Little house sew along

 I got some sewing time in on Saturday and was able to pick fabrics and sew up block 5 of the sew along. When it was done, I realized that my middle block is not matching what was presented... but I'm leaving it. I guess I tend to just put my rail fence blocks in this design, despite it not being correct! 

Linking up with Melva and the others following along with the Little House Sew Along.

Here are the first four blocks. 

Easter Sunday

 I've been plugging away at the November Cross Stitch from the book A quilt for all Seasons by Paula Vaughn. I filled in more of the blue sky and one partial block in red and started the orange one in the top left corner. This is just the second page of the pattern... I still have the left side to do for page one. I do love how it is turning out. I am using 14 count Aida.

This is where I was last Sunday, so a good bit of progress.

The dog is waiting for a walk. The Easter Bunny came this morning and could not find the real easter baskets, so they have Tupperware with the fake grass in it for the kids. The parents just have a little pile and the Sams package of Peeps (yuck!) are for the other 3 to divide and conquer. I was considering putting things in eggs and hiding them like when they were little.... but I went to bed instead!

Wishing you all a Happy Easter to those that celebrate it. A Happy Sunday to everyone!

Linking up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers.

Rsc in pink

 I'm posting late but wanted to get the errands done in the morning thinking the crowds would be less. We are having a non-traditional Easter lunch tomorrow. Emily has a birthday Tuesday (17 years old!) and neither kid is keen on ham, so I let Emily choose the menu. She went with steaks on the grill, baked potato, prosciutto wrapped asparagus and grilled veggies. I picked up some mini croissants to go with it. Emily and Grandma did their birthday shop and lunch today. The girl is very busy next week with All County band rehearsals and a concert on Thursday evening. 

I got some afternoon sewing in and added these four pink houses to the collection. I think I need two more, but my pinks are a bit lacking in variety. I did pull a couple of 2 inch strips from a drawer for two of these houses. I'll dig around in there and see if I can find a couple more. I cut out more roof and chimney parts and have two more of those ready to add to the last two pink houses. Linking up with the RSC.

This week the boy was up in Tallahassee for a Skills USA competition. He and Issiac were a team in the 3D printing category (I can't remember the actual technical name). Their task was to design and print a catapult or trebuchets that would propel a Lego man and was rated on distance and accuracy. They had to have all parts 3-D printed and brought with them. Then do a presentation with tech specs on how they chose, designed, worked through issues and got to their final result. They took home 1st place and will be headed to Nationals in Atlanta in June. These two have been friends since Middle school and were on a Robotics team together in 8th grade. I have a feeling they are going to have a blast up in Atlanta with the other 8-10 people headed there from their school. 

Spring Ravelry UFO Challenge 2026

One removed as finished from the Winter quarter. I think this was one of my oldest UFO's. It is very happy to be a finished quilt. 

In it's spot I added the Graduation quilt of bear paw blocks. I really thought I had more of these made! Yikes, I better get moving on those. I'm guessing he is going to get it well AFTER Graduation!

 The list of UFO's -

 1.) I know I have at least one more cut somewhere to fill that open spot for a 7x6 setting. *** found the parts in a baggie!  These are hand pieced.... and might need a little fixing along the way on some of those middle joins. From Inklingo lemoyne stars.  The blocks are 4.5 inches.

 

2.)  I think it's a 6.5 inch cut center of greys and 2.5 inch strips. Finishes 10 inches. 

3.) Midget Applique quilt from Sentimental Stitches. I need to add more flowers and leaves and the vines... and the last border. Hand pieced and hand appliqued. Started January 2015 as a car line project. One block a week.

4.) triangle pyramids. started June 2024. I need to find these!

5.) Midget block collection - I started these in Vermont in 2010! I have a light blue for sashing.

6.) Erin's Butterfly - I made the wings in 2021.  Need to add one more set of wings... thinking 9 is a nice number? These have been machine stitched onto the background. Need to add body and antenna to each. Also need to add 1 block in another color.

7.) Flying Snowballs - hand pieced shoo fly and flowering snowball blocks in blue, purple and green from 2025. Will plan to machine piece them together into a top about 84x84.

8.) Aidan Graduation requested quilt... for after college as he wants a queen size Bear Paw in civil war style green and blues. 

9.) I forgot I had this. It is a cute birdhouse wall hanging but is foundation pieced, which I dislike. Maybe I can deal with it enough to get this done? Or rework it?

10,) This is a kit I purchased mid-90s - butterfly's. I think all the parts are there and I did start arranging them.

11.) Quilters Patch. A sew along that I completely did not meet my goals on in 2022. One block is done.

12.) Alternate BITA blocks from RSC 2025 collection

** I need to get a photo of these

13.) 16 patch blocks from 2.5 inch squares

** I need to get a photo of these.

14.) chicken blocks... these have not had much love this year.

15.) Bittersweet Briar - pattern in Kim Deihl's book and kit of fabric.

16) Brimfield Awakening EPP. I did start this and have the first fabric thread basted in purple!

17.) Bonnie Hunter Mystery - On Ringo Lake - maybe step #2?

18) Bonnie Hunter Mystery - Grassy Creek (2020) Think I am on step #4.

19.) 30's log cabin tulip quilt.

Quilt Tops: 

20.) Birds in the Air block collection - this is now a top and loaded onto the quilting frame at a 90x90 size.

 21) Ella Maria Deacon Blocks. Hand pieced, machine stitched together into a top. Patterns from Sentimental Stitches.

 I need to measure and see if it is happy with it's size or now. All my quilts seem to have a mind of their own!

22) Vermont Quilt Festival Booth Hop from either 2008 or 2009.  it is 71x71.

23.) Y2K Joann's BOM - quilt top

24.) 1857 Quilt Along Top - This one is in the hoop for hand quilting as of December 2024. ** Might unpin this one so it doesn't rust and do something smaller first with the big BITA on the frame...

25.) Spring Hexagons - not sure if this wants to be bigger or not.... 

26.) Triple Irish Chain - green. 80x80 I think. I did find both fabrics extra with it... Might need a green or cream border first or both... Made in the early 2000's. circular feathers in open spaces.

27.) Hexagon flowers on a black background. These are a stack of blocks I hand pieced a few years ago then hand appliqued to the black background a couple years after that!  

This is rolled onto the boards for pinning with the batting and backing.

28.) String of Beads is a top. I do want to add green circles to the meeting points of the green peels I think as well. The yellow ones really helped the colored parts of the peel flowers. I need a new photo of this one as I did get it to a top on 10/5/25. I promise!

Last Sunday in March

I made a bunch of progress on the cross stitch this week. The yellow quilt block part was added and a bunch of the grassy area below the wagon. 

Last Sunday

today

Thursday night was a busy one. I had the girl inducted into their HS National Honor Society. Her brother is also in it and was running the evening as VP. She then went and changed quickly into her uniform for the Senior night of guard performance. Three local schools were there and celebrated their seniors and then did a run of their show before the final Competition. Her brother stayed to watch and finally saw her perform. He was impressed!

I am planning to relax today! It was a long day at FFCC Competitions yesterday in Orlando where I was shuttling 4 girls on the teams from our local High School. Both teams performed well and increased their scores at the final competitions with great performances. Varsity took 1st place and JV were 6th out of 16 but increased a good 5 points from the last competition. All the performances were fun to watch and all should be proud of the jobs they did. 

I treated myself to this salted caramel frappe after 8PM to watch the final hour of performances. The sugar kick was nice as I had been awake since before 5AM.

Emily and her team. 

This week - the boy is off to Jacksonville for the week and will be competing in Skills USA in the engineering area with a friend. I hear lots of 3D printers are working right now printing their parts needed for Tuesday's competition. They made changes to the design Saturday and now they are modifying the presentation piece.  Their final run in this competition before heading off to college next year. 

Time to grab some lunch and decide what I feel like playing with today.

Linking up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers.

RSC Chickens

 I had a lovely unscheduled weekend and was looking through my block collections... once I found the boxes they were in! 

I decided to add a few chickens to the flock in red and green for this month and last. I had plenty of blue ones already.

Yes, three of the purples are a different size, since I turned the chicken body on the wrong side and then just went with it the first month I made them. The pattern is free at Sew Inspired Blog - Chicken Quilt Block.

. That will be fun to fit into a quilt! I might need to add eggs and a coop! We will see. Looks like I need to add some orange, black and white and brown birds. The red polka dot one makes me smile! 

I'll link up sometime on Saturday with the RSC.  It will be a busy day for me as I'm chaperoning and driving a group of kids to FFCC Championships in Orlando. It worked out both groups are quite the timeframe apart, which should work out to see both programs and awards despite being about 30 minutes from each other as JV is performing at a different school from Varsity. It will just be a very long day - 6AM until Midnight with the getting ready, driving and standard perform and wait for awards time.  Knitting will go with me in my backpack. That was easy to do while watching and waiting last competition. 

Slow Sunday

 I've been making good progress on the cross stitch. I forgot how much I enjoyed doing it after a 20 year hiatus. This was my last post last Sunday

I've been stitching this week! This is where it stands this week. This is the second page of the pattern. I still need to do the first page but I wanted to start towards the middle on this which was the quilt part. I think I'll alternate between working on the 'quilt blocks' and the grassy area below the wagon. The pumpkin was fun to stitch. This is the October Quilts For All Seasons book by Paula Vaughn. I did the months of August, September and started January back in the 1990's.

When I went to the front room to photograph progress, I saw these guys out the front window! One of the flocks of turkeys in the area. This one has 2 toms and 4 ladies. 

He is missing some feathers, so I know which flock he is with.

A question for you all. How do you juggle multiple projects? Knitting, cross stitch, sewing, hand quilting, hand piecing? As the mood strikes? Finish one before moving onto another or work a little on each throughout the week? 

Linking up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers.