Quiet Sunday

 It's a foggy day and a great day for just relaxing. I plan to continue working on my Pride and Prejudice embroidery. I got this far yesterday.

I also have a few pieces that need the binding hand stitched so I will probably choose one of them for a little hand stitching also.

Yesterday I finished cutting those scraps. Now the box is full. But I plan to start cutting a scrappy quilt in the next few days so hopefully the scraps will go down a little. The quilt will be made with blues and neutrals but more about that later.

I am linking up with Kathy at Slow Sunday Stitching . Thank you Kathy for hosting this fun event. you can find her HERE. I am on my way to see what others are hand stitching this Sunday.

Happy Stitching,

Sherry

Starting Off Scrappy

 With the turkey breast in the Crock Pot I headed to the sewing room to start my projects from my list of goals for the month.  First I decided I need to put away some of the strips I had cut from small scraps I found while organizing my table. I knew I had a nice box I wanted to store the 1 1/2 inch strips in so I pulled it off the shelf, opened it and found...more small scraps needing to be cut.

After this discovery I spent most of the day cutting more strips from this box. This is what is left. I hope to finish cutting these fabrics up today and fill the box as I intended.  Then I will be able to move on to more fun stuff.

I did take time out to prepare my first Pride and Prejudice block. After tracing I backed my block with Shape Flex as I do not like to use a hoop for my embroidery I didn't get very far but I really like it already.

Have a great day.

Happy Stitching,

Sherry

Happy New Year 2021

 

Happy New Year to all. Lets hope 2021 is a much better year. Upon reflecting on 2020, I realized I could remember many of my finished projects but not all. So I have decided to revive my blog to keep track of my doings for the year.

The last few days I have been reorganizing and deciding what I would like to accomplish in this new year. Looks like we will be home a lot which will be a repeat of 2020. During my reorganizing efforts I found that everywhere I turned I unburied a pile or tote of scraps. Thus, I have decided that this year I will devote more time to finishing UFO's, which are aplenty and using up and organizing scraps. Now that doesn't mean I won't be starting new projects. In fact today I plan to prepare and start my first block of this:

I have always loved the works of Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice being my favorite. So I decided it was only logical to have a Pride and Prejudice quilt. My friend Lyndsey in London and I will be doing this as a BOM. These nice simple blocks should be easily accomplished in a month leaving time for other hand stitching.

We awoke this morning to sleet followed by snow.  It's certainly a good day to stay in and sew. I have a turkey breast in the Crock Pot so our meal today will not be very time consuming with the Crock Pot doing most of the work.

I also need to plan my projects for the rest of the month so I best get busy.  Do you have sewing plans today?

Have a good day, Life is a Journey

Sherry

Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop

Many thanks to Carol for hosting this fun holiday blog hop. There are many talented artists on this hop so be sure to check them out. LOTS OF INSPIRATION!

Here is the list of those participating:

October 7

Creatin' in the Sticks

Songbird Designs

For The Love Of Geese

Quilted Delights

Kathleen McMusing

Quilts By Joanne

Whims And Fancies

Janie G. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 8 

Selina Quilts

Words & Stitches

Vroomans Quilts

Days Filled With Joy

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Life in the Scrapatch

Just Because Quilts

Brenda's Quilt Blog

October 9

Home Sewn By Us

Kathleen - Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Websterquilt

Seams To Be Sew

Sew Many Yarns

October 10 

Beaquilter

Homespun Hannah's Blog

MooseStashQuilting

Cynthia's Creating Ark

It’s A T-Sweet Day!

Count it *all* JOY!

Bethni L. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 11

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Fabrication

Melva Loves Scraps
Patchouli Moon Studio

Ms P Designs USA

Karrin’s Crazy World

Patchwork Breeze

As for my contribution, I took my inspiration from the book Happy Villages by Karen Eckmeier.



With just a couple of templates provided in the book you can make any type of village you desire. As for my village I chose a Halloween Village since this is the Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop.

After laying out my design and adding a few dots of glue to hold my pieces in place, I covered the piece with wedding tulle in black and stitched around the motifs. A nd with the addition of a button or two I had my village all ready for Halloween.

Thanks for stopping by my blog.  Don't forget to visit the others on the hop.

Life is a journey...have a great day!

My Day on the "SHOW YOUR WINGS" Blog Hop

A very special THANK YOU to Carol, our hostess with the mostest at Just Let Me Quilt, you can find her HERE for hosting this blog hop.  Carol always comes up with such fun hops that I just had to join in. There are many great bloggers on this hop. Be sure to visit them and see how they are showing their wings. Here are the blogs and their dates.

February 18

What About Rheema?

Hill Valley Quilter

Nutz For Redwork

Kathy's Kwilts and More

Melva Loves Scraps

Creative Blonde

Keepsake Moments

Whims And Fancies

Quilt n Party

Seams To Be Sew

February 19

Patchouli Moon Studio

Vroomans Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Songbird Designs

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Sew Many Yarns

Kathleen McMusing

Life in the Scrapatch

DesertSky Quilting

Clever Chameleon Quilting

February 20

Creatin' in the Sticks

MooseStashQuilting

The Joyful Quilter

Home Sewn By Us

Selina Quilts

Websterquilt

Beaquilter

Cynthia's Creating Ark

Ms P Designs USA

Bumbleberry Stitches

Mageez Room

February 21

Just Let Me Quilt

Sew Incredibly Crazy

Sew Fresh Quilts

Quilt Fabrication

Words & Stitches

All Thingz Sewn

Kathy’s Quilts

For The Love Of Geese

Two Maker Chicks

madeNcorrea
That Fabric Feeling

I actually have two quilts to share with you, the first is KNIGHT'S QUEST.  My husband and I drew this pattern for applique from a photo we saw online. Hubby and son both like dragons and this was a Christmas gift for son.

I have tried to get this photo to sit up correctly but it seems to want to come into my blog on its side.

I don't care for this photo quite as much since it was taken on a sheet.  But it is at least sitting upright!

Several of the fabrics are non-traditional to quilting making but I felt it carried out the theme. Dragon certainly has "wings".

Here is a close-up of my Dragon . The Knight is in satin and there is a shimmering overlay on the water.  My dragon authority aka. hubby, determined the dragon needed gold toenails. This wouldn't have been an issue with me except he didn't mentioned it until the piece was quilted and bound. If you are a quilter you understand. But son doesn't care and he enjoys hanging it in his home.

My second "Show Your Wings" project is one of a twin.

This is "Flying with Dad".

My hubby and his brother often reminisce about flying with their father in his plane. And of course they both love airplanes so as a tribute to their father who helped to found our local airport, I created two quilts that are an adaptation of an old pieced pattern from the Kansas City Star.

Here is a copy of the label I put on both quilts.

That does it for Showing My Wings.  Be sure to visit the other fantastic posts on the hop.  There were some wonderful projects on the first day, which was yesterday so be sure to visit them also.

Life is a journey, have a great day.

Sherry