Flimsy

Not an overly productive week.  Life has been busy.  Not sure with what, but busy.

Potato chip quilt #2 has become a flimsy.  Husband is still one armed, so it is laying over furniture.  (He has follow-up tomorrow with his surgeon and may range of motion begin.)

This potato chip block was made smaller than the other in quilt #1 due to my cutting error.  So, four were stitched together to make a bigger block and I wanted to see how it looks with sashing.  I am liking it. 

I will clean it up and get it to my long armer.  This is another that I will finish with a facing and not a binding.

Not sure what I will be slow stitching on today.  Have a project that is waiting for me, really several.

Enjoy your threads.  

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.

 

Another Week

We began the week with another Boston trip.  SEW (husband) had a left shoulder rotator cuff repair.  We left on Monday with the thought that he would be first or second for outpatient surgery on Tuesday.  Best laid plans of mice and men.  His surgery was scheduled last, and he was the last patient to leave the building at 6 pm.  That meant a second night in Boston.  Good thing the hotel was right across the street.  All has gone well since.  We go back in two weeks and then our Boston trips stop until next spring.

There was a bit of sitting in the waiting room so, Santa (Old World Santa by Janlynn) has been outlined.  I still have a bit of his collar to do.  I made a mistake and had to unstitch.  His beard was not to be outlined in the dark brown. 

Santa's eyes will be outlined in blue and his mouth in the pink.  There is a little bit to be done on his beard and then I can begin stitching the name.

My slow stitching today will be finishing Santa.  Then to make him into a stocking.  

The sashing between the blocks on my potato chip quilt #2 has been stitched.  Now I need to stitch the sashing between the rows.  Next week I should be able to show you a flimsy, 84 inches by 84 inches.  

Enjoy your threads this day.  

 Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  

 

Early

I would like you to meet Margie. a Thanksgiving cactus given to me by a good friend.  Her sister had passed, hence the name, and this plant needed a new home.  She came to live with me.  ALL of my Thanksgiving, Christmas cactus spend the summer outside in the shade between the house and the North side of the deck and fend for themselves.  They don't come back in until after one or two early light frosts.  (The frost that is seen out on the lawn but doesn't come up to the house.)  

She is gorgeous this year.  Early but gorgeous.  Her flowers will probably be gone by Thanksgiving.  

She needs to be repotted and have a super haircut.  She is so lopsided as she wasn't turned much while growing.  I should have done it last year but this winter it will be a big project.  She does have children living here and growing well.

My pictures do not do justice to how gorgeous she is.

Slow stitching is happening.  The outline stitching was begun last evening on my stocking and that will be football work today.

Enjoy your threads today.

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.

 

Not much

Big computer has come home.  Laptop that I did my last entry on became jealous and has now gone to the computer man.  Don't know what I did, but I could not get online.  The laptop is a family hand me down that I only play Mahjong, Solitaire and look at Blogs on.  Who knows what I did when I made it work harder.

Friends were visiting last weekend; we have been to Boston this week.  My five-year evaluation and all is good.  Now I won't go back for a year.  

Looking around my cave to show what I have done over the last two weeks and I don't see much.  The Black Cat runners are finished and two have been given away.  Here is mine on the sideboard.

Two were made at 60-inches long and one at 45-inches.  I kept one of the 60-inch runners.  Next time I make this runner I will stay at the 45-inch.  60-inch on our table going from North to South, too long for me.

Here is a close up of the curvy piano keys from the cat side.  When we were in Boston for the overnight, (I had 0730 and 0830 appointments) I did the facing stitching on the last runner.  I am liking making facing for these, you don't lose the edge pattern.

The other slow stitching that I am doing is a new Christmas stocking for the Grandbaby.  I have three different Santa stockings that I made years ago for the girls.  There are now repeats as family members come in.  Gold thread will be stitched on Santa's ribbons but that will be the last stitching before I begin the outline stitching.

Enjoy your threads today.  Santa will be stitched on during football.  

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  

 

Squirrel

Well, I am learning something new.  My desktop computer that I write my Blog entries from has gone for a spa treatment.  (Not sure if it has a virus or not.  Our antivirus program has changed.)   So, here I am on a laptop that I never have done a Blog entry on.  So far, so good.  We shall see if I make it to the end.

My Squirrel:  I saw this material, Meow-gical Night by Wilmington Prints and it had been stitched into a table runner.  The pattern is Easy Striped Table Runner by Karen Montgomery.  I am not a person who puts up decorations for Halloween, but I really liked this material.   Three runners have been made, two long, one short.  Two will be given away.

 

They were machine quilted with a cross hatch in the center and a wiggly piano key on the outside border.

You might be able to see the quilting on the backside better.

Sunday I will add the borders and hand stitch while football is on.  Shall see how New England does with a new quarterback.

Enjoy your threads this day.  I think that I have made it to the end. 

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.

 

 

One done and an almost.

Assistance was offered as I was stitching the facing on my potato chip quilt last weekend.  Ziva was making sure that it did not float away from me.  She did not like it when I turned a corner.  Her sleep was being interfered with as the quilt was readjusted.

The quilt facing stitching was finished on Wednesday.  I am so enjoying how it looks.

 

You can see that there is no binding on the edge.  The edge of the chip bits is the end of the quilt.  

Here is the back side with the facing hand stitched down.  Potato chip quilt number one is done.  Now to get back to work on potato chip number two. 

But 3030 is calling to me.  Here she is on the floor before the edges were trimmed.

Edges trimmed to six and a half inches.

Scallops were marked on all four edges.  

 

This is the first time that I have done a scalloped edge and using the Quilt in a Day: Scallop, Vines & Waves Template made it really easy.  Tomorrow I will machine stitch on the scallop markings and then I can cut it.  But I won't cut until I can remember where I put my binding material.  (One of the bad side effects of taking so long to finish.)

With the frame down some cleaning has been done in my Cave.  It desperately needed it.  

Slow Stitching will happen tomorrow when New England plays at 4pm.  A Christmas stocking has been started.  Pictures need to be taken to be able to show you.

Enjoy your threads.

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.

 

Closer

The Snowflake Tablerunner from Piecing the Past Quilts is done.  Here is the backside of the hand quilting of the snowflake and the machine quilting of the edges.  All the quilting is a spacing of four inches at the farthest distance.  A front picture should have been done but, here it is.  Done.

This week was another busy week for me, and not enough time was spent hand quilting.  There is only about two hours left but a picture needed to be taken to show you what is left.  

My stitching space was just not deep enough to stitch to the final edge of the border.  The last turn of the bars was done, and the final edge is getting finished.  It should be off the frame tomorrow.  Next, I need to plan how to draw, stitch and cut a scalloped edge.  Rulers I do have and will need to look at the video to refresh my mind (and give me courage).

Potato Chip came back from the long-armer this week.  The pattern is just wonderful.  The edges need to be trimmed and then this will have a facing stitched on the back.  A binding will not be stitched on this.  This will be the first time that I will have done a facing.

 

Here is the quilting on the backside.

I am so pleased to have two quilts closer to more hand stitching and a finish.  

May you enjoy your threads.

Linking to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.