Life in the Scrapatch: It's Cool to be Square Blog Hop

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Tuesday, May 19, 2020

Quilty Road Trip ... Social Distance Style

This morning started Here,

because this is, literally, one of the first things I see in the morning,

after I use my eye drops to unglue my eyes,

as it is on my bedroom wall opposite my bed.

I do not actually "see" the eye drops.

I just reach out to where I know they are, aim and squeeze,

then wait a few minutes for them to take effect.

Usually, there is a blur of my hubby's face
and a fuzzy looking cat or three in view, too.

Only Katniss is actually fuzzy so I know if the other two look

like they are having a bad hair day

that my eyes are not working yet.

By the time I ask Alexa to turn on the light,

the cross stitch starts coming onto focus.

After saying have a good day to hubby,
going out the door to his new job,

because the man does not know what the word "retired" means,

or that there is a "stay at home"
... um ... mandate? ... advisory? ... guideline? ...

whatever the state is calling it now ...

for people our age.

I get my cup of coffee and say hello to my blog which comes up as my home screen

and there is my new favorite quilty project again.

Now that I have put my Quilty Love stitchery there again at the top of today's post,
it will be waiting for me again tomorrow morning ... I like!

Maybe I will put it at the top of the post everyday this week!

You may get tired of it, but I will not ... :-)

Anyway...

my virtual road trip is rambling off course ...

just like most of our real road trips.

So ...

I wandered Here

so I could get cool with all the square inspiration of the day.

First off,

Calico Joan @ the MooseStash,

opened my eyes wide with another one of her multitude of amazing quilty endeavors

and made me laugh with her zany humor.

Then I got as far as

This wonderfully Cool and Square quilty goodness

@ Anita's Quilt in a Not Shell

before my road trip completely changed destinations ...

and I bought this ...

Pattern from Broadcloth Studios Here

... because I need a new project like I need a new turn in the road.

I want to make a larger version of this for my very modern niece

who is getting married in the fall.

Because I was at Broadcloth Studio

and I love their Quilty Quizes,

I found

A Quiz I Had Not Taken

... sew I had to take it ...

... and I somehow I ended up Here ...

"While the road or the car never really changes, the scenery is what brings excitement and variety to the journey! Whether it’s color, texture, or the final quilting, there are a million different roads to take and a billion different adventures to have along the way."

Nine Patch?

Oh, Yes, that is me.

So while I ruminated upon my love of Nine Patch blocks awhile

I remembered a WIP ...

... so I traveled back in time to Here

... revisted Here

... then I had to dig out this pile of Fig Tree scraps

and sewed three more 9 Patch Blocks this morning

... and the morning traveled away with me.

Phew ... what a morning road trip!

Time for lunch, a little gardening

and I will get back to blog hopping later today.

I has been a happy quilty morning.

May yours be a good one, too ... :-)

Monday, May 18, 2020

It's Cool to Be Square Blog Hop

My Quilty Love Cross Stitch is finished and ready to hang!

Welcome to my post of the

It's Cool to be Square Blog Hop @ Just Let Me Quilt

When I saw this blog hop announcement, I knew just what I wanted to show and tell.

I had recently finished stitching my

Quilty Love Cross Stitch Completed Here

I made some design options from the original pattern,

changing not only the colors, but leaving out some of the smaller hearts

and the ric-rac trim.

These finishing fabrics were in the plans before I picked my floss colors,

as fabric is always my first craft love.

All I knew was that I wanted to finish this cross stitch with these fabrics

but was not sure how to set it.

I decided that I did not want a traditional rectangular frame,
or one of the new trendy sticky board and plaque settings with bows and such.

I wanted something clean, crisp and modern,

like the cross stitch piece itself.

I wanted to hang it on my wall.

My first thought was to make an actual quilt and give it a

Faced Quilt Binding ~ Tutorial Here

... but I wanted something that would keep it smooth and flat.

Then I had another thought!

I bought this this 24" square artist's canvas on a 50% off sale at my local Michael's

just before everything in my state shut down.

I used this artist canvas method many years ago Here
to display another blog hop project
and it has been in my mind to do so again.

It seemed the perfect way to display my cross stitch.

This was very much a figure it out as I cut and sewed project.

The cross stitch design finished at 9" by 12"
so I knew the fabric would have to be pieced to make it fit the square canvas.
I knew from the start that I do not want the cross stitch itself centered
but off-set in the upper right corner.
I knew I wanted the bright aqua print to frame the cross stitch.
I also knew I wanted to feature the lovely large rose print fabric.