WOW: Wip Wed & Really Random Thursday Bundle!

Wow.

Really. It has been a crazy couple of weeks around here. School and work have taken a toll on my blogging capabilities.

Today is test day for me- my first Patho test of the semester. We are covering a LOT of material (not the good kind, either) for this test. An 89 page bound-spiral published notebook & about 20 chapters from the text- along with about 20 hours of lecture. Grad School- SUCKS.
The other day I was so disgusted with a couple of concepts I enlisted a little help:

I just wanted to stop in a minute with a couple of updates on some projects that I have been working on- although I don't have much time- I have been trying to sew or do something sewing related at least a little each day.

I am trying my best to organize my stash and sewing room. Hopefully, I will have it done and new stash storage ordered by the summer: Ikea, here I come! When I finally order the new duds, I am boxing everything up to paint! Woo Hoo!
In the spirit of trying to organize and get ready I did a small De-stash along with Fingertip shopping. I just made a post and joined the fun. There is still stuff left! So, if any of you are interested: De-Stash.

We did have a new arrival on the farm: itty-bitty-baby Llama came into the world! I haven't named her yet. I just can't decide! She is SO stinking cute and so brave! Her and Scooter played llama/dog tag all morning the other morning and it was hilarious!

Everyone knows that Mardi Gras has come and gone- but we did manage to make it to a small party to celebrate! And, I managed to make quite a haul in my attempt to score beads: Not sure if that is such a good thing- but we had a blast!



 

And, for the WiP section: I guess I have been kinda bitten by the Scrappy Trips bug that everyone is raving about. I did a few of these blocks last year (when I originally found Bonnie's pattern) but I wasn't too thrilled with the way the colors were looking. So, I started again. This time I am using a FQ bundle from Pink Castle called "for the boys." It is a Maureen Cracknell bundle and it is great. I am adding a little to it- for a little more variety but not much. I can easily churn out one of these blocks in 20ish minutes and that works for me. Especially with my goal to do a little each day.

I am sure someone is gonna ask: Yep, that is a turtle butt on my sewing room wall! I also have plenty of big white circle painted on there too. When we moved in- I picked this room because it had the most light and it also had the odd painting. But, since I immediately moved my sewing stuff in and got set-up, I didnt repaint first: I needed to SEW! So, now you all can see why one of my goals is to get organized and get stuff painted. It is just so hard to give up "my" space!

 

Now it is time to get off here and hit the:

Wish me luck on my test!
Thanks for stopping by!
Sew, till next time!
jess

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another De-Stash Along!

Great Saturday Morning, Everyone!
Perfect day for a Yard-Sale, De-Stash & Spring Cleaning!
(my DH isSO proud of me!)

A little housekeeping first:

Thanks to Suzanne at Colorado Lady for hosting!

And, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go see Pam! You have GOT to see the Living Water Quilt! It is amazing and truly touching too. Plus, You can have a chance to WIN it!

For this De-stash I am only invoicing through Paypal. Just leave a comment, first come-first served, and make sure I can contact you via your comment.

As far as shipping- I will group everything that I can and will be as cheap as I can with it: flat-rate envelopes and such with delivery confirmation. I want to save you what I can. Most of the fabric I can stuff in a FR envelope and it will be $5.60-

If you see something here that has not sold and you would like part of the bundle, just send me an email and let me know. I will do some swapping and such if I need to. This is a Yard Sale/Spring Cleaning/De-Stash- I want to get rid of it!

On with the show:
*Black/Large prints: 1/2 Y Green Variegated with Painting + 1/2 Y Red Variegated with Painting + 1/2 Y Cats- a couple of fussy cut spots on one edge +1/2 Large red Tulips on black + 1/2 Y Red & Green Apples on Black + 1/2 Y Large Cactus Print
3Y's total $13.00

*Yarn: 4 Skeins Angel Fleece "Softly" (this is SUPER bulky too and HUGE skeins)$10.00

*Sheetings: 10inX40in Pink "vintage" sheeting material+ 34inX WOF-selvage Blue "vintage" sheeting material (neither of these are really vintage sheets- they are replica quilting material) $3.00

*Pinks: 18inX30in Weird pink w/black+ 1/2 Y dark Stonehenge Red w/gold accents+ 1/2 Y pink/white gingham check+ Generous FQ pink variegated "Ombre" + 4inX20-40in strips pink squares+ FQ apricot mini-floral+ 14inX18in Pink leopard print. This bundle is $7.00.

*Multi-Pack: 9inX19in Multicolored Admit one+ 4inXstrips (50-60in worth) large multicolored dots+ 4.5inXstrips (30in or so) multicolored stripes+ just shy of 2FQ large multicolored bright floral+ 1Y mock patchwork/cheater fabric pink/tan/neutral+ Children's Cheater panel with 15 "areas"+ over 1/2 Y yellow children's with text+ generous FQ white with little multicolored birdies. $13.00

I have a "slice" of oilcloth, red with multiple fruits, that is 15+X46in wide. It is $4.50.

*I have a bundle of glass "perler E" beads, red-white-pearl, and some other various colors. The round organizer is NOT included. I will put each compartment in a seperate small baggie. The larger beads are not glass and the metallic parts are metal. I would like all of this to go together. I have a box that it all fits perfectly in with a little fabric for padding. $15.00.

I am also including a couple of detail shots because these are hard to see!

*I have a gallon size baggie stuffed with scraps too! This has all sorts of larger scraps, some strings (only a few) and some 2in & 1.5 in strips. They are all different fabrics and all different colors. $10.00 each (2 available) (Sorry, only got pictures of this one!)

 

Sew, till next time!
Thanks for stopping by!
jess

WiP Wed & Really Random Thur, together.

This week- on the home front is very cool.
My DH will have been gone for 17 days! Eeek! I am ready to have him back- like nobody's business.
Today is my one day off this week, until the weekend. I plan on relaxin' this weekend- it's been Hell week exemplified. I could go into the details, but lets just say: it hasn't been nice. My bosses, yep- 2 of them, are both in an uproar. My partner at work forgot to renew her license with the BON, so she is suspended until its renewed. I have been by myself and dealing with a whole mess of orders and very sick patients. Boo.
But my DH is coming home!
I am working diligently on schoolwork/cleaning house/sewing- all day today. And, probably half the night too. I haven't been sleeping very well the last week (couple of hour sets each night) and I finally slept mostly through the night last night. Amen.
My projects today are fairly easy. I have most of what I wanted to accomplish on one of them finished. 2 more blocks and I can set them aside. The blocks are the DH's airplane quilt, the applique pieces. I am using various cotton shirts for the planes and a Bella Darks Solid layercake for the background. I plan to make other blocks with the shirts and solids in more traditional block patterns to go between. This is what I have so far:

 From a box of shirt-sleeves from Jo to a nice pile of ready fabric.

 A sporty plane on brown. I love the way plaids look for this!

 A striped Bi-wing!

 Very special UT sport plane!
And, below: a whole fleet of planes- almost. See the 2 I haven't done yet? Now, I haven't actually appliqued them down- just fused them. And another part of that will be deciding if I should stabilize them or not beforehand. I think I will have to stabilize the bi-wings for sure.

 

I am also working on Kayli's baby quilt today. I have all the big blocks sewn and I need to re-cut them and get the finished blocks together. That is my goal on this project for today.

One last project for me to get done is my sweet friend Tinsy's quilt. I have been working on this forever and I am afraid she is going to run off to China soon- I want her to be able to take it with her. I was supposed to trade her this quilt for her piano- but after going over it with the DH- there was no way we could get it out of her house and into ours with the man-power we had. But, I still want her to have the quilt!

 This is a single block ah-la-Bonnie's Perkimon Daydreams block strip sets. I can't get the courage to do 10,000 pieces yet!

 On my queeen size guest bed.

 

 

 

The random part of this post is my Sugar Block Club finished block for January. I somehow lost the picture in my last post about it and wanted to share it!

 

It is such a rainy-dreary day here, but we need the rain. Perfect sewing weather- but makes me tired working on school stuff. If it keeps it up through the day to evening it may very well help me sleep tonight- so I hope it keeps right on!

 

 

Sew, till next time!

Thanks for stopping in!

jess

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

De-Stash & Yard Sale! Spring Cleaning~

Great Saturday Morning, Everyone!
Perfect day for a Yard-Sale, De-Stash & Spring Cleaning!
(my DH isSO proud of me!)

Thanks to FingerTip Shopping for doing this! Pass the word around ya'll!!!

For this De-stash I am only invoicing through Paypal. Just leave a comment, first come-first served, and make sure I can contact you via your comment.

As far as shipping- I will group everything that I can and will be as cheap as I can with it: flat-rate envelopes and such with delivery confirmation. I want to save you what I can.

If you see something here that has not sold and you would like part of the bundle, just send me an email and let me know. I will do some swapping and such if I need to. This is a Yard Sale/Spring Cleaning/De-Stash- I want to get rid of it!

On with the show:





















*2 Vintage Pillowcases: Heavy Linen, one has less than 1/8in rusty-looking spot, well away from ends. Non-yellowed. $25.00 for the set- $15.00 each. (I really wanna keep these, they are so darn pretty and feel so good.)

*Black/Large prints: 1/2 Y Green Variegated with Painting + 1/2 Y Red Variegated with Painting + 1/2 Y Cats- a couple of fussy cut spots on one edge +1/2 Large red Tulips on black + 1/2 Y Red & Green Apples on Black + 1/2 Y Large Cactus Print
3Y's  total $13.00

*Yarn: 10 Skeins Brazil Blue specialty yarn, "super bulky 6" $14.00 (less than $1.50 each!) I had grand ideas about using this to make a throw- there is plenty there for it- but I just don't like the coloring anymore to work with that I have in my home.

*Yarn: 4 Skeins Angel Fleece "Softly" (this is SUPER bulky too and HUGE skeins)$10.00

*Sheetings: 10inX40in Pink "vintage" sheeting material+ 34inX WOF-selvage Blue "vintage" sheeting material (neither of these are really vintage sheets- they are replica quilting material) $3.00

*Pinks: 18inX30in Weird pink w/black+ 1/2 Y dark Stonehenge Red w/gold accents+ 1/2 Y pink/white gingham check+ Generous FQ pink variegated "Ombre" + 4inX20-40in strips pink squares+ FQ apricot mini-floral+ 14inX18in Pink leopard print. This bundle is $7.00.

*Multi-Pack: 9inX19in Multicolored Admit one+ 4inXstrips (50-60in worth) large multicolored dots+ 4.5inXstrips (30in or so) multicolored stripes+ just shy of 2FQ large multicolored bright floral+ 1Y mock patchwork/cheater fabric pink/tan/neutral+ Children's Cheater panel with 15 "areas"+ over 1/2 Y yellow children's with text+ generous FQ white with little multicolored birdies. $13.00

*Dr.Suess, Peanuts, nursery bundle: 4inXWOF multicolored Lorax print+ 7inXWOF brown Lorax+ 3/8 Y green Lorax print+ 5inXWOF red Grinch+11inX21in Nursery Print+1/3Y Peanuts Christmas dark blue+ 1Y Peanuts Scene large stripe. $7.00

*I have a "slice" of oilcloth, red with multiple fruits, that is 15+X46in wide. It is $4.50.

*I have a bundle of glass "perler E" beads, red-white-pearl, and some other various colors. The round organizer is NOT included. I will put each compartment in a seperate small baggie. The larger beads are not glass and the metallic parts are metal. I would like all of this to go together. I have a box that it all fits perfectly in with a little fabric for padding. $15.00.

I am also including a couple of detail shots because these are hard to see!

 

 

*I have a gallon size baggie stuffed with scraps too! This has all sorts of larger scraps, some strings (only a few) and some 2in & 1.5 in strips. They are all different fabrics and all different colors. $10.00

 

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Sew, till next time!
Thanks for stopping by!
jess