9th finish for 2022, amp cover done, cora bells

The chevron baseball baby quilt is finally done. I forgot to take measurements, but it is a nice size. Tonight I will work on the log cabin baseball quilt.

I got the third amp cover done.

My brother stopped over to pick up the amps and covers, but decided that I needed to sew one of the band's patches on the covers. So I had to rip open part of the corner so I could flatten the cover, stitch the patch on then sew the seam back up. It didn't take very long to do it. While I was doing that my brother moved some empty boxes from the garage to a shelf which was a big help. I would have had to use a ladder to put the boxes up, but he could just reach the shelf. 

We loaded up the amps and covers for there trip home.

My brother brought me two scissor holders that my SIL's uncle made. One is for me and one is for my sister. They are beautiful and will be a nice place for all my embroidery scissors.

Wanda, I checked on the cora bells. One is a good size, another one is coming along, and I found two pieces that were not longer in the ground. They still looked viable so I stuck them in the ground and gave them a drink. If it would quit raining I would get the cora bell bed weeded and finish up the big center bed, but it seems to either rain or I have something else more pressing I need to do.

Quilt progress and amp covers

What a weekend. I did get the log cabin baseball quilt all quilted.

I didn't have time to bind it or the chevron baseball quilt. The binding is cut and I will get them bound in the the next couple of days.

I dropped everything I was doing to work on three amp covers for my nephew. It took me forever to get the first one made. I was sewing like I had never made one before! The second one went much quicker. These are two Fender amps that are the same size.

The other small amp is a Roland so I will stitch an R on the top. I have all the pieces and parts ready to go so this I should be able to get it done tonight. I wanted to get these done so when my brother comes drop off something I can give him the amps and covers. I lined the car cover fabric with flannel and my nephew asked for a zippered pocket.

I did get that small sampler done. I have lost count of how many I need to frame now!  Yikes!

The next piece I am stitching is this small that was a freebee that was sent to me. I have no idea what this will look like when it is done so it is kind of a mystery stitch! I was surprised to see that there is a little tall house integrated into the carrot.  I had a scrap leftover from one of those little samplers and it was the perfect size for this.

I did spend 2 hours cleaning out the big center flower bed. It took me a long time to get the creeping charley out from under the Mugo pine.

What a mess!  I had to crawl under and between that plant to get all the creeping charley out. I had to cut out a few branches and my hair kept getting caught as I crawled around to try and get to the center. I did get it all pulled out.  I still have more to clean up in this bed which I was going to do on Sunday, but it rained on and off all day. There was some viscous lighting! I will post a picture once I finish cleaning it up. I also mowed Friday night, but with all the rain I am sure I will have to mow again this week.

Yeah it is Friday!

After work I went to Michael's to get the floss I needed for the next several cross stitch projects.

Here is my DMC floss box. This is not all my floss because I have some of the bobbins in project bags kitted and a bunch set aside for a wall hanging. Sometimes I try and go thru all of those before I settle on my shopping list. Also, my Leo and Roxy floss is in seperate box and my Cosmo floss has it own box too. I bought that floss box probably 40 years ago. It was expensive for me at the time - no I do no remember how much I paid for it - but it was so worth the investment.

I then spent my evening winding the floss onto bobbins.

I now have the next several cross stitch projects kitted up with the floss. I still need to decided on fabric for the sampler.

My plans for the weekend are to get both of the baseball quilts done, make the three covers for the amps, get the flower beds cleaned up, and maybe wash the car and get the garage straightened up. Have a great weekend!

Quilting progress

I am almost halfway done quilting the log cabin baseball quilt. Yeah!

Plugging along and more fun mail

I made a bit more progress on quilting the log cabin baseball quilt. I cut out the binding the other day but forgot to post it. I decided to use the green. I think it will make a fun binding.

I received some fun mail last night. I had won a sampler chart on ebay. The print date on the chart is dated 1988. I already have all the floss colors I need so I just need to pick some fabric and this will be all kitted up.

The lady also sent me this little bonus chart! It even came with a little butterfly charm!

Log cabin quilting and tote bags

Bobbins were wound and a little quilting took place last evening.

I did some digging around in the fabric storage room looking again for fabric I could use to make tote bags for the merch booth for my nephew's band. Cherie sent me some fabric last fall and I had already cut that to size, but I need more. I found some leftover batik fabric that I made masks out of for work, some cottons I just don't like the prints, some polyester gaberdine that I will never use, and a heavy piece of stiff linen.  We are having merchandise that would not be secure in a thin plastic bag. Here is the stack of fabric along with the bags (the black and white floral print) that I already cut to size.  None of this fabric would ever end up in a quilt so this will be a good way to clear out my stash.  

A new bigger tent was purchased for this year's shows and Michael designed a new sign. Our first show is June 1 so I need to get crackin' on getting this fabric cut and the bags sewn. I have no idea how many bags this stack will make, but I have a feeling it won't be enough for the season. I will keep digging to see if I can find anything else I could use.  Last year I know I made over 60 bags and we only had 2 left.  

Log Cabin quilt progress, yardwork, another sampler finish and fun mail

I kept busy this weekend. The log cabin quilt is now pin basted and ready for me to start quilting it. It measures about 55" x 66" so it won't take too long to quilt.

I made pizza this weekend

I got some of the ornamental grass cut down then my neighbor came over and helped me finish cutting down the ones along the fence. I also trimmed and mowed so the yard is looking better. I still have a lot of cleaning up to do in the beds. Here are the before and after pictures.

I finished the little 1957 sampler.

The fun mail I got Saturday was a few more pieces of cross stitch fabric and a chart.

Here is my next piece I am going to stitch. It's another small one. I am stitching it on the cocoa 30 count fabric I just received Saturday. I do not have a chart for this; I am just stitching it from a picture I found. Here is my small start.