Cool September

 Not that I believe to last of the hot days are over, but it's been cool all the days of September so far.  Thanks be to God! And I've gotte some things done. I'm working on a Guild challenge for this month's meeting.  The theme is hearts, and I've used the three hearts that I made for out 2025 BOM. A win win. 

Not very creative, but I need another table runner for my buffet and thought this one would work for February. It's 16" by 42".  I've sandwiched it and now ready to quilt.  

In my daughter's Angie bag - yes, named after me - I found a flimsy that I hope to finish for my BFF. What is an Angie bag?  Well, a few years back I cleaned out my sewing room and found lots of stuff I didn't want, and decided to give them to my guild. So I packaged them up and took them to a meeting. They were a hit.  Took a couple of others and they were popular also.  So then I had to stop attending guild because I began care-giving my mom who has dementia and needed help. She lives in a town 45 miles away. So I stay two days, overnight after the first to avoid the horrid traffic, and give my brother relief at least one night a week. Unbeknownst to me, the guild decided to keep up the Angie bags because there were others who had stuff they wanted to get rid of.  The plan is one takes a bag, takes out what is wanted and adds things they want to get rid of, and bring back the bag for someone else.

Inside the bag along with that flimsy was a yard of fabric just right as a border to add to the flimsy. Here she be:

I think it's prefect for two 80 years old something friends. We've be friends since our early 20s. I hope she likes it. Measure 44" square and should make a  cozy lap quilt. My friend is having balance and walking issues, so it will come in handy for her.

Working on quilting the panel "The Last Supper". Not much to show on it. I try to do some little bit every day. Lots of different color threads to use.  

I've had the most success with the color blue. You can see the outline stitches I did for each of the figures dressed in blue. Doesn't the figure on the right of this photo look like a woman? Also did the hair in a very light orange. Blended in well.

I was going to use a gold/silver metallic thread to outline Jesus, but then thought better of it. He came to be like us. Why would I make him different?

Well, that's all for now. The weather has been cooperating and I haven't fell woozy or nauseous at all. Praise the Lord.  I'm linking to Design Wall Monday and Wednesday Wait Loss  - see you there! Blessing to you all,

 

August (as Usual ) is HOT!

 August is Hot. I'm talking of 100 + degrees of hotness. Yesterday it was 110! That said I don't do well in hot weather and my output on the quilting side of things has suffered. So here goes what little I did: 

That BOM block that needed side borders - done, but not quilted.

Then I started on another BOM block inspired 36" baby quilt by making a sample block.

This is an 18" block of which I"m not sure I'll be using these fabrics. One for the orphan block pile.

And then I made a sample block for our next St. Anne's project which is 8.5". 

Lastly, I've sandwiched a quilt that's going to be raffled at our church festival.  I have to have it finished by Oct. 1st as it will be raffled Oct 4th.

Thanks for stopping by. I'm linking to Design Wall Monday and Oh, Scrap! at Quilting is More Fun than Housekeeping for now.

Another Month Mostly Gone

Well, July is mostly gone now. It has been hot most of the time, and I mean Hot (hottest - 106 just last Wednesday). I don't do well in the heat. I had a deep brain stroke that wiped out a part of my pituitary gland that regulates body temperature. Now if it goes hotter than 86 or lower than 60, man I feel it. For heat I get dizzy and nauseous. I have to go to a cool room and and just lay down. For cold, I get the shivers and my body temp drops. So I stay near a heater then.  Sigh. It is what it is. 

So what have I been quilting?

I almost finished the Carpenter's Star flimsy. Just have to add 2" border around it to be a 36" quilt.

Begun another BOM block expansion. This is June's.

Need to add the right and left sides and will be at flimsy stage. For this one I made the BOM block 12 1/2" by 12 1/2" and used it for the center, then built around it. This will be the fifth flimsy I have. Got to start quilting them!

The July BOM block are two 9 1/2" blocks.  I'm going to make them 18" and make four for the 36" baby blanket needed. 

In between lay downs, house work and other stuff, I'll be cleaning my cutting table and taking all the small scraps and making mug rugs, I think.  I'll be linking to a couple of linky parties. They are: Design Wall Mondays and Monday's Musings, Hope to see you there.

What are you up to?  Most of the country is hot, too. So stay cool and, sit down and read a book or work on a hand sewing project. God protect our friends and neighbors who have it worse with tornadoes, flooding and wildfires!

Blessings,