekly(almost) To Do Tuesday
I have been trying to do a Tuesday goals post each week, however, I missed last week due to our vacation. The week before my only goal was to have fun, and I met that goal head on!!! You can read about that HERE.
Although I didn't have any quilting goals I still was able to finish a few things after getting home. I am back into making up some panels into wall hangings to put in the shop. I feel like I bought this one just last year but I don't know where. At any rate I think it is just a darling panel for any snow lover. So the Joy/Peace and snowmen are the panel.
My goal this week :
- to work with a couple more panels
- make a reverse S swirl runner
- make a round wedge topper
Friday, July 22, 2022
The great outdoors and quilting
Hello my quilty peeps! I hope you have had a wonderful week, I sure did. We have been out camping, ATVing, visiting our son and daughter in law, meeting up with our daughter, son in law, and grandkids to go boating and fishing. What fun we had and memories made.
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Happy To Do Tuesday
Yes I am happy on this Tuesday because I met my weekly goal of quilting and binding two quilts. Both of these quilts are lap size.
Purple is one of my favorite colors, but you might not know it as I don't work with purple much. So this was a treat to make an all purple quilt. These were leftover fabrics from when I was an Island Batik Ambassador the line is Black Pearl. In January, while in Arizona, I started piecing it and made all the pieced blocks chain stitching strip sets. Then sub cutting them and re-arranging them and chain stitching them back together. Oh what beauties, it was such a pleasure to work with purple! And then it set until this spring when I cut the lavender blocks and finally finished it into a flimsy. The quilting and binding happened this week.