Stuck in the Red Zone

I got most of the Red done in Aug but with my computer down I did not post them. Here I have the Red coin strips done. They measure about 18" long and 6 1/2" wide. Should be fun deciding how I can use them, I do not have a real plan for these yet. 

Sorry for no blue yet. Maybe next week I can post more blue.

I got three 6" crumb blocks done and a start on some more. 

I few more spools. 

I got many triangles cut and prepared for a few different blocks but never got to sew any together.

Also a little on the Red and Blue side. I have Raspberry and Blueberry turnovers. I have made these a few times this summer. I now have a little stash of the berry filling in the freezer and can make them up all winter long. 

I am not going to get much sewing done today, the weather is nice and I have to work on the fall harvest. I have tomatoes, squash,carrots and potatoes to come in. 

MORE SUMMER

We had a heat wave today. We got to 30 C here. Wow Hot. 

I am going to try and get caught up with what I have done. Last week as the first meeting of the Black Gold Quilt Patch after a summer break. I got a gift from a friend. She thought of me and gave me these cute little dresses. I have a few others and someday I will have to make something cute with them. Maybe a little quilt. 

The Quilt guild program is doing a block of the month this year. I signed up this month and got my fabric and instruction. I am to use fall colours. I will have lots to go with the gold fabric. I just have to use the gold in the correct place. I may have to read and not rely on the visuals.

The Creative Stitches show is tomorrow and I plan to go. I will try and not buy too much fabric. Ha

Missing Sorry

Sorry I have been missing. I am having computer trouble. I can get on one of the other computers in the house but you know it is not the same. I have to learn a different edit program down load my photos on to someone else's computer.

I have done so much stuff this summer and not posted so much of it. I will try to get back to it this week. Maybe a summer in review.

This little tiny bag was made for my mom's birthday. It is so small, I am not sure what she can use it for. Maybe her change.

Off to sew with friends today. Binding. I have got one of my quilts machine quilted. Yes photos soon.

Red Saturday Night Scraps

Two weeks ago I showed off some Red scraps, while in the past two weeks I got more done. First off is the flying Geese blocks. One short of 50. 

I have added this post to Soscrappy's RSC 2013 linky page for today. 

I also got the little 16 patches done. They measure 6 1/2" sq. I love how the red twinkles. 

I just got back from Horse camp. We take the horses to the mountains and camp and trail ride all day long. So much fun. I took my Hexagons with me and got some hand sewing done. So a few more flowers to show. 

My Leaders and Enders spools are coming a long. I found one last Blue Green spool from last month. 

I also got a few apples done. I found this pattern last fall but now the cutting is all missing. So I had to recreate them. Next I hope to do some apple cores. 

Here is a quick photo of me and my horse. I will get the photos from my husband and show you more. I forgot to take my camera so he took all the photos. So far this is all I have seen. 

Red Scrap Saturday

I have been camping this week. It rained all one day, so I sewed by hand. I got started on my Red Hexagon flowers. I got a few crazy red prints. 

I got a few more Blue Turquoise flowers done last month but forgot to show them off.  

I also had some Yellow ones I got done last month. Here is about 6 weeks of Hexie flowers all together. 

I have been sorting my red. I got a few spool blocks done. 

I have linked up with Soscrappy.

So when travelling we had to go to a few quilt shops too. We made a stop in Windfield, were I got the light dots, pink and dark blue dots. I got the Red and light blue dots in Rockymountain House at the shop in town. I have plans to use the light dots (2m) for some Rainbow scrap challenge project next year. We will have to start looking for more to do. 

Last Saturday for Teal

This week I worked on more teal scraps. I got 9 blocks done using 2" scraps. I love this colour. 

I added this to Soscrappy's Linky Party. 

I also did the blue 16 patch blocks I missed in May. I had the 2" squares cut but did not find the time in May to sew them together. 

Also got June's yellow 16 patches done.

I then worked on the April's Green 16 patches too.

I then worked on catching up on the coin strips too. Pink from January, Green from April and Blue from May. I think coin strips and 16 patch blocks are all caught up now. 

Today I hope to work on some more teal. These bits are to be butterflies. I need to do a little more teal still. I just love this colour! 

This week I got more done because I was sewing up stairs in front of the TV in the evening. I got out this old machine I bought last year. I finished cleaning and oiling. I had it just dripping in oil. It needed it. It is a 1948 gear driven singer in a cabinet. It was the first time I have sewn with it and I am very happy with it. I spent the week watching Downton Abby season 1. I love the third show. English Fox hunting and good looking men. I may have to watch that one again. 

I made Coconut, Poppy seed, Lemon muffins today. I found them on Pinterest and have now made them 3 times. I added the toasted sweet coconut flacks on top.  Here  is the link. Let me know if you try them. I love them.

Blue Green Scrappy Saturday

I have a few flying geese done this week for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2013. 

And as Leaders and Enders I got a few more spools done. I still have a few more to sew before I can consider sewing them together. I really need Red ones.

I have six more coin strips done. The first two are very blue/green, then lighter blues and pink. I needed to get caught up. 

I have added today's post the to linky party over at Soscrappy, head over to see what others are doing with their scraps.

I have not mailed out my other nine slabs yet. I got one more done. I just had to send a pink one. I now have 10 slabs for the southern Alberta / Calgary floods. 10 slabs is half a quilt. I think it takes 20 blocks to make one quilt. Now to send them out. 

Spools All Around

Last summer I started these little spool blocks. Bonnie Hunter over at Quiltville challenged us to join in and make some spools as a Leaders and Enders project. Now after a year or so, she is hosting a Linky Party  for us to show off our Spools. I have many piles of blocks and took a few minutes to put some on the design wall to show you. This was maybe 1/4 of the blocks. 

I have also been sewing scraps for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2013. So I cut each colour for the month and placed them in this little fabric bowl. Two challenges at one time. 

Here is the draw full of blocks. They measure 3 1/2". If you want to make some yourself you can find the pattern from Bonnie Here. 

Or maybe you want to start the next Leaders and Ender challenge. You can find the Split Nine Patch Pattern Here.  I am not sure I will do this one. 

Antique Quilt Field Trip

Tuesday was a bee group day and we made arrangements to work at the U Of Alberta textile department. Three of us were able to help them work on some antique quilts. A few years ago the department took a very large quilt collection and now they are wanting to display some of them. To display them they are adding a muslin backed Velcro strip to the top back of the quilts. They are all hand sewn to the back of the quilts. We got to handle the quilts with no gloves (washed our hands lots). 

This was quilt #3. I got to work on it. It is a hand pieced log cabin pineapple quilt. It had no batting. It was all hand pieced except the binding ( which I think was added much later to make it looked finished). The last row was a little different also. Like they were running out of the fabric they had in the other rows or was done a few years later. Many of the fabric are men's shirting. Love the Cheddar colour.  

Here is a photo of the back of the log cabin pineapple quilt. You can see the Velcro strip I am added on the bottom of the photo. There were some feed sacks and some very worn out prints used on the back. Some still showed the pencil lines the quilter used. You can see the blocked were pieced together and the seams showing on the back. There were no quilting stitches added, only the piecing was done. I think of this as more of a quilt top, not a finished quilt. Still very old and interesting and shows how it was made. 

Here is my mom working on a flying geese quilt. We just love that bubble gum pink.

Happy Scrappy Saturday

This month the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is working on Teal, Aqua or Turquoise scraps, really anything that is not really blue or green but some were in between. I love these colours. I first worked on the Aqua green scraps and then did lime green because these two colours share the same little box. I also got behind with my green from the month of April. I call these Coin Strips. I hope to do more this month on them. I need to get the Blue done from May. 

I have added today's post to the linky party over at Soscrappy. 

Next is a few spools. Really only the last one could be called Turquoise, the rest are more Blue.  

Here I have 9 Slab blocks done for Cheryl over at Dining Room Empire. She is putting together quilts for the flood victims in Southern Alberta. I did my yellow ones at the very end of June. Then I did some blue ones and made sure there was a touch of Turquoise in there. Next I got out some green Poverty Piecing I had done years ago and got 5 green slabs out of it. All of the slab blocks are 15.5" square. These 9 fill my design wall. I have to get them in the mail, her deadline is the end of July.

So far 5 yellow Hexie flowers done from June. I had prepared all the yellow hexagons but did not get the hand sewing done. 

Next what I have been up to? I spent a few days sorting fabric and trying to clean up my room a little. It always looks messier before it is cleaner. I am not done yet. 

Also I have spent tons of time outside playing with my horse and dog. Three days this week were clinics, 2 horse days and an agility clinic yesterday. Summer is great.