Stars and Stripes and Slippers

It's here, it's here...the New Year, 2025!!

I know it might be early to start working on patriotic projects, but hey I was in the mood;)  My original stars and stripes design has been a popular one for me so I hope to have 8 pieced over the winter. These are the first two. These were started on Dec 30th 2024 and finished on January 1st. 

And to continue the blue theme is a pair of hand knit blue and gray slippers. I used a blue 4 ply with a gray sport weight yarn for these. It's fun to mix the colors and see how they come out. These are actually a size that fits me. The pattern is called Grandma's slippers found on Fave Crafts. I only knit on these a little each night as I am in no hurry, it's all for fun.

I started another pair with different yarns in a small size this time.  Lots of people are making plans for projects in 2025, my plan is very loose...do what I feel like and enjoy it!! 

Linking with Friday Linky parties TGIFF, Finished or Not Friday, Beauties Pageant and Off The Wall

 

Pineapple progression

 My blue and green pineapple blocks progressed a bit today. I was going to use this many blocks and then add borders. But after getting it this far I decided I didn't want borders. So I will make a few more blocks to add two more rows. 

It's kinda a miracle I even sewed yesterday as I got sick with a stomach flu on Thursday night and all day Friday I was down in bed. Still wasn't feeling anywhere near top notch but was a bit bored so I decided to try sewing, glad I did as it passed the afternoon while hubby napped, yep he now has it. 

Wishing you all a Happy New Year and I'll see you in 2025!!

Linking with Oh Scrap!, Sew and Tell Monday and Monday Musings

Christmas quick gifts

 Merry Christmas everyone!!  

I needed a couple of quick gifts so I whipped up these two Christmas tree decorations for a couple of neighbor ladies. They seemed thrilled. I found the free tutorial for them HERE.  I did add one more flying geese to each tree, which of course meant longer borders. I did a little stitch in the ditch(SID) around the white and across the bottom of each of the geese and down the middle of the red borders. I braided 4ply red yarn for the hanger. Easy peasy and pretty quick.

For the other gift I bought a kitchen towel and made two of these towels to go over the oven or door handle. I found a You Tube video for these, there are lots of them out there. 

I like how these don't require a button and buttonhole. It's hard to see in the photo how it is hung. HERE

is the video I followed.

Wishing you all a very happy Christmas. We will be heading to my brother and SIL soon. I will leave you with this little video I took during the Christmas light parade we attended recently. And a couple of lighted scenes from the neighborhood.

A short video of how one person decorated their ATV for the parade. 

 Linking with Wednesday Wait Loss, Midweek Makers

Kite blocks

 Yesterday I took a break from the pineapple blocks and started something new. These kite blocks are made using the 12" cube from Accuquilt.  Each kite makes a six inch block and when you put four together it makes a twelve inch block. This makes a fast quilt. 

The die has the dog ears cut off which makes for very accurate sewing.

After picking the background of navy(which photographed as black) with multi colored dots I chose the kite colors.  Shape 14 and 15 from the Companion Angles twelve inch cube make up these blocks.

Accuquilt sale of the day... Use the code below on 12/20/24 only!

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (12/20) -- $50 Off GO! Qube Mix & Match Blocks, Specialty Sets & Companion Sets (Use Code: 50QUBE)  (Affiliate link)

I'll be working on the kite blocks today in between checking out the other links at these parties!   Linking with Finished or Not Friday, TGIFF, Beauties Pageant and Off The Wall

Knitting again

 Just a quick pop in for today.  In the evenings while watching TV I have gotten back to hand knitting more of these slippers. Once in a while during the night when I wake up and can't get back to sleep I will knit for a while to calm my mind. They are called Grandma's slipper from favecrafts. I am using a strand of 4ply Red Heart yarn with a strand of sport weight cone yarn from my knitting machine yarns. It's fun to try different color combinations. 

So this was a first for me, holding the hummingbird feeder in my hand while he came to drink!  It was so amazing, I could hear his flutter and feel the breeze he was making. His neck was a hot pink and I could see some green color on his back and tail.  The video is only 21 seconds, enjoy!

Accuquilt sale for 12/19/24 only...Use code below

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (12/19) -- Free ground shipping on all orders (Use Code: DECSHIP)

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Linking with Wednesday Wait Loss and Midweek Makers

Twelve pineapple blocks

My pineapples have really piled up in the last few days. I now have 12 green blocks done. Here is the first batch that you saw me working on in a previous post. 

And below is the second batch I finished yesterday. I only had a small batch of my green strings with me so there are repeats but I am ok with that as they will be scattered with blue pineapples. Yes I have 10 blue ones made from the summertime sewing. I worked up a design in EQ8 and I only need 10 of each color for a lap size. So I will have 2 green ones for seed for a future quilt;) Not sure if I will go ahead and get these to flimsy stage or take a little break from these and do something else. 

Speaking of pineapples we got a real one for .99 last week and we are still munching on it, so delicious!

Accuquilt sale of the day 12/18/24 only. Be sure to use the code below.

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (12/18) -- BOGO 50% off BOB Dies (Use Code: BOB50)

(affiliate link)

Linking with Midweek Makers, Wednesday Wait Loss

Criss Cross

I have a flimsy! That is what I call a pieced quilt top, it doesn't have batting, backing, quilting or binding yet. The colors are not showing quite right, I tried and tried and it just wasn't getting any better.  This will be a donation quilt for next year, finishing will be later on.  The pattern used is called Criss Cross 3 yard quilt by Wood Valley Designs, a freebie! It measures 41"x 52".

Accuquilt sale of the day--12/16/24 only  and $5 flat rate shipping thru 12/31/24

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (12/16) -- $30 Off GO! Strip Dies (Use Code: 30STRIP)  Strip dies are something I use all the time! My favorites are the 2.5", 2.25" and 1.5" ones.

By using my affiliate link I receive a small commission at no extra charge to you. Thank you to those who use it, I have been using my commission to buy batting for my donation quilts.

Linking with Monday Musings, Design Wall Monday, and Sew and Tell Monday

Green pineapples

 Green pineapple quilt blocks that is. They need a couple more rounds to finish them off. I am using the Creative Grids pineapple trim tool. When I went to trim the third round I thought for sure I wasn't using the right size trim tool, I have the small and large. I only brought the large with me and it didn't look the same as ones I finished this summer. Back to You Tube, after watching a bit more I discovered I had the right size but wasn't lining it up correctly, whew!!  Not the first time this tool had me puzzled but after watching the video it's easy and fun! I plan to piece lots of blocks over the next few months!

Accuquilt quilt daily sale 12/15/24 only...

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (12/15) -- Free GO! Big Die Catcher with Any GO! Big purchase or GO! Big Trade Up (Use Code: CATCHER)

This Accuquilt sale runs through 12/24/24

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS -- $15 Off GO! Dies under $60, $25 Off Dies $60+

Linking with Oh Scrap!

Strings and progress with things

First the progress part of this post...Monday I mentioned I was working with these fabrics.  Today I show you that I made progress on this little quilt. The pattern says to cut into rectangles to make these blocks. I chose to make strips and then cut into the block size. I hope to finish piecing to show you the flimsy on Monday.

Here is the strings part of the post.  I often mention how my string mess collection has gotten out of hand and from time to time I sew up a few more. I'll never get caught up but I'll keep trying:)  I am not sure if I will snowball the corners like I did previously or choose something different.  I sew different width of strings and then trim to make consistent size blocks.  No hurry on these so don't look for a finish for a long long time, it's just a filler type project when I have the time/desire to make a few more.

Accuquilt is having 12 Days of Christmas sales, a new sale every day!  

(I don't normally post every day but I'll try to do that for this sale so you can snag something for yourself for an early Christmas present. Here is the first sale only for 12/13/24...

12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS (12/13) -- Get a FREE Anti-Static Spray ($14.99 value) with $50 purchase (Use Code: FREESPRAY)  (affiliate link-there is no extra charge to you for using this link)

Have a great weekend and don't forget to hop over and get some inspiration at these linky parties--

Finished or Not Friday, TGIFF, Off The Wall, Beauties Pageant and Oh Scraps!

Green for St. Patty's Day

It was a green day in my sewing room lately.  I believe it is not to early to think ahead to coming seasons or holidays. Plus it is always fun to pull out fabrics I haven't worked with for quite a while. Here is what I whipped up...

You all know how much I love working with the 10 degree wedge ruler and you most likely have seen both of these styles I have made before. They are just to fun not to make!!

And just to be a bit different I started with some spring like colors for a donation quilt. You will have to come back to see how it comes out;)

We frequently get deer coming through our yard, these two guys were attacking my pumpkin...

and then they started attacking each other and after several minutes of that this one lost one of his antlers!

Okay back to quilting and off to get more inspiration at these linky parties

Sew and Tell Monday, Monday Musings and Design Wall Monday.

Whether you are shopping for yourself or someone else here is an Accuquilt sale for you

GREEN MONDAY -- Extra 25% Off GO! Dies, GO! Cutters, Qubes, and Accessories (Use Code: MONDAY)  This is from 12/9/24 to 12/12/24

Hearts take two

Two more heart table runners have been taken over the finish line. First up a reversed S swirl.

This is almost a wordless post as I know we are all busy preparing for eating some turkey tomorrow.

And the second one.

Wishing all a very Happy Thanksgiving. I am so very grateful for you, my readers who keep faithfully coming back to read my post and check out what I made and leave me comments, thank you!!  And I am grateful for all the new ones coming from linky parties that stop by, thank you!!  

Here are the Wednesday linky parties I am participating in today.

Wednesday Wait Loss and Midweek Makers

Love is in the air

You guessed it I have been working on some Valentine runners. I have done this style before but I changed it up a bit. This time I used a rectangle and flippy corners for the top of the heart. The checkerboards are cut at 2", the hearts got a little larger than I wanted so next time I will try cutting them 1.75" 

I love the backing I had in my stash. 

And on to the next style of Valentines runner. This also has been made several times. The hearts were cut with the heart die from Accuquilt. 

It's Monday so let's hop over to these linky parties...Monday Musings, Sew and Tell Monday, and Design Wall Monday. 

Hippity Hop

In Friday's post I asked if you could guess what I was working on, two of you got it right! 

It's an Easter table runner.

Well actually two of them. 

I used the same backing for them so they were on the longarm at the same time. Isn't that backing just the cutest with these bunnies.  I did not purchase them to go together nor at the same time.

Saturday was my local longarm meeting, after I got home from that we processed some berries that we had frozen from a while back. We have berry jam, sooooo good!!  The berries included mostly raspberries, others were strawberries, juneberries and a few blueberries. The jam flavor came out as mostly raspberries.

I forgot to show you the apple butter we made a few weeks ago using apples from our tree.

Hope you all had a great weekend.  Will I see you over at these linky parties?

Sew and Tell Monday, Monday Musings and Design Wall Monday.

What am I working on...

Can you guess what I am making?  I should have it done for a Monday post:)

These are finishes from this past week...

This round one with blue snowman and snowflakes was a request from a customer so she could put it out after Christmas for the winter. 

Hope to see you Monday!

Linking with Beauties Pageant, Finished or Not Friday, TGIFF, Off The Wall Friday.