Tomorrow is December 1st

How can that be--tomorrow is December 1st......
2016 just flew by.....
My Sewing Room is still a mess-fabric everywhere-not enough room for all the projects, papers, fabric, containers, knick-knacks...
Will I ever be organized?  Some things are organized but not everything.
Do I need more lists?  Do I need a bigger room?  Do I need to work faster?  Maybe I need to focus more!
Oh well, tomorrow is a new day and a new beginning..

One great thing was accomplished in November.  I finally got my car trunk emptied out of all the boxes of  fabric that I had been hauling around since I had no place to put it in my house.

Here's to a new month....HOPE to accomplish great things!!!

Design Wall Monday

It's raining in Tennessee.  We've been waiting days, weeks, & months.  So far this evening, we have had (point) .90 inch of rain (almost an inch) and we are very thankful.  We are praying that the rain continues here and on to East Tennessee where the fires have been burning.

I am now up to date on my 365 Quilty Circles project.

Design Wall Monday 11282016

I'm looking forward to our weekly Sewing Group getting together again tomorrow.  Time to re-group and get to work on all the projects that we have started.
Be sure to stop by: Patchwork Times.com to see what others have been working on this past week

Trying to catch up again

Here it is, Nov. 27th, and I'm behind again and to add to the confusion, I cannot find the last partial row of nine (9) Quilty squares that I made from Oct. 27th through Nov. 4th.  I'm sure I put them some place safe where I would not lose them.  Where oh where could they be???  In my search, I did find a partial bolt of "Heat & Bond", which I couldn't imagine that I had used the entire bolt, so I was thrilled to find that in one of my many plastic tubs.  When will I ever be organized?

Still not organized, but I did find the missing Quilty squares.  Hooray!  Hooray!!

Design Wall Monday

My friend, Sandra, who recently sold her Dog Clothing & Accessory business, gave me a big bag of scraps from making dog beds.  The scraps were not very big but there was enough fabric to cut 3-4 HST per piece.
There were lots & lots of pieces.  I provided the white fabric and all the rest was from her scraps.  This will be given to our weekly Sewing Group to be sandwiched with batting and a back.  It turned out happy & bright and just what a child in need could use.
Obviously, I still need to sew the blocks together.  Each block measures 16" square.

 Be sure to stop by  Patchwork Times.com to see what other quilters have designed this week.

365 Quilty Circles Up To Date

Many thanks go to Audrey from:  Quilty Folk

I discovered her Blog post right around the 1st of January 2016, challenging us on her 365 Quilty Circles Challenge.  Oh, what fun to create a tiny block each day with a circle over the next 366 days.  The idea of adding a little comment of what was accomplished each day came from Cathy at Sane, Crazy, Crumby Quilting.  Thank you Cathy for your brilliant idea of creating a year-long journal.

Actually, Audrey's challenge began on November 1st, 2015 but I knew that would be too difficult to catch up to date, so I began on Jan. 1st, 2016.  I still have had problems in creating one block each day.  Two weeks is the most I have been behind but was able to catch up.

Since my blocks finish at 4 inches, I discovered that two quilt tops would be needed so that I would not have a gigantic quilt to display.  So, each quilt will have 12 blocks across and 15 down with 180 blocks total.  The
6 extra will be added to the 2nd quilt.  One other option would be to put the quilts together but the logistics of matching them up seem rather daunting.

I tried to use as many different fabrics as I could with different techniques.  If you count down 8 rows, you will see a double block with a photo transfer of the Napa Valley and vineyards with a nice red barn. 

Quilt Circles from June 29 through Nov. 4th

I'm linking up with:  Quilty Folk

Getting things organized

Yesterday evening, I requested a long arm quilter for the Carpenter Star QOV.
The quilt top measures 62.5" x 72".  I am embarrassed to admit that I began the quilt in April 2015 and sewed the small red border and final blue border on in June 2016 and there it sat, waiting for a backing fabric.  I found a nice white backing with red and blue stars, which is 104" wide.  I purchased five yards, which gave me enough for two backs and extra for blocks for another quilt.

QOV Top finished in June 2016

Here's something special to save....

Do people still treasure keepsakes and family heirlooms from long ago?

As I was sorting through my dresser, I discovered my Mama's little silver purse that she used in the 1920's.
My husband popped the lock and to my surprise, there was a tiny picture of my Daddy.  I'm guessing he gave the little purse to my mother, way back when.  I was always intrigued when I would see it in her dresser drawer, hidden away as a special remembrance from younger days.

Mama's 1920 silver Flapper purse

I would like to pass these heirlooms down to the next generation but is anyone really interested?