Hello!

Hello!  I've been away from blogging for a while.  Not sure what happened, but I kind of quit but I am still working on things.  Plus lots of life happening.  Many trip to visit grandchildren for their special events.  

My granddaughter had a recital one weekend and was in a play the following weekend.  So we spent the whole week with them.  Helped my son with yardwork while we were there.

Then my grandson graduated from High School one weekend and his party was the following weekend. And again we stayed the whole week.  

Not much sewing gets done during that time away. I'm ready for a Retreat so I can spend days just sewing!  But I did do some Shop Hopping in the All Iowa Shop Hop and picked up a few things.

     

Processing Scraps

 Do you ever feel like all you do is process scraps?  Years ago I would just throw my scraps in a box and put it away.  So now days, I'm processing those scraps.  I can't believe how many I have, from all the projects I have made over the years.

I've been bagging up Irish Chain blocks from last years Scrap Buster quilt, you can find the pattern here.  I have all of the A Blocks completed and I am now working on the B Blocks. Since it's an easy pattern, I have been using it as a Leader/Ender.  It works perfect for that.  But since it's a Leader/Ender, it takes a little longer to complete.

I did finish up this Block Exchange we did in our Wednesday sewing group.

The Pattern is called "Plum Pudding" and is a free pattern from "American Patchwork & Quilting".  We used any batik in our stash and the only constant was using a black batik center block.  We made two blocks for each person in our group, so we had 36 blocks total.  A nice square quilt.  But I'm thinking of adding one more row, maybe.

A New Rug

 Look, a new rug!

I made a runner to use in front of the sink in the kitchen. I used old jeans and an old top sheet to create the fabric.  I made it like you would make a rag quilt.  But, instead of cutting the edges into a fringe, I sewed them down.  I have made other rugs like this.  I love how easy they are to wash and dry.  

UGH!

 UGH!  I've been working on some blocks for a block exchange and all of them came out a quarter inch too small on just one side.  UGH!  

I'm going to keep all those blocks for myself and cut them down to another size.  I'm now in the process of cutting out new blocks.  Good thing this block was done scrappy and I have plenty of fabric to make another batch of blocks.  LOL

Easy

I had to do an easy project to get a sense of accomplishment.  So, I made this pillowcase with some weird cat fabric I had.  Not sure why I bought the fabric.  I'm guessing I got a great deal on it.  LOL

 

Another Finish

 I have another finish.  WooHoo!  This quilt was made in memory of my husband's and my trip to Alaska.  I picked up a fabric bundle of "Alaska" fabrics at the Quilted Raven quilt shop in Anchorage.  And using a simple sashing, pieced them together.  I also add a picture of us in Anchorage.  It really was an amazing trip.

My father-in-law made me this quilt rack.  However, he didn't think about how I would hang the quilt and the rod doesn't come out.  So I have added tabs to most of the quilts I make for this area.  I happened to come across these curtain hangers that are perfect.  So it will make the change out even faster.

These rings are the best!  

November Block

 The November block is done.  This is from the 2024 BOM by " A Quilting Life".  The free link is gone, but she has a Resource Page here with information if you are interested.