Fall Table Runner swap

I love this one and will be hard to ship it off.

It lays against a Fall quilt back. I plan to make another to keep. I love how it turned out.

Now onto my holiday gifts for the younger Grandkids. I need to finish a quilt and make the other one a pillowcase.

I fractured my left mid-shank humerus while rock climbing so need to pace myself. Getting older is not fun. This was my first break, ever, so I am not whining. I’m all strapped with it to prevent moving, yet it is really hard to sit still.

Back at it

I am so excited about this. It is made entirely of scrap quilt orphan blocks and strips from my stash. It is laid over batting so it measures out with the back. I plan to spray baste and have it ready for a Secret Santa gift in December. 

I am thrilled to use so much from my stash! Yes, it looks wrinkled. Finish pictures before it leaves here for its new home. I saved the leftovers from three different quilts that are clearly indicated in rows. 

When there are enough colors, everything matches, patterns can be seen in the columns. Then, I pulled out a fabric for vertical sashing, and another for vertical borders.

I got a piece of batting cut, and also cut the back, which needs joining and cutting to size.

After watching some You Tube tutorials, I learned the different types of basting. Thread and needle for hand quilting, safety pins for machine quilting, and spray basting for long arm. Spray basting also works for scrappy quilting because pieces may be cut every which way, and be from numerous fabric houses as well as years. I don’t know if or which have been pre washed, so it gives all pieces a 

chance for a little uniformity in the piecing.

Also, I finished a Birthday gift, which is a candle mug rug and a jar opener. It’s hard to see how the jar opener works as it show dark in this pic. I plan to make more for gifts this year, so will see if I can get better shots on here. 

I am quite aware that the next generations don’t really want gifts as much as they want time, conversations and doing things together. Hard when they are all 2000 miles away.

We do our best.

The next thing I worked on was the mini quilt swap for September. I love how he turned out so much that I had to ship him right away or I might have kept him. So he is in the mail. 

I love the idea of making mini quilts. My fabric supply is getting down finally, and I can handle those projects better. 

It’s been so much fun, and while there is enough to keep me busy for years, I am ok with pacing myself and having a great deal of pleasure. No matter if everyone I know has a share of quilts, so many folks still appreciate them.

Well, this same person is my partner in a table runner swap. So onward!

Mini Quilt Finished

After  running into a few snafus, I was able to finish it. However, now it waits to go out on Friday. I did do a fare amount of assembly on the Tday runner.


I asked an online Facebook group what they would like asa mug rug for Tday, and was surprised that the majority selected an acorn rather than a turkey. The acorn is considerably easier, so once I get the runner finished, I’ll make up a half dozen.

Actually, I’ve got to get back and finish what was started, and in some cases, never started. This is a pastime that gets ahead of a person.

Like many other creative people, my mind goes full speed ahead.

Forgetting Photos

I was at the PO today when I remembered photos I didn’t take. These were the 60 degree cuts and joining to make table toppers. Sigh.

There Is one more piece to finish and send. It needs the sleeve and a small banner in the white space. Things feel more manageable. This block helped me think more practically about doing an entire quilt.

The pic doesn’t make it look squared, but it is. I had only purchased a Fat Quarter of the wood grain, and it was barely enough.

I plan to start and make the Thanksgiving Table Runner swap. Just to be ahead. There are numerous other things going, but this is next on my to-do list.

It’s not only time management, but working around energy depletion. I am not taking chances on it and creating more stress for myself.

Aw Heck

I worked on a number of projects without a finish.

Some days are like that.

Table Top #2

Another square. With this one, the center is an orphan block from a quilt made last year. It had to be reconstructed, and then became a medallion-style table top.

Wasn’t too sure, however, it looks fine. The pic is shadowed, Yet my friend will enjoy the mini.

I am not sure why I struggle with self esteem, especially all these years of life. I can support people at their lowest point. But can’t pull myself up.

Do over? Sure. I could take another pic. And I am ok with letting it go.

There are two more tops to bind by the time the mail goes out by 5 on Friday.

The quilt for my youngest Granddaughter needs to see the machine. It may not get done. Before I post, I hope to have one of the two tops done.

Nope.

Getting Ready for Mail

A lot of what I am doing now is getting ready to mail the Hallows projects out.

Last night I finished binding on three and made a top for a table topper.

This is one pattern for a scrappy table top square. The borders of light and dark with a light binding helped change it from too dark to ok.

If I were to make another with this pattern, I might quilt it differently. It is fine and is ready to package for shipping

The purpose in doing these minis is to use up fabric.

LOL because, I had to shop for Fall fabrics to be used in a Thanksgiving swap. There will be leftovers, and as soon as my Hallows projects are out, I will get back to finishing BOMs.

This pic is of two more mug rugs, going out to a couple of friends. The mummy mug rug is ever so cute, and the one below has cemetery scenes that I plan to send to a young boy.

I got a message saying a person got her mug rug, a day before I expected it to arrive.

I need to spend the day and night working on the remainder of the holiday projects to ship tomorrow.

Also, I got a call from the power company asking to minimize use during 4-9, well sun sets during that time and I often need my lamp for hand stitching.

Ah well, on with the day.