2 week Update... Sew much to share!

I apologize for taking off last Sunday blogging with y'all but after a very busy week ... I was relaxing and remaining SEIZURE FREE since our last chat and I Praise the Lord for this blessing!

Above is a panel I bought recently... It will become a quilted cover or wall hanging for my sewing room/quilt cave :)

So since I missed last week... have an enjoyable cuppa closeby too ... lol!

Happy AUGUST!!!

I have sold all but 1 mystery box as of yesterday so I am advertising this original photo design to you guys only :)  Do you like mystery bundles?

If you are interested in this bundle above... I hope you leave me a message below with the word MYSTERY in it so I can chat with you via email :)

While I a may have needed last weekend off ... I have been over busy ... thus the skipped week blogging! lol  So here is some of what all we have been up to!

We visited my parents...    

Usually when we go to my parents Molly is a bit aggressive towards my dad and my dad just rolled with it and ignored her... well this visit no aggressiveness and she even snuggled with him for a while and I caught this pic!!!  YAY mom for catching this moment and alerting me!

Below is a bow and claw vintage secretary that has been in our family since before me (and I am the oldest child!)

We plan to give it a nice stripping sanding where needed and refinishing :)

You can see the scratches that happened on the table top that opens up below...

But the key I used to move from lock here to the  lock on the secretary over and over... I loved to hear the lock move for some reason! lol

Here is a very cool (my opinion) rose bunch I caught in a bud vase I harvested from a shot glass collection we have!

And here is that bunch in the little glass next to an empty magnetic box and a fun card I gave Rick for his birthday!  I loved this trio so much I took a vertical pic with a bit of a different angle for my phone lock screen!  Life IS  a gift!

Here are the curtains I put a lot of effort into and love how they turned out next... this coming week I will focus on the living room and man cave / media room too...

Here is the mancave / media room so far...

And here is a photo shoot with Molly after her great groom this last week!

I wasn't happy with the weight of my phone in it's case ... and it came with a attached screen with sounds nice but really isn't practical... also when cleaning it off be careful... I got a part pulled away from the edge... so I ordered screen protector and a newer lightweight but protective case and I love both items... plus with the case came this little adjustable phone holder!!!!

I love this little phone holder for  my sewing area... takes up very little of my overflowing space!

Now for my progress on the ...

For some reason when piecing the double star leg pieces... I ran out of the star leg squares so I had 2 strips needed... LOOK AT THIS!

I had one 1 3/4" strip and scrap left over  😊

So now I have all of the double star leg pieced, trimmed, and pressed... all the pieces are ready for laying out!!!  I hope to do this ... on the guest bed... this week :)  If I can be top secret about it!

I am truly enjoying this TOP SECRET project... however this week it will be all about valances for the house and my parents are visiting Thursday if the all turns out!

I had so many flippy corners with so little fabric I cut it off and placed all 550 + cut off squares in this trash bin with flair (it is a Longaberger little basket with lid I use for threads and such next to my sewing machine... but I wanted to see how much fabric I cut off so now YOU see too!

On to other quilty stuff

I am soo this way... are you ??? Ha Ha Ha!

Do you use glasses to thread a needle or do you lose your glass as in drink... I immediately thought of my glasses but maybe being singular it means drink... hmmm

Here was the previous weeks completion...

Here is a close  up of the whole area after a bit of a spritz to show off where I have been stitching normally a bit too besides the big stitch...

Here is the big stitch on the left inner border a bit more close...

This past week I finished the second block and rose...

Here is  a side view but it doesn't show the quilting as well as I had hoped....

I enlarged it... see if that helps! lol

I am linking this fun patchwork quilting post with Kathy over at Kathy's Quilts HERE for her Sunday Slow Stitching Crew... if you are interested in Cross Stitch too come visit her >>HERE << today... quilt top completed and will be returned to Connie... my bestie... she made this top super quick before our move to Kentucky to finish Granny Squares Quilt to adorn my beautiful Hinterberg frame my honey cut out from measurements and a kit of cogs and such!  Wowweee :)

I hope you each have a wonderful week... enjoy my new signature block I made this past week too!

Roll - Roll - Roll the Quilt...

 Hi Y'all & Happy Sunday to ya!

I have had a roller coaster week with a cluster of seizures mixed in but the doctor ordered a new med for these clusters ... we tried it and it worked!  No seizures the day after and continuing since then!  I am have lots of JOYFUL MOMENTS due to this! 

How about you?  Do you have any joyful moments you would like to share?  

Please increase my joy by sharing in a comment at the end of this post!

Now during and since that time... as I don't machine piece during these times for safety of not running over my fingers or miss sewing and having to visit Jack fears! hahaha... I have been hand quilting!!!!  And I have rolled the quilt too..

Granny square close ups before rolling and a  long shot too...

Above is block #3 being worked on when I sat back down to the Granny Squares quilt of Connies' quilt...

Below is getting the 4th block ready to finish the very center big stitch after doing the "support stitching" in the rounds of granny square pieced blocks... didn't Connie do such a great job of point making!!!!  And she sewed the seams open on the back side so I can easy make the "support stitches" !!!!

Here is a long shot before rolling...

And below is the very top row of the quilt!!!  After I finish 1 more row of hand quilting the top of the 3rd row of Granny Quares on this quilt...

I plan on spending the day with my honey and hand quilting on the second part of row #3 the top of it :)

Linking this part of this post sharing my hand quilting progress to Kathy's Slow Stitching Sunday groupies... HERE<<<<  Come see what stitching mavens are there sharing pics of their work and a link to read more about those that interest you !!!  

Read on to see beautiful rose pics... and a special happening in our home this week!   And don't forget to leave a happy thought below before you leave!

Here is a current pic of the front of our Kentucky Farmhouse!

Above to the far left is a Rose of Sharon plant gifted to us by Theresa and Jack before leaving Murphy!  it has been a pot since then!!!  Now in the ground and getting used to it... it has started blooming... hopefully a close up of blooms next week on that plant... but to the right of that is a plant holder black metal trike!  In the back holder we have a rose bush in a nice large pot that holds a rose bush my honey gave me for Valentine's day in 2019!!!  We planted it then moved it to Murphy after a season of blooms!  Planted it there and now after a couple seasons of being planted and being happy it is now found it's home... at least for the moment and blooming like crazy... needs some Sevin dusting though to stop bugs from feeding off the leaves... anyone know about Sevin and application???   I will order this week :)

A bloom opening above and a bloom fully open below!

The plant and a bloom fully open... you can see the bug fed leaves now...

Our Kentucky Farmhouse!!!!

Molly settled in her fave bed in my sewing room with office while I type this and looking cute but ready for her upcoming grooming too! lol

Now for the happy moment in my week... my honey's birthday!!!

Here is a fam pic collage above and a special birthday card from Jack and Theresa and their pup Copper too!

Rick says he is forever 38 but this was the big 6-0!!!!  He tells jokes that begin "I have never heard of such and I am 38 years old!" ... lol

A thoughtful comment I found on Facebook this week in my short given perusal on social media this week...

Isn't this the truth for many!!!!

Here is a cool quilt... didn't see a pattern mentioned though ...

Look at the hand quilting....

As for me... I Choose JOY this week... and always!  Seizure free or not!  Please share a fab moment below...

Happy Birthday and Stitching Progress !!!

June 25th since my last post!!!  Why is that ???  After getting more settled I have been sewing and quilting and this weekend marks getting back to the basics...

Since we have chatted here last I celebrated a birthday with my honey , bestie, and my parents!  

My honey and my bestie are celebrating July birthdays too!  How fun :)

We also celebrated the freedom we gained with the Declaration of independence...

The spread at my Dad and Mom's home... aka  Party Central!

One of my gifts was this cup... it will have a special place... this was gifted by my parents along with a celebratory shirt to wear to next years' celebration 😍

This pic was a learning experience on my iPhone! lol

My honey gifted me a Apple Watch...

I LOVE it!!  And my previous Fit Bit is going to my darling daughter for her upcoming July birthday along with some cash for her 25th birthday!!!

My son's were together the weekend before my birthday and sent me this celebratory wish :)  My daughter and oldest son did call too!  I was soooo happy :)

Me and my honey have birthday celebratory cards rolling in and y mom even had copies of the Declaration of Independence for our birthday celebration too!

 I foudn ths uper cool insulated glass with lid and fun straw too... I scarfed it up and enjoyed this as a birthday gift!

I also got me a new pair of cool looking Skechers!!!

And here they are in real life!

There was a full moon on my birthday.... I loved that :)  I tried to capture a pic of it but it just doesn't look near as awesome as it did in real life!!!

In my quilting life I have been sewing!!!  On my 319w... I am enjoying all i am doing here... and now have all the squares for the center section cut... and have the sashings cut... need the cornerstones and some other parts before ready to move forward...

Here is all I can show you ....as this needs to be completely SECRET until then...

My handquilting life has been going quiet well... last time we chatted I was on the first block on this row... now I am halfway done with the THIRD block on this row as pictured on my frame below and in close ups after that!

Left side of the quilt up to center of block #1... YAY... took a while to get back in the swing of things :)

Block #2 got done during my birthday WEEK...

And here is block #3 on this row... my WIP... I am getting faster now... and I am glad... getting my rhythm back after that move was tough!

Linking this hand quilting progress... and catching up too... with Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitchers HERE <<<  Come on over and see what FUN is happening over there!!!

Here is a snippet of our bedroom.. getting more settled :)

Molly has taken a while to call this her new home and make new cozy spots around our home... but she looks pretty chill in this photo.... what cha think?

A look from our recliners to the kitchen...  I love the armoire in our bedroom... it is unique to most modern furniture I have seen and fits our "vibe".

I think I have finally run our of pics and words to catch you all up ... Hoping you have a happy Sunday and ...

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