the daily blog for 2020

Feels Like Home ~ Stitch Maynia ~ Day 1 from Life in the Scrapatch

A New Cross Stitch Start

I Blogged Here in April about my plans to participate in

Stitch May-nia @ Fat Quarter Shop

Shop Here for Feels Like Home Mystery Cross Stitch Pattern and Supplies

Part 1 was released today and I was ready!

I am using Vintage Cloth 10 count Aida in Daisy White

(because I can see this ... sort of ... with my vision issues)

and the recommended DMC colors in the supply list.

Maestro kept me company napping on "her new quilt" tonight

while I started stitching the tail feathers on the blue bird.

Not perfect, but I am happy ...

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Scraps ~ Before and After from Life in the Scrapatch

This what my sewing table looked like this morning.

These are all scraps and cut-offs and left over fabric from piecing my quilt top.

There were several large pieced triangles that were cut away during the sewing

due to the piecing method and a small pile of strips.

This is my completed top for my

Daylily Chloe Quilt

Sew trimmed and I sewed the extra pieces together into scrap blocks.

This is my scraps after sewing ... the small pile in the upper right.

I made a long strip of scrap blocks for making a pieced back to my quilt

and ...

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stitch ...stitch ...stitch ... from Life in the Scrapatch

... stitch ... stitch ... stitch ...

Is machine applique supposed to be a quick method?

Not when I am stitching it.

I set my machine to a crawl to get the curves right.

The top fabric is a woven.

I have never fused and appliqued a woven before this project.

I lengthened my side stitch and shortened my straight stitch

on my blanket stitch.

Sew far ... Sew good ... Sew slow.

Tomorrow I will resume.

Sweet Stitching Dreams

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Applique Time from Life in the Scrapatch

Time to get my machine applique skills up to par.

I am working on a new pattern that is my March Blog Hop project.

Here is a sneak peek.

The two neutral fabrics are wovens.

I have never appliqued the cut edge of a woven before,

but it seams to be working.

Looking forward to showing you this one soon!

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I Like Thursday #46 ~ Scrappy & Happy from Life in the Scrapatch

My mini tea rose is blooming on my sunny south facing kitchen windowsill.

I shared the story of this gift in my

I Like Thursday Post #42

This is my first bloom of the year for 2020.

It has been such a mild February that the buds are starting

to get fat on my forsythia in my back yard.

The ground is cracking where some of my bulbs are planted.

Spring is coming soon!

I have been taking this advice from a quilt to heart

and have been tending these thoughts.

Here in my post last Thursday

I had three ...

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My Sweet Tea & Sashiko Stitches Pillow is Finished! from Life in the Scrapatch

My Jolly Bar Bakewell Pillow Cover is finished!

For the quilting, I did hand stitched Sashiko stitching.

I made this pillow with extra blocks from my

Sweet Tea Jolly Bar Bakewell Quilt

I could not have done this stitching without this ...

Clover Adjustable Ring Thimble with Plate

@ Fat Quarter Shop

You place it overt your thimble finger with the plate on your palm and

push the long needle through the fabric

and then pull the needle and smooth the stitches.

More info on my method and tools may be found Here.
I stitched straight lines for the borders in these ...

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Color It Red Blog Hop ~ I Like Thursday # 45 from Life in the Scrapatch

I Like Red <3

February has been a busy month of sewing and stitching red.

This Sweet Lily Block is a sample block I sewed for a pattern by

Sedef Imer @ Down Grapevine Lane

The pattern release is coming soon and I will post my finished project

and link to the pattern at that time.

These Sweet Tea blocks are also a sample quilt for a new

Fat Quarter Shop

pattern release that is coming this Saturday, February 22nd.

I have also been stitching it red this month.

This is my

Quilty Love Cross Stitch ~ Started Here

This is as ...

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If Wishes Were Stitches from Life in the Scrapatch

My quilty kitties and I have been stitching.

Maestro is very "paws on"

Katniss has been inspecting her work very closely.

Together, my kitties are making progress with their hand quilting.

Nutmeg is taking a nap somewhere.

Maybe I will just leave the stitching kitties to their work

and go join Nutmeg,

Maybe the stitching will be all done for me when I wake up.

:-)

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Fabric Always Makes Me Smile from Life in the Scrapatch

Fabric pull for a new quilt project.

I cannot show more now because this is for my project for the

Quilt Quazy Queens "Making Us Laugh" Blog Hop 2020

This is a really fun project.

See it in March in the hop.

This blog hop is hosted by

Queen Joan @ Moosestash Quilting

where the quilts are always fun and fabulous.

Happy Sewing!

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Sewing Love and Comfort from Life in the Scrapatch

Today's sewing included these two blocks

for two group Comfort Quilts

to wrap a little girl and boy in quilty hugs.

This pastel 6.5" Rail Fence block for the Girl Comfort Quilt is made from this ...

Rail Fence Quilt from Suzy Quilts

This primary colored 8" block for the Boy Comfort Quilt is from

Abundance Quilt Free Pattern by Jeni Baker

This and other fun and easy free quilt patterns may be found here

10 Fun and Free Scrap Quilt Patterns @ Suzy Quilts

Enjoy!

May you have a happy, scrappy, quilty weekend!

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I Like Thursday # 43 ~ Coffee, Cats, Groundhogs and Quilts from Life in the Scrapatch

"Is it Thursday Morning, Mommy?"

says the sleepy Nutmeg.

It is lightly snowing here today.

So ... as usual ... New England Weather is paying no attention to ...

Punxsutawney Phill and His Club

who predicted an early spring last Sunday.

On Sunday Mr Scrapatch and I enjoyed watching the Super Bowl and

munching the goodies made by our oldest Scrapatch Hatchling.

This Jeep Groundhog Day Commercial was my favorite Super Bowl Ad

This is my actual annual take on Groundhog Day ...

This always makes me smile.

My groundhogging is complete for the year until ...

... our local ground hogs

(photo taken last summer ...

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Love Letters Quilty Love from Life in the Scrapatch

Progress on my Quilty Love Cross Stitch Started Here

I am matching my DMC colors to this

Love Letters Fabric @ Fat Quarter Shop

I have some very special plans for this cross stitch.

For my

One Monthly Goal in February

I hope to finish the cross stitch part of this project.

Stitching is slow for me with my vision issues
so this part of the project is enough for me for one month.

<3 <3 <3

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I Like Thursday Post # 42 ~ In the Midst of Winter from Life in the Scrapatch

This is a rosebud.

It is on the mini tea rose bush that one of my sons gave me last fall.

It sits on my south facing kitchen windowsill

which is sunny, but also very cold,

and bitterly cold at night.

When I saw this pretty little rosebush, my first thought was that it beautiful

and my son was thoughtful because he knows how much I love my rosebushes.

My second thought was, "How am I going to keep it alive this winter?"

I have not had much luck with this type of mini tea rose gift in the past ...

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Sewing the Red, White and Blue from Life in the Scrapatch

I pulled these fabrics today sew I would be ready for the

The Quilts of Valor Foundation

Block Drive for 2020

The QOV National Sew Day is February 1st.

Since I am a "Stay at Home Quilter"

I will be sewing blocks in my own quilty corner

on Saturday.

I registered via the

Public Registration Link Here

The block drive is for easy 9 Patch Blocks this year

The block has very specific fabric, placement and pressing needs

so that they will work well with all the other blocks ...

Here is the QOV Nine Patch PDF Pattern

Will you be ...

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A Pawsome Quilty Idea from Life in the Scrapatch

I have this fabric.

It is Pawsome by Dear Stella.

I need to make a quilt with this awesome pawsome fabric.

In a Quilty Kitty FB group I belong to,

there is going to be a

Me and My Kitty Row Robin this year.

Sew me and my quilty kitties and my pawsome fabric are joining in the fun

My Row Robin is going to be pawsome.

I just need to figure out a design and sew my row.

I have fabric, but I have no clue what to sew.

Any ideas????

Blocks may be pieced or applique but must ...

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One Monthly Goal for January ~ Completed from Life in the Scrapatch

My January OMG is completed!

This goal oriented event is hosted monthly by

Patty @ Elm Street Quilts

I started this project with this blank cloth and new thread spool

and posted this as

My January 2020 OMG Goal

These were my first Sashiko Stitches.

I combined this goal with my Winter Blues Blog Hop project

which was to learn something new for this first month of the New Year.

I enjoyed this new journey very much and decided

to honor my first Sashiko stitches
by framing it in fabric and a simple white frame.
The small vase was a refrigerator ...

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It's a Sew Down ~ Aurifil 2020Challenge from Life in the Scrapatch

My new cone of Aurifil has arrived !

I am getting ready for the big Sew Down!

The Sew Down is happening
at the Fat Quarter Shop

To help supply the thread you may need

FQS has a 15% Off Coupon for Aurifil Thread

It is good on all colors and all sizes for one week.

I am a blogger affiliate of Fat Quarter Shop

and if you shop in the product links on my blog

or the button on my sidebar

I receive a small percentage of the sale at no additional cost to you.

For piecing, I use Aurifil ...

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I Like Thursday # 41 ~ Winter's Gifts from Life in the Scrapatch