Feeling the need to organize my Sewing

I have kept up on my UFO

projects for the last 4 months...

Yeah Me!

I am feeling the need to organize

my list into a set month projects

instead of picking a project at

the beginning of each month.

Here is my remaining eight 

projects for 2018:

May: 24 House Village

June: Pieceville Village

July: Pinetree Quilt

August: BOM Star blocks

September: Preprinted Pinwheel

October: Black n' White with a Zinger

November: Scrap Bowtie

December: Purple Pinwheel

Bring on the creating!

             

April 2018 UFO goal

For the month of April,

I set the goal to finish out

some more blocks for my

Ode to the 30's Sampler.

I have sewn all the 3", 6" and

9" blocks that are pieced.

Now I am moving on to the

pieced blocks that also have 

some added applique.

I completed these two blocks

                      

I plan to add button centers to

each of the flowers after I 

have completed the quilt top.

I still have 6 more blocks to

sew for a complete top.

I am linking up to
Patchwork Times
and
Elm Street Quilts

Monday Design Wall

Welcome to a rainy cool Monday!

On my design wall...well,

more like in the kitchen....

I am dyeing muslin today.

I tied in some glass marbles

to see what kind of 

dye patterns I will come out with.

I started heating the water then

add 10 black tea bags.

I am not a tea drinker and the

tutorials I watched said to use

black or breakfast tea. The black

tea was less expensive, so that's

what I purchased.

I am going to dry out the tea

bags and also use them in

my art quilts.

                                         

I am going to try and get another

quilt block finished for my 

April UFO goal too. Nothing

like the last minute....

I will link over to 

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

for Design Wall Monday.

What are you creating today?

Slow Stitch Sunday

For my Slow Stitch Sunday

I am starting a new

hand stitched project.

I have been invited to show

two Art quilts at the 

Ogden Eccles Art Center

this upcoming October.

One of my projects is going

to be a recycle-upcycle piece.

      

The photo is color catcher sheets

(used in the laundry to catch 

color out of clothes)

I asked friends to use a color

catcher sheet, then return it to me.

The sheets are light gray to pinks

to blues to browns to greenish back.

I am going to cut out circles and

hand embroider them to batiks

I am also going to add recycled

tea bags. Here is a quick article on

one way to do it.

Cloth-Paper-Scissors

What are you slow stitching today?

I Like Thursday #1

I am going to join in with

some other bloggers and 

start doing "I Like" posts at

Not Afraid of Color

I Like....

that my kids grew up into

very nice Adults!

They are kind and thoughtful of others

They are fun to hang out with

and make me laugh

They help each other, as well

as others around them.

I Like...

the beach!

I was raised within a few miles 

of the Beach. 

I have salt water and sand

in my DNA!

I like to be in the Water.

What do you like?

Day 1 of Kid Clothes Week program

This years theme for KCW

is FRESH. 

For my first day of sewing,

I made a new dress using

an old pattern.

I made a butterfly cotton print

dress for my granddaughter, CC.

I used the same pattern a few

years ago for another KCW 

for her older sister, M.

I still have a pile of fabric

to make more girl clothes,

which is a good thing,

since I have 7 granddaughters!

Design Wall and Kid Clothes Week

I am combining my Monday

Design Wall with my Spring

Kid Clothes Week project.

I have not been part of the

Kids Clothes Week project 

for a few years. This years

theme is "Fresh".

My take on the theme is

revising the old patterns I 

used for my daughters and

giving them a new look for

the granddaughters.

I have 7 granddaughter, so I

have the option of lots of

sewing and creating....

This is a photo of a dress I made

for my granddaughter M for the

KCW project 6 years ago. I

would like to take the pattern

and make something new

for her little sister C.

I have an overflow of patterns

to choose from.

 My goal is

to sew each pattern, then 

donate the pattern on to 

someone new. Cleaning out!

My Design Wall Monday is my BOM

star blocks. I have already sewn

my April block, but I need to

re-sew a couple of earlier blocks.

I changed the background fabric

after the first 2 blocks, so they

need to be re-done.

What are you creating?

Slow Sunday Stitching

What a beautiful day!

The Sun is shining and

the weather is so warm.

I think Spring has finally sprung!

Happy Earth Day!

I posted earlier in the week about

stepping away for being online

so much...mainly Facebook.

I have been surprised how easy

it has been to use my time in 

other ways. 

For my Slow Sunday Stitch today

I will be working on a partially

finished cross stitch project.

More fish to stitch and outline.

This week creating goals:

1.Re-stitch two BOM star blocks. I 

started the project with a different

background and need to change

the fabric in the first two blocks.

2. Complete some more blocks for

my April UFO project-vintage quilt.

3.Cut out and sew some clothing for

Grandchildren as part of the Spring

Kids Clothes Week. 

The theme is "Fresh"

What are you creating?

This week:16-22 April

This week is going to be spent 

at home doing two major chores:

1.Cleaning out closets and Studio

2.Working on many small projects

I am in the process of losing weight

and cleaned out my closet of loose

and multiple piece clothing. 

How many pairs of sweat pants

do I really need to work out in?

How many pair of shorts do I 

really need to wear over my

swimming suit  in the pool?

Four bags of clothing...so far!

Next up, cleaning out my sewing-

quilting-knitting projects...on my!

On my design wall....

I will be sewing the April star block

from my LQS Block of the Month.

The finished quilt will be part

of a fundraiser in November for

our local Women-children shelter.

I have decided to step away from

Facebook, so I will be posting here

a little more over the next few weeks.

Besides Ted Talks, do you have a

informative-positive online source

you can recommend to me?

This weeks design wall

My Design Wall is currently

under  construction. It has been

sheet rocked and taped, but not

painted, so photos are from

my couch.

This week, I am going to finish

hand sewing my 

Trip Around the World project.

I am down to the last 22 squares 

of the double red border.

This has been a four year project

that I originally began with the

Bridgitte Giblin Facebook group. 

My Traditional Quilt Guild is having

a sew-in all day tomorrow at the

local Rec Center, so I am taking

this project with me, along with

maybe another one or two projects.

I am linking up with

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Slow Stitch Sunday

 I enjoy

going thrifting, but have

not been doing it lately,

since we have been

cleaning out our Home. 

I did not want to add

to the piles.

Husband and I went this

last Saturday and I found

a few goodies.

First, I found a copy of

the pattern my Mom used

to make my Prom dress,

back in the day. I still have

my original pattern and dress.

 I also found some sweet 

little girl patterns. With 

7 granddaughters from 

toddler to teen, I can always

use a new fun pattern to sew.

I am signed up for the

Kids Clothes Week Challenge.

It has be a couple of years 

since I did the challenge.

It runs the last week of

April for Spring-Summer sewing.

We have had many days of

rain, so I have spent some time

inside knitting. This is the beginning

of my first sweater. 

The pattern is called Mallard.

I am knitting it up in a color 

called Tidal....blues, greens

and a grayish brown.. I am

a slow knitter, so hopefully it

will be done by Winter time!

For my Slow Sunday Stitching

I am down to hand sewing my

last 20 squares on my

Trip Around the World top.

I am SO close to finishing....

What are you sewing today?

Slow Stitch Sunday

Happy Easter to you and yours!

For my Slow Sunday Stitching

I am returning to my

Trip Around the World project

I have been working on it off

and on for nearly four years.

I started it as part of a group

project on Facebook.

It has been a relaxing 

take along project to do

in between other big projects

I had planned to have the top

finished so I could hand

quilt it this last Winter, but

you know how plans change!

What are you stitching today?

April UFO PROJECT

For April, I have chosen 

to work on my Vintage

quilt top.

I have about 2/3 of the blocks

finished. The other third are ones that

are pieced with applique added.

I am not setting a specific goal

of how many blocks I will finish,

but just that I make some 

progress on it during April.

I will be linking up to

Elm Street Quilts goal linkup