Winding up July

Day by day these months are flying by.  I'm pleased that I was able to meet my One Monthly Goal and get extra done this month.   I wanted to get the crazy stitches on this wool mat on at least 6 of the seams....

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Met the goal.  Yay!!

Here's the extra. 

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10.  & 11.  Under the scissors and between the teal and tan. 

And #12 the final crazy stitch seam... the center chain stitched. 

Next is all the details with in the areas. 

So here is it  - top done.  just need to put a back on it and bind it.  
So happy I was able to finish it.  The friend it is for has her Birthday in August, she'll be surprised it's done. 
Now to link up to One Monthly Goals at Elm Street Quilts.  
Have a great day!
Blessings,
Lynn 

July Craziness

Hello all and welcome to July.  Not sure why, but I always want to make up a catchy title for my post.  :)  Crazy is very fitting for our current world - and so is what I've decided to work on this month.  Primitive Gatherings "Crazy" Wool Table Mat.  

I need to do all the crazy stitches in between all the sections.  There are 12 seams, including the ring around center.  For my One Monthly goal, I want to do at least half (6 of the 12) crazy stitch seams. 

This will be the fifth one I have done for my friend Cheryl. The first 4 were the seasons, and since her Birthday is next month I thought I'd get going on it.  I really doubt I will finish it - but I can get it going.  

Here are the other ones I've finished for her.  

Okay that's it.  I am linking this up to One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts. 

Have a blessed day! 

Lynn

On the Machine

Time is a unit of measure just as much as an inch, a yard a cup or a tablespoon. However as I measure my fabric before cutting, or my sugar before baking, a cup is a cup and an inch is an inch. But time is different - it is always changing. A minute can last forever, while an day can go by in a flash.  
I have been back to work for 3 months. In some ways it has flown by, yet it seems like a foggy whirlwind. During my 3 months of working, we have had family staying here for over 2 months of that time.  So now that it is just hubby and I again (and the fur babies) we are trying to figure out what our (me working) routines are.  I am in retail - my schedule is ever changing.  Different days off, different shifts.  One week early - one week late shift. 
All of this to say - I have not done a lot of sewing.  Let me clarify this.  I have done some (very little) embroidery and hand stitching, but I have not sewn on my machine since March.   Yep you read that right.  March! First my sewing room had become a guest room and then my days off I either got called in, had to drive family around for travel arrangements to get home, had to go to the dentist, (couple of crowns) needed to food prep or clean. Then on Mothers day which I miraculously got off - our power was out for a few hours.  by the time it was fixed and back on I was deep into the embroidery again I just stuck with it. So - no I have not sewn on my machine, until this past couple of days.  :)  I put a border on a panel for a baby quilt and got it pinned ready to quilt - and I made two pillowcases. Not a huge thing, but it made my heart sing to hear my machine hum again.  Here are my little accomplishments for my days off.  These are all going to Great Nieces.  The pillowcases are going to my Sister's Grand Daughters. 

And this Baby Quilt will go to my Nephew on my huband's side new baby.  

They had the baby about a month ago - hoping I get it done before she starts Kindergarten.  lol.. 
Off to work again today so better shut up for now.
Have a Blessed day!
Lynn 

A Finish x 2

A finish - Yahoo!   With my new job and sporadic hours, and company for the month of March, I don't have high expectations of getting too many things done.  So the fact that I was able to finish the Spring Wool Crazy Table Mat for my friend is really a Whoot Whoot!  

Here is the back.  I have some really nice flannel that I've been using for the backs.  

Here are the rest of the seasons.

All four seasons are done now, I just need to do the extra one called simply Crazy.  :) Posts about that will follow soon.  

Okay a few other little things I have done.... 

I finished the baby quilt.  

I just did a loopy pattern over most of it - above is a close up. 

Happy to get some stuff done.  Hope you're having fun too. 

Blessings, Lynn 

Spring in Spring

I am what we call Judy's retreat, she calls it camp.  Any way I'm happy to be able to join in with my friends and sew again.  This time I brought only hand stitching.  I have so much of it and so many UFO's that need hand work, that I could do 2-3 years of retreats and only do hand work and I might be caught up.  Excuse me while I have a laughing fit. :).  Uh hmm.. Okay back to my post.  I'm working on the wool "Spring" table mat that I'm doing for my friend Cheryl. It is also my OMG for the month so I wanted to stay focused on it even though I brought 4 other UFO's to work on.  Here's how it looked before I started which is the same as it did in the last post. 

And here's what I'm getting done. I needed to finish 6 of the yellow flower tops on this one.

Then I did this - 

Next was this one - I really like it a lot.

That's what I was able to get done by Friday night before we all left for dinner. 

Yesterday didn't go as quick, but I had a lot of interruptions.  Phone calls, lots of texts, chatting a tutorial of a dragon fly... I'll show that later.  

 After completing the last three seams of crazy stitches I did some bees in the center. 

And here is the completed top.  Later in the month I'll be linking this up to OMG over at Elm Street Quilts.  I stayed focused on it because it was my 

One Monthly Goal.  This morning as we finish out the rest of the retreat I'll be working on my February Stitch a long hosted by Crabapple Hill Designs.  I let you know later How I do on that.

Have a great day, Blessings - Lynn