February Sewing So Far!

My Lupine and Laughter quilt top is a flimsy.  I like how this one turned out in my colors.  Different from any others I have done for sure.  

I decided since I made Hazel an H is for Happy doll quilt that I should make an I one for Indigo.  I had to "design" the I myself and it is not quite as good as the H's, but it works.  I do love how the quilting came out and I did that myself too.  Since I was gifting it to Indie for Valentine's Day I decided I better make something for Hazel too.  She gets a little tooth fairy pillow.  She loved it.

Then yesterday I decided to whip up some Frozen sleeping bags to put on the Frozen beds that Kathy 3D printed for them a few weeks ago.  Cannot wait for them to see them tomorrow.  I made mini Olaf pillows too, but not picture yet.

Speaking of 3D printing--Kathy has been making me game inserts like they are going out of style!  I had her make me this cool phone holder for my sewing room too.  

My other favorite thing she has printed me is this!  I update how many books I read whenever I remember.  I am at 22 now so need to get in there and update it!

                                    

I finally tied and bound the most recent Eye Spy baby quilt too.

I decided to make Hope Takes Flight 

for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt for 2026.  Mine may be all butterflies and not so much background, or I may wind up with two of them....no idea yet.  I had a batik charm pack so I started with that and then just added from my batiks.  I have not used them in forever and was contemplating getting rid of them.  Linking up with Angela at SoScrappy.

Attic Stars (Debbie Montgomery quilt from 2021) is finally quilting by Lora and bound by me.  This will be for Kathy's niece Megan and her soon to be new hubby Christopher for their wedding in September.  

Krista (one of my booktubers) has started doing a once a month "Maker Monday" where we get together on the computer and do something crafty while we gab.  I whipped up an entire knitted washcloth last Monday.  Hopefully I will continue to do this each month as they make good gifts!

 

Chilhowie is a Flimsy!

I do not remember if I mentioned we finally got a new dog.  Meet Lady.  She is supposedly three, but we are not buying it.  She has a bit more energy than we expected but otherwise fits in nicely.  She loves Kathy!

Last Thursday I spent eight hours getting Chilhowie's center done.  Managed to get the border on too.  All the matching pieces were not my favorite, but it looks nice.

Yesterday was Kathy and I's eighteenth anniversary. She brought me roses!  

Today I completed the Chilhowie top.  Super happy with it and so excited to get it done before the next mystery as I was starting to think it was going to hit the UFO pile forever.

I then finally trimmed this quilt that I quilted a month or so ago and made the binding too.

I also got out my aqua for the RSC and am ready to go with those blocks next time I sew!
 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge for February and More!

My daughter got me this book for Christmas after I watched a documentary on an octopus.  The book was good and Hazel liked the cover so I had to teach her the sign for octopus and show her the one from the documentary.

                                            

I finished up R Trail!  And took a photo of the Attic Stars mystery...all wrinkled already!

Read and listened to "The Storyteller." And read and skim read the PPMS book.

The UFO number for this month was 7.  So I am adding another row onto my Wild and Goosey!  Honk honk!

The color for Febrary is aqua I think...sure hope so since I got right on it!  Here are my Butterfly Bush blocks.

And this picture is sideways, but I labeled and put the log cabin love parts in order of which they are sewn.  This made it SEW much easier to do them.  I left all the labels and the lights so it will be even easier next month!

I am now joining in on two (and maybe three) online book clubs.  The Eclectic Book Club is reading this one in February.  I started it this morning.  I am also judging the Booktube Prize and have been assigned six books to read.  I reserved some electronically and then put it to pick some up at the local library too.  

 

Books and Progress on Two Mystery Quilts

My advent book box finally arrived.  I decided to go ahead and read one story and open one gift a day.  So far I have opened these:

Day two was sheer-ish drapes with book quotes on them.  I did not take a picture apparently.  So far story two was the best.  I have not read today's yet.

I decided to do the booktube spin publicly this time.  Here are my twenty books for all the pulls this year (or at least the start list...as books get read they will get replaced).  They pulled two numbers and I got Earthbound and The Pursuit of Mary Bennet.  Looking forward to them!

                                

Currently reading "Hamnet," "The Odyessey," "The Twelve Days of Bookmas," and Violetta from Netgally.  Also listening to "Maybe in Another Life."

                                                                

My daughter has Covid (and likely my granddaughter though so far not her hubby).  We seem to have escaped it (though early yet to know) and we went ahead with our finally scheduled Booster shots yesterday.  Hitting Kathy harder than me as usual.  My MS keeps my body busy.  I am having new symptoms and finally saw my new neuro and his fellow.  They have changed my diagnosis to Primary Progressive Multiple Schlerois (PPMS) and will change my medication.  The meds I have been on do not help with this type (the worse type) of MS.  Lucky me.  Three times a week burning shots for several years and they were not even helping me.  Shaking my head.  Grateful to have switched my PCP to a good doctor who referred me to these guys.  Things are going to improve from here.  They already started me a new med for my leg pain and are getting approval for anther to help me walk.  Next up, infusions.  I got my new walker too.  I just need to sit and rest a lot but hopefully can do a few more things now that I have it--once Covid calms down.

Okay, now on to quilting which is what most of you came for!  This is not the greatest picture, but I only have so much floor space, and even less wall space!  Bug had to run on in and pose too.  This was the Attic Stars mystery quilt from New Year's Eve/Day.  The pattern is still available online free for now.  I love how it came out.  Barb's is great too but so far no picture of it all.

Friday the reveal for R Trail came out.  I somehow managed to sew the corners, and setting blocks in both directions (Hazel stayed home with sick Mama).  

Here are all the parts so far.  (Whoops, except the flying geese!) Not sure I am loving adding the aqua.  Will play with it a bit.  

 

Mystery Progress and the Start of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!

I started my Rainbow Scrap Challenge for 2022!  I am doing Bonnie Hunter's Log Cabin Love in Quiltmaker but took out the HST in the center and put in a square.  I forgot how crazy these can be to sew.  I remember Bonnie's tip that you should always sew over two seams when you add a log.  I did a little unsewing and decided next month I will be labeling them in order of how they go...I do not like that the magazine labeled two with each letter so you have to figure out which color goes next and it is not super easy for me!  Slows me way down.  

I plan to make four of each color so I will have a decent size quilt at the end.

I also made four of the butterfly bush blocks.  I am planning to make two doll quilts from these.  One for Lily and one for another lucky little one.  They are fun to make!  Linking up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  I hope you are sewing along!

As for R Trail....we were lucky enough to get another clue (and not the reveal) this week.  Here is a reminder of what the first blocks look like.  

                                        

I got everything cut Friday.  I made three of the B blocks on Saturday.  

Today I sewed more...I think I have seven to go.  I needed a break so I decided to blog.  

Barb put her mystery away for now but is finishing up the Attic Stars quilt from NYE.  Here are her blocks so far.  I cannot wait to see the top!

Kathy and I went to a bunch of free little libraries yesterday and traded out lots of books.  Hazel made out like a bandit!
                             

I got these.  

                                    

I just finished "Bitter Orange" this morning.  Such a trippy book!  I really liked it though not sure I know what is what from it!  

                                                

I got these from Goodwill and then realized that I just finished listening to "The Address" and loved it so I wanted more Fiona Davis books.  Oops, all but that one.  Haha!

My cousin sent me this picture of Bella with her baby quilt I sent her years ago when she was born.  She still uses it!