Hi and welcome. There isn't much happening here but today I changed up the quilts on the one wall of the house that I can re-organise. I wanted to share my Imagine quilt - it's as good a time as any.
Imagine - 2015 Music Challenge
I can't believe that it's already been 10 years since this quilt was created for our guild's Music Challenge. I had a lot of fun putting it together and even more fun FMQ it. You can read the blog posts (see Related links below) if you're interested.
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Imagine - created 10 years ago! |
We woke up two days ago to snow! I had noticed that my phone said that there would be snow/rain but there was a good foot of snow in the back yard, and it kept snowing most of the day. It's partly melted and with luck will be gone by tomorrow ❄ I know...it is just April.
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Our April snow - showers to come eventually |
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A very brave bird... I'm glad that I put food out the day before! |
Fun Scrappy Runner
When I'm stressed, I reach for whimsical - so I bought these two stuffed doggies, in their bunny ears, to put at the back of my car. I'm hoping that it might help me identify my car from the back - because it's a white car, like every second car in the parking lot!
I brought down my scrappy bin that is mostly filled with strips and a few orphan blocks. I grabbed two orphan blocks from my Exit Strategy piece and started attaching strips. I want to make a runner to place under these two cuties so that I can Velcro them into place on the back - otherwise they keep wondering off!
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Cuties on top of the new scrappy runner |
Tomorrow I'll go measure the back of the car since the dogs will be on each side of the middle head rest. I haven't driven my car since the snow storm. I'm hoping that by then, the snow will be completely melted off it!
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Scrappy bin of mostly strips and a few orphan blocks |
What I learned and updates
- Taking some time off for self-care was a great idea. I was too tired to get excited about anything quilty - I know...scary!
- Hubby is back home with an IV of antibiotics. It's really amazing what they can do - the IV is replaced once a day and then is pumped out every 8 hours. We go to the clinic once a day to get it changed.
- I'm still having fun with my Finch bird Minty - I'm achieving many goals so that she can go on adventures around the world. Right now she's in Vancouver discovering Nanaimo bars and Stanley Park.
- I went into my studio for the first time today to do some stitching. It's still a disaster but I'm quite good at working around and ignoring piles of stuff!
- It felt really good to stitch up scrappy strips.
Related links
- Imagine
- Update on March Challenge, March 30, 2015
- Many Challenges, March 07, 2015
- Fibre Fling 5 Show, April 10, 2015
- Exit Strategy
- Self-care and Free Motion Mavericks, March 28, 2025
Linking parties
I'll be linking up to many fun linking parties - you may want to check some out. Monday Musings, Design Wall Monday, Sew & Tell, Put your foot down, Off The Wall Friday, Finished (Or Not) Friday, Patchwork & Quilts,
Free Motion Mavericks
Welcome to week 526 of Free Motion Mavericks! Thanks for linking up. Here are the projects from last week that included FMQ, ruler work or walking foot quilting.
Kat from Scrapbox Quilts has two lovely Bear Hug quilts to share with us. These are the perfect pieces to practice FMQ on. Way to go Kat! You can see details of her quilting by visiting her post.
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Kat created Bear Hug #8 from an orphan/test block |
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Bear Hug # 9 made by Kat with a twist n' stitch tool |
Denise from the Quiltery made a quilt with a variation of the Drunkards Path. Not only is the fabric beautiful but her layout is truly stunning! I love all of the mouvement in that quilt. Denise FMQ it with four petal flowers.
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Denise's Drunkards Path Variation |
It's now your turn!
We were supposed to get snow last weekend, but it didn't get this far north. The little puppies are really cute and a fun solution to finding your car. I have the same problem, but mine is a blue Subaru, lots of those around too. Happy stitching this week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kate. The puppies will help but I also noticed that I'm usually the car that is badly parked! So lots of cues if I pay attention 😆
DeleteThinking of you.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Anne-Marie 😊
DeleteJe suis en retard pour la lecture des blogs, et je n'avais pas vu tes précédents articles. Désolée pour la grande fatigue et les soucis, et tant mieux si cette amusante application te fait du bien. Tous les moyens sont bons pour prendre soin de soi, il ne faut pas bouder son plaisir.
ReplyDeleteJ'adore ton Imagine ! Quelle merveille ! Trop mignons tes 2 nounours, c'est très utile de pouvoir repérer rapidement sa voiture dans le flot des autres ;)
Prends soin de toi, je t'embrasse.
I'm glad you took some self-care time, Andree, and glad your hubby is home. Changing out the IV site is different from here. We always changed ours every three days in both the hospital and home health when I worked in those venues. So sorry you have to drive to the clinic every day for that. But I'm sure you don't mind as long as he is improving. Take good care of yourself and your hubby. The little doggies are adorable and I really like your first piece! Have a great week. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings.
ReplyDeleteKudos for taking self-care time. If you aren't well, you won't be much use to anyone else! I like your imagine quilt. I'm glad your sweetie is doing better and how wonderful to be able to be home and go to the clinic once a day to change the IV!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects.
ReplyDeleteThose little dogs and your scrappy runner are fun. Sending well wishes to you and your hubby :)
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