Last Saturday in Red.......

First off are the two snails trail blocks in red and maroon. Hard to find a light shade so I went with a white print. Here are all the blocks so far.

As for my little apple project this month....... Here she is!

 I was planning a nine patch outer border but I really wanted to get this to a top stage so I pulled this maroon from the closet and finished the top. This measures 36x36. I plan to hand quilt this one - outline quilting on the apples and some apples in the outer border, little leaves in the inner brown. Not sure if I'll do a diagonal in the nine patch or another apple outline there. I guess I'll decide that once I get there.

Head on over to SoScrappy on Saturday and see all the wonderful red projects people are working on. I'm also hooking up with Kathy's Quilts on Sunday for Slow Stitching Sunday. I hope to have this one pinned and ready for a little hand work on Sunday evening.

Friday= Nabby's Dowry Sew Along.....

Today is Friday and that means Pam has posted a new block over here. I quickly put this one together as I needed something for a leader and ender while putting the borders onto the apple quilt top.
Here is this week's block and a shot of all of them so far. Not too bad for a bunch of scrap HST's!

A UFO is now a TOP!!!!

I've been plugging away a little bit here and there and was able to throw on the last few borders today. This Maple Leaf UFO is now a top measuring 50x70. I really like how it came out. Now I wonder if I can get it quilted up in the next month......

I'm off to wait in line and pick up the boy. Then we are headed over to a friends pool for a play date. That should tire them out pretty well so they sleep good tonight. 

Tiny Tuesday - Double T

Today I made block number 120 in the midget block series - Double T. Other than having to go look at the instructions again to see how to put the four parts together, it went together very easily.

I have been reading a bit lately. A new to me author is Cindy Blackburn who has three funny mystery books written about billiards. I finished the first one in two days (Ok - instead of doing any sewing Saturday evening I read!) and am onto the second one thanks to my Amazon Prime lending abilities. I got to meet Cindy this summer while I was up visiting my parents. It turns out she wrote the books while at her cottage at the lake in the summers! She also helps out at the Lake Association Bingo held on Wednesday evenings  - real high stakes - a dollar to get in and 3 cards for a buck. It is so much fun and the kids had a great time there this summer. In fact - coming up with words that start with B on the way home from Emmy's speech lesson I mentioned Bingo and she said 'We went to Bingo in Vermont this summer with Grammy and Grandpa!'

Time to start thinking of dinner - Taco's tonight - one of the kids favorites. I use this recipe for the seasonings. Yummy.

Nabby's Dowry.

We are seven blocks in to this BOW over at Pam's Heartspunquilts. Here are all my blocks so far. I can't wait to see what block is on tap for Friday. It's not too late to join in, grab some hst's from your stash or make some. These are such fun little blocks to make.

Every time I try and work on the binding of the purple quilt someone keeps jumping into my lap. This is Maxie - she only show's herself when the kids are not home or are safely tucked into their beds sleeping. This was during nap time last week. She decided to snuggle down and take a nap herself as you can see in the next picture. Maybe I'll have to take this with me in the kids car line if I ever want to get it completed! I'll wait for the temps to settle down a bit - even with the AC on in the car at over 90 degrees out and the sun shining it is a bit too hot for a quilt on your lap.

Slow Stitching Sunday

Today is all about applique and apples! I plan to get a few more apples sewn down onto their backgrounds later today.

It will end up looking a bit like this.....

Head on over to Kathy's Quilts and see what other hand work is being worked on today. Oh, Kathy - those are the two silk thread I use for my applique. The light blends well with the light colors and the dark tan blends with all the dark fabrics.

Scrappy Saturday in red

This week I made a few crumb blocks with my reds. They are about 6 inches each right now. I think I may sash them with white into groups of 4 to make a bigger block. I need to go back and make some orange and green ones to add to the rainbow of colors.

I got all 12 of the red 9 patches done and now am starting to work on the apples. This is the first two that I managed to get done on Friday. I'll decide about adding a little leaf in there once they are done. I may just add a leaf or two on a few of the apples. Two down and eleven to go! I really like how this is starting to look.

Next week I'll have to make my snails trail blocks. Thank goodness there are five weeks of red to play with this month. Who knows, maybe I'll have the apples done and sewn together with the 9 patches!

Head on over to SoScrappy and see what other red projects are in the works this week.