Slowing down on Sunday

 I had a great chunk of time in the sewing room on Saturday and got a quilt pinned and machine quilted, a binding made and machine attached to the front. That allows me to do some hand stitching on the binding this week. When done this is going to knock 2 things off my UFO list. This quilt is 72x84. I just used the walking foot and did a meander curvy line every 3-4 inches or so across the quilt. 

The potato chip quilt on top and then the Full Stop blocks along with a bunch of other 'trial' blocks were cobbled together for the backing of the quilt. The blocks were so happy to get used and into a quilt. I pulled a solid brown from the end of the bolt mystery box that arrived this week for the binding. 

I believe this is a smile from the girl and Doc this morning. Her riding partner arrived before us and this one was in the pasture and would not go to her even with a carrot bribe. Emily got out of the car and was walking over to the fence and Doc walked up for pets and attention from her. I guess he knows she is the one that rides him! I just think she is a horse whisperer.

I believe we are heading over to Grandma's today for family game day. The kids finally don't have homework that needs to get done for Monday, since they have the week off for the Thanksgiving holiday here in the USA. Aidan has an early 1AM for us, F1 race in Las Vegas so I'm sure he will be sleeping in tomorrow morning. 

Linking up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers. I'll be snuggling under this quilt hand stitching the binding Sunday night to a Christmas movie I think. 

Weekend!

 The kids are off school for the week of Thanksgiving. I think they will both be sleeping a lot! They have been busy. I did the parent meeting for Winter Guard last night. OMG - I thought marching band was busy. Looks like February is going to be crazy as well as March. She is happy and enjoying it, so that is all that matters.

This one is not happy his girl will be gone so much. This was taken after she got home last week. He was a happy camper.

I added the last stitches into this little cutie from Melissa. I have since purchased some pretty 498 DMC and will be making the slew of them using that pretty red. She has 4 sets of 4 little Christmas patterns to stitch available. I think they will make a cute wall hanging.

I did some prep work on Thursday afternoon rather than pinning a quilt. One blue got stitched yesterday. I just realized I just finished stitching a red and green group! oops, I guess I am feeling Christmas colors. 

The top and back of the Potato Chip/Full Stop etc. are rolled and ready for pinning. I keep putting that off as it is one of my least favorite parts of quilting! I do need to get it done though, so I can prep the next hand quilting project. 

I realized I never showed the flip side of my Welcome plank I made last week. I did the Fall one a few weeks ago, and flipped it over and added this Christmas Welcome. I love how it turned out! This was a fun project I did at our local Hammer and Stain. 

The boy will be up soon to watch the F1 qualifying. It was at 1AM our time last night. We will see if he watches the race at 1AM Sunday or when he wakes up. Good thing we have the F1 Subscription for him so he can rewatch them anytime!

The girl has horses late morning, so I hope to head into the sewing room later this afternoon and get that quilt pinned for quilting.  I'd love to get that quilted and bound by the end of the month as it will cross 2 things off my UFO list!

I also hope to pick fabrics and make the last Arkansas Traveller block this coming week and get those sewn into a quilt top. 

I've put the dog walk off long enough this morning. It was 38 degrees when I got up and some of the grass looked a little crispy from a light frost. The sun should have warmed up the pavement a bit for his paws, so I'll get him out for his walk before we head to horses.

Linking to the RSC.

Progress and a cold front

 We are waking up to 52 degrees and only getting up to a high of 66. We have not had temps this low since February. Personally, I'd love a lot more of this weather or cooler! I guess that's the northern girl in me. 

With all the news lately around the world, it is very stressful and giving me a very uneasy feeling. I did pick up the needle and thread and added some 'rustic' embroidery into this tree offered free by Melissa at Pinkernpunkin. I forgot the little wisps on the tree but will make sure to mark those better on the next one that I'll do in a more maroon red. This one will be finished as a little pillow I think or an ornament for the tree. 

I did manage to stitch these 8 sets of 2 into sets of 4. There was a grey one as well, but someone messed it up and had to pick out those teeny tiny stitches. I got the 4 greens done this week. I need to prep more hexagons for hand stitching to keep up with the one a day at lunchtime..

I don't know if I slept wrong or what by my neck is hurting. Yesterday with lots of heat and advil I was able to turn it a bit more. Last night in bed, ouchers! It is slightly better this morning but still bothering me. I am so hoping I can pin a quilt today, but we will see how much that hurts. The top and bottom of the quilt is rolled onto the boards. I was helping at a Harry Potter Event this weekend so lots of littles and germs and I hear there is a bad bug going around. I did leave that event unwell a bit early. Emily missed the last 2 rotations in the afternoon, but she was ok with it as she had done all the 'fun' ones. She ended up swapping with me and driving half way home as well. I do have a COVID test that I'll take when I get back from the dog walk this morning. We normally go see my FIL on Thursdays, my day off. I don't want to get him sick. I've yet to have one of these be positive so I'm sure it is just a cold. The added neck ache is having me verify it.

The dog is indicating my 10 minutes is up, so I'd better get dressed and bring him for his walk. Aidan is off to a different high school today- he drove to the school he is slated for so they can all leave on a bus to Florida Poly Tech for the day for an expo. That means Greg got to bring Emily to school this morning. Now to go find warm clothes! Yesterday's dog walk was in shorts and a t-shirt.

Happy Mail!

 Bear was so kind to bark and let me know the FedEx person was at the door with a box! What was in that box, you ask? 

A mystery end of bolt box from Missouri Star Quilt Company. It was half off so I 'had' to get it! I got one a few years ago and I'm still pulling fabrics to use from it so I got another one.

I have not checked to see how much fabric is in each one, but some are bulky. Some really fun Christmas prints and lots of pretty fabrics. The purple in the second row, 5th down is a fun Halloween print with bats, hats and pretty fall flowers.

I also got the 10 inch variety of pretty greens and the 40 2.5 inch red strips. 

I've gotten 2 of the green hexagons done at lunch this week. Hockey game tonight so maybe I can get the sets of 2 into sets of 4. 

Both kids are late tonight, so maybe I can get the chip quilt pinned this afternoon.  The house is cooler so I might feel like doing that today. We had the AC unit serviced on Wednesday and then with the cooler temps, I didn't notice it was not working until I got home from horses on Friday and the house was 80 degrees. clicking it down did not work but the heat sure was! Of course, it was after hours when we realized it was not working, so we left a message on their machine. It was not going to be extra hot this weekend so it could wait. Yes, it is still in the 80's here in Florida but cools down to the lower 70's at night sometimes. They came late Monday night (they called to let us know they were behind schedule). Turns out the valve was listed as OK by the tech when he left but it was not, and all the coolant escaped. They replaced the valve and refilled the coolant, and we have cool air blowing again! No charge to us =). Great customer service. 

Saturday

 This afternoon, I hope to roll the backing (notice the full stop blocks in there!) onto a board and then pin the potato chip quilt for machine quilting. This morning, I am headed to help set up the Harry Potter event for tomorrow. 

Yesterday I went to the Market of Marion - the food area and picked up these veggies. I had gone to Aldi so had onions and peppers already and some fruits. I do love the fresh tomato's though. The radish was a fun find.

I also rode this guy, Justice yesterday. He was a bit grumpy and needed some corrections, but it is always nice to spend time in the barn. Greg is taking Em to horses this morning so she can get her fix. She did make the Jr. Winter Guard team so will be a busy girl through the end of March.

I visited Melissa's blog this week and saw her cute Christmas doodles. I started with the first set with a little red I had. I might have headed to Joann's Friday (and Thursday, he he he) and got a smaller hoop and some pretty red thread. I'll finish this one in the bright red, then will make the sets in the pretty red.

I did get a finish this week. The 2 inch Trip quilt hand pieced and machine quilted is done. Another UFO checked off the list.

Linking to the RSC.

Virtual meeting at work today

 What's a girl to do? Yup, I did some hand work. I got 4 red hexagons done and sewed them into pairs. Then I finished off a crochet dish cloth. It was about half way done.

We will see if I can get the potato chip quilt rolled onto the boards tomorrow and pinned for machine quilting. 

Tried a new recipe per Emily. Seems they are covering England now, so she wanted to try Cornish Pasties.  If she brings one in, she gets extra credit I guess. She brought in croissants, then made macaroons. I hear they cover Germany next then the USSR. I wonder what I will have to make for those 2 areas?

This was before they were cooked. 

A cobbled backing

 Monday was a day off work for me.... so I sewed! I knew I would never really make the Full Stop quilt top so figured I'd work them in with other misfit blocks to make a backing for the 72x84 Potato Chip quilt top. It took me most of the day, but I have a backing a little bigger than the quilt. I just noticed in the photo the ! are upside down. Not going to fix it. It is the back after all! I still have a stack of extra blocks, but got quilt a few rehomed in this project. I knew I wanted longer plain pieces around the outside, so that I can try and center the quilt top. We will see how that works out. I'll cut the batting off the roll another day and get it pinned for machine quilting. Too much figuring today for my brain to do anything else. The bonus - when this quilt is finished, it will knock off 2 things from my UFO list. Full Stop and the Potato Chip Blocks.

the backing - I did not straighten it out as it was a race to snap a photo before an animal got on it.

the top

The boy is home from his trip and learned a lot. I'm sure he will sleep well tonight. The dog is very happy all his pack is home tonight.