Monday Making

My Monday Making post is a bit early this week.

I have the time...

so I thought I'd post now, rather than later!

:)

The linky will be open until Wednesday,

if you want to link up and share what YOU've been making.

This eyeglass case was an easy little project.

A friend requested one when she saw mine

and believe it or NOT...I had the same scraps in my bin!

TWO years LATER!!  LOL!

I didn't have to wonder which colors to use, since I knew

she'd seen mine and it appealed to her.

I gave it to her on Thursday not knowing that

she'd had a really hard morning that day.

Isn't it GREAT to give a little quilt LOVE

and find it's the perfect timing too???

I also made a set of little place mats for ME this week.

They're actually going to be used by the kids.

Even cold cereal gets to look pretty!!

Here's another peek into my week.

Yes...It was a busy one.

I thought I'd be sewing these together...

but after making a lot of blocks, I really didn't want to make any more.

(lazy? kind of)

I also knew that there are a LOT of seams to match up!

What if????

I add sashing.

Scrappy sashing??

I'll let it percolate a bit.....

Gives me something happy to THINK about.

One great thing about quilting is the 

happy things we can ponder.

Today we're harvesting.

I'll need to make some deliveries since we can't eat it all.

Not sure what the week ahead holds.

But I DO know....

I'll be stitching!

And cooking something GREEN.

What are YOU making this week??

Monday Making

At my house there are graduation quilts to be made.

This is my most recent and hopefully 

the last of  FOUR graduation quilts I'm making this year.

I LOVE giving these to the high school graduates at my church.

:)

At my house there is also a lot of GREEN!!!

Lots of garden produce that needs a PLAN.

A MEAL plan!

Wish me luck!

This big ol' cabbage found a home in Yakisoba

(recipe found in an old cookbook of mine-

More with less cookbook )

and a nice big bowl of coleslaw!

I'm using all this green in our meals.

I sneak in Spinach, kale, chard, celery, lettuce etc...

into every meal.

I'm convinced all this green is keeping us healthy.

O.K. friends

What are YOU making this week???

Thursday Thoughts

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Love harvesting vegetables from the garden.

This little bunch doesn't overwhelm me.....

But......THESE bunches do!

Last year the grape harvest exceeded my

ENERGY level.

;)

We'll see how this year goes!

 

My husband is trying to help keep the work at BAY

and has dried TWO BATCHES of raisins already!

 

LOVED finishing up the border on this one today!

 

All those 2" squares give this quilt some pizzazz!

 

I wasn't AT ALL sure how big this quilt would get.

It was ALL a work IN PROGRESS.

 

Amazingly enough it's ALMOST a TWIN size!

It'll be SUPER fun to throw this over one of the kid's beds this Christmas!

:)

Yep....

It DOES need to be quilted first!

 

 

This baby sweater, finished last week,

gave me CONFIDENCE I could maybe knit something for MYSELF!

 

I'm THIS far and

STUCK already.

:/

HELP!

Youtube....

HERE I come!

I'm ready for summer!

Summer is almost here.

I'm READY!!

 

Saltwater sandals arrived!!! (revisiting childhood)

A garden is growing!!

and

There are LOTS of quilts to be made!

 

 

Homemade weekend

It is SO satisfying living a homemade life.

I love using the things I make

and eating the food my husband grows.

The past weekend was FULL of homemade over here.

 

We ate outside on the thrifted table cloth

that began life as a shower curtain.

;)

I Pickled the beets from my husband's garden.

I also ate a few blueberries off the bush he has on the patio.

It's the PERFECT snacking tree!

 

Living a homemade life is also knitting between things.

between cooking.

between computer.

during computer...??

while waiting for school buses....

During picnics talking with friends.....

I love getting a FEW more stitches in!

 

 

During the picnic this weekend

We used the scrappy patriotic quilt....

that shows how much we LOVE using it!

We used my Homemade picnic bag.

 

Yes.

It's FUN to USE the things we make.

Isn't it?

It's not as much fun to CLEAN.

But...

Long weekends are good for that too.

and...
HOMEMADE means

MESS

at my house.

;/

 

Homemade also means GREAT containers!

Right?

 

I saw this at the thrift store

and knew I'd find SOMETHING

to fit inside.

 

Are you living homemade too?

 

 

Springtime

It's springtime and things are blooming over here.

I've always wanted a little fairy garden...

and this year it FINALLY happened. :)

 

It's little.

The plants are just clippings I found around the yard.

I plopped them in and they've been growing.

YEAH!

 

I enjoyed sitting out on the patio today

Knitting and

watching my granddaughter play

in the little GARDEN for fairies!

 

 

 

Springtime

 

 

It's SPRING at my house!!!

 

A little chilly this morning...

but the flowers are blooming!

I'm so glad my husband likes to garden.

I enjoy the PRODUCE

and....

Quilting and gardening go so WELL together!!!

 

I pulled out my Springy table toppers...

and added some pretty flowers.

;)

 

The tables are all covered.

 

 

Even the napkin basket in the kitchen gets a little pretty neighbor!

 

It's hard to sew INSIDE

when the outside is calling my NAME!

 

 

Thrifty

 

Feeling Thrifty and Frugal today.

;)

 

Pulled out my patriotic/picnic quilt

made long ago using

RED, WHITE and BLUE scraps.

LOVE. IT.

 

Didn't have enough of the LUSCIOUS red...

so I added a piece of blue.

Made before I knew how to add a binding...

so the backing was cut EXTRA big

and wrapped around to the front.

Quilted very simply.

 

I used an old blanket for the batting.

Frugal INDEED!

 

I also patched some blankets this morning

and added new satin binding.

 

Yes.

I'm feeling EXTRA thrifty!!!

I cut two patches equal sizes...

pressed the edges in...

and added one to the front

and one to the back!!!

 

See how the stitching shows up from the first patch??

 I can sort of follow along as I add the other patch on top!!!

I also patched a cream blanket.

Just giving NEW life to old blankets!!!

The side of this one also needed a little fixing.

;)

I DID purchase the satin binding.

I wondered about using cotton for the binding next time.

Any thoughts on the pros and cons of that????

I've got LOTS of cotton fabric

around here somewhere!!!

 

I can ONLY think of the pros right now.

Last, but not least...

I made a THRIFTy salad.

 

Everything came from the garden.

THIS morning.

 

A Thrifty Thursday.

A Happy Fourth!

 A wonderful DAY!!!