Not Forgotten

I am so happy and pleased to have this as a finish.  I need to get this mailed to Oregon to arrive by July 20th and didn't think I would be able to finish this quickly but happy I did.   This is going  to be auctioned off to raise money to help women get out of sex trafficking.  You can read a little more about it in my June goals post here.  I am not a natural sketch artist, however I did draw this, then I painted the scene on white fabric and then quilted it.

Here is a picture of the back that shows a little more of the quilting detail.  

I'm just waiting for the quilt hanger and then I'll ship it out.   :)
Thanks for stopping by - have a blessed day.
Lynn

Cheese Please

Well I did it again - another week goes by - but I'm still getting things updated more than I did last month so I guess that goal is met.  Nice when I can make my own rules huh?  I'll post the good stuff first then go into the cheese part later.
One of my goals this month is to have the "Not Forgotten" Art quilt 90% done.  This is a quilt that I am making to be auctioned off to raise money for Lighthouse Ministries that is helping women get out of sex trafficking.  I am not an artist so the drawing of this was pretty challenging, but I did it.  I'm using the painting techniques that I learned when I did my Dragonflies and Cattails class, and  got the painting done yesterday. I then got the borders on and sandwiched it to do the quilting,  I did a couple of the outline quilt lines last night but needed to stop.   This is what I'll be working on today and then more on Saturday.

I will be attaching a sleeve and including a quilt hanger with it.  I'm excited at how it is turning out and hope the quilting goes as well.    I'll keep you posted.  :)

Next - I'll  warn you - you can stop reading now if you want -  The rest of the post is my Whine hence the "Cheese Please"  the following images are not cute little images of pretty little quilts or fuzzy little animals.  It's of   Ouchies.

I'm having trouble with my hand stitching right now. Want to know why?

I'm not the fastest in the west with hand stitching and embroidery but I normally do okay.  However - I had a fight with the garage door and I think it won or got some good blows in.  We don't have an automatic garage door closer right now and  I couldn't reach the handle to close it.  So I grabbed the crack between the two panels to pull it down just enough so I could grab the handle..... NO!!!!  When I pulled - it came the whole way down.  I had to grab the handle with my other hand and open the door to pull my fingers out.  They were flat.  OM Goodness it hurt.  I did not cuss, I did not scream.  I did not cry.  In fact, I was so calm that my husband did not realize how bad I was hurt until later, when he looks at it and said oh wow that looks really bad.   I said I showed you when it happened and you just told me to go get ice - he says - but you were so calm.  Hmmm.  Next time maybe I need to scream.   No for some reason I do that calm thing when I'm really hurt.  Now give me a paper cut and I'll let you know.  LOL.

 Remember the warning?

Doesn't look too bad except my husband started calling me "Thumbs" because the middle finger looked like another thumb.  :)  Now almost 3 weeks later, my finger is pealing and I have a scab on the side of my finger nail.

I warned you.  

Several people have asked it I'm going to loose my nail - don't know, guess time will tell.  Anyway this is my middle finger on my right hand.  Which is the finger that I push the needle with.  I have started pushing it with the ring finger - but it has slowed me down a lot.  It isn't extremely painful anymore - but it has numb spots like it's asleep, and each day it wakes up a little more.  

So there is my Whine.  I am having trouble finishing certain things like Mystery Monday because of the binding.  Trouble doing the stitching on the Vintage Kitchen block(s).   So I guess we'll see how I do on the goal list.  I sure I'll get things done and I'll be fine - but I just wanted to share my ouchies.  

Hope you have a blessed day, 

Lynn 

July - NewFO Challenge

Well July went as fast as June, It's amazing how fast the weeks go by especially when you have projects you want to finish and projects that you start.  For me I'm doing really good at the starting, hence why the NewFO  is a wonderful thing.

  So I made pincushions for my pincushion group swap.  I made a couple of extra as extra gifts to a couple of ladies that needed a little something extra.
They are made out of wool, Blanket Stitched and filled with walnut shells and a little bit of poly fill.

Next you can probably see a Dresden Plate in the background of the picture above. Well I have been wanting to do a Dresden plate which I mentioned in a previous post and so I started a kit that I got a couple years ago.

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I really don't have too much more to go on this but - as I was working on this I got one of my many quilt shop news letters and they are having a Mini Quilt Auction to benefit the victims of the OK Tornado's.  There really isn't any theme but they are holding the auction at a new Starbucks Coffee House that is opening right next to their Quilt Store.  So I started another Dresden Plate.. The one you saw part of above. Here is where I am at with it.

                                         Hope - Faith - Love - May Your Cups Over Flow!

  The background fabric is coffee beans.  I will quilt this and send it off to TX.  So I may have a Finished something after all. 

Next last month I showed the BOM that I am doing "Daisy Days" with Jenny of Elefantz...  Well I got my 1st block "Mondaisy" finished and now I am on my second block "Tuesdaisy"  The 3rd block is out but I haven't started it yet so I guess that will be a NewFO for August.  Here are my blocks

It's hard to see in the picture but the little place mat is light pink and blue. 

Yup -  This one needs to be finished.  I'm about 1/2 way there. 



Hmm was there anything else?  Okay guess not - So lastly by not least because I really, really liked how this came out - my July Doll Quilt for the monthly Swap. 

The theme this month was stars and stripes, so this is what I came up with.  I had a little panel that had been given to me and I was hoping that when July came around my partner would like to do the theme and she did. So I cut it apart and added a few things and this is how it turned out.  I don't have many that I struggle giving away - but this would probably make the list.  It is only sweetened, knowing the lady I gave it to seems so incredibly sweet herself.  

This is the back with a little matching pincushion.

Well I think that's it for this month.  I already have at least 3 things lined up for August and it is only the 2nd.  Yikes! 

Have a great month everyone.

Blessings,   Lynn