Math! Math! Math! You either hate it or luv it😄the layout for a full is 24x28 but I want the 1st row to start & end with red so it will be a 25x29 layout ,it wont take as long putting this too together for I just have to cut the strips & cut the previous blocks apart & downsize,if you're just stumbling across the red & white journey I've went from bad fabric to 5" squares to 3 1/2"
Here we are overthinking the red & white checkerboard again , the 1st layout I cut 5" squares ,the white stuck out like a sore thumb so they went from 5" to 4 1/2" to 4" then I pulled in the floral print so now we have red,white ,floral cut down to 3 1/2" 😄 one way or another this is going to be the final straw but which one?🤷 😄
this layout the red's are going towards the left which spaces out the floral print
There's something about when leaving the house you can't seem to make it back😄 ,had a hair appointment to shape up my hair ,went by walmart for odds & ends, the nail salon I use is one street over so as long as I was out why not🤷its been months & my toes needed attention 😄 by this time its late & I was hungry so chinese to go for supper & headed home ,I added another border to the Christmas top on the sides matching the top & bottom which framed it up nicely ,got the binding cut out & handing in the closet with the top waiting its turn to be quilted
I should had picked another project to work on today,I feel like I was going nowhere fast 😄 started working on Oh Scrap's Block Drive
https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2026/05/oh-scrap-new-block-drive.html
Blocks are made up of yellows,purples,greens,reds,blues & oranges, colors in my stash that no longer will stretch to 4.5" ,with 6 strips in the block I'm finding there's not enough verity of one color ,when I was squeezing out the purples the block came out 8" not 8.5 ,how did I lose 1/2" 🙆
I have to get out tomorrow so I guess I'll be visiting the fabric shop😄
There's rain in the forecast ,meanwhile its just plain hot, mending the binding on the quilt Terry's grandmother made us for our first Christmas in 1974, 74 was the year she decided to make all the married grandchildren a quilt for Christmas,since we were getting married on the 28th just 3 days pass christmas,she added us to the list,we used it for a little while for shed wanna know lol,through the years it hung on a wall quilt rack,the years has taken its toil on the binding, nothing a needle & thread cant fix,it will hang again over the antique bed that was Terry's grandparents first bed when they married,this little house is slowly undergoing changes,things that matter most as I go through nearly 50 years of stuff,things that matters most,things that brings me joy,things that make me smile,this year will mark 10 years since he passed & some days its still hard to filter through things
The basil is getting ready to flower & not sure what to do with it at this point,you can only put it on pizza so many times😄 the squash is finally coming out,I think it'll take till Christmas for the brussel sprouts to come out lol,the Roma tomatoes are doing good so far,I moved the watermelon plant to get more sunshine,it took to the transplant & is blooming!
Oh how I wished it could be a pj kind of day but at some point I've got to get out & pick up dog food for Grace🐕my bad for not picking it up yesterday,we have been going through some extreme heat waves this week with heat index as high as 105🌡️slow days calls for slow stitching,a stitch here a stitch there,stitching in the morning stitching in the evening & so on ,working on pages in the slow stitch journal,this has been a work in progress for the last 2 years,I now know why they call it slow stitching😄
Math! Math! Math! You either hate it or luv it😄the layout for a full is 24x28 but I want the 1st row to start & end with red so it w...
