Tiny Tuesday

Well, while the kids were playing games with their cousins last night (2 teenagers playing Rumacube and trouble) I got a little stitching time. This little umbrella joined the party just in time for some rain today.

This other one will probably get some stitches in the car line.... I seem to be one behind with not making one last week. I use back basting so I draw the pattern on the back.

 I do wonder what color umbrellas will be popping up in March?

Hand Pieced Quit Along - Block #5

I got both my blocks completed Sunday just in time for the release of block #6 on Monday!

I really like how these came out. So fun to hand piece these blocks. I am really loving this project.

Linking up with ElmstreetQuilts and Homemade.Simple.Everyday.

Slow Sunday.....

It looks like a nice day to sit on the back porch and do a little stitching as I wait for family to arrive from up north (after I do a deep vacuum of the house to try and get cat hair up for the allergic people arriving!). The kids are out there right now playing with their kinetic sand....

I have the units for the hand pieced quilt along block #5 made..... I just need to trim them, then stitch them together. I get to do it all over again since I am making 2 each of the blocks so I can make the quilt a little bigger. I have the second set cut out... just need to mark and stitch them together.

Emily decided it was movie night last night and I had to pay attention to the movie... so I can knit and still watch (I can't with hand stitching) so this yellow dish cloth was started as well. I think I can knit this pattern in my sleep so it was perfect for movie watching. [Cast on 4, knit, turn, start of row - knit first 2 stitches, yarn over, knit to the end. Turn and repeat until you are at around 50 stitches. Then you decrease - knit, knit 2 together, yarn over, knit 2 together and then knit to the end of the row. When you are down to 4 stitches, cast off.] I did the blue one last week in the bus on the way to and from St. Augustine with the 4th graders.

We watched Cats and Dogs, the revenge of Kitty Gallore. It was a cute movie!

Linking up with the other slow stitchers today over at Kathy's Quilts.

Yellow!

I made progress finally! All the yellow hexagon flowers are appliquéd down to their black 6.5 inch background squares. 2 colors down.... 8 sets to go!

A shot of the red and yellow flowers that are done.

Then it was inspection time according to Peanut.

I will link up Saturday to the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. Head on over and see what everyone is creating with their yellow scraps. 

Hand Pieced Quilt Along - Block #4

I finally got both of my block #4's done! I do love how these are coming out. It always amazes me how fabric and color placement can completely change the look of the block. I do love that hand piecing is so portable.... I believe I did most of these in the car line waiting on the kids! Good thing soccer starts next week - an additional 90 minutes of practice time to sit and stitch!

I found an on point setting that will work perfectly for the 18 blocks I am making (2 of each!). 

Linking up with the Hand Pieced Quilt Along. Head on over and see all the beautiful blocks people are making.

Slow Sunday Stitching.....

Time to sit back in my recliner and relax with a little slow stitching! I have had my hand pieced quilt along block #4 cut out since Wednesday and have not marked it for hand piecing yet! That is next on the list after posting this. Then it will be stitching it together tonight to make my 2 blocks before block #5 is released tomorrow.

My day was busy but fun. We headed up to Gainesville to the UF Gater Womens College Basketball game today. Emily was recognized as a Champion with Character and the kids got into the game free and it was only $1 for us adults to tag along. It pays to know someone! The kids had fun - Em was quite nervous to go out on the court but she did good and had fun at the game. They were ahead when I took her down at the end of the first quarter.....and then the other team - South Carolina took over. It didn't take very long to get up there and was a nice ride. The campus is beautiful! We may have gotten there a wee bit early and had to walk around a bit to find food.... but I did hit my 10K in steps! I think there were 7 other kids from our school and a good number of schools represented from the surrounding areas. Some went out onto the court between the 1+2 quarters. Em's group of 8 schools went out at the beginning of half time.

Now to mark my stitching line, put the foot rest up and relax with some slow stitching.

Linking up with the other turtle stitchers over at Kathy's Quilts.

Yellow anyone?

I was able to do a little bit of yellow this week. The first two umbrella's got created and I added a couple of yellow hexagon flowers to their black backgrounds. I think I had 13 yellow flowers to applique this month. Both are 6.5 inch blocks - the umbrellas and the hexagons.

I hope to get a little sewing in today as well..... although I am not sure if it will be yellow or not.

Greg has gone to retrieve Aidan from Grandma's. Emily just took a coffee cake out of the oven for breakfast. After a long day yesterday with a field trip to St. Augustine  with the 4th graders (hey - we came home with the same amount of kids!) it is a relax day for us....... by that I mean no actual plans!

I do hope to trim bushes and weed a bit in the front flower beds, pin Aidan's quilt...and maybe have him quilt it a bit.... but we will see.

Tomorrow - we head to Gainesville to see a Womens college basketball game. Emily was selected by her PE teacher as a 'Champion with Character' and she gets to see the game free and be recognized on center court with the other kids from her school. It should be fun.

Linking up with the RSC Challenge. Head on over and get inspired by all the yellow projects popping up.