The Chicken Bobbin Won!

 I've won a few times but this morning the chicken bobbin won with only 8 inches to go 😄

Another bobbin in & the first pillow cover front is done

When trimming & squareing up make sure you know where your tape measure is 🤣

Fussy cutting more chicken blocks for pillow  top #2, its another rainy day ,the sun is refusing to shine as to day I give up let the rain have it 😄 so what better to do on a dark rainy day than some random sewing & maybe  squeeze in a finish or two on something 

Can You See Venus Under The Moon?

 The skies are clear & the planet Venus is shining bright under the moon tonight,how about your side of the world,can you see  Venus shining bright under the moon where you are?

Next up for Summer decor is pillow covers,the square pillows are 20" & I'm doing a patchwork with fabrics left over from the aprons ,also leftovers in the flag print I will make a slip cover for the long pillow in a blue ticking with 3 stars across the front from the flag print

Fabric Warehouse Trip

 Fabric! Fabric! Fabric! There's no way to see it all especially when its starts getting unbearably hot in the fabric warehouse in Winfield Ala.A day trip  with my friend Ree to get more fabric & blackout lining for a big custom order shes been working on for over a year for a 5 bedroom mansion of a house

There are about 5 rooms of wall to wall fabrics

Got fiberfill?🤣 that's the biggest bag I've ever seen! 

There are tables if remnants throughout the warehouse sold by the pound

I came away with a bit to play around with for my stitching journal, the company that they get their polyester spools of thread  are discontinuing  "white" 🤷 so for 99C. a spool I grabbed the last of them 

Slow As A Turtle

Its been a slow going day, no rushing to get things done but perhaps not quite as slow as my neighbors turtles😆 I'm amazed they will stay in the back yard ,I was able to catch this one running across the yard,there are 3  of them & shes had them since they were babies ,I've gotta say this is my first to see anybody have pet turtles in the yard,they will come up on the porch to eat & her yard service makes sure they're all accounted for & on the porch before he cuts the grass😄

On a sewing note, nother apron down ,

& 2 to go needing just  a few finishing touches ,Im wanting my Summer decor finished up this week 

Got the chicken print apron cut out,it will require  gathering on  the  ruffle that attaches to the bottom

A zero carb tortilla, lettuce,tomato,grilled chicken,bacon & a touch of mayo made for the perfect wrap for lunch,it was too fat to stay  wrapped for a pretty picture so no picture lol topped off with rose lemonade herbal tea & keto peanut butter balls

It's another rainy day & it will continue off & on throughout the night so it's been a sew a little of this little of that kind of day 

Sunday Inspiration

 

Rain,Free To Good Home 😄

 Rain is good,the farmers need it to grow the crops so that we may eat but on another note too much causes floods & deviations ,rain is in the forecast for the next week into the following week,hopefully it'll just be showers,the last round of rain brought thunder boomers,lightning,floods & tornados in surrounding  areas

I'm not sure how hot it got up to yesterday ,I should had checked for it got way too hot in a hurry when I took the girls 🐕🐕 to the park so we basically left quicker than we got there,it was just to unbearable ,when you cant keep your tongue in your mouth,its too hot 🤣 the humidity was high enough that what brief time I was out my cloths were damp enough to have change when I got home

Making Patterns & Plans For Finishes

 A reminder  of another great block drive over at Quilting Is More Fun Than House Work ,I haven't started on mine just yet but plan to dive into them this coming week

https://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2026/05/oh-scrap-new-block-drive.html?m=1

meanwhile a few weeks back when I finished one of my Summer themed aprons ,I decided to make a pattern,yrs of making this simple chef style apron the pattern got misplaced so I've always just used one of the aprons for a pattern so why not cut through the chase & make a new pattern?😄

I use this one a lot but also will pull in a more fancy one,the chicken fabric will have a flounce ruffle using view B from Simplicity 8815

the blue denim look print & blue floral are cut & ready to sew ,they are the simple  chef  style like the flag print

, I will have Sadie 🐕today & tomorrow so weather permitting it may be a park day for her & Grace today 🐕🐕 weekend sewing plans are to finish up the aprons & see if there's enough leftover fabrics for pillow covers & get in some prep work for the upcoming week