Stitch I Will!

I am ready ... so stitch I will. 

There is a new Stitch Along coming in June to the happy cross stitch along group

@ 

Fat Quarter Shop FlossTube

All you really need is the 

Sew She Did Cross Stitch Pattern @ FQS

You could use whatever cross stitch cloth and floss you have or prefer.

At the FQS, Kimberly Jolly always encourages her listeners to

" Just To Do You"

to find what works for you and makes you happy.

After much thought about how I wanted to do this pattern and

considering whether I could make the sewing machine look like my beloved Janome,

I decided that my cross stitch abilities are not ready to rework a pattern that much.

I love the sample as shown and I had 10 count Vintage Aida cloth on hand in Daisy white,

I had some good Bohn tapestry needles in a size I can thread and use easily.

I decided to use Aurifloss as my stitches are best on 10 count Aida with this floss.

I am ready to start stitching.

This is my progress on new roof day yesterday on my

Quaker Flag Cross Stitch

I am changing this one up.

I decided I preferred a 13 star canton on my flag.

This one is progressing well and I plan to work on it

when I am outside this long labor day weekend.

Inside I am making progress on my

Beothuk Star QAL

and I need to finish up and pack up some swap blocks for mailing early next week.

I will be home,

enjoying our homey little Scrapatch.

Our new roof has already been christened with the rain and wind.

All is good.

What are you plans for the long Memorial Day Weekend?

Remember, Honor and Celebrate! 

May you and yours have a safe and wonderful weekend!

I Like Thursdays ~ Post # 13 ~ A New Roof Over the Scrapatch

I like sitting outside stitching in the early morning sun.

7:00am found me sitting on our covered deck slowly stitching on my 

Quaker Flag Cross Stitch started Here

Quaker Flag Cross Stitch Pattern from The Stitcherhood

I bought my pattern in pdf form directly from the designer 

The Stitcherhood

I like that the work crew showed up today and the sun is shining

and the roof over my happy place is getting fixed.

The Scrapatch really needed a new roof.

There was a bit of drama with us telling them to get off our friendly neighbor's driveway

when they took over her yard 

(after we had specifically told them not to when 

they quoted the job and we signed the papers

and they said it would not be a problem)

when they were clearing the roof.

After we got them back where they belonged,

I went back to counting stitches and it calmed me.

Now it is all good. 

I am making good progress and so are the roofers.

12:00pm when I looked up from counting and stitching, 

I decided it was time to take my laptop out of the case 

and found I was missing my usual Thursday fun

 visiting and reading about the life and times of the

I Like Thursday Quilters @ Not Afraid of Color

Time to find a bit of lunch.

Good day for takeout to be enjoyed on the deck.

Happy Thursday!  

Beothuk Star QAL ~ Block 1

Block 1 done for the 

Beothuk Star QAL @ mmm! Quilts

Since I only actually started cutting and sewing this quilt 

Here ~ Yesterday

I am very pleased with my progress.

I think all the HSTs are in the right places and turned the right way.

I had a very helpful block inspector when I went to photograph this block
so I took it outside to enjoy the end of day sun in my yard.

No roofers today.
Well they boss showed up in the morning.
but he did not have enough workers.
Hopefully tomorrow will be the day.

My hubby did not enjoy getting up early to move his car
 when he is usually sleeping for his nightshift job
and he is even less happy pleased that he has to do it over again tomorrow. 

I am enjoying sewing along

and I love my fabrics! 

Only a few fat quarters needed to participate.

There were some pretty kits, too.

Are you sewing along?

Beothuk Star QAL ~ All In A Day's Work

My morning started like this.

These are the fabrics I chose to use for a quiltalong I wanted to do

that has been happening along without me.

Beothuk Star QAL @ mmm! Quilts

There are some beautiful quilts in progress in the links!

I have been feeling a bit down lately about letting my quilty plans go sideaways.

like the Trinket QAL   which I kept up with so well in the beginning, 

then got sick, then got back on track,  then let slip away from me 

when I made the decision to buy my dream machine, my HQ Amara 20 . 

Then I had to completely mess up 

and reorganize my house and my quilting life.

Now all of this is a good thing and a wonderful adventure.

It does mean though that I am still readjusting to my new quilty life.

I am still finding my way as I go along.

Trying to do all I had planned and more.

I am enjoying this process.

I just wanted to sew this quilt.

This quilty plan started Here

with these beautiful seaglass fabrics

I chose this version of the design.

There is a linky party this week for the first blocks 

and I had not even sewn the last installment, the HSTs.

Today I was at the quilty crossroad of deciding,

"Am I going to sew along of this or not?"

I decided to cut and sew! 

3:30pm when my hubby was leaving for work,

I was here when he said goodbye.

I opted to use Triangles on a Roll for this project.

These are the 3" Finished Sized Triangles on a Roll

The process is easy sewing along the lines.

I use a 90/14 needle, my heavy duty foot and reduce my stitch length to 1.8
to make removing the papers easier.

Then trimming the sides of the paper and cutting into triangles.

This is my pile of triangles and my trimmings.

Peeling off the papers.
I do not mine this part.
Much better than drawing lines for me.

Pressed and ready to just trim off the dog ears with my snips.

6:00pm and I had all the HSTs needed for my quilt!

So I went from my start of day with my morning cup of coffee

to this .. and ready to sew my first blocks.

I am feeling quite good about my progress

and I even spent time with my hubby, 

made lunch, did some housework

and sat outside to enjoy the breezy spring day for awhile. 

Now I have to make another decision:

Star Center A ~ the light sea glass shards fabric,

which is a variation from the original design.

or

Star Center B ~ background fabric in the star centers,

as shown in the layout version above.

My blue grunge background fabric looks too washed out in this photo.
Not sure why. Actual color in earlier photo.

Which would you chose?

I even have a few hours left in the evening to decide and to start piecing the blocks.

Linking up today with the quilt is progress,

and happy to have something to show.

Tomorrow a roofing crew arrives at 7:00am to replace the roof over our heads.

Tomorrow morning  they will find me 

outside under the canopy on the deck with my morning cup of coffee.

a book and a hand stitching project.

Update:

Block 1 Done ~ Posted Here

Have a happy quilty evening ... :-) 

Pieces of My Scrappy Heart

Today I needed to catch up on piecing some scrappy heart swap blocks.

Started Here

Nutmeg was my quilty kitty helper today.

Kitty and I have a few more blocks to make to mail out by the end of the month.

It has turned very warm and humid, more summer weather than spring.

We even had some thunderstorms move through tonight.

Tomorrow