To-Do is Done Plus

Last week's list is complete and done!  I do love a productive week, though getting through it can sometimes be difficult with distractions all along the way. 

✔Complete the quilting on the poppies table runner

This was FUN!  The matchstick quilting offers texture and I had fun using a variety of colors from my Aurifil thread collection.  

Using more scraps from the improv poppies I made the binding and did big-stitches with orange embroidery floss to add to the modern look of the table runner.

✔Choose a quilt pattern for a giraffe quilt for the new grand-daughter that is due to arrive in early May.  

This little guy will be the quilt for our little Hanna, but in pinks and greys. 💗🖤

✔Continue participating in the #31dayswithcottoncuts on instagram - Each day, post a picture related to the date's number. You can see all of my pictures by following the link above.

Here's a peek at what I have shared so far...

The "plus" item that I created was this little journal.  Using the same chapel picture that I used last week, I made this one with more of a "winter" setting.

I was giggling while digging in the piles of scraps that I sorted over the weekend.  But don't worry... they are still sorted and still in abundance!  You can see the whole story of why I sorted by following the link on the word "weekend" above.

Oh, BTW, do YOU need any scraps that would be perfect for string-piecing scrappy blocks?  

I have lots!    

Here's the deal... You can choose the color/s that you want - all you have to do is pay for shipping ($10 to cover the cost of priority mail postage and to print a label to US addresses - $35 for international).  If you are interested send me an email at MelvaLovesScraps@NolanQualityCustoms.com with your color choice/s and I will give you my paypal or venmo account info.  Once I receive payment I will stuff the priority mail envelope full, slap a label on it and send it off to you.

I have had requests for the yellow X'd piles but awaiting actual payment... first money gets the deal!

Our travel plans ran into a bit of an issue, so this is what I resorted to... sorting. **sigh** but I will stop my pouting and move forward because a friend so gently reminded me - "You don't know what God is protecting you from."  Okay, okay, okay...

So what sort of projects do I have in mind for the coming week?  Hmmmm... nothing too exciting.

❧  Some necessary research for the wrap up of the Pieces From The Past Sew Along Series and the beginning of the Pieces of the Santa Fe Trail.  The fabric I selected for the blocks will be arriving this week. YAY! Because Marion Sloan Russell made her first journey on the trail in 1852, I selected some Civil War reproduction fabrics.  

❧  Perhaps another Chapel postcard or journal?

❧  Purchase fabric for Hanna's giraffe quilt

We have snow predicted for over night and for most of tomorrow (Tuesday).  I love to watch the snow fall outside the window in my studio.  I MUST do something in there while I have the crockpot going with one of my No Guilt::Go Quilt recipes.  Enjoy!

Before you go though... Leave a comment telling me ~

Where is your favorite place to watch snow coming down outside?

Have a great week!

Stay Piece-ful,

Melva

Linking with:

To Do Tuesday at Home Sewn By Us

Colour & Inspiration at Clever Chameleon Quilting

Mid-week Makers at Quilt Fabrication

Wednesday Wait Loss at The Inquiring Quilter

Stitch Sew & Show at Life in the Scrap Patch

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese

Needle & Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation