Multi-Tasking While Making Sauce....

It doesn't take a whole lot to make the pasta sauce, as it needs stirred about every half hour or so, but I wanted to have something else to do in the meantime. I had some fabric that a fellow quilter had given me, so I decided to use the dinning room table to cut the fabric. This will be used in the Grandmother's Flower Garden that I am making. How do you multi-task?

Lapghan Quilt Update...

here is the progress so far of my Grandmother's Flower Garden lapghan quilt that I have been making off and on for a year. There has been several months were I have not been working on it at all, so I think it is coming along pretty good. I am about halfway done I think, I need to take into account that I am quite a bit shorter than my Grandmother who will be getting this.

The humble beginning of this project.

This is the current progress, I think I have the width ok, and will need to add another 4-6 rows perhaps for the length.

Birthday Gift

I purchased these two hand/kitchen towels and made mini EPP flowers and stitch them on. It was a gift for my grandmother for her birthday. I used some of the same fabric I am putting in the lapghan I am making for her.

Update on Grandmother's Flower Garden lapghan....

I have worked on this quite a bit more and here are the results. I am almost halfway done with this lapghan. I am not sure if I will have it complete by Christmas or not.

Progress from Retreat

I took some pictures from the annual Quilt retreat that I go too. Below are pictures of nature and a little progress that I made on a project.

I am making a Grandmothers Flower Garden item for one of my grandmothers, I think it will be made into a lapghan. The flowers will be various prints of flowers themselves. I find it is easier to make them into rows and then attach them together, instead of making the flower section and then adding the path around.

Grandmothers Flower Garden...

This is part of the 2014 raffle quilt that my guild is making. I made this part as my contribution for it.

Fun tv Projects...

I like to work on a variety of crafts while watching tv. Although I haven't done it in ahwile. I started working on a 30's Grandmothers Flower Garden (GFG), so far here is the very small progress I have done.

Here is more fabric that I will be using, 30's fabric is one of my favorites.

I love the GFG pattern so I even have more fabric for a future project.

I have been working on a Double Wedding Ring (DWR) table runner, so far I have only completed about six of the rings.

Here is the back of the ring, showing my hand piecing. If you have never done hand piecing or hand quilting I highly recommend. It is fun and relaxing.

A furry friend wanted to keep me company.

Now back to watching Burn Notice!

Independance Day

Besides doing a few errands, we have been inside enjoying the nice central air. I have been working on a English Paper Piecing project, although I have yet to decide what I will be making it into. Even though I love the Grandmother's Flower Garden pattern, I have chosen to just do a scrappy version of hexies. Enjoy the pictures. Not sure there will be fireworks tonight due to mostly drought and the temps. Perhaps I will catch it on tv. Hope everyone who is celebrating Independence Day are able to stay cool during this heatwave throughout the country.

 This just shows some that I have finally put together into rows. I have TONS done that need to be stitched together.

Just a closeup.

Love Challenges or SAL?

I found these challenges/SAL (stitch a longs) for hexagons and cross stitch. I love both of them! If you love hexagons and Grandmothers Flower Garden (GFG) design, check out One Flower Wednesday. People make a GFG and post it on their blog every Wednesday. The SAL is for cross stitch called International Hermit & Weekend (IHSW), to spend time every third weekend o fthe month working on a cross stitch project, then of course posting the progress on after that weekend. If your interested in joining or even looking at the wonderful work everyone is doing, just click on the names on the right hand side under links.  I better get stitching!