Category Archives: Bowties

Little Bits

How’s it going? How’s life treating you? What you up to? I have a little bits happening so I thought I’d share.

Monday was a bit orange. Wanda was diving into that color in a post you can read here so I went with it. There wasn’t much to my stash so I was bummed but still I pressed on with what you see here. Its possible this could turn into something since orange is actually one of my favorite colors but we’ll have to see. The main part of my stash, yellow-orange and burnt-orange aren’t really my thing but I can actually imagine something.

Oranges

Tuesday was a bit of medical stuff and a bit of feeling ick and wouldn’t you know I woke up with that feeling again today but not bedridden so I pressed on with the day. The morning was a bit difficult but I managed to finish up #2 of the blue and white series. I think there needs to be a #3 for this to qualify as a series so I’ll have to get on that.

two of three

And this afternoon I wasn’t bouncing back so I got productive again. Sewing so helps. You don’t think about how you’re feeling physically and it works. If it doesn’t work I figure I need to be in bed but I’m here so we know how that turned out!  :)

Cheddar Bow Ties block 9.5"

I don’t recall how many cheddar bow ties I have but I know it’s not enough for a lap quilt. It’s a good number though. Regardless, I thought it couldn’t hurt to start sewing a couple nine patch blocks together.

Here’s where my big share comes in. I did not square up those blocks until the end and I always square up my blocks, do you?

What made me “go for it?” Well, someone I know that is a highly skilled, experienced quilter that I super duper respect said she doesn’t bother in these situations. She’s good enough with the machine to sew a block even based on the seams then she’ll square it up at the end. I tried that. It worked. Just this once I tried it. I’ll have to see in the future. This sewing test was a major venture outside of my little sewing box.

Thank you for your kindness and friendship. Warmly,  *karendianne.

Sew Productive

Happy Monday! Are you ready for the week? I’m on a roll so I hope I can keep ahold of it a little longer. I’d like to continue getting some things accomplished.

Cotton Club Block 19

Most every set of blocks from the Cotton Club BOM seems to have a “favorite block” of mine & this one is it for me with this latest set. I want to increase the size and make more, I want to play with color and just go, go, go. Maybe later. That’s more distraction than I have time for at the moment.

Cheddar Bow Ties

The goal was 20 Bow Ties to add by this weekend but I’m short 5. That’s because I misplaced the five I had to re-sew. Where are those little buggers?

Strawberry Lemonade - 1

Love the lines! These are my Strawberry Lemonade HST’s (w/ Inklingo) before they made it into the blocks below:

Strawberry Lemonade - 2

And now I’m ready to make progress with Pink Lemonade. I’m also ready to make progress in a few other areas so I’ve got to make my priorities and get focused.

Thanks for the visit and I hope you have a great start to the week!  *karendianne.

Just Thinking…

Oh no, I haven’t thrown in the towel on this thing, this blog, but let me tell you I’ve come close. I like to quilt.  Shucks, who am I kidding? I love to quilt but it’s not all I have going on. One thing though, I love coming across inspiring quilts like the HST pink quilt that Lori shared when she went to the Aurora quilt show. I’ve been into HST’s lately which I swear I thought would never happen in my life.

It happened because Paula Barnes and the Bonnie Blue Cotton Club BOM. You can see below where I made the 5.5 unfinished Crown of Thorns and lordy bee after I made that one I had to take the pattern and up all the measurements so I could make it bigger.  Ohhh, I love that block. (What do you think of a Crown of Thorns quilt?) I have to admit it’s a heck of a lot easier with Inklingo so that’s probably why I’m good with these.  They whip together like butter. Slick and quick. No papers to print on or tear off. Its all on your fabric. If you’re seriously interested, and I hope someone someday really is – do let me know!

And hey, what do you think of my Blueberry Crumb Cake (Blackbird Designs) blocks? It’s one of those I can’t buy but I thought with the Charm Packs I could mess with and mess with I did. I came up with nothin’ until a friend of mine worked this idea up.  Those block are 5″ unfinished and the HST’s are 1.5″ finished. I’m adding a few pieces from my own stash as I go along with No Plan.  ;)

Then there are the Square-in-a-Square blocks. You know I really like that block? It’s a favorite of mine. So I made a couple different sizes yesterday playing around with my new ruler. I picked this up at the Quilt Show a month or so ago but didn’t have time to play with it.

There’s no plan here though except to keep going. I’ve got these plus 4 more that need some frogging. I’ve been working on this during sew days. Lots of progress and lot more to go. This is not the final layout. It’s up for motivation and general sizing.

So that’s the quilting life and I’m grateful for it. In between the threads I got to practice being a patient – going thru tests, waiting for results (and boy that’s fun), finding out the results and dealing with the emotional distresses from all that. Ultimately it all worked out for the best for this moment in time. I’m moving ahead with an uncertain future but that makes me just like everyone else – doesn’t it?

And my microwave gave up the ghost and you know I’m thinking of living without it for a bit?! Grocery shopping this morning felt like bags of work for me! I’m starting this week with spaghetti and a lot of steamed vege’s because I do have a steamer and then rice. Sandwiches. Apples and Yogurt. Eggs. I reckon it’ll be time to bring out the crock pot, ha?

Dear friends, thank you for your visit. I hope to get back into the groove of blogging but you know, I’m still just not sure how I’m going to work it out. I have to give this all some thought. Can I blow off this One Ton Burnout and find a new vibe or is it time for me to just walk away. It’s been about 6 years by now. That’s a good run…