Pink Quilts

I’m happy to say I got these three done:

I did the quilting and the binding on all three. The top one has been on my to-do list for a while, and I have several more to do for this customer.

I have been so overwhelmed lately; I’m in one of those cycles where I have more to do than time in the day to do it. I did get all the placemats dropped off at Meals on Wheels. 

They were happy to get them, and that’s one thing off my list. I have a few more guild things to attend to, but it will have to wait until next week or the week after. I am leaving for Houston tomorrow to attend the international quilt festival. Betty and I have a hotel reserved close to George R. Brown. We met yesterday to finalize who is bringing what—we are both getting excited. We stay in a hotel with a complimentary breakfast, and we both bring easy supper foods to share like salads or sandwiches. That way, we only have to buy lunches, and it keeps the cost down for both of us. I didn’t realize how much I was looking forward to the trip until we started talking about the logistics. When I get back, I have a long line of quilts to finish for other people, and I want to take a couple of my quilts to Yorktown to enter in the Western Days quilt show. My mom has scheduled herself for a surgery in Sugarland on the 14th, and I will need to take her and bring her home the next day. I truly need more hours in my days.

More Progress

I’m so happy I got the Boys of the Bible completely finished, binding and all. 

It’s so large I couldn’t get a very good picture of it. It is 106” x 110”. Betty and I took it to my church yesterday, and I filled out the paper to get it in the live auction. I hope it does well! I thought I had taken a picture of the back, but I must be mistaken about that. Oh well. 

I have 93 placemats ready to donate to Meals on Wheels. I am scheduled to take them tomorrow. 

They were made by quilt guild members, and I think we did well on how many we got made. 

Today I am taking my stepdad to Corpus Christi to a VA appointment. I’m still not clear on why he can’t do it here; sometimes I think he just accepts whatever they tell him and doesn’t push back much. It will be a long day for both of us I think.

Tuesday Newsday

Okay, the title is corny, but it rhymes! Sometimes coming up with a post title is the hardest part. I worked several hours at Connie’s shop on Saturday sewing poppy blocks. 

Poppy Challenge - 12 Hour - In Store 

I worked until my back started hurting—there were 9 or 10 of us there, and we got close to 100 blocks done. I think I went home around 5pm. That was enough for me! 

I got a cortisone shot in my hand about three weeks ago, and I have been crocheting a lot since I’m no longer in pain.

The orthopedist set up an appointment to come back in 30 days “just in case”. At the rate I am going, I will definitely need another shot. I wish the shots didn’t hurt so much! Anyway, we have our fall festival at church in October, and I had some requests for dish cloths and dish scrubbies. Here are some of the dish cloths I have made:

I have been taking yarn and a hook everywhere I go, and I think I have misplaced a few of them, but I think they will turn up eventually. I had a doctor appointment yesterday, and while I was in the exam room waiting for the doctor, I was able to do four or five rows. I am enjoying filling the time that I would normally be scrolling through my phone. 

I also had a request for the dish scrubbies. Somebody just shoot me. They are not fun. I have made six so far. 

The tulle doesn’t slip, like the yarn, and I ended up tugging on it a lot. It’s not relaxing at all. I have found I can get three scrubbies from one spool of tulle. 

I’m still working on binding quilts during my regular work hours. I have gotten a few done and should be able to get some pictures soon.

Here’s a random thought: I get reels that come through my feed on Facebook and TicToc of large women stuffing themselves with high calorie foods. I mean they are cramming big bites into their mouths and chewing while they look into the camera. Is this a trend now? Does anyone else find it repulsive? I mean, this is unhealthy behavior—why are we glorifying it? If you know why this is becoming popular, please let me know because I don’t get it. 

Charity Quilting

We had a quilt guild meeting Thursday. Actually, there was no meeting or program scheduled, but we already had the meeting place reserved, and we had planned to make it an open sew, work on what you want day. Connie (the shop owner who is collecting quilts for the Central Texas flood victims) called someone in the guild and asked if we could help with binding the quilts they are sending. Yes! We picked up what she had and were finished by around 1:00 pm. Here is a small stack that was finished when I took the picture.

I took one unfinished one home to work on and finished it up yesterday. 

It has signature blocks in it: 

Yes, it does say 2013.....I have some opinions about that, but I will try and keep them to myself. I am going over to Connie's shop later today to help put some of the poppy blocks together. I have some grandkid stuff going on, so I can't do all day, but I'm sure even a couple of hours will help. 

Oh! The weatherman didn't tell us the truth this week. We were supposed to get a cool front, but as far as I can tell, it didn't happen. When I got up yesterday at 5:00 am, it was 74, not 69, and by mid-afternoon, it was in the 90's. 

Any cool weather would be a relief. We did get some rain Wednesday and early Thursday, so I will have to be satisfied with that. 

I started the quilting on the Boys of the Bible quilt that I want to donate for the church auction. 

It is absolutely huge! The masculine colors are nice for a change. I also got a pile of binding made!

The shorter pieces are for potholders. 

Now I am going to pat myself on the back a little. I finally figured out how to remove the “Samsung” watermark from my phone camera! It had showed up during on the many updates they push, and I hadn’t taken the time to look around in the camera app and see where it was hiding. I finally found it and got if turned off. Here’s a pic with no watermark:

My elderly boy. ❤️🐕‍🦺 Don’t you love the senior dogs? 

Block of the Month

I signed up recently for the Two Chicks Quilt Shop block of the month. They had posted this ad on Facebook. 

I prepaid for everything and was able to pick mine up on Saturday. It has all the fabric and the instructions. 

The solid black is the background fabric. There’s supposed to be a monthly tutorial on Facebook, but it got delayed this month, and unfortunately, the instructions don’t tell you enough information. I already have 2-1/2 yards of that border print in my stash. 

I’m a sucker for a good border print, and I will buy a couple of yards of any that I like. They make great borders for panels! I was anxious to get started, and wondered what would happen in I used my border print with only two colors plus a black background. I bought two yards of this print about a year ago, but didn’t have anything in mind to use it for. 

I decided on turquoise and lime green for my other two colors. I pulled out some things I thought would work.

I ended up deciding on the two darker ones. I decided I would do my own thing using their twelve blocks and my fabrics and see what happens. I am interested to see if I like my version better or the Two Chicks version better. Here’s my first block:

Once they post the video tutorial, I will make that one with their fabrics.

Lots To Do

What a day! I am exhausted—I needed to go to Hobby Lobby before I headed home, but I didn’t make it. I decided I was too tired. I will go by there this morning after exercise class. I did, however, make it as far as Popeye’s where I picked up chicken for supper. It was a good day to not have to cook. 

I forgot to take pictures of the new BOM. Maybe today, if I remember. I should put a reminder on my phone. I got a quilt quilted and bound. It’s a challenge quilt Marian made.

I think the challenge fabric was the floral. It’s a nice quilt, and as always, her work is darn near perfect. 

I got two small ones quilted for Rhonda, but I need to make binding for both of them and get it put on before I take pictures.

Betty had given me a top she made with the “Boys of the Bible” pattern. It’s 107” x 110”. I need a quilt for the Luther Fest auction, and bigger is better for the auction. I was planning to do this one

for the auction, but I can’t seem to find the time to get it finished. I decided I will quilt and bind the Boys of the Bible quilt and donate it instead. I asked Betty about it, and she said she will be okay with whatever I do with it. She gave me a three yard cut of wide backing that’s the right color, but it’s not big enough, so I spent the afternoon trying to make it bigger. Luckily, she had also given me the extra cut-offs from the quilt. I should be able to make it work.

I will be busy tomorrow working on binding some of the Poppy quilts for the Fabric Friends donations. One of the ladies texted last night and asked if I would also come to their shop on Saturday and help assemble poppy blocks. I will do what I can.

Catching Up

I’m still trying to get caught up, and it might be a losing battle! I’ve been busy quilting most days, and I’ve gotten a few customer quilts done. This one was a challenge.

I think it’s super cute, but there are lots of appliqués, and some of the flowers had padding in the centers. I had to use the computer to mask out the padded parts, and I try really hard not to do custom work, but I am counting the masking as custom (although I’m not charging her for custom). There is a lot of texture because Dinah brought me the extra loft poly batting! I really like the blocks with the yoyo flowers. 

I just may use this idea in a future quilt, or more likely on a tea towel. 

I got Penny’s donation quilt finished, and she picked it up yesterday.

It turned out really nice, and she dropped off three more for me to quilt. She had been on a retreat and was able to accomplish a lot. 

I don’t have pictures of all the projects I have made for Luther Fest and they have already been taken to the church. Janice contributed three sets of placemats, and Betty brought me a stack of bowl cozies, and I had done some potholders and tea towels. Thank God for friends! I was asked if I could do some potato bags, so I will work on that this week. I have the fabric; I just need to pre wash it, which I will do today. I’m typically not a pre washer, but for items that will be used in the kitchen, particularly for food prep, I think pre washing is necessary since they will be laundered frequently.

I went to Ganado Saturday to pick up my block of the month. I didn’t take pictures of it yet, so I’ll hold off on that until tomorrow.