Friday, December 24, 2021

Merry Chrstmas - 2021 -

 
 
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
 
I hope you all have a VERY good day - 
 
With the ones you love - 
 
And have plenty of love - laughter - and food - 
 
I have limited internet access this year - 
 
So I can't link to my favorite Christmas card - 
 
But it's the one that I sent last year - LOL - ;))
 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go- gotta sew- 
 
P.S.  I should be "up and running" by Tuesday - 12/28/21 -
but if not - 
please HAVE A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! - ;))

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

Internet woes -

 
 
We are having technical difficulties - 
 
The power went out on Monday morning - 12/20/21 -
 
When it came back on - 
 
Everything works except the phone - internet - and TV - 
 
My daughter rigged this up to get internet - 
 
Until they can come out to check it out on MONDAY!! -  12/27/21 - 

That equals no Christmas - :( -

Thanks for checking on me - 

I'm fine - 

But I can't let anyone know if I don't have a phone or the internet - 

I guess I'm being forced to get a cellphone - 

And BOB doesn't like being forced to do stuff - 

I will try to check my emails periodically - 

So stay tuned - ;))


Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 


Monday, December 20, 2021

My practice quilt -

 
 
From Christina Cameli's Craftsy class - 
 
Is bound - finally! - 
 
Ta Dah! - ;))
 
 




It was an EXCELLENT class - 
 
And I HIGHLY recommend it -
 
Now I'm off to chase another SQUIRREL - LOL - ;))
 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 
 
 
 

Sunday, December 19, 2021

Squirrel -

 
 
My daughter found this on Facebook
Photo credit - boredpanda - dot - com - 
 
And it pretty much says it all - 
 

So I became the Squirrel - LOL - 

And dug out a quilt that needs binding - 

A practice quilt from Christina Cameli's Craftsy class - 
 
 
I couldn't find my left-over bolt of YELLOW fabric - 
 
To use to make the binding - 

 
But I did find some OLD "quilt binding" in a drawer - 
 
Wrights - Double-Fold Quilt Binding - 
3 yd package - $2.40 - 

 
It comes in 3yd packages - 
 
And I need over 7 yards - 
 
So I had some "joining" to do -

 
And I found another use for my LEFT-EZE Rule™

The dashed line on the diagonal is the 1/4" seam line - 

So - I lined that up on the seam that I sewed - 

And trimmed it -


 
And a couple of dog-ears - 


Re-pressed the "folds" - 

 
And wound it up a little - 
 
And it's ready to go - 

 
Tomorrow - 
 
I should be able to actually SEW it down - LOL - ;))
 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 
 
 

Saturday, December 18, 2021

The third batch - continued -

 
  
Of Potholders -  

Is DONE - 





And the backing -


Now that all three batches are done - 

I feel like chasing some SQUIRRELS - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 
 
 

Friday, December 17, 2021

The third batch -

 
 
Of Potholders - 
 
 
Is quilted - 
 
Trimmed - 
 
And the binding has been sewn to the back - 

 
Tomorrow - 

The batch may even be finished -
 
Maybe - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 


Thursday, December 16, 2021

The second batch -

 
 
Of Potholders is DONE - 
 





I have a third batch partially done - 
 

 
But I have other Squirrels I want to chase - 

And I have no idea what I will play with tomorrow - 

So stay tuned - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 


Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Lazy day -

 
 
With no sewing - 
 
So -
 
Here are some more puzzle photos - 
 
For your viewing pleasure - LOL - 
 
This one is a 27" round  one -
Black Vintage Mandala -
BXDOW - 1000 pieces - 
 

 
There are letters on the back - 
 
So I had pre-sorted them a while ago - 
 
And got a couple of sections done - 

 
With some more to go - LOL - ;))

 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 
 

Tuesday, December 14, 2021

Two more -

 
 
Potholders are quilted - 
 
And more binding has been cut - 
 
 
But that's as far as I got today - 
 
I did some Christmas shopping - 
 
And we all know how long THAT takes - LOL - ;))
 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 
 
 

Monday, December 13, 2021

Echo -

 
 
Me - Go outside until after dinner - 
 
Echo - OK - I'm outside -
 
 
Me - Ummm - noooo - 
 
Echo - OK - is this better? - 

Me - Yeah - close enough - LOL - ;))
 
 
Here's what was left of the dinner her Mom was cooking - 
 
Chicken and dumplings - YUUUUUMMMMM - 

 
And then there was Cherry (Cream) Cheese Pie for dessert - 

 
No sewing today - 
 
But there was some YUUUUUMMMMMYYYYY food - ;))
 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 

 

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Much better -

 
  
This time around - ;))

I took one potholder -
 
 
And decided to put a flat head YELLOW pin - 
 
In the corner that I wanted at the TOP - 
 
So I would start in the "correct" corner - 

And bound it -

 
I realized my mistake on the first batch - 
 
I had cut the binding at 1-1/2" instead of 2" - 
 
And corrected that on this batch - 
 
And got this far on the second one - 
 

Before I ran out of gas - 

And now I'm bored with potholders - 

But I have two more to go - 

So I'll try to get those done tomorrow - 

Because I have other SQUIRRELS - 
 
That I want to chase - LOL - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 


Saturday, December 11, 2021

The second batch -

 
 
Of potholders - 
 
Is being made a bit differently - 
 

 
I hope they turn out better - 

Than the last batch of potholders did - 
 
My LEFT-EZE Rule™ worked really well - 
 
To cut the Squares - HST - QST - and Flying Geese - 
 
And they did look pretty - 
 
But my binding/finishing was awful -
 
So I made some "quick and dirty" tops for these - 
 
And I'll try for a better "finish" this time - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 


Friday, December 10, 2021

Potholders - DONE -

 
 
Finally! - ;))
 
 
 
They are not my best work - 
 
But they are DONE - 
 
And DONE is better than perfect - LOL - ;))
 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew 

 

Thursday, December 9, 2021

Moving right along -

 
 
Today I trimmed - 
 
The other three Potholders -
 
 
Pressed the binding -
 
Sewed the binding - 
 
To the back -
 
Of all three Potholders - 

 
And to the front -
 
Of one of them - 

 
Tomorrow I should be able -
 
To finish them - ;))
 
 
 
Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 


Wednesday, December 8, 2021

Another "chore" day -

 
 
 
So all I have to post - 
 
Are more puzzle photos - LOL - ;))
 
We finished up the last two sections on this one - 
 





 
And had one extra piece - 

 
Which my eagle-eyed daughter - 

Saw was a duplicate of this one -

 
Anyway - 

It was a FUN one - 

That I would do again - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew - 


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