Something -

 

 

Told me to stop and check the layout - 

 

For my Mulberry 16-patch - 

 

After I webbed the rows - 

 

And before I sewed the columns together -  

 

Good thing I did -

 

Because the bottom two rows are upside down - 

 

Needless to say - 

 

Tomorrow will be spent "un-sewing" - 

 

And then "re-sewing" those two rows - 

 

Because I sew the blocks into columns as I go - 

 

I should be able to remove the bottom two blocks -

 

From each column - 

Reverse them - 

And then sew them back on - 

At least that's the plan - LOL - ;))

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Webbing -

 

 

My Mulberry 16-patch - 

 

One block at a time - 

 

It should be done in the next day or two - 

 

And while I'm stitching - 

 

BOB wonders why "webbing" - 

 

Reminds me of "Charlotte's Web" - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Layout redo -

 

 

The Mulberry 16-patch layout is done - 

 

My daughter took all of the blocks off the wall - 

 

And totally redid it - 

 

It's on the wall sideways - 

Because the 8 x 10 layout is longer than the wall is tall - 

And the "top" is on the left side -

 

She's done playing with it - 

So now it's my turn - 

 

I'll be webbing it soon -;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

Layout -

 

 

Interruptus - LOL - ;))

 

I posted about the last batch of blocks - 

 

For my Mulberry 16-patch - HERE -

 

And I made the Scrap Card and Heart - HERE -  

And they are all up on the design wall in the hallway - 

But it seems that - every time we walk by - 

One or two of them fall off the wall - 

And since neither of us has had much time to re-arrange them - 

We just slap them back up on the wall - 

To be played with "later" -

 

So the layout is there - 

 

But it's not done yet - 

 

Maybe soon - 

 

Maybe not - LOL - ;)) 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Done -

 

  

The puzzle is done - 

 

Car Stamps - 

Ceaco - 1000 pieces - 

 

 

And I did a little stitching today - 

 

I went back to the square feather - 

 

And filled in just a little in the middle of each one - 

 

Then I tried another one in another square - 

 

And decided that I would try another one in a plain block - 

 

So that I could "see" what I was doing - 

Surprise - 

 

I couldn't see that one either!! - 

There's an advantage to having matching thread - 

 

You can't see my wobbles - 

There's also a disadvantage to having matching thread - 

 

I can't see where I'm stitching - 

 

Or where I've stitched already - LOL -

 

It won't matter when it's washed anyway -

 

You'll only see the texture - 

 

So I'm OK with that - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

Almost -

 

 

Forgot to schedule my post for the morning - 

EDIT - I DID forget what day it was - 

Since it was after midnight -

I scheduled this for tomorrow - Friday morning -

Instead of today - Thursday -

But I fixed it - and here it is - LOL - 

And I almost forgot to take some more photos -

 

So that I had something to post - LOL - 

 

This is what I had when I started -

 

After my daughter went to work - 

 

 

And this is what I have now - 

 

It may not look like much - 

But I filled in some areas on the left side - 

And a few bits and pieces on the right - 

And it's ALMOST done - 

And I ALMOST sewed something today - 

But the puzzled called - 

And I played with it instead - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

More puzzle -

 

 

Still no sewing - 

 

But a bit more of the puzzle - 

 

Most of it was done by my daughter - 

 

But I did add a few pieces here and there - 

 

 

I'm hoping my sewing mojo returns tomorrow - 

 

And I hope she had a good time - 

 

Wherever she went - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

No sewing today -

 

 

I wasn't in the mood - 

 

So I don't have any new "quilty" photos for you - 

 

And I know you like photos - 

 

So I'll "re-run" two of my favorites of Echo - 

 

On the couch with her monkey - ;))

 

Tomorrow is another day -

 

Maybe it will involve some sewing - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Only two -

 

 

Of the 6" squares - 

 

On my "Basic Math" quilt - 

 

Got stitched today - 

 

I did square feather in one block - 

 

 

And some echoed swirls in another one - 

 

I included photos of the "back" - 

 

Because they are hard to see from the front - 

 

Since the thread blends in so well -

 

And that's good and bad -

 

Good - because you can't see my wobbles - 

 

Bad - because you can't see what I stitched - LOL - 

 

Anyway -

 

I may go back and fill in that feather a bit more - 

 

To match the density of the other designs - 

 

And it's not much - 

 

But it's two more blocks than I had done yesterday - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

A good sewing day -

 

 

 

I made good progress today - 

 

On my "Basic Math" quilt - 

 

I finished all of the 4-patches - 

 

With swirls in the Blue ones - 

 

 

Square spirals in the Brown and Gold ones - 

 

And more swirls in the Beige ones - 

 

The Red ones and the Light Blue ones have pebbles -

From before -

That leaves me with the large 6" squares to stitch - 

 

And - if I counted correctly - there are 38 of them -

 

So I get to try a LOT of different designs -

 

Or at least a few of my favorites - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Some pebbles -

 

 

In Red and Blue - 

 

On my "Basic Math" quilt - 

The 4-patches are made up of  3" squares - 

So they are fun little areas for smaller scale designs - 

 

And pebbles fit the bill nicely in the red/blue ones - 

 

I might try spirals in the brown/beige/gold ones - 

And by the time I finish the them all - 

I should have some idea - 

Of what I want to stitch - 

In the big 6" squares - 

At least I hope so - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

No sewing today -

 

 

But we did play with the puzzle a bit - 

 

Car Stamps -

Ceaco - 1000 pieces -  

 

 

The border and a couple of stamps - 

 

And some words - 

 

More words - 

 

And a tray of "stamp edges" - 

Maybe I'll sew tomorrow - 

It's nice to take a break once in a while - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Red -

 

 

Was next in line for the quilting - 

 

On my "Basic Math" quilt - 

 

I tried to stitch some "ribbon candy" in this first Red rectangle - 

 

And realized the "density" was too big - 

 

So I tried to fill it in a bit - 

 

 

Then I thought I could stitch two "rows" in each Red rectangle - 

 

But I had to do the second row from right to left - 

 

And that didn't look all that wonderful - 

 

So I decided to do loops in the rest of them -

 

 

The density is about the same as the straight lines back and forth - 

 

So they look much better to me - 

 

NOTE TO SELF - 

Pay attention to the density of the FIRST design you stitch - 

That one will dictate the density of the rest of them - LOL - 

 

I'll check tomorrow - 

 

But I think that's it for the rectangles - 

 

And that leaves me with the 4-patch blocks - 

 

 

And the large 6" squares - 

 

The 4-patches will give me a chance to practice some smaller scale designs - 

 

Maybe some pebbles and spirals - 

And I'll save the large squares for last - 

I can use them to practice big flowers and feathers -

 

And anything else that needs SPACE - LOL - ;))

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

Gold and blue -

 

 

Were next in line for the quilting - 

 

On my "Basic Math" quilt - 

 

I stitched more straight lines back and forth on the Gold ones - 

 

 

 

 

And some paisley ones - 

 

They are great practice to get my hand speed and machine speed in sync - 

 

And to get my stitches neat and tidy and in a straight line - 

 

And then I stitched some more Lazy 8s or Wishbones on the Blue ones - 

 

 

I guess my Lazy 8s or Wishbones don't want to lean very much - 

 

They want to stand up straight - 

 

And I'm OK with that - 

 

As long as I can keep them all about the same size - 

 

They look fine to me - 

 

And here's another one of my favorite coffee mugs - 

 

Which now holds my pens and pencils - 

 

I've had it for years - 

 

The bottom of it says -

Shoebox Greetings (a tiny division of Hallmark) -

© 1988 - Hallmark Cards, Inc. -

 

 

This one got me through a number of tax seasons -

  

Since there was NO doubt that I was busy -

 

And I had a mug to prove it - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

Beige -

 

 

Was next in the line-up - 

 

For quilting my "Basic Math" quilt - 

 

I decided to do Lazy 8s or Wishbones - 

In the Beige rectangles - 

 

I love the texture - 

 

 

And I'm getting better at getting them the same size - 

 

But they don't "slant" very much - 

 

So I might try that with a different color - 

 

 

In the meantime - 

 

I thought I'd share a photo - 

 

Of one of my favorite coffee mugs -

 

In case you can't read it all - 

It says -

Coffee:  the "nine to 

five keep me awake -

calm my nerves -

perk me up so I can

work" medicine.

I have a variety of coffee mugs on my desk - 

 

I use them to hold my paperclips - pens - and camera cord - 

 

And then there's RED - 

 

 

He holds my COFFEE - of course - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

 

More brown -

 

 

I decided to wind another couple of bobbins of each color - 

 

And finish up quilting the Brown rectangles - 

 

In my "Basic Math" quilt - 

 

And then the Light Blue ones - with Silver thread -

 

Because I haven't decided yet - 

 

What I want to stitch with the other colors - 

 

 

And then I wondered how I missed this one - 

 

When I was doing the Brown ones - 

 

Turns out THESE are the Brown ones - 

 

And there are THREE paisleys - 

 

With THREE different backgrounds - 

 

Brown - Blue - and Beige - 

 

The one I "missed" was a "Beige" one -

 

I wondered if maybe I wasn't caffeinated enough yet -

 

To notice that I had three different versions -

 

But BOB thinks that I WAS -

 

And that's why I skipped it - 

 

In the first place - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -