HAPPY SEPTEMBER---BUSY BUSY BUSY---

 The first week of the month always seems a bit busy for me--this month was really busy!!!

Monday--I kitted up 2 new cross stitch projects--one is Halloween and one is Christmas--then I hopped the city bus and went to Publix for water and some groceries-- in the afternoon I worked on applique of one of the basket blocks--and by the end of the week I had 2 more finished--

On Tuesday morning I went on the Van that comes (usually on Mondays-but we did Tuesday this week) and bought some paper products--real exciting??????

But Tuesday afternoon I got to do something I had not done in at least 2 years or more--I got to go to an actual Quilt shop--Called--Sew much Fun--it is just 4 miles up the road from me--but just don't have anyone who drives and likes fabric--but I emailed a lady from the Quilt Guild who I had met and only lives less than a mile from me if  she was going and she said 'yes'- so she picked me up and away we went----  I mainly went to find backing for this project--

I have tried several fabrics and nothing worked--so decided I need to go into a store to find something--was trying a couple things--when Karen --the gal who took me--showed up with a bolt of fabric and said what about this one--and by golly--it did the trick--

I never would of picked it out-- to try!!!  but it sets off the little hexies perfectly!!

So, did, I buy some other fabrics--of course I did--

got an older piece of Tilda fabric for my grandmother flower garden--

4 fall -- Halloween fabrics--really like all 4 of these--and yes there is black cats in with the pumpkins!!!

3 Christmas fabrics--love this Gingerbread one--the house the Santa mug ,the tree with the little gingerbreads on it,--on and on-- and the cute red one with the cute little gingerbreads and then candy canes--

and got 3 yards of this one--from the sale shelf for $5 yd--thinking backings for kids quilts--maybe???

And this color wheel fabric--for a contest they are having there using this panel--and the purple one goes with it--have about '2' whole ideas so far???????????????

Wednesday was a house work chores day--but then I started working on 4 blocks --that the quilt club is collecting  for a quilt--and would you believe I totally forgot to take a photo of them--I am upset with myself--I will just have to make a couple more--so I can do a photo--!!!!

Thursday was some errands here--like paying the rent--visiting with a resident who is getting over a surgery--and working on those flowers--was suppose to get  my hair trimmed when I got there she was doing a perm--she said I did not have an appointment--yet I has watched her write it down--(perms pay more that a trim????)  so will go next week!!!

worked on some heart jewels and finished up the blocks for quilt club--

Friday morning was  Quilt club at my local library and so I was on the bus at 9:15 am--they had a nice meeting and I met two friendly ladies--Anita and Cindy--so enjoyed the time there and from their donation table this little pile came home with me--

Opps--can hardly see the pretty gold one in the middle--all the rest are winter/Christmas prints!!

Since then I have gotten some orange done--

Have more ready to stitch together in the orange--

And in cross stitching--I got 2 projects started--

The top one is the cutes little Ghost--and the bottom one is this months Tiny House--

Yesterday when I was working on the house--got that strip of grass in and was ready to stitch the last stem and leaf in, when I realized there was a problem--I had turned the cloth wrong--so had to unstitch it all and turn the cloth and restitch it--fun!!!!!!

And you probably can't tell what new outlining I have done on this piece--but I wanted to show it again so it is recorded that I am working on--on Sunday mornings--

Oh--and last Sunday I got Augusts Christmas ornament embroidered--

Have a red, green, and now a gold one--was thinking each month would be a different color--now--am wondering if I just want to repeat these 3 colors!!????

We had an actual Tornado warning last night--some a bit north of here had winds to 65 miles per hour so some damage--here is a couple photos I took a bit later in the evening--

A really pretty rain bow  and later the air turned 'yellow' here it looks almost pink--but it was yellow--have seen some really good photos on facebook of how yellow it was!!!!

I FEEL SO BAD THAT SOME OF YOU ARE STILL HAVE VERY HIGH HEAT TEMPS--WHERE AS, WE HERE IN FLORIDA WHERE IT IS SUPPOSE TO BE HOT--ARE ONLY IN LOW 90'S--WE STILL DO HAVE SOME HUMIDITY--BUT NOTHING LIKE WE DID IN AUGUST--SILLY WEATHER!!!!  TAKE CARE AND STAY INSIDE AND KEEP SEWING--

HUGS, AND LAUGHTER TO EACH OF YOU--DI

CAN WE REALLY BE---

 at the end of another month in 2026--this makes # 8 month that has flown the 'coop"!!!!

I am just having a hard time believing we are at the end of 8 months with just 4 months coming up --with all the holidays in those 4 months--!!!!

Did keep busy on stitching projects this past week--

working on those blue Tilda basket blocks--

this now makes a total of 20 blocks--how do you like the wagon wheels on that one block??

And I have started filling some of the baskets--

Three blocks are filled and 2 more have the designs cut and are ready to applique--

Then also in applique--I prepared the next section of the ABC quilt--

the strip at the top is the start to one side of the picket fence on the bottom of the pattern--do have the bottom rail appliqued in on the second half and all the picket pieces are cut out--am trying to decide what color house I want to make ???/

And I am happy to report--that I kept working on this winter wreath this past week and it is done--

now I did not stitch in a couple things that was on the pattern--as I felt for me it was 'too' busy--now Primrose finished this off and put it in a cute black fluted edge tin--and they still have them in stock--I want one--only--only--while on that site several new patterns jumped into my cart--and they can not all come to my house--I already have way more projects than I can do as it is--so?????

Some mail showed up--

a jelly roll in some really nice oranges--I know this month is purple color--but remember I did the purple month back in May--so I will now do the orange month for September--but did not have very many oranges--and lo and behold--Missouri quilts had this jelly roll on sale for about 50% off last week and it's perfect for my jewel pieces--and I can do some other fall projects with this one--there is some nice darker strips and some lighter ones--

this package also showed up--

a new pattern--why Di--you have enough patterns--but--I don't--I don't have a nice cute mouse pulling a sled with letters in it--do I?????

the black fabric is for yet another cross stitch project for October--

And yes Mrs Claus, I will be working on you too--again this week--I promise!!!

Now I did have a question from a blog friend on the size boxes I get at Dollar tree for my projects--

this is the one I use for my Cross stitching projects--

these are clear color and are about 7"square and 1 1/4" tall/depth--they are perfect for my small projects or the threads for a larger project--

the second one-- I buy lots of are--

they are plastic and come in 4-5 colors--and measure 8"x10" and are 2" depth--my blocks I do have to bend the top part of the block over to fit in these--but these are just the right size to keep on the little shelf stand beside my chair and the stack up nicely--so one has hexie project in it--embroidery in another one--applique in another one--and I can just pull out which project I want to work on each time--I also have a couple with thread in them--like 2 are filled with my Valdani threads --

I can usually only find them with the school supplies at this time of the year!!   They are just $1.50 each (--now of course--!!!!!)

WELL--ON TO SEPTEMBER--OH--AND WHAT ARE YOU BUYING TO EAT AT THE GROCERY STORE---CAN YOU FIND ANYTHING THAT HAS NOT BEEN ON A FOOD RECALL???????  IT IS MOST CRAZY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW--I DARE SAY!!!

WHAT ARE YOUR STITCHING PLANS FOR SEPTEMBER--ANYTHING NEW OR DIFFERENT??

HAVE A FANASTIC WEEK--HUGS, DI

 

WORDS --I SAY TO MYSELF ALL THE TIME!!!

 We will talk about them--later--

First we have to do--Show and Tell--

I actually sat at the sewing machine for a couple days this past week--it seems I do alot of hand work-but rarely get to just sit and sew--

First sitting on my ironing board was a pile of 8 patches from '2' mini charms that I used as my leaders n enders--and they were at a point were I needed to sew them into a flimsy--

the little squares had to do with ''cats"

So that got done and then I went to work sewing jelly roll strips together--now I have been reading that we need to sew up some of our favorite fabrics--especially some of the older ones--

And I had this one jelly roll forever--I believe--and I just loved how pretty all the colors were all rolled up--there was some black in the this jelly roll and a couple or more years ago someone sent me another jelly roll of black prints--so I have combined them and made these squares--so far--

I have 2 sets of 17--8" blocks now to play with--may need to do one more set at least --but I need to lay these out and play with them and decide on size of quilt--I sure did have fun sewing them--nothing frustrating about these (well--except for about 5--that the seam was too narrow on one piece and I was afraid it might pull out--so out came the seam ripper!!!!

And some more blue baskets got appliqued--I have a total of 18 designed--so need to do 2 more and make it 20--then have to start filling some of the baskets?????

Got just a few leftover yellow jewel hearts and a couple basic ones finished--

And here is where I am on my Counted Cross stitch project--

there will be a total wreath going all the around the house scene when done--So now do I work on this again this week and try to finish it--or--Mrs. Claus seems to be begging to come out of 'timeout' and be worked on--oh my--which one will I work on?????

And another little sweater is all finished--

And of course a new one is on the needles!!!

I did keep some money out this month--so if I seen a good sale on layer cakes, jelly rolls--I could order them-- and I found 3-4 on Missouri Quilts Daily specials--the price of Layer cakes and jelly rolls are very expensive now--no way can I afford one full price--I found a couple jelly rolls in blues for about $23 each--and one in oranges for $23--and I need oranges--it's on it's way--also found this layer cake for about $24--

I did think this was more pink--instead it is a wine/plum color--but still a good bargain--!!!

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Ok--

Now I think we all talk to ourselves--whether under our breathe or out loud--I have gotten to be more of a 'out loud' one here at home--here is a few things I say these days---

Of course----naturally---knew that was gonna happen--PLEASE--you have got to be kiddin me--why did you???---

now these words are usually said cause--something fell on the floor--I can be right over a waste basket with 3 items to throw away and at least one will fall on the floor instead--sometimes all 3 items!!!!  I can look at something and it will roll off the table ( or I swear will roll off just because it wants to upset me)----I could go on--but I think you get my 'picture'????

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I started my week off with my AC dying over the weekend--it got pretty warm in here last night--luckily I have 3 small fans around the apartment and I was able to put them close by the bed so I could sleep--and even though I did call the office for a work order--I thought I heard the work men in my hallway--so went out and they were already replacing an air conditioner for another tenant--so they had all the equipment--expect for going down to get another air conditioner for my apartment--it took them a whole 15 minutes to replace it--so by 8:30 I was getting cooled off again--and for once--they left me no mess to clean up after they left---yeah!!!!

And one other note--last week I told you about an ride issue--it was not my Monday morning Van shopping trip--nice driver there--it is the City Bus service that we have the problem with drivers--I guess I really should not complain as the ride for Seniors is free!!!!

Thank you all who leave comments--I appreciate each and every one!

SO I HEAR WE ARE ALL COOLING DOWN SOME--(OR WARMING UP)--BUT WE NEED TO KEEP WORKING ON OUR LOVELY PROJECTS AS --YEP--AS CHRISTMAS IS COMING ON REALLY FAST!!!!!!!

HUGS, AND BEST WISHES FOR A GREAT WEEK--DI

I THINK I AM IN SLOW MODE--

 Or at least it feels that way--I mean here it is --half of  August is gone-gone- gone--and it seems I don't have alot to show--every night when I go to bed and quickly think about what I did that day--I wonder how come it took me all day-- to do only what I did do!!!!!

Ok--so for this week--

I got the '2' wool blocks stitched in the monthly BOM from Attic heirlooms--

We had a Hen to and a Rooster to do--done!!!

And this months Roundabout from Melisa--

I got the embroidery done and decided on a purple Dresden plate border--(this is the 2nd border I made for this one--somehow the first one came out too big--sigh!!!

and I got the little cross stitch monthly Tiny House finished--from Melisa-

Sewing that braid trim on around the house takes about an hour--it is worth it--but-sometimes at the time of the stitching I am not always happy about it--but I can only be upset with me as it is me who decided to do this trim!!!!!!!!!!---I --forgot that I would have to do this trim--12 times--only 4 more times to go--!!!  My little lighted tree is getting full!!

and more of the color yellow jewel hearts got stitched up--

my favorites in this batch is, of course, the little chick one and little yellow duck one!!!

And two blue basket blocks have been appliqued--

I have more prepared to stitch and some more designs to play with for this quilt--!!!!

And I have -- once a week --been working on outline work on this cross stitch--it is my Sunday slow stitch project--

And a new squirrel ran into my Cross stitch time--

This is a free stitch from Primrose Cottage--can you guess why I had to do this one????

If it's because of the two little lambs--you are right--all this stitching cause of two little lambs--Di you are crazy!!!!

And one more little sweater is done--

I have done a couple others--but they didn't ask for their 'photo' to be taken for some reason???

Monday morning on our Van we went to Walmart--and on Thursday  went on the local bus to our little Publix for  a couple items and to do a return to Bealls--on the ride home-we had a bus driver who would speed up and then slam on the brakes--over and over--all the way back which is probably only a 2 mile or less route--but lots of "bumps" and rumble strips --and my cart was heavy with 4 gallons of water--so my body got pulled and jerked all around--I hurt for 2 days after that trip--what is wrong with these drivers???????    So I did get out and about 2 mornings--in the heat--but with some sunshine--which I love--cause once I get home--dear sweet home--I don't go again--unless I have to check mail and do some trash--OH talking about 'food'--what are suppose to eat????  I have always felt for the last 30 years I have ate a fairly clean diet--but---one of the things I recently got into eating was the Boulder regular potato chips in the Avocado oil--thinking that was far better than the seed oils for the other chips--I have always loved my potato chips--I have noticed at times that I felt the taste of them was--off--but --still--and now I find out it's not a 'safe' oil--may not even be Avocado oil on them--grrrrrr!!

WHY IS ALL OUR FOOD FILLED AND COATED WITH POISION--what is the matter with our government and the companies that make our food?????  all I can say is--some day they will have to answer to God!!!!---sorry about my rant--!!!

BACK TO GOOD THOUGHTS AND PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER OR FALL--WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON--

WITH HUGS, LOVE, AND BLESSINGS, DI