Sit n sew day

Seriously - sit n sew days are the best!! Filled with good friends and much laughter and you get something done as well. There were nine of us sewing our hearts out yesterday.

I did snap a few pictures of what some of the others were working on, but only a couple.

This is one of Elizabeth Hartman's newest pattern - the penguins. It's so cute. Tish had been working on it on Monday and she brought the finished top to show us. I'm just realizing as I look at the picture that there are big penguins and there are baby penguins. So cute. I also bought the pattern and I'll get to it!

Penguin Party quilt top

Linda was working on a Canadian themed quilt top. Just in time for Canada day. I believe the top is now finished in this picture and then she moved onto something else that a friend of hers and her are working on. They're each doing their own top.  I heard Linda exclaim at one point how excited she was at the progress that she had made. I think that means that she's ahead of her friend!!!

Canada themed quilt top

Tish was also working on this project - the red feather project. The pattern is a free download from Anna Marie Horner.   It's not for the faint at heart - getting those angles right apparently can be a challenge. There is a woman in Calgary that is making a call for these blocks to honor the Indigenous women that are missing or murdered. I received that information via an e-mail. If anyone is interested in making blocks, let me know and I can get you in touch with the organizer.

Feather block

After everyone left - well before they left, Pauline reminded me of something that someone had given me and I had forgotten about it. I dug out my tuffet supply box to try and locate the darn thing. Nope - it wasn't there. But I did clean out the box so that was good. It didn't take long to make a mess on the tables, but it was a very controlled mess.

A wee bit of a mess after the group left

I need to keep that space clear because it makes me want to sew. If it's too messy, it's not fun. I kept sewing after the group left yesterday. I made good progress on my Vintage Farm Girl blocks (the ones that I was behind on for the class last week). Until I put this one together. Do you see something wrong with it? It's supposed to be square. That's not square. I had miscut all six of the little jars. So I had to rip the bottom apart on all six jars, cut a 1/2" off and then restitch back together. I'll share all the blocks with you when I'm done - on the weekend when I can share the show n tell from the class as well.

AH - this is supposed to be a square

Before anyone arrived, I managed to get TWO of the border pieces on Easy Street (my Bonnie Hunter mystery). Two on and two were cut and ready to go. I got them trimmed to the correct length after the group left, but I had run out of steam by this point so I left it there to finish this morning.
Except that Miss Murphy had other plans and after she went crazy barking in the night - at which point, I couldn't go back to sleep, I missed my hour of sewing this morning as I slept in to make up that time. GRRR!!!   Not happy Miss Murphy!!!

Getting ready to pin the third border piece in place

I had just enough fabric to make that border and only scraps of the other blues. I found this blue in my stash (Canvas by Northcott). A bit lighter than I would have liked, but I think it will work just fine.  I'll try to get the backing and binding done this weekend. I have a busy day of prepping and teaching so no time for that today.

The binding fabric 

I took the time yesterday to rotate all the seams on those little pinwheels that were going in the wrong direction. I've almost finished sewing the pinwheels together. There's just a few that still need to be pressed but I was too tired last night to do that.

Pinwheels are ready to go

As we were chatting, we talked about George. Not sure if anyone remembers George. He's a little-stuffed monkey that went traveling the world and his adventures were blogged on George's Great Adventure.  Oh, shoot - I can't find his pages.  I used to block on LIVEJOURNAL years ago until I moved to Blogger in 2011. Anyway, George is on his way to Europe on a riverboat cruise no less. He's on the move!!!  Watch for pictures of George.

George is on the move

Shoot - I started writing about the china dish sets and there's too much to include today. I doubt I'll have a chance to finish that post off today, but the post is half written so TOMORROW you'll see it. Quite interesting. 

On that note, I'm out of here. 

Have a super day!!!!

Ciao!!!!