October quilts for display.

Here is another batch of quilts that I can choose from for displaying for the month of October.  

So, sit back and enjoy!

As I sit in my chair in our living room, Ridley and I are looking outside.  Me …. at the tree colours.  Ridley …. looking for anything that moves.  Autumn is almost at full colour now.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

September Results

October 1 .... the year is just zipping by much too quickly.

September was a good month for me, after all.  I was busy with wedding clothing alterations and helping out with rehearsal dinner and wedding brunch.  Glad that is over.

So, let's see what I did last month for the September Chookshed Stitchers 2024 Challenge.

Binding got sewn onto this quilt and it is now finished.  This quilt won't be shown just yet as I'm adding in some hand quilting around the applique.  I know I'm fussy, but that is what makes me happy.  Sometime in October, you will see this quilt.

This quilt got the binding sewn on and is now finished.  Yahoo, two quilts bound last month!

Much progress on this Log Cabin and I will continue to work on it for October for the Chookshed challenge.

Another row was added to my Chevron Log Cabin quilt.  Only six more rows to go!  Just have to say that I love doing this quilt-as-you-go method.  This will also be my October Chookshed challenge.

At first, it didn't seem that much got done ..... but yes, a lot did.  So very happy with that.  Good thing that I blog because it shows me what I've been doing month by month and throughout all the years.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Log Cabin and Enough!

This is the UFO that I've decided to finish for my BIL.  There are quite a few pieces already made and it won't take too long to see progress.

As I'm cutting out for some of the blocks, I'm also cutting out pieces to make another of this quilt for my sister.  It will be queen size and will need lots and lots of wee blocks.  The pattern is called "Fragments of Cloth" by Norma Whaley.  So win-win.  Use up scraps and stash for both projects!

Now, about the Enough bit in my post title!

This little guy has decided that at night time, it is time to stop sewing and it is playtime instead.  He will get up from lying down and come over to my sewing machine and plonk himself down on my stuff.  I try to get two blocks ready to sew the next day, but he has had enough!  So, playtime it is and then bedtime.

 

Good progress so far!  

 

See my Chevron Log Cabin hanging over my door in above photo?  Four rows are done.  Row 5 has a good start.  The pile on the left are all done and joined together.  Only 3 more to do and then the row can be added to the other rows.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Quilts in Demand

My little great nieces have each separately asked me for another quilt.  So, guess what I will be doing next year for their birthdays.  Something simple and I will be going through my mags and Pinterest photos for some ideas.

Then my sister asked if I had a spare queen size quilt for her husband.  I looked but none that are masculine.  Then, going through my ufo's, there are two that can made into that size.  So, he will be getting this one .....

... or this one.  Not sure yet, but hope to have one done for Xmas.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Scrappy Bargello

My sister and I went to the cottage this week for an overnight stay.  What was supposed to be a nice, sunny turned out to be cold and rainy.  So, no sitting on the porch in that weather.  Instead, we sat inside and while my sister read a book, I finished sewing the binding down onto this quilt.

Close-up of the quilting design called "Squig" by T.J. Speiser Stitch Happy.  It is like a meander and I wanted something simple for the quilt.

Quilt Details:

Source:  A Bonnie Hunter free pattern at Quiltville

Started:  March 2024

Quilt Finished:  September 2024

Machine Quilted by:  Kathy Wareham

Quilt Size:  61" x 77"

Batting:  Hobbs polyester

Lately, I've noticed that quilts are being started and finished in the same year.  That is such a good thing.  No need for more UFO's.

There will be more babysitting this coming weekend and there is another quilt with binding already sewn on.  So, I'm hoping to get a good start on that quilt and hope for another finish this month.

The wedding last weekend was lovely ..... except it was pouring rain and very cold.  Up the hill and surrounding areas ..... they had snow!  Still, we had a good time and wore our winter coats.   The funny thing is that I wore sandals and was barefoot.  My toes were a tad cold and wet from walking in the rain.  Oh well, what we do for fashion, eh!   This is one of my favourite photos of the newlyweds.

I will be making a wedding quilt from all the squares that guests signed at the reception.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

September Quilts

The leaves on the trees are turning colour ..... time to bring out the September quilts.  The pumpkin quilts might even stay out for October.  I saw some pumpkins in the grocery store already.  

Every time I look at this crazy patch quilt ..... I want to make more to use up my scraps.

We have been having a lot of bear sightings in town lately.  Over a week ago, a bear was seen next door eating crab apples on the front lawn.  Then two nights ago, another neighbour saw a mama bear with cubs on her front lawn.  I've been hearing movement in the bushes on the hill behind us during the night.  Yesterday afternoon, I saw a truck pull up and park on the street next door.  It was hauling a bear cage.  It left, but may be back if there are more sightings on our street.  Apparently, there has not been much berry food for the bears and they are hungry and that is why they are coming into town.

I expect to see this cage back here soon .....

.... because this is what another neighbour on our street saw outside her LR window last night.  Look closely in the tree!   Hubby has been warned not to venture outside at all.  He does like to step outside and sit on our patio but this has now become too risky for him because if he did see a bear, he can't move fast enough to escape inside our home.

All of the wedding clothing alterations have been done.   Squares for a memory quilt have been cut out.  The wedding is this afternoon.  So happy to have those things to do checked off my list!  Now to sit back and enjoy!

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

August and September Chookshed 2024 Stitchers Challenge

Well, for the Chookshed 2024 Stitchers Challenge .... for August, my Lorna's Vine bin got taken off the shelf, a few pieces pinned onto my design wall ... a few decisions made on what the next few steps should be .... and that was it.  So, I failed there.  Oh dear me!  LOL

Instead of working on that challenge .... this project is what is keeping me grounded.  I just love working on the single hexies one at a time.  Great progress since my last photo.  There are now 3-1/4 rows done and all stitched together!  Yeah me!  The hexies that are pinned a few inches below the others are quilted but not sewn together.  They will be in time.

Here are a few close-ups of the finished hexies.  This way you can see the fabrics better instead of at a distance.  I just love the fabrics in each hexie.

A lot of hand sewing of the binding and hand quilting have been done on each hexie and I love doing this method of quilt-as-you-go.  Will be doing more quilts this way as time goes on.

A couple of feet of binding got sewn down on this quilt.  Many more feet to go ....

So, for September ..... I'm not going to even look at what the number is.  I just looked at my calendar and the whole month has appointments and events.  There are two sessions per week with the Alzheimer's Society and a wedding and babysitting and school pick-ups.  There is outside work that will need to be taken care of as well.  I know what my reality is and taking out another bin won't help at all.

Instead, I will continue to work on my hexies and the above quilt and be happy if anything gets done on them.  By the time I sit down after supper to watch some t.v., I will be tired and may even fall asleep in my chair.  Instead of napping, one of these can be pulled to be worked on.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!

Obstacles and Life

August has been a very busy month with life getting in the way of my quilting!  Darn ...

First off .... what are the obstacles?  This little guy keeps sleeping on my arm and preventing me from working on anything.  He recently had a bout of seizures again and I just don't have the heart to move him off of me.  I have come to the understanding that he won't have a long life, but he will have his best life ever!  Poor little guy!

Still .... here and there another row of these hexies got made.  This is the back view.  I think I like it but not totally sure yet.  Maybe down the road when more rows are made and the pattern evolving, I might change my mind.  Anyway, too late now to change it as too much work has gone into this project so far.  The bottom row needs to be sewn to the top rows.

Now, the life bit.  Next week I will be helping out looking after two wee littles boys and none of my work that I want to take along can have too many pins.  So, what can be done?

Binding got sewn onto two quilts.  They should keep me busy for a few days or the whole week.  It depends on the little boys and if they agree to get along and play well together.  LOL  Who am I kidding!   I was going to take a break from doing bindings, but they will come in handy after all.

This row can be added to the other two rows already assembled.  It feels good to see progress on something!  This can be done while babysitting.

These two hexies have the bindings all pinned and ready to be sewn and then hand quilted.  This is the start of Row 4.  Happy, happy!  These will not come with me for babysitting at this stage.  They can come for hand quilting instead if needed.

Now, for other things that got accomplished.  Batting hexies have now been all cut out.  A huge dent was made with the bin that the batting pieces were hiding in.  Great to see them being used up and the bin almost empty.  The reason for cutting out all the batting now was that I got a tad anxious that there would not be enough of this particular poly batting.  No problem. There was enough with a bit to spare.

Some of the batting pieces will need to be frankenpieced in order to use up even the smallest pieces of scrap batting.  Waste not, want not.

Then, to keep me from getting bored .... there are two junior bridesmaids dresses that need minor alternations plus pants for the little boys to be hemmed up.  Yep, those items will round out my sewing for the rest of the month and into September.

There are meetings for me and hubby to attend with the ALS (Alzheimer's Society) for September and October.  They should be interesting and very informative.

Then, school pick-ups will start and life will get busy once again.

Cherish your day, cherish your life!