GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS???

 

TO ME--yep--today--Tuesday is another milestone birthday for me--I just want to know 'how' I got here--one minute I was a teen ager--can't wait to be out on my own--then a mother--then a working single parent--then a daughter helping her parents though cancer and the end of their lives, and then a Senior citizen--oh--my--what a ride!!!!!

I do have finishes to show you in my real life right now of being a quilter--

first up is May's block from last years stitch along with Melisa--all hand quilted and hung up to enjoy for the month of May-

and I also did Junes block--

When I need to finish one--I always do '2' while I have the supplies out--and this time I even have a 3rd one ready for hand quilting of her's it was a bonus block--but it's not finished yet--

And I got the red hexie project finished--

Doing that big stitch line around the blocks really set this piece off ---

And here is where I was on the Orange Peel stitch along on Saturday--

But I  have worked more on this one since--and in fact I had ordered a few more 'yellows' for this one--

I had 2 more yellows ordered--only when they came in they were a pretty light green background--yet online looked totally yellow???

And here is what I am doing with these 2.5" squares--

I am making Grandmother Garden flowers--from these Tida prints--I have a third one done since I took this photo!!!

And here is where I am on the Counted Stitching project--

I have gotten a bit more done on this one--but not alot!!!

And for May's Chookshed challenge--I, again, chanced my project as mine was a Christmas project and I am just not ready yet for working on Christmas--so I picked this project--

I have played with these blocks off and on--for over 10 years and keep unstitching how I did the flimsy--hope this time I can finish them and like them????

And here is some better photo's of Jenny's bom for 2024--

These were such 'sweet' little designs to stitch--thanks Jenny!

And look what showed up in my plant--??

My own little Fairy and her house!!!

Well that mostly catches me up on the stitching from--

But I have a question for you---

Are you doing any 'stocking' up--for the shortess that they say will happen???  During Covid I did but all the wrong things really and then alot of it spoiled and had to be thrown out --and I did get caught with no toilet paper--So I am doing some--but this time with things that I know I will use and will last for a long time--if nothing else I figure I am saving money cause we know that prices will be going up--so just wondered if you are also doing anything in stocking up--and I know we all have lots of fabric and patterns to keep us busy--oh and I did just ordered some more thread--was running low and found out that Connecting Threads was having a sale--and for whatever reason--I have always used their thread in  my sewing machine!!!!

GO OUT THIS WEEK AND HAVE SOMETHING SWEET TO HELP ME CELEBRATE MY '77TH' BIRTHDAY!!!  THEN TELL ME ABOUT IT--WHAT EVER YOU DO THIS WEEK--ENJOY YOURSELF--

HUGS, DI

A QUICKIE--

 Post--to show you I did get my #4 Chooky challenge worked on--

and it is now a nice flimsy--

sorry neither photos came out very good--

I will see if I can get better photos for my regular Sunday post--

this was Jenny's bom for 2024--

hugs, di

HAPPY BRIGHT AND SUNNY--SUNDAY

 Well---April is almost in the history books--only 3 more days left for us to get our projects list done--And guess who is behind--me!!!!  I have not touched this months Chookshed challenge--but like I said--there is 3 days left--soooooooooooooo??????

So what did I do this past week--???  

I did work on projects--

I did do some Counted cross stitching nearly every morning--it's the way I start my day--

here is the section I stitched this week--

and here is what I have done so far--

So it is growing---

And I did work on the 'Orange Peel" stitch along--

I am doing mine in 'needle-turn' applique--discovered I have to make my peels about 1/16th" wider all the way around to get the points to meet--and that is doable--so --I am on the right path--just need to keep working on these--I only have '17' peels to applique on this --yet!!!!

And I spent alot of time hand quilting on the red hexie piece--

I just have 2 rows on the far left side to hand quilt--then to decide how I want to finish this one???

And I got those strips I showed you last week--cut into 2 1/2" squares--

Can you guess what I am going to do with these????

And my Temu order came in and I got some of these rub ons and here is how I used them--

one is the light switch by the door and the other is the bathroom light switch--so fun now to turn the lights on and off!!!

and this one took me a 'minute' to decide how to use it--this is on the wall between the kitchen area and the living area--and is an old phone jack--now  it's a pretty 'kitty' box!!!

I want to order some other things from them--but am waiting to see what is going on first--as China has said they will not send anything though our US mail service and that is how I get the Temu orders!!!

On the plant front--I got a second rose plant--

this one is a pale rose color--but I am worried about the red rose one--it  doesn't seem to be doing all that great--???

And I had to throw out my shamrock plant--but boy did I enjoy it while is was healthy and all the little white flowers it displayed--also the purple pansy had to go--but here is the last couple blooms from it--

they are floating in a pretty dish of water--so am still enjoying them!!

On Tuesday I did get to go to my Son's for a nice dinner which my lovely daughter in law made--

we had fresh Salmon, rice, peas, rolls, deviled eggs--and later she made us fresh strawberries with a cheesecake frosting on each one--cute and very yummy!!!

And this little bunny was in my Easter basket--

I did pack most of my Easter things away--but keep out a couple rabbits for Spring decorating and this is one of those  bunnies!!

Well--time to go for now--am in the middle of sorting patterns and filing them--so my bed is full of paper work right now--doing some Spring cleaning!!

ARE YOU SPRING/FALL CLEANING--OR JUST UP TO YOUR WRIST IN DIRT FROM THE GARDENS?????

HAVE AN AWESOME WEEK--HUGS, DI

THE MONDAY AFTER--

 Well for most--Easter is in the rearview mirror--But then-- not for all of us--seems I won't be doing Easter with my son and dil until tomorrow, Tuesday!!!

I did nearly all my runnin around last Monday so I could sew for a few days in a row--and I actually did sew the rest of the week--

First I finished the hand quilting on the Woven Wreath quilt--

And on Saturday I got the binding sewed on it--I was surprised I had a piece of fabric in just the right color for the binding--I think when I bought the top piece a year and half ago--I also got a half yard of that tiny checkered piece--thinking binding--only when I got it out this year to finish it--I used it as the backing--and there wasn't enough for the binding too--But as I said--had a perfect match in my stash!!

So this one is a total finish--I 'so' enjoyed doing the embroidery on this one each month last year!!  Thanks Kathy S.

Earlier in the week-- I also got the Truck embroidery top layered and basted--

I may have an issue with hand quilting this one as I did these back when I was using an iron-on interfacing behind the blocks for the stitching--and now to stitch through a batting and backing and the 2 layers in each block--well--we will see how that works out????

And I worked on the Red hexie piece all week--

 This piece has been a 'pain' ever since I picked it back up a couple months ago--I had planned on a Grandmother's flower style block--only I needed 6 petals of each print and only had fabric for '4'!! and discovered it was on old enough line that there was none left anywheres--so to Plan b or was it c by this time????   Then as I went to lay this top piece on the background--which by the way was very hard to find in my stash--I have lots of whites and whites on white--but this needed more of bit darker than white---finally-found one that looked good enough and wide enough to use--but then I also discovered I had to unstitch half section of the hexies and move them down a hexie--so some unstitching and restitching was done--the I basted the hexies to the background piece and then appliqued all around the outside hexies--then layered it with batting and backing--and now I am in the process of hand quilting each hexie---

I am slowly working each morning on the ABC farmer's mkt Cross stitch piece--

In other news--

My girl friend Carolyn and I were grocery shopping on Fridays and had a good 10 minute wait for the bus yet--so we popped into the Bealls store--and they already had Easter marked down to 40% off--so look who followed me home--

He was only $6.00--and I will leave him out for the rest of Spring and maybe even Summer!!

And 2 new plants came home with me from Publix--

First is a Spring Cactus--

A very loaded with blooms plant and a rosey-peach color--pretty-

and--

Both were only $7---I have not tried caring for miniature roses before--so we will see???

I also cut--12 different colors of fabric into 2.5" strips--

wonder what I am going to do with these--?????

And here is the yellows I will be playing with this week for the orange peels--

WELL THAT'S MY ADVENTURES FOR LAST WEEK--

ON TO THE NEW ADVENTURES FOR THIS WEEK--WHAT NEW ADVENTURES OR PROJECTS DO YOU HAVE PLANNED THIS WEEK????

HUGS, DI

I keep wanting to tell you all something and I keep forgetting or the post is already too long--I do read many blog posts and I often have a comment in mind-and I tell myself I will go back and leave that 'comment' when--when I don't have food in my hand or in front of the keyboard---you see--I do my blog reading while I am eating my lunch and supper--so I have a plate of food to work over top of--it just doesn't work very well--but do know that I enjoy each post I read and I love seeing all the work and projects and gardens I see on your posts-please-keep posting we need you--so many are stopping and right now--those of us who are still at it--need all the calmness and peace from reading those posts--thank you!

IT IS HERE!!!!

 

LOVE --HOPE--BLESSING TO EACH OF YOU--

WITH HUGS, DI

ANOTHER FAST MOVING WEEK--

 I know we are thinking these days that all weeks are moving fast--So it is hard to know if one week moved faster than last week--But????

I did get some actual sewing done this week--

first-- I got the little coasters finished up-

the two in the tan's go to my daughter--the blue ones are mine--

And the big news is I am doing this weekly sew along--

I happened to see this on another bloggers site that I read--Little Penguin Quilts--as she is doing it too--my reasons for doing this one-

1. I liked that is smaller--though you can make it any size--

2. I like the different fabric squares in the background--

3. that yellow shouted to me--

4. it is applique and I was on the lookout for an applique project--

Now you can use any color for the orange peels--and I did consider and looked at other colors but for whatever reason--yellow was the loudest-- shouting out to me--

Now on Thursday my girlfriend, Cheryl and I was out and about and she took me up to the Quilt shop that is closing--I was shocked at how much she still had--the store is full yet of most everything--and fabric is everywhere--lots of it--only you have to buy it by the yard--at $12-16 dollars a yard with a 30% off--and I was surprised but nothing shouted my name--so I did pick out 4-5 fat quarters in yellows and left--!!!!!

Here is my background piece--that I sewed together yesterday--

I think we will start on the orange peels this week-this still needs the final pressing though

And I got the last row on Big Blue hand quilted--

I just have the border going around the quilt and that outer border to do something on--but am thinking I might do the binding next----or????????

Here is where I was this morning on the new counted stitching--

And, yes, I did do the word corn in gold--after I got my Easter cards ready for mailing I did have some time to add to this--

just needs another stem of cherries on top of the other stem and then move on down the letter's!!

I have been working on this embroidery project in the evenings too--

I had done some work on the watering can--but decided I did not like it--so--out it came!!  

will probably be working on this this afternoon while watching the race--

I did buy me some glass drinking glasses with lids--I just couldn't stand the 'taste' of the steel drinking cups--for some reason they do have a bad taste with the water in them--

really pretty aqua color with shiny silver decals on them--they came as a set of 2 with the bamboo lids and glass straw--got the set at Bealls--for $11.00--

I remembered this sleeve I had and it does keep the water colder longer by using it!!!

Some photos of my Easter things--in the top one--I had to add some stuffing to that little pillow--

I stitched these at least 10 years or more ago now--though the bowl they are in is only owned by me the last couple years--but it is an old dish--

and here is a collection of smalls I did from Melisa's designs--

and now the china cupboard--

found those 'chocolate' looking ( just plastic) rabbits at Walmart--they look so real like the real chocolate bunnies we buy!!!

And a new Easter item--from Publix trip--

wanted a rabbit with the green cabbage bowl--but haven't seen one--but --then you know how pink always gets my attention--soooo!!!!!

And I will end with some flower photos I took this week--

These are in the shopping plaza where I go to shop--they are soooo pretty there--

And these were outside a Cheddar's Restaurant where Cheryl and I ate lunch on Thrusday--

Did I ever tell you how much I love the color ---Pink?????

And I seen this house across the street from where I was 'interviewing' a new doctor!!

 I thought it really different in style--

HAVE SOME SEWING AND OUTING ADVENTURES THIS WEEK--AND WATCH THOSE CHOCOLATE RABBITS--THEY ARE EVERYWHERE!!!

HUGS, DI