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Monday, November 25, 2019

An Almost Nothing But Stitching Day

After all the mania and stress of last week, My Guy and I took the opportunity to have a much lower key weekend.  Last week was his first full week back at work after surgery, he was pretty tired by Friday.  He's still not quite 100%, but is slowly working his way back to normal.  We spent Saturday in Tulsa with the Scientist in Training doing our Thanksgiving meal shopping.  The SIT has classes today, but all her classes for tomorrow were canceled, so she'll be home around dinner time tonight.  

 Other than a few loads of laundry, yesterday was a nothing but sewing day.  It was nice to spend most of the day stitching, I really needed the de-stress time.  Twinkle Stars is now bordered. 
 Twinkle Stars
Tutorial by Andrea Feldbush of Soscrappy


This was all the borders I had planned to add.  But I'm not sure it's big enough.  After playing around in EQ, I'm considering adding a narrow scrappy rainbow border followed by one more white border.  That would make it a good couch sized quilt.  Since this quilt is intended for one of the SITs friends, I'll see what she thinks about those additions when she gets home tonight.  

 I didn't get my Christmas Mystery blocks done in time for class on Saturday.  But they are finished now. 
2019 Christmas Mystery
designed by Carrie Randall (Quilter's Hideaway)

 Completion of the bow and candy piece tie up this mystery project.  Now to sash the blocks and add the borders.  That probably won't happen till next week since Thanksgiving is this week and we have plans with family.  

 I'm off work today, but we have errands to run and I've got to get some laundry done.  I do hope to get some time to play in the sewing room before the SIT makes it home.  That's the plan anyway. 

 Linking up with Monday Making and Monday Design Wall.   
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18 comments:

  1. NannNovember 25, 2019 at 7:03 AM

    A multicolor border would help keep the quilt edges clean, too. (I've already expressed my admiration for this sparkling rainbow design!)

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  2. RamonaNovember 25, 2019 at 7:12 AM

    Your border idea sounds like it will finish this gorgeous quilt off in style. The mystery blocks are so cute! Happy Thanksgiving!

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  3. Julie in GANovember 25, 2019 at 7:22 AM

    Your Twinkle Stars quilt top is gorgeous, and your plan for making it bigger sounds great! I'm tempted again to make these for the RSC next year.

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  4. Quilter KathyNovember 25, 2019 at 7:49 AM

    What a fun Christmas mystery project!
    Twinkle Stars is fabulous!

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  5. Alison V.November 25, 2019 at 8:09 AM

    Your Christmas blocks are looking so cute and I really love the tree block! I hope you do get to sew today!

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  6. AnnieONovember 25, 2019 at 8:55 AM

    Twinkle Stars look great! I like my couch quilts to be longer than wide, 60x80ish seems to work pretty well for me--can't tell from your photo how big your quilt is just now, but the border idea sounds fun.

    Glad you got some more stitching time, the Christmas blocks are really cute.

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  7. The Joyful QuilterNovember 25, 2019 at 8:56 AM

    Hooray for a sewing day (and a newly completed quilt top to boot!!!)

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  8. Denise :)November 25, 2019 at 9:46 AM

    The border looks terrific! Well worth the time it took to match it all up, right?! Enjoy your week! :)

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  9. BarbaraNovember 25, 2019 at 11:45 AM

    Twinkle Stars is just stunning. Beautiful work. Glad to hear Your Guy is on the mend. It takes a long time to fully recover from a surgery. Nice you got some time to destress...just in time for the holidays!

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  10. Chopin - A Passionate QuilterNovember 25, 2019 at 1:02 PM

    Your quilt is beautiful! Tempted to make one!

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  11. LIttle Penguin QuiltsNovember 25, 2019 at 2:51 PM

    I love your Twinkle Stars quilt, Kate! It's just so full of lovely color! The Christmas mystery is cute, too - it will be fun to see how it goes together with sashings and border. Glad to hear you will have your SIT home for the week - enjoy!

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  12. PreetiNovember 25, 2019 at 3:39 PM

    Spectacular!!! Finish it already. The suspense is killing me :-)

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  13. Katie Z.November 25, 2019 at 4:55 PM

    Your progress is beautiful, and I’m so glad you had a break after the last few weeks. I hope your guy feels pretty good for Thanksgiving and that no one gets sick!

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  14. DonnaNovember 26, 2019 at 4:14 AM

    The star quilt looks great. Enjoy your time with family this week.

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  15. Alycia~QuiltygirlNovember 26, 2019 at 6:13 PM

    Oh yay for some time for your stitching! That rainbow quilt is just amazing!! Enjoy SIT!!

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  16. Sandra WalkerNovember 26, 2019 at 6:52 PM

    I do lik eyour Christmas blocks; that mug is so cute, and I love the lights too. Wow on your RSC quilt, just wow. It looks big from here, but what do I know from a computer pic? I'm sure the extra borders will add the length and the frame you're looking for, and yay for a long chunk of stitching time.

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  17. ledamewoodNovember 27, 2019 at 2:59 PM

    I sure wish Carrie sold her patterns on her website. I've loved every one that you've made. You're a great advertisement for her.

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  18. JenniferDecember 1, 2019 at 12:43 PM

    How nice to have a full day of stitching time! You made some great progress.

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