Scraps!

 I have been, as you may know, trying to use up all my scraps.  Here is one of my latest efforts.

These blocks are 6 inches finished, and I need five more blocks to make a fair sized quilt.




1 Corinthians 13:13


And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love."

I just love this bible verse, and it seemed so right to put these affirming words in this quilt, especially with some of the mayhem going on in the world!

Maybe I need to put the Love block on the top of the quilt somewhere???

Hope each of you is having a great day!!

Julie

Mystery quilt! Part two!

 Here is where I am, so far, on Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt, "On Ringo Lake".  I have all of part one done, and 42 of the 200 flying geese for part two.  This is my project box for this quilt.


Please see Bonnie's post about part two, here!  Lots of quilters are joining in!!

http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2017/12/mystery-sunday-link-up-part-2.html

 So far, it looks pretty pastel...but that is fine with me!

I have been saving the corner method triangles to play with too.


Hope each of you has a great day!!


Julie

What to do with the rainbow projects!!?

 I made nine of these rainbow themed flower blocks, then did not make anymore.  I need three more for a pretty assortment, like the rainbow!

 Here is a closer look.

 OK, so here are 10 of these blocks...need two more for a little quilt!!!

 And then I have only made pink, orange and brown of these blocks...so need a lot more of these.

and one of this kind of block!!


Additionally, I am working on the birds, from the previous post...



SO!!!?  I have a lot of starts, and not a lot of finishes.  At least I have them all sorted out and sort of a plan of attack to finish some of these.  Tell me I am not the only one who does this!!!

******************************Rosie Posie Pudding Pie: a poodle story**************


Rosie, my poodle, on the last walk of the evening, got ran over by a bike, last night.  She is pretty hurt...I don't think she has internal injuries but is pretty beat up and hurts so much.  The vet gave her antibiotics and also heavy duty pain meds.  I would love your prayers and good wishes for her...she is such a darling girl and I just hate to see her in any distress.  Thank you!

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Have a super day!!

Last day of November!

 Good morning!  My friends Karen from the Log Cabin Quilter, and Cathy of the Big Lake Quilter are doing such a fun quilt along, with each other!  Super fun blocks are being made by each quilter, and the pattern is out of print, so I experimented this morning to see if I could come up with a block that was similar...and of course, my block is different.  This was fun, drawing my own pattern!!

 Today is the last day of November, and the color was brown or black (darks), I think...so I made these birds.  I don't know how the yellow one snuck in there!

There are all my birdies in the flock, so far. I like these guys!!!  I am doing these for the rainbow challenge at Angela's blog...please see here!


http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2017/11/scraphappy-saturday-finishing-up-and.html




***************************Nurse's notes...code blue!***********************


My patient was not doing well all day yesterday, and coded just before I was to leave.  My heart is broken, but we saved them, and I am glad for that!  They are now on continuous dialysis and maximum life support.  I cannot stop thinking of them and praying for this patient.  Such is the life of a nurse!  I got home very, very late, and my arms hurt like crazy...I did CPR for twenty minutes.


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Julie

Christmas is coming...

 Just a little decor in the middle of the dining room table.

 Here is the table runner I have for Christmas...I need to make a new one!!

 Darling Marcie Patch created this pattern for everyone to enjoy some years ago, and I made a couple of these small quilts.  Love this one, Marcie!!  You can still get the free pattern; please see below.

http://patchalotmore.blogspot.com/

 This was also a quilt along some years ago, with the resulting quilt enjoyed for a long time.

 "And the greatest of these is Love!"  I love that bible verse, and I love this pretty pattern too.

 I have been wanting to make some stockings for my whole life...so I guess this year is it!  An empowering question is, "If not now, when?"  If applied to all my life...I would make good progress.

 I am making Christmas ornaments too...here are a few in progress.  This one is the Star in the East.

I made these for last year, so I guess I will give them out this year, since I did not get them done...and so it goes!!


***************************Nurse's Notes*****************
There are few things that warm a nurse's heart like a very, very ill patient who is well on the way to getting better. I had one such patient recently, snatched from the shadow of death, literally. What a blessing to see them get better!!! What an amazing miracle of God to behold...all these specialties coming together to help heal this person!! So many hard working nurses and docs and therapists worked their guts out to help...I am blessed to work with each one of you!

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Have a super day, each of you!!

Quiltville Mystery Quilt!

 What fun this has been!  I have been working a lot, but just HAD to stop and complete the first clue in Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville's mystery quilt; "On Ringo Lake".


Please see her post here, to find out all about the mystery, which she hosts every year.

Please see her post about step one of the mystery, here!


http://quiltville.blogspot.com/2017/11/on-ringo-lake-mystery-monday-link-up.html


Bonnie chose teals/aquas and melon colors...I took a good look at my strips and string and scraps and said...I better use up some blues!!  So I did....and had a lovely time piecing these little nine patches.
I had some strip sets left over, so I will probably make some smaller quilt from leftover pieces and parts.  I have done this a few times in the past, while sewing Bonnie's mystery quilts.

I use these bins from the hospital...they are thrown away with each heart cath, and I hate to see them go to waste, so I organize quilt projects in them.


Have a super day!


Julie

Kitty cat tutorial!

 I made a tutorial for the kitty cat blocks I have been making.  They are fast and fun to make!! Some pieces are turned differently in the block than I have show up above...I was just showing all the pieces cut out.

Cutting instructions; please cut as follows:

Print fabric

5.5 inch x 6.5 inch rectangle (cut 1)  this is the body of the kitty
4.5 inch x 3.5 inch rectangle (cut 1)  this is the head of the kitty
1.5 inch x 9.5 inch strip (cut 1)  this is the tail of the kitty
1.5 inch x 2.5 inch strip  (cut 1)  this is the small part of the kitty's tail
1.5 inch x 1.5 inch squares (cut 2)  these are the ears of the kitty


Background Fabric

4.5 inch x 3.5 inch rectangle (cut 1)  spacer between head and tail section
9.5 inch x 1.5 inch strip (cut 2)  these are side border strips
10.5 x 1.5 inch strip (cut 1)  top border strip
4.5 inch x 1.5 inch strip (cut 1)  ear section
3.5 inch x 1.5 inch strip (cut 1) spacer connecting body and tail
1.5 inch x 1.5 inch squares (cut 7)  for connector corners

 Here is my little, very professional drawing...giggle!  Well maybe not professional, but it worked for me.

 Here are my cut out pieces. I sewed the ear print pieces to the 4.5 inch strip, using the connector corner method.  I sewed two background connector 1.5 inch squares to the head print section.  I then sewed two more of the background connector corners to the body print section, as above.  I sewed a background square to the 2.5 inch strip of print to form part of the tail.  I then sewed the two remaining background squares to the tail strip, to form the long tail.

 Then I sewed the head together, then added the spacer as above to form the top part of the kitty.  The body is also sewn together as above.

 And then here is the whole block, done!!!

Whoop!  I have two kitty cats!!  I am making twenty for this quilt.  I was thinking...I should just do what makes me happy, and what could be better for me than pink!!!  So please enjoy and make kitty cats to your hearts desire!




Thank you for your patience with my tutorial...hope you make some kitty quilts and please show me too!!




Happy Thanksgiving in advance...pie making has been on the agenda today, as I have to work a lot of the holiday...the hospital does not close!!



Julie