We have a Flimsy

The 250th project has reached the flimsy stage 😀. 

I’m working on piecing the back together, hopefully including those extra Ohio Star blocks 😉. Here is the “We The People” panel by Sandy Gervais with the top and bottom borders pinned and ready to sew.

I’ve had this panel for a very long time. So long even a Google search didn’t find an image 😳. 

Linking up with Alycia for Finished (or not) Friday.

Happy Friday, Cherie

Shop Hop and Huge Metal Flowers

I’m slow in posting about the shop hop so here’s the recap. We started our day at the crack of dawn.

As we drove, the sun looked like the moon behind the clouds.

Our first stop of the day was at Creative Pursuits and I really like this shop. I picked up Tim Holtz fabrics there.

My favorite sticker of the day was here…..

My favorite shopping amenity……

We hit all 9 shops, arriving at the last shop, The Quilt Patch, at 4:58 but their normal hours are until 5:30 and they were staying open late for a bus load of quilters doing the hop so all was well. This particular shop is located in a former funeral home….Dale said that was good in case I shopped to death, HA! 

Here’s what I received in the goodie bags.

And here’s what I acquired which I think was very reasonable 😇.

I just have to share the huge metal flowers we stopped at today as our roadside attraction heading out for a day trip. They are made from old road signs and are located right in the town.

Cheers, Cherie

Finished or not Friday

I haven’t linked up with Alycia’s Friday post in a while but I have something to show finally…..so it must be Finally Finished Something Friday 🤣🤣. I’ve gotten all the units for the 250th quilt made. The 9-patches, stars, pinwheels, flag and USA paper piecing! 

You may notice there are two sets of 12” Ohio Stars when only 4 are needed <<sigh>>. Turns out that, yes, I really had to make a third set…the four on the bottom with the darker background are the ones I will use for the quilt. That means I have 8-12” star blocks I’ll have to unload one someone figure out how to use. Maybe on the back as I have a panel of the pledge of allegiance that I’ll need to bring to size. Yes, that could work.

Cheers, Cherie

An Update

I’ve been sewing but haven’t been able to make myself blog which I’m blaming on feeling a bit under the weather. Not down and out but definitely not my regular ol’ self. For my 250th quilt I’ve gotten almost all the star blocks made, only three more sawtooth stars to go. I have three 9-patches to fix and they will be done as well. Here’s my design wall.

I made a second set of the Ohio Star blocks (below, new one on top, old one on the bottom) because I wasn’t totally happy with how dark the gold was in the first one. I changed the red and background fabric too. Now I’m wishing I hadn’t changed the red. I’ll wait until I can lay everything out and I might make them over one more time. Star blocks can always be used in another quilt. 

I went to the Beaver Valley Piecemakers quilt show with my friend (hi Linda) last week. It was a great show with a wide variety of quilts. The venue had plenty of room for viewing the quilts and visit the vendors. I ended up taking the remaining yardage on the bolt of the blue Jason Yenter print and a yard each of the other two prints. The shop gave them to me for $6.00/yard. I also picked up the skull panel for the back of a quilt as the recipient will like it. 

I unearthed some more flannel scraps and spent a bit of time cutting them into 4 1/2” squares for a friend to use for kid quilts. That’s a stack 7 1/4” high…..nice to unload gift them where they will be used. I was supposed to throw away the cut offs. See that little stack of 4 1/2” by various widths 🙄, I need to find a home for them 😂🤣😂🤣😂.

I’m heading out bright and early Tuesday for the annual Country Roads Shop Hop. This year I’m traveling with my husband….its nice to have a chauffeur 😁. I won a quilt kit last year from this shop hop that I donated to the Posey Area Fire Auxiliary (PAFA) annual fund raiser picnic. It is ranching country so a quilt with cowboy kids seemed a good fit. 

I understand the winner, a woman, was very excited to have won it and that makes me happy. PAFA has raised enough money to purchase a fire response vehicle, jaws of life equipment, water tanks for fire fighting among other items. Posey is the area where our cabin, two doors down from my dad, is located. 

Cheers, Cherie

Surprise!

The Wandering Flowers have arrived at their destination so click here to read my co-conspirator’s blog post. Such a fun activity to travel with my Dad’s flowers. Lady Tron looks like she appreciated the visit 😆.

I finished the Friendship Star blocks for my 250th quilt. 

Not only that but I’ve got the pinwheel and Ohio Star blocks underway so go me! It is lovely to spend time in the quilt studio again….so good for my well being!

Cheers, Cherie