Starting two new projects that have been on my mind!!

So...I decided to start two new quilts!!  What a fun time...the start of a new quilt.  It is just great fun, isn't it!?


 This block is from Jeni Gaston's quilt along. It is called the Happy Garden Mystery.  You can find the files below, and it is on Facebook.  It combines piecing and applique, and I have chosen wool to make the blocks.  Four blocks are released so far.


https://www.facebook.com/groups/1164782056918053/

Also, Cheri Payne had a quilt along, "So Spooky".  I decided to do this one too.  You can find the blocks here, on Facebook:  I think I might change that little mouth, to make it a teensy bit scarier!!  There is no pumpkin face on the original pattern, but I wanted one...it reminds me of the pumpkins I used to carve with my precious son.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1653683711549152/





I hatched a plan over the weekend to finish some quilts that have been in the works, and also planned some patients quilts to make from my stash.  I feel really good about thinking this all through, pulling fabrics and ideas together.  Now I just need three solid months with no interruptions from work, meals or house cleaning to accomplish it all.  Anyone know where I can get that?  Haha!!!



A lady at work said she wanted a pink quilt...she has had breast cancer twice...yep!  I will be sure she gets one!!  In fact, I have one already made...so off it will go to her.  That feels just exactly right!!  Thank you, each of you, for your advice and heart felt wisdom about my feelings last post...thank you!





Hugs to all!  Happy Monday!!


Julie

Working, working!

 I have been working at the hospital a ton!  My good friend has open heart surgery, and asked me to be her nurse, so I have been working overtime for her.  She is doing fantastic!!  I felt kind of honored, that she ask me, of all the nurses there...wow!

I did put a border on this little quilt, and I love it!  This is Lori's quilt along...please see here.

http://humblequilts.blogspot.com/2017/10/palmateer-point-linky-party.html



You can see everyone's quilts if you click on the link!!

I started something new...a rail fence variation.  I am just playing with strips at this point, and have quite the little mess going on, LOL!!




*************************A Musing**********************************


I pick out quilts to gift to patients, and one for my nurse friend was no exception.  I have given quite a few quilts to patients over the course of time.  As I went over my collection of quilts I have made over the years, I found myself finding it difficult to part with any of them.  Now I frown at myself over this...but..."This one...Oh, I remember it was my first applique!  OH this one!  I loved using all my mom's and my scraps!  Oh this one...I loved that mystery!"  This is absolutely not OK...it is kind of addictive behavior, if I were diagnosing it as a health care professional!  So, I just picked one at random (Carolina Christmas Mystery from Bonnie Hunter) and gave it to her, and she loved it, and I loved giving it to her!  But....


I think I am going to make specific quilt patterns, of not scraps, but planned fabrics, and plan to give them to patients.  My scrappy quilts are big treasures to me, but I think if I plan ahead and use specific fabrics, maybe the patients will like them better and I will not be so attached to them (because they are not scraps!)  Has my cheese slid completely from my cracker?  Hee!!

On the other hand, when I pass on, all these will probably be sold in a garage sale!  Now there is a slap of reality for ya!




Any thoughts???



Hugs!!

Julie

"You can put lipstick on a pig....but it is still a pig!!"

I quilted with big stitch quilting stitches, completing this quilt from last post.  Tada!  It is bound too, so imagine that...a quilt bound at the same time I finish it.    Now...this for this quilt I can say, I think the quilting added a little something!  But maybe not enough for most folks...it is still pretty scrappy and home made looking...maybe downright ugly!  So that means I love it...hee!!!


It is one of those things..."You can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig!"


OINK!!!


Julie

Mug Rug swap!!!

I was the lucky girl today!!  I participated in a mug rub swap, with the Barrister Block (Randy!); please see here.

www.barristersblock.blogspot.com

This is the darling mug rug I received!  This sweet blogger blogs here:

www.homespunhannahblog.blogspot.com

She was ever so thoughtful.  The striped fabric stands for an EKG, and the heart...well, I am an open heart recovery nurse, so that was perfect, and the pink because it is my favorite, and the red because it symbolized life.  She must have really studied my blog to know all that...I am so thrilled!

Now isn't that a thoughtful thing to do?  Thank you, Homespun Hannah (Danice)!!!  Thank you, Randy, for coordinating the swap!!

Julie

A Humble quilt's quilt along!

 Here is my little quilt, for Lori's quilt along. Palmateer Point is the name of this quilt.  Scraps, of course!!


Please see Lori's blog here...she has these fun quilt alongs each year or more often...you just have to check her blog out!

www.humblequilts.blogspot.com

 And here is an older quilt of mine that is just about ready to hand quilt.  Little bitty pieces and wisps of fabric in this one.  It is very home-made looking...SNORT!!!

I am going to quilt the life into it...and then I will love it much better!!  I will figure out something for the muslin strips, too.



Hope you have a great day!!

Julie

Hope and Love

 On this day, when hundreds of people were shot by a crazy guy in Las Vegas...I choose Hope and Love, over despair and hate.  It seems that these two emotions are the exact opposite of what the shooter was feeling.  This is just where I was led today.  I have almost all of these blocks all sewn now, and will be putting the quilt together soon.

I finished the orange blocks for last month, and this month's color is pink.  So pink is coming up!!!


Have a day filled with Hope and Love!

Julie

Slow stiching Sunday

 Today, I am working on the binding for this quilt.  It was a Primitive Gatherings summer quilt along from a few years back...and of course, I finished it my way.  This was quilted by none other than Tricia Cribbs, the owner of the Turning Twenty pattern company, and it is so dear to me.

Remember when I said I was all caught up on bindings? Not quite!  So this is my slow stitching project for today.  This quilt is very special to me.

I am linking to Kathy, right here!!


https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/


I hope you have a lovely day, and I hope you have a few quiet moments for peaceful, slow stitching for yourself!


Julie