Leaves

I finished these blocks well over 2 years ago. Started them 2 years before that. Finally got them all sewn together & then quilted.


It is for my husband.


I did not use a pattern. I had a cardboard LEAF & STEM that I used to trace for the applique. The rest of it, I just winged it.

Baby Quilt #2

This was really quick. 36x43

Sped up by the fact that it was already cut out & stuffed into a bag. The only thing that was time consuming were the prairie points. Took as long to fold, press & place those little suckers as it did the whole remainder of the quilt. It only took me about 5 hours to do. It's super cute & I have some pink flannel with little tone-on-tone pink hearts on it that I am going to use for the backing. Then I'll bind it in a pink 30's print. It is intended for the baby of a young man that my girls went to college with. He'll be so excited!


TTYL
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Two Months????

In another week it will be TWO MONTHS since I have posted anything??? Darn, I am a terrible blogger.






In my defense - I have been working. I work at a landfill & during this Covid-19 lockdown, stay-at-home, social-distancing escapade??? Where I work has not slowed down one little bit. None. 50 trucks an hour. I (don't normally) have been working the window because we have people out that need elective, non-life-threatening, surgery & can not come back to work until they have it. None of that is going on in middle Tennessee right now.. There was a tornado come through Nashville the week before the pandemic rules were put into place - so it's been non-stop.






Have I been sewing? Very little. I made a baby quilt. That is about it. One of the guys that I work with, his wife is pregnant. I made the quilt & the girls in the office are going to split the cost with me. I may seem insensitive to some, but she is only 2 months pregnant, high risk & I don't even really KNOW him "that well", I'm going to wait until there is only like 2 weeks left before the baby is here. There are so many unknowns....He might not be still working here, or anything else may happen. Who knows. I just don't want to take anyone's money & then have to give it back. Know what I mean? ( I flippantly asked him how he was contemplating having an infant & juggling a rotating career??? He wasn't amused. Nobody askes MEN those questions!) I do have another baby quilt that I will be making. This one I'll ENJOY making. It's for a young man & his wife. The young man, my girls were very good friends with while they were attending college in Birmingham (AL). While I don't know his wife, it will be a pleasure to sew something for them and their new baby Sylvia.






I have sewn a few face masks. Not many - as I totally resent being bullied into making them. Just because I SEW does not mean I "should do the right thing & sew as many as I can". Really? Trust me, I have heard it all. So I have refused to be guilted into making them. I wear mine if I have to get out in public, but other than work, there hasn't been much PUBLIC.


It's just been so incredibly busy, I have ZERO time for much of anything. I did start a small hand embroidery project. Just so I can have a feeling of accomplishment on SOMETHING while I am watching TV. 12 blocks. Red Work style. I think the pattern is called "Words To Live By" - or something close to that. I am doing the embroidery in black. Funny, kitchy little birds in each block.  I am starting block #3 of 12. I printed the pattern & turned it over on it's face. When I finish one block, I tear off the last page of the pattern & trace it. It's a surprise to see what comes next. LOL. I have completed LAUGHTER and PATIENCE. I just started COURAGE. I am using one of those Frixion pens. The ink disappears with a hot iron. Too bad I didn't invent those little jobbies. They are fantastic. Love 'em!







I have purchased a few patterns off of Etsy. From The Red Boot Barn Co. They are super cute! I can't wait to do some of them. The designer is not American. She is currently running a few sew-along with "paper dolls". They are really cute! I may never make them. But I'll have it if I do. Here is the link : https://theredbootquiltcompany.com/blog/


In February I took a quilt to be quilted. Just up the road from where I work. It was my Leaves Quilt. My husband claimed it before I finished it & I had it custom quilted. It is stunning. Well worth every penny. As soon as I get the binding on it, I'll take some pictures. The backing is wide width flannel. I didn't buy enough fabric to bind it & need to wait until I can get to Hobby Lobby to buy more. They only just reopened in my county (pandemic remember???) and I have not had any time to go. So it waits. So funny to have taken it directly to her, but with the social distancing requirements, it was mailed back! LOL.