End of Feb OMG post...

Well, progress was made but the quilting is not finished. Even with the extra day this month I'm afraid girl scout cookie time won over quilting this month. The good news is progress was made. I am on the last section and once I get my computer work for cookies all up to date tomorrow I plan to hand quilt the rest of the day until I have to go pick up the kids from Grandma.

Beginning of Feb

End of Feb

Linking up with the OMG February Progress report.
Linking up with Sunday Slow Stitching.

RSC in Orange....

Emily had Hailey over for a sleepover Friday night so Aidan decided to help me sew some orange. He cut a few blocks for me and I made another 16 patch block.

Then we sewed up a slew of bits and pieces to make this cute crumb block.

We actually made 4 blocks and I had him cut them with a 6.5 inch ruler. Then I sewed the 4 blocks together to make a 12 inch finished block. I even managed to find the other ones that I have made over the last few years. Some are smaller so I must have used a 6 or 5.5 inch ruler at some point. They are crumb blocks so I can just add a few strips of scraps here and there.

Linking up Saturday with the RSC Challenge. I do wonder what color will be selected for March?

Progress???

I happened to see a post stating that the OMG February finish link is up. Yikes! I am not done my goal yet of finishing quilting the trip quilt. I finally took some time and finished off the middle of the green last night and was able to roll the quilt to the last section needing quilting. I might have had hubby fix the fire stick so that the tv would work in the bedroom again yesterday afternoon!

I need to figure out the tension on this end part. I think I need to remove from the leader and baste it maybe? I'll have to check the videos and see. Those stitches might need to come out....

Hopefully this should go a little faster as I am better at the up and down from the right hand rather than the down and up quilting from the last section.  Right now I am thankful that we have an extra day this month. 3 more days.... I think I can get the hand quilting done on this top....but it might be really late on Saturday Feb 29 for the finish!

Somehow 2 kids managed to end up in the room with me while I was stitching. I guess it doesn't matter where I am in the house... they will find me! There might have been 3 cats in the room as well =)

This guy was perched on a fence yesterday while I was walking. He waited for me to take the photo before he flew off.

EMD - Ella Maria Deacon

I was able to finish this block last Wednesday. Then I cut out and pieced this block #23 this week. I just need to add an applique flower of some sort to this one. I suppose I need to decide that next...

Hand Pieced Quilt Along 2020 Reveal!

Check out the reveal at Kristin and Patty's blogs. Are you joining in?

Sunday.... but not a slow Sunday unfortunately!

Alas... it is cookie season and there are troop cookies to sell, computer entry from yesterday's booths and today's booth to prep for. It was a little chilly yesterday - so it was winter coat weather and gloves in Florida! With wind chill it was low 40's.... but at least the cookies were not melting like other years and 90 degrees!

Emily requested banana muffins...and can we add nuts like Publix does? I guess Grandma purchases muffins for them =). She is scooping batter into muffin tins now to bake off for breakfast.

I'll get a little slow stitching in on an Ella Maria Deacon block while it bakes. This is block #23 that I am piecing by hand. Instead of the broderie perse I will either add applique or embroidery to the middle. Some sort of a flower I think for applique or a cute embroidery of a pin cushion I printed off last fall from JacquelynneSteves.com.
I think this was car line work on Friday progress after cutting it out before getting Emily from school. I believe I marked them in her car line.



I did finish a dish cloth for one of my bowling friends this week. Does that count? Those ends need to get woven in.

Later tonight after picking up the boy from Grandma, maybe I can sneak into my bedroom for an hour and add some hand quilting into the trip quilt. It sadly has had no progress this week. Something about realizing I would be having to take over cookie control and having to train myself on the system and how to do things took up my evenings.

Linking up with the other Slow Sunday Stitchers who might actually listen to the slow down part! At least my girl scout meeting is all set for tomorrow - working on the brownie painting badge! We did the junior drawing badge in our last meeting with lots of different mediums. We will see what they all decide to paint on Monday. I have 8x10 stretched canvas, brushes and paints and pencils to sketch out their drawings first.

RSC Orange

I managed to get a little orange sewing in this week. I finished off 13 more of these blocks with grey centers. I really need a name for these!  **Update - Thanks Sharon for letting me know this is a cobblestone block! *** Their row is all sewn together and waiting for the next color. I might add a strip in between them all in November....we will see.

I added a star and nine block as well. I think I have another close to being done..... I have the nine patches and just need to sew the stars. I'd like to make another couple of these but we will see. 2 will make me happy as I am not sure if they will all go in one quilt or become multiple quilts at this point. Lots of decisions later this year for me!

Linking up with the RSC on Saturday. I'll be busy at cookie booths all weekend as I had to take over from my Cookie Mom and we need to get these cookies sold and help the girls reach their goals..... not to mention have money in our account to do fun things next year!