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Yesterday we went to a tracker show/tracker parade/knife and gun show.

During my bone-mending "sabbatical" from this blog I have been stitching away. Smaller, close to my body movements such as cross-stitch and piecing didn't over-reach my capabilities. I HAD to do something other than sitting still and reading! This Blackbird Designs sampler spoke to me. I'm drawn to "bee" patterns especially, maybe because my first name is actually Hebrew for bee. This

During my bone-mending "sabbatical" from this blog I have been stitching away. Smaller, close to my body movements such as cross-stitch and piecing didn't over-reach my capabilities. I HAD to do something other than sitting still and reading! This Blackbird Designs sampler spoke to me. I'm drawn to "bee" patterns especially, maybe because my first name is actually Hebrew for bee. This

I got half of the shirt blocks up on the design wall.

We had a wonderful Christmas with the family.  All 4 of the grandkids were here.  We are very Blessed.

I decided to work on a few more UFO's before starting something new.  I figure I will keep doing this until I get tired of them again.  :)  The first UFO that I worked on was this...

Oh decisions, decisions ..... which UFO should I pull off the shelf to work on?

Why one ..... why not two?

OK .... so what is my reasoning for two?

One to work on at home using my sewing machine and a handwork project to take along to work on away from home.

This one will be worked on at home.  It was started at a workshop back in 2012 and promptly shelved.  I did finish another one from a second workshop at the same time .... so, why is this one still lingering?  I hate doing log cabin blocks.  During the workshop, the ...

 Christine and I got together this week for a few hours to sew and chat.  Christine cut out squares for a disappearing nine patch baby quilt and I finished sewing my Overlapping Tiles quilt top.   I have not trimmed it yet--I may even do that after it is quilted to avoid all those bias edges as I quilt. The backing fabric is ready--it is the turquoise with the pink flowers that is the constant in the quilt top.  My husband held the top for me to take a picture --it was a bit breezy!

I bought myself a Half Rectangle ...

The July UFO still needs the binding stitched down....slowly, but surely, I am making progress on that one. In the meantime, the number for August has been drawn, and it is 12.

I have one list for quilting unquilted tops, and one list for piecing (tops started and not finished). Number 12 for quilting is Bohemia. I had to go look on the UFO shelf and try to remember which one is Bohemia. I found it:

It's been on the shelf for a few years--I'll have to steam it to get all the wrinkles out of it ...

 This morning we were up at 6:30 am and out the door by 7:15 am. Patrick's MRI and CAT scan was early. I took my "Ruth's Farwell" piece with me to work on. 

I started to do the flowers that I was having trouble with. I did 3 of them and wasn't happy with them. 

They are the ones in the bottom center. When we got back home I showed Patrick and said I wasn't happy with them. He reminded me that flowers are different and not all are the same. Plus they looked ...

This morning I was itching to clean. So, I started cleaning things up. Got tired of looking at my piles. lol I even cleaned up my end table. lol 

Once that was done, I listened to my audio books. After awhile of playing games I decided I needed to do something. I wanted to go down and work on another quilt but realized I'm getting a ton of fabric from someone who's cleaning out their stuff. Since it's a LOT, I decided to wait till it arrives and I can look at the material out of there ...

The May number for the American Patchwork and Quilting UFO challenge was drawn over the weekend.

I'm confused--or maybe I was confused last month. Number 8 on my quilting list is the Flutterby quilt, and I did that one last month.

Here is the quilt; binding and all:

April should have been number 4 which was the Hanging Gardens quilt. No worries, I'll do that one for May. I was a little undecided on a backing, but I have a few weeks to think it over and come up with something.

My number 8 for piecing is a ...

I finished the customer quilt I was working on, and it got picked up yesterday.

We didn't have our BE meeting today. So, I tried to sleep in - but didn't. Patrick did though. 

I started laundry and it didn't go very far. Think I got 2 loads done all day today. We pretty much watched TV most of the day. I did get my monthly beads today. I love the colors this time. 

I have some of them and will add them to what I have. The others I will work on getting them in my boxes. I will do that later on. 

Then I worked on my binding. 

I finished it ...

Today we were sleeping in. I woke around 3 am and couldn't go back to sleep till 6 am. UGH. 

Got up and put the cinnamon rolls in the oven. Then played a few games. I made a cream cheese frosting that turned out really good. Even Patrick liked it and he doesn't care for cream cheese frostings. I thought the cinnamon was too strong. Love making them though. 

Then we went to the Mario Movie today. I really enjoyed it. It was fun to see the different games of Mario combined in this movie. Then stopped at ...

The April number was 4 for the American Patchwork and Quilting UFO challenge.

My number 4 for quilting is the Flutterby quilt.

It does have borders on it, but I can’t find a more recent picture. It was one of the shop hop quilt kits from 2022, so it’s time to get it done.

The piecing goal I have for April is the Curvy Log Cabin.

I took the blocks out and counted them, and it seems I am a block short. I will need to make another before I can join them together.

I have plenty of ...

 Today I was up early compared to what I normally am. I was ready to head out to the presentation. I stopped and got a burger and some tea. I got coffee for Debbie and of course it was the wrong thing AGAIN. She took it back to let them know they gave her the wrong stuff. I even read it off my phone to make sure she got what she wanted. 

We had 6 veterans. One was late. 

Andy Ponder (right), Army, Not sure on the rest -  Ron Lavergne, Navy, Kim Johnson, Air Force, William Morgan, Navy Clarence Matayoshi ...

Yesterday was spent at my shop working on a customer quilt. It's another breast cancer one.

The weekend is here! I didn’t do half of what I needed to do, but I did get groceries bought, did some meal prep, vacuumed, and of course, lots of work on quilting-related stuff.

I got the binding put on my March quilting UFO. I’m quite happy with it.

I’m even happy with the backing.

I like the backing so well I am thinking of ordering another bolt. There are 15 yards on the bolt (I think), and I can see myself using it for many projects. They had the same print with a pink background, but ...

Oh my, the weather is so cold and rainy. We need the rain (a lot) so I'm trying to not complain about it. One good thing about this weather: it is a good incentive to stay inside and sew. I could be cleaning house, but oh well! I am beyond happy with the way my February UFO quilt turned out. It's called Marmalade Cake and the pattern is from the Dessert Roll book by Pam Lintott.

Sometimes I am a goofball. I saw the American Patchwork and Quilting UFO number for March and thought I saw a "1".

My number 11 for quilting in this string quilt:

This one has ...