Slow Stitching Sunday

After working today and then coming home and cleaning up the house a little I am really looking forward to sitting down this evening after the kids are tucked into bed with a glass of Moscato wine and this 12 inch block for some hand quilting. I put a few stitches in last night to start it and hope to get a bit more done tonight.

Head on over to Kathy's Quilts and see what other slow stitching projects are being worked on today.

Teal and Aqua Hexies....

I had prepped a few hexies to work on this week and have managed to make all of them! I think it is time to dig into the scrap bin and see if I can find some more of these colors to play with. Don't mind the pink one.... I found those hexes at the bottom of the busy bag. Must have missed it from last month. The round light is Aidan's 'nightlight'. He loves deciding which color to select with it on the remote. I have it as a teal to go with this months color.

Head on over to SoScrappy and see what other teal projects are being worked on. As for me - I'll be driving a bit today. Dropping the kids to Grandma and then heading another hour further to meet up with my parents and all my Dad's siblings for a family reunion. Have a wonderful day.

On the needles....

Not too much to post about this week so I figured I'd show the dish cloth that is currently on the needles today. I have one done in this color which immediately got put into service in the sink. This is the second one. I hope to get four of them out of this ball of yarn.

 

Tiny Tuesday - Severe Fighting

This week I planned ahead and made this block on Thursday while I was cleaning up a few things.
I just made some paper templates for the elongated flying geese and it went together very easily.

I also got the handle stitched down to the pink basket yesterday. It was very easy to stitch down once I had it placed. I used Angela's tip and unstitched a little by the edge of the basket and tucked the handle end in and then restitched it up. Easy Peasy. Now maybe I have the confidence to try that curved Century quilt applique block.

RSC Sampler Blocks

I managed to get a little bit of sewing in today before cleaning and dusting the sewing room for company tomorrow.
I pulled some pinks and made most of the basket block. I hope to put a few stitches in tonight on that handle. Then I pulled the only real teal I have and made a friendship star block. I'm going to cheat a bit and use the blues that I think are ocean colors this month.

Head on over to SoScrappy and see all the links with amazing projects people are working on through the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

For all those up in the colder climates...... we had smores cooked on the grill for dinner tonight. Late lunch of gyro brats so no one was really hungry for dinner. Sugar cone (ice cream), Hershey square of chocolate and a marshmellow. Yummy!

The kids are having their showers, then some family game time and books before we tuck them into bed tonight. I'll work on that basket handle and then continue with my orange peels.

Slow Stitch Sunday....

I'll slowly work on finishing the last 9 (I hope) of the orange peels needed for the border of my hugs and kisses quilt today.

I really want to hand quilt this one but the thought of such a big quilt being on me in the summer in Florida is not something I want to think about. So... I went searching on YouTube and found a nice tutorial on how to quilt as you go without sashing and I think I may give it a try with this quilt. I have it in rows right now and I think I'll sew sets of two rows and one set of three rows and attempt to hand quilt them. I'm just going to echo quilt around them I think for the X and O's. Probably a squiggly line in the frame or multiple straight lines? Maybe some simple circles or elongated ovals for a cable? I'll figure that one out after. This will be a great way to use up those extra strips of long batting from previous quilts.

Head on over to Kathy's Quilts and see what other slow stitching is being worked on today.

Yesterday we headed to Magic Kingdom and met up with my brother and his family. This was the kids at the end of the day - she picked out the ears with tulle and he got goofy. Next time I will grab the GPS.... I didn't plug it into my phone to get home figuring I knew where to go. Nope - took the wrong turn and headed to Tampa before heading back to Ocala. Oh well - it was a very scenic route home and Em slept most of the way. Aidan kept me company while playing with the ipad.

I never knew of Tom Sawyers Island with the wilderness forts, barrel bridge and all the other fun things  for little boys to do and get their energy out.

A picture with their cousins Sarah, Aidan, Emily and Becky.

A great time was had by all. Wishing them safe travels back to Vermont on Monday.

Heading to Magic Kingdom today with the kids.....

I'll have a RSC and Slow stitching post tomorrow if I survive the day with the kids!