So, Janet in Utah saw this, and she had a green fat quarter...just what I needed of the SAME FABRIC! What are the odds! And she sent it to me. And I AM THE MOST SPOILED WOMAN IN AMERICA, NO DOUBT!
JulieKQuilts
A Quilting and Nursing blog!!
Monday, August 15, 2022
Circle of friends request!!!! And lots of quilts
So, Janet in Utah saw this, and she had a green fat quarter...just what I needed of the SAME FABRIC! What are the odds! And she sent it to me. And I AM THE MOST SPOILED WOMAN IN AMERICA, NO DOUBT!
Wednesday, August 10, 2022
Leader and enders coming to a close.
Hurrah!! My 2021 leader and ender quilt is in one piece!! Lots of 2.5-inch scraps in this quilt. It is very busy!!! I chose the blue sashing to try and calm it down a little bit.
I plan on a blue border, just a small one. I am delighted to get to this point! Old time scrappy quilts are my favorite.
You cannot see him well, but on the crook of this tree is a squirrel taking a nap. He as just darling. and in big news! We got a sprinkle of rain yesterday! Amazing!!!
Julie
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Just a little bit progress while being on call for the hospital
I made a few more of these blocks, and have a bunch more cut out. Hurrah!!
Hope you are having a good day...I have to go to the hospital now, to take a heart from open heart surgery. Bypass x 5!
Julie
Monday, August 1, 2022
Starting a quilt from a gift!
The gift was the half square triangles. They were so perfectly made, I just HAD to make something from them, stat! These are the blocks I made from them, so far. I do not have any more of the green, so I will go shop for a similar green today, so I can continue. That is the breaks when working with small pieces!! The half square triangles are sort of purplish, so this may need purple sashings? hmmmm......that is the fun of things, to figure out what is next! Thank you so much for these!
These are the last four leader/ender blocks for my quilt, from last year's challenge. My 2.5-inch bin did not go down one bit...
It is so hot here, that I am mostly inside these days, except for my morning walks and also to mow the ever crisping lawn. How are you faring, wherever you are???
Julie
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
A baking day: (I must have been temporarily crazy to bake in this heat!)
I baked an herb chicken, and cut up a watermelon and made coleslaw, so I have food made ahead for a bit.
I cut out a whole bunch more, 35 blocks in all. I used only pieces from the 2.5-inch-wide strip bin. It still looks as full as ever...I think I fluffed it up.
Julie
Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Miscellaneous...
Well, goodness sakes. I thought I did not have any dark blues, so I went on Amazon, and found a super-duper good deal, and these arrived, which are mostly NOT dark blue.
And then? I found my cache of dark blues!!! Crazy girlie!!! I will use these blues for another quilt!!!
The little glass bottle that this plant resides in is a medication piggyback from work. We throw these away by the hundreds every day. I asked my boss if I could have a few from the trash, and he did not care, so I washed them out and then I root these and other plants in them. Just trying to help use things again, as we throw away so, so much in this society. All the food that comes up on trays, even if it is never touched pre-packaged food, and never goes into a patient room, is thrown away. So much waste!! I understand why, but it pains me, nevertheless.
Julie
Sunday, July 24, 2022
Slow stitching Wagon Wheels, and other scrappy goodies
I make sure any outside animals, like raccoons, possums, and cats that wander by all have water to drink. TOO HOT!
A large white bloom...lovely!
Hope you all have a lovely day!
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A lady came in with a heart attack, sick as a dog, coughing, wheezing, could not keep her saturation up until she was on high flow oxygen. Fever, severe headache., very high inflammatory makers. Sure enough, a covid induced heart attack...inflammation is a key in this infectious disease. She had two positive tests yet was adamant that she did not have covid and that we were making it all up.
Sigh...OK. Until then...she is in isolation. I tried very hard to teach her about why she was getting anti-viral meds, and all about what had happened...she was having none of it, and I was stupid, and the hospital was too, and the doctors knew nothing.
Ok, dear...I will continue to care for you, anyway!!!!!!!!! I hope she feels better and can grasp more later on.
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Julie
Tuesday, July 19, 2022
Buckling down to it!
Monday, July 18, 2022
Churn dash update...I guess it is every Monday!
I am trying to eat more veggies each day. On work days, it is harder, but this is my selection for today. I just washed them, cut them up, and baked them with a dash of olive oil, salt and pepper. Lots better than junk food!
I have a zillion of these blocks cut out. Truly a whole bunch. Would anyone like to adopt this UFO? I will send them all to whomever wants them first!
I have lots of these blocks, all cut out. Would anyone like these!? I have the blues cut out, and you would need to add whatever neutrals you would like.
Just let me know if you would like to adopt these projects.
Have a lovely day!
Julie
Thursday, July 14, 2022
OH lookee! A new squirrel just ran by!!
My quilt guild had a recent sew along, using these blocks. They ae so simple...and would be a great quilt of valor, put with more blocks...so off to the races! SEE HOW THOSE SQUIRRELS GO? Hahaha!
I found this pattern online. I adore it!! Scraps rule!
I hope each of you is doing fine!
Julie
Monday, July 11, 2022
Churn dash update for Chooky!
I sewed five churn dash blocks this morning. Yahoo!
https://chookyblue.blogspot.com/2022/05/churn-dash-sal.html
It is never tooooo late to make some churn dash blocks and join the fun, you know!
I just loved to piece, and pieced a ton of nine patches! Some of these were from a swap, as well.
A lady from the quilt guild handed me a bag, with all of these small scrappy quilt tops in it! I cannot get them quilted all at once, but going along, I will get them quilted and in the hands of people who can enjoy them. Thank you, Miriam!
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I was the charge nurse yesterday, at my work. But...our lone nursing assistant called in sick. Honestly, I think it was because she knew she would be by herself and worked to death! So what to do? I called everyone I knew (PCT's) to come help...no one could. So, I became the nursing assistant, as well as the charge nurse. I had a blast!!! Vitals signs every four hours on 18 patients, passed trays and picked them up three times, up and down to bathroom and up in the hallways helping patient to ambulate, changing linens, doing baths. I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A closer connection to these precious patients, striving to get well and get home. NO thinking involved...just work. NO trying to titrate drips, adjust ventilators, balloon pumps, impella machines. Just work.
Work does a body (and brain) good!!
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Old sayings...Mrs Goodneedle had a wonderful post about old time sayings. One I remember from momma was,
"Don't you go borrowing trouble!"
So tell us all a saying that you remember from days gone by!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I loved reading the ones here:
https://strawberrypatchquiltworks.blogspot.com/2022/07/old-sayings.html
Julie