Fall sewing

 Whoa September where did you come from, you sure snuck up on me!!  Are you all ready for the new month? I am sorta I guess, mixed feelings for summer to end, but at the same time I look forward to decorating for fall! One more panel made up.

This is almost an exact duplicate of one I have done in the past which makes for a pretty fast make.

A little bit of a glamour shot;)

With a wall hanging that is not to big I like to attach a split sleeve so that one only has to put one nail in the wall.

Friday one of our grandsons came over and he and I made nine more potato chip blocks and then I sewed them up into a flimsy. I had stacks of 2.5"x4.5" bricks cut, he loves picking out which ones go into a block. I also taught him how to press, we make a good team!  After we were done he and grandpa enjoyed some time together.  After dinner we played some games and we took him home Saturday. 

This week I have two table runners to make for a customer, finish up another leaf runner and make another Scrappy Jack I hope!  What all do you have on your list for the week?

 

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A scrappy day or two

 Monday got off to a great start playing in the blue string and neutral string bags. Long ago I started a green pineapple block with intentions of doing more. The more happened but in blues instead. I will go back and do green some day to combine these into a quilt for donation purposes. 

It was so fun playing with blues, I don't do a lot with blues except for patriotic fabrics so I was surprised at how many blue strings I have! These five blocks were done using the Creative Grids pineapple trim tool. Did I say so much fun!! 

Tuesday got started with more potato chip blocks.  The last batch I did I sent to Kat for the Covered In Love drive.  I had more bricks cut than I used so when there was a challenge at a longarm online group I am in I decided right away to join and use more bricks up. The challenge has very loose rules, we decide how many we want to make and each week we have a check in and have a finished quilt in October. I made these six for this week. I don't know how big a quilt I will end with and it doesn't matter as it is a donation one so I will decide as I go. Today I will get back to the project I started in the last post. 

The first dahlia bloom for this season.  I used to have these beautiful red dahlia's that my mom had given to me. They kept multipling every year and sometimes it was to many to dig each fall so we let some go. A couple years ago we found they molded over the winter storage in the basement, therefore we lost them all. I was sad.  Then I saw our neighbors had the same ones, I begged a couple bulbs from her. She gave me a few more than a couple.

And our red Bee Balm patch, there is some lavender ones in there too, we didn't plant the lavender! 

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Scrap cutting and sewing

Yesterday our youngest grandson came over because he wanted to sew with me and make a campfire with grandpa. He had an idea in his head of what he wanted to make. A small mug rug to give his mom (our daughter) for Mother's Day.  When I asked what her favorite color is these days he says black!  Okaaaay I said, LOL. But after digging in my black scrap bag he found some nice coordinating pieces and I threw in one or two. This is what he came up with, it turned out great, he followed instructions great and was so proud of his finished product. He wants to make a different color today.  

I helped him minimally in between cutting out a lot of red bricks(on top of the container) for the potato chip blocks. My little red pile was pretty low(see in the container). 

There were a few more blocks sewn this week. Actually eight were made this week, four of which I sewed while hubby and grandson were out at the campfire yesterday. They cooked our hot dogs for supper over the fire:)

And now grandson asked if he could sew another mug rug, they are more like a coaster to me, small just enough room for a mug. He might want purple this time.  I told him yes if he helped me first;) He will arrange fabrics for a couple more chip blocks. 

Linking to Oh Scrap, Design Wall Monday, Sew and Tell Monday and Monday Musings.

Scrappy Sunday

For today I hope to make more of these potato chip blocks with my 4.5"x 2.5" bricks that I have been cutting this week. These are the first four blocks which will add up quickly as they are 12.5" each.

It's a way to eat up some scraps quickly.  My piles of cut bricks are growing, the neutral pile is 3" in height. Doesn't sound like much but there are many in that stack! 

Linking with Oh Scrap! , Sew and Tell Monday