Gone to the dogs

Where on the world have I been? I got a puppy in May and find myself with a little less time to quilt or blog about it. I have finished a bunch of stuff but not take photos. Sorry!

Also just came back from Hawaii. 

Today I got out Bonnie's Mystery quilt stuff. I started step 1 before I left but did not get step one done. So maybe this month I will work on it. 

Nine Patch Strings

The start of my blocks. 

Oh dear I have started a new quilt. On one of my favorite face book group Scrap Quilt Enthusiats, someone showed a quilt made with many strings. 

It had a nine patch in the center and worked out like log cabin or even courthouse step kind of blocks. I think the nine patch was 5 white and 4 black. With out thinking about it I did mine 5 Black and 4 white squares for the nine patch. 

It works. 

I have been sorting some of my strings. I think I had five or six places to go digging. 

My Pretty Pony. He will turn 20 later this year. His back is still looking good and strong. 

Snow Dyed

We have very little snow left but back when we had some a friend and I did a quick bit of snow dying. My friend's 2 pieces of fabric in the snow bank.

My fabric in the snow bank.

Mine fabrics on the left side and my friends 2 are on the right side. 

Green Saturday

I have been working hard on my Green scraps, I just have not been good about Blogging about it. The first week I got 9 of these 6 1/2" blocks done. they use 2" squares. I had some 2" square cut and left over but trimmed up a few more so I had good variety. 

See how much is tided up. I have more green scraps then any other colour. Most of the time I have Lime sorted out, but this month I have some mixed in. I love green!

I got 27 pinwheels done. So now I have enough to make a little quilt. Last winter I started to make pinwheels but last year I did not get to my green. 

I have started to sew it all together. It will be so cute. a perfect baby gift. 

I have added this post to the link up on Socrappy as it is part of the Rainbow scrap challenge 2019.

Must Ketchup

I got my Good Fortune Mystery, Pattern by Bonnie Hunter, is now a top. I still have to finish all the pieced boarders. Two more to go. I think I will just do it the way she had the quilt. I see others added or took off boarders. But I like the way she had it. 

Sorry it has been a month since my last post. I have been trying to stay off the computer a bit and get real life work done. 

I dyed some wool for sock knitting. I have started to use the blue green one. It is knitting up well. 

I also got another pair of wool socks done. This was also a hand dyed wool that I did a few years ago. I have wore them now. 

Looks like spring is on the way. We had lots of snow but it is melting. Saturday I rode my horse in the snowy fields. 

Yellow Talking Turkey blocks

Yellow is the colour for the month of February with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2019. 

I had many parts done for these blocks and now have them together. Not sure if I really want 5 yellow blocks in this quilt or not. I have no idea how many blocks I want in total.  

Talking Turkey is block from Bonnie Hunter's String Fling quilt book. 

So far I have 4 colour each with 5 blocks done. I know I need green for sure. Maybe more colours. I am worried that 5 blocks of each colour and How many colours could be to many blocks. These blocks are a bit bigger, like 14" or so. Maybe I am on my way to 2 smaller quilts. Not sure. 

I have added this post to Soscrappy and the link party. 

New Socks

I got my next pair of wool socks done. I bought this yarn this past fall on our little trip to Canmore, I had to shop at the Sugar Pine Cottage. One of the best quilt shops and it also has yarn. 

I love the lime green and other jewel colours. It was self stripping yarn. 

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

I am making some heart blocks again for a group hug quilt. So far I have 7 pink heart blocks done. 

These finish up to be 6" square. I start by using 2" units. I work hard at mixing up all the different prints of pink I have. Some have a little more orange or purple but it all works. 

Tonight we are having a family dinner at home. I have baked a Blue berry and Raspberry pie for desert. I got Chocolates from my sweet heart. 

Wool Sock Repair

I got a pair of socks fixed up. I love these hand knit socks but after a while they wear out. I make holes on the ball of my foot and then the heal. The wool just wears so thin. I have knitted new toes on this pair a few years ago. Well this time the heal also was going. So I got some new yarn and used the top of the sock only. I made the heal and all of the foot from new yarn. 

We have been crazy cold this week. Knitting wool socks just feels like the thing to do. 

Here is the next pair that needs fixing, both socks need fixing. I have saved the top part of the sock and bought a new matching yarn. The yarn has 25% nylon which does last a little longer then pure wool. 

Yellow 16 patches

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2019 is well under way. I have slowly been working on some yellow scraps. I do not have tons of yellow or do I have too many wholes in the blocks that yellow is needed. I needed these yellow 16 patches made using 2" squares. I have a few yellows that are almost brown. But they work in these little blocks. 

I am planning to use some of these 16 patches mixed in with 6 1/2" sampler blocks. See how I can move from one colour to the next. I have not worked out all the design questions but here is a sample of what I am planning. 

I needed blue 16 patch blocks and I know it is not blue this month, but I had it out. So I got them made. Part of my catching up on missing blocks. Maybe it will help me get some quilt tops done. 

Here is the green sampler blocks and the yellow 16 and Blue 16 patches mixed together. They look good together. 

I am a day late but I am adding this to the link up on Soscrappy and the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2019.