I Like Thursday Post # 4 ~ I Like Angels

I sewed a spring sash for our house angel.

I blogged about this 

Christmas Yard Angel Who Came in from the Cold Here

Angel was looking like she needed something new for spring.

I had this fabric out for a backing for a quilt I am making

and it it seemed the perfect choice.

I bought a lot of this fabric, the end of a bolt, when

a nearby quilt shop was moving to a new location and had deep markdowns

to reduce their inventory.

I was not until I was cutting it that I saw the fabric was called "Eden."

This made me smile.  

I do believe there is a benevolent presence around us every moment of every day. 

Everyone may call it whatever they wish.

I like angels.

"It Could Happen."

This quote from the 1994 film,

Angels in the Outfield

has been a catch phrase in our home, since my daughter was young

and watched this movie so many times

I still remember most of the lines.

I liked listening to this movie in the background of my life for years.

I like seeing my angel in her new spring garment.

I like that I can open the windows of the south side of the house today
to let in the fresh air.

I like that the last week the first robin of spring came home.

I like this time of year,
mud season in New England,
a time of rebirth. 

That is all I have to share today for

I Like Thursday @ Not Afraid of Color 

There are lots of interesting people and stories

in the links.

Enjoy your day!

Up and Sewing

Trinket Day 7 ~ Lines 7 

This block makes me think of the song, "Islands in the Stream." 

Despite my machine issues,

I am still on track with my 

Trinket SAL @ Alison Glass

as I got the required one block done  on time

for the yesterday'and posted to

#trinketsal on Instagram.

After a bit of tinkering, I was able to get my Janome 

working, although not as well as usual.

Also, I found a quilt shop where I can take her 

for a spa treatment next week.

On the weekend, I will get a back-up machine up and running for a few days.

I am not looking forward to going back to the dark ages where

my machine had no start/stop button, knee lift

and built-in needle threader.

It will be like teaching myself to sew again.  

Today I was able to sew all three Trinket blocks for 

Day 8 ~ Lines 8

I love the little paper boats..

I also sewed Ventana Block # 7

Sew I am almost caught up with this one.

I have the pieces to one more Ventana block and two Line 7 blocks next 

to my machine and will go back an coax a few more stitches

out of my machine later tonight.

Sew Sad

My Nomi is sick ... :(

Going to have to take take her to the doctor.

Going to have to set up my backup machine

and get her up to speed.

Sewing plans for the day are temporarily on hold.  

May my beautiful girl be feeling better soon.

<3 

Quilt Quazy Queens ~ My Day!

One Fat 8th Bundle ~ Two Quilts
Doubling the Challenge

My quilt craziest idea yet.
Just in time for the

Quilt Qwazy Queens Blog Hop

This is one of my favorite blog hops of the year,

I get to celebrate my quilt crazy ... :-)

My newest, quaziest quilt project is for the

Trinket SAL @ Alison Glass

Not only am I sewing the 40 Foundation 4.5" pieced Trinket blocks,
one per day, Monday through Friday ...

I am sewing one of her older FPP patterns, Ventana.
Did I mention that I have not foundation paper pieced
in a few years?

The good news is that this is actually a stash quilt.
I have only bought some additional background yardage
because I needed one yard more of what I had already.

Read More About This Crazy Idea Here

I really want to rise to this personal  challenge.

Sew far; sew good.

Read More Here

Also to celebrate my quilt qwaziness
I decided to show,
in all their UFO glory ... my Top 3 

of my crazier quilty ideas ... 

#1 

Patchwork of the Crosses EPP Blocks ~ Score 16 to 3

This should be called a WIP
as I am actually working on it ... :-) 


#2 

365 Blocks in 365 Days ~ "Good Karma" ...
 What Was I thinking?

Score:
77 of 365 blocks done ... not good.

I am not currently working on this ...  :(

Hmmmm ... I love those fabrics.
I have to do something about this.


#3 


The Scraps, Ma'am, Nothing But The Scraps

This is a 6.5" Postage Stamp Block

made with Thirty-Six 1.5" squares

... 'nuff said 

Score;

42 blocks done.

Many pairs sewn as leaders and enders,

waiting to be sewn into blocks.

Good ... but a long way to go for a quilt. 

Every Year I seam to start a Rainbow Scrap Challenge Quilt

an every year I start another UFO.

My scraps still overfloweth  ... with love  <3 

I also want to show my craziest finished quilt.

It has covered an entire wall in my sewing room since I set it up in 2012.
Before that, it was on my bed for 2 years.



My Sisterhood of Quilters Quilt

This is an oversized queen quilt that I started as a mystery quilt
at Quilt Retreat in Texas in 2009,
where I went to meet a group of online quilty friends.
Going to this retreat was my first airport adventure and I went with
a friend from CT who drove to NH to fly out of the smaller
Manchester Airport because I did not feel ready to brave the
International airports in Boston and CT.
We flew home in a snow storm on one of the last planes to land
at that airport that night.

Crazy?  Yes!
Quilt Crazy Fun!



Here is the story of the making of this quilt.

The panel sections in the custom border are signed by my friends at the retreat.



It took a year to finish this quilt for a
Challenge in March 2010

I used up leftover fabrics cut into small squares and HSTs and such
to set the panel pieces and create the custom borders. 

It was my bed quilt for over two years before I moved it to my sewing room.

Without a doubt this quilt and it's making is my craziest
Quilt Quazy Queen adventure.

It warms my walls and warms my heart every time I see it.

Visit all my quilt quazy friends today ...

March 18, 2019
Quiltscapes
Days Filled With Joy
Life In the Scrapatch (you are here)
Rainbows. Bunnies. Cupcakes

This blog hop is hosted by

Marian @ Seams To Be Sew

Be sure to visit her blog each day of the hop to enter the Giveaway! 

Two $35.00 Gift Certificates to the

will be given away.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thank you for sharing my quilt quaziness today.

A Happy Week of Sewing

My first foundation pieced block in a few years.

I started this quilt Here.

and I am really enjoying fussy cutting and sewing these blocks.

This is 

Ventana Pattern @ Alison Glass

I bought a kit for this pattern about four years ago and never got to it.

I am happy that I am finally getting to it.

I felt all thumbs for the first few minutes,

but my foundation paper piecing skills came back 

like riding a horse.

I feel achy and accomplished now.
 I am pleased with myself for getting back in the saddle.

My FPP Tutorial may be found here

Here are my next four blocks.
I am going to love this quilt
and I am now pulling favorite fat quarters
from my stash to add to the quilt.

There is a two-fold reason for starting this quilt now.

One:  I love these fabrics and pattern and want to sew it.

Two:  I want to use the  scraps from making my Ventana block in my 

Trinket Sew Along Quilt

This sew along is a personal challenge for me.

The piece with the selvage on the bottom right

 and the skinny scrap on the upper left 

are my "scraps" from the fat eighth I cut for Ventana Block #1.

Here are some of my Week #1 Trinket SAl blocks.
My background fabrics right now are four shades of blue
Uncorked by Windham Fabrics

I am making thee of each of the daily trinket blocks
and will determine final blocks, layout, background, etc, as I sew along.

It has been a happy week of sewing.

One of the things I like about this sew along
is how has been thoughtfully set up to sew Monday though Friday
and my weekends are open to sew other things.
I have been able to keep up with these challenge blocks and
with my other sewing.

This weekend I dd not make more blocks but I did play with my scraps on Saturday.

I made a March Mug Rug for next to my computer.

Also, I have been working on a project for a blog hop later in the month.

Here is a sneak peek.

More soon.

I did some slow stitching on my embroidery project.

While watching an old movie,
my hubby petted the Nutmeg
and I stitched.

I  finished the pink bleeding heart flowers,
added the darker pink stamen stems
and started the yellow french knots on the tips.

I hope to finish the french knots tonight
but right now I am enjoying a cup of tea and
I am going to visit with the talented stitchers at

Slow Sunday Stitching

What have you been sewing this 
Worldwide Quilting Day
weekend?