Time? It disappears...

I don't know where the last week went... School is back in session, spring break is over.   My mom had her cataract surgery Monday, saw my Gram, took my youngest to the allergist on Tuesday... and the rest of the week disappeared....

One Completed Top, 2 waiting for borders....  I also practised on the longarm yesterday and did some yucky feathers... having problems keeping each loop similar width.  From across the room they'd probably look good...

My Sew Happy Geek QAL Top
with borders 

Needs borders added to make a preemie quilt

2nd top needing borders...

She shared many wonderful days with her
Great-Grandchildren

A Great-Grandmother!  

My Grandparents, Married March 28, 1942
My Grandfather passed away March 30, 1996

My Grandmother!  

My Gram isn't doing well, she is nearly 96 and hasn't been doing well since a small stroke in November. She's been in the hospital since then. But today she's taken a turn for the worst. If I'm not around for a bit, I'll be taking care of my family.



My entry into Creative Me is sponsored by Appliances Online and Bosch Washing Machines.

WIP Wednesday

New Projects

• Air plane Donation Quilt 8/16 blocks completed
• New York Beauty Blocks 1 & 2 Completed

Completed Projects

• Dress - Pattern Testing - Completed
• Top - Pattern Testing - Completed
• Swim Bottoms for my 6yo (her old ones went missing)

Progress

• Sew Happy Geek QAL - top completed
• UFO #5 - 2nd Quilt Top completed, 
• Hello Sun Quilt A Long by April Mae Designs - some stitching done

No Progress 

• Sewing machine Cover
• Craftsy BOM
• Just Takes 2 QAL
• My step-fathers Birthday Quilt
• My Stars on the Mountain Quilt

15 Minute A Day
For the most part I've managed 15minutes a day quilting or sewing.  Monday I didn't get any sewing in, but I did help my daughter pin a template together and photograph some of my quilting

Swimming Lessons.... require swimsuits

Front

Back (appliqué added to cover slip of scissors!)

My youngest has been wearing 2 1-piece swim suits that are quite thread bare, and getting too SHORT... She also has a 2 piece that I recently made a new top as the fabric failed, but the bottoms have disappeared... So tonight I grabbed Jalie 2447 and made her a new pair.  I hope these fit, she needs them tomorrow!

Fully lined front, 1/2" elastic on leg openings, regular cut, yoga style waistband (my modification)

A New Quilt Started

The girls and I started on our Bingo cards... My 9yo did most of the work on hers and her sisters... My youngest was only interested in choosing fabrics, handsewing and fabric paints!  Theirs is nearly done, mine requires more work!
We used interfacing, I drew a 2.5inch grid on and fused the sqaures to the interfacing.  After fusing we stitched the 1/4 inch seams.  Much faster and easier than stitching all those squares together.  I think my 9yo wants to make a bingo card for my mom!   That will be a project later in the week, after she finishes her 9th Disappearing Nine Patch block.  

My Girls Bingo Cards
One on the left is finished...
one on the right needs Bingo Added

My Bingo Card - Not finished
needs batting/backing

I started these blocks... only problem, they aren`t both the same size... I will either need to trim the larger one down, or some other setting... I think I`ll make all the blocks before trimming.

I will be making one of each block and then set them into a quilt...

Friday Night and National Quilting Day Sew In

Sorry this post will be short on works... Must go catch the ferry home...

Sew Happy Geek QAL - Top Finished

Sew Happy Geek QAL

My Daughter finished up 4 more blocks
of her Disappearing 9 Patch

Pattern Testing - Completed 1 dress/1 top

As finished during FNSI

UFO #5 Top 2
Completely finished this morning

Donation Quilt started
8 Blocks of 16

WIP Wednesdays and a few other updates!

Completions

• Poncho for my Gram
• Fuzzy Pillows for the girls
  This uses the leftovers from the poncho and from a blanket of my Gram's that my mom shortened a few years ago.

Progress

• Sew Happy Geek
  Block 12 Completed
  I decided the dresden block (#12) doesn't fit with my quilt, so I added another block and will make the dresden into a pillow cover to match the quilt.  I am sashing with brown and have pink corner stone blocks.
• Hello Sun Quilt A Long by April Mae Designs
  Block in my purse waiting hand stitching
• Sewing machine Cover
  On Longarm, no progress
• UFO #5 - Top and Backing Completed
  

No Progress

• Craftsy BOM
• Just Takes 2 QAL
• My step-fathers Birthday Quilt
• My Stars on the Mountain Quilt

15 Minute Challenge
I've gotten 15minutes in each day this week... Sometimes more!

One Thing, One Week Challenge

I did list 3 items, and got 2 of them done! Not too bad... guess I should have only chosen one item, but would I have chosen the correct one?  And I worked on another project not on my list....

Here is my completed block for Sew Happy Geek QAL




And my daughter also completed 4 blocks too on her Disappearing 9 patch:


And I completed a quilt top

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Sewing Together

This morning my 9yo and I were sewing... She was working on a quilt for her teacher.  She is using the fabric she got from her brother for her birthday, and a couple of prints I picked up for her last week.  She is making a disappearing 9 patch quilt with 9 square in it, each strip started as 6 inches.  She has 4 blocks completed, and another 4 9-patches  ready to cut for the disappearing 9-patches.

I worked on the baby quilt (UFO #5).  I decided just to use 2 of the blocks and add another small block made from scraps... and I used the yellow, and a strip of the green polka dots.  The finished top is 37x44".  Now to make the backing...


Oh and I think its time for a new iron :( Mine seems to have developed a leak... ok its more than a leak, it might be a whole, the water comes out quite quickly. So in the past year, I have had a can opener, 2 kettles and now an iron die :(

Determining Background and Sashing Colours

Sew Happy Geek QAL

Now what colour sashing? Pink? Brown? White? I have the pink but it is nearly the same colour as those in the quilt, should it be a lighter colour? Or what about brown? I'd need to buy some... Or white?
(Fabric from Anna Griffin Carmen Collection - brown/pink colour way)

UFO #5

So which background fabric?