Still Stitching Along

 Spent the morning looking for pj's for a friend who was admitted to the hospital,that didn't turn out well  so I felt like I was sent on a wild goose chase lol but I did meet up with my great niece -n-law at World Market & of course came home with some new  herb tea flavors

Got home just in time to walk with my neighbor,!I shared some of my teas with her,,she wanted me to stay & have a cup with her ,when I got back to the house ,me & Grace went to or a burger 🍔 I  was too tired  to cook & hungry ,after giving Grace her meds for the night,I got the patch quilt out & started stitching on it some more, it's getting close to the finish line!

When You Want A Quilt So Bad 🤣

 Grace is definitely doing better,today we start tapering off the steroids,which is good,they make her sooooo hungry!I was trying to measure the blue flimsy to the pink quilt that is the same layout,as you can see she quickly shot under it so I just worked around her 🤣

For the backing I will use the blue checkered sheet,it seems like it'll  be wide enough even with a border but if not I can pull from the fitted sheet

Im thinking a 1 & 1/2  to a 2" checkered border & a 2& 1/2" border of the blue 

& yellow tone floral print

I'm having to unstitch a few rows on Livvys quilt top,ohhh this machine is going to get a bashing with the hammer 🔨 🤣

I'm also thinking of adding a cat to one of the blocks in her quilt,the pattern says applicade but I'm thinking  of  adding it with an eraseable pen & stitching it  since there will be a lot of hand stitching throughout the quilt

When It Rains It Pours

 Even in a trencheral downpour the birds will come ,some of the cardinals were so wet they looked like you could squeeze the water out of them 😄

You Know You're Tired When....

 I'm not sure if it eas tiredness or seeing good😄 last night I noticed I'd sewn an extra row on this X 😄 so I figured I'd better call it a night, I'm not even going to bother taking it out seeing that its purpose is to hang out here with me lol

Grace is helping me make sure that's the only one & seeing how many more X's in the blocks to go

 

I came across an idea to use up your scraps, I'd already made up my mind that these scraps were nit going into another quilt🤣but yet I thought I'd give it try & see how I feel about them,so I do have scraps & yardages of white from sheets I've used for backings so I'll randomly make a few 5" scrappy blocks here & there,no overthinking " ok maybe a little "just grab um & sew & see how many quilts come out of the scraps that were destined for the trash

Sunday Inspiration

 

Happy Valentine's Day/Update On Grace

 

Are you having a beautiful Valentine's day? Stores & restaurants will be packed out for sure , I was planning on seeing a movie with my niece but those plans changed,my Grace🐕 had to go to the vet yesterday,her spine has flarred up again causing chronic pain

The pain doesn't allow her to jump so she's missing her snuggle time with me ,as the meds started kicking in last night,she started crying & shaking, when Id get near her she'd become at ease,so I camped out with her,as long as she could feel me near her she rested better,she slept good & sound till around 1am,I coxed her to go outside & she curled back up & went back to sleep,at this point she was content to let me sleep on the couch as long as she could see me

30 days of antibiotics, pain meds & steroids,on a sewing note the blue flimsy is almost ready for a reveal,I found the sweetest light blue checkered sheet set for the backing

Cant Believe I'm 70🤣

 My niece went all out for my birthday,friends & family  showing their love 💕 

the cake was glorious! my wedding cake didn't even hold a candle to it lol 

I finally got old enough to get a money tree 🤣 this is a tradition my sister & me started with mom & dad when they turned 70 & 70th anniversary ,I think I counted a little over $50 on my tree lol