Greetings from our Happy Little 5 acres in burning up South Texas – Yesterday the thermometer hit 108 on the back porch! OUCH – Bet it hits 110 today! We might have a break in this horrible heat on Monday and Tuesday with changes of “rain”. We are hoping.
For the remainder of August – 16 days – I want to work on the following.
- Remaining 2 blocks to finish the corner sections.
- Complete the last 3 blocks of Sweet Stitches (embroidery)
- Continue on with OMIGOSH!
- Reproduction quilt designed on my EQ8 last August.
- Easy Breezy
Easy Breezy – Gretchen got me started on this one and so happy that she did. I needed an easy project just to get back to my quilting life! I had some fabric that my friends Wanda gave me years ago when she visited her daughter in New Zealand and I had no idea how to use the fabric, but I loved it anyway!
Easy Breezy is a Bonnie Hunter project. I have never done the sewing technique that Bonnie uses, although I do have 2 of her books in case I decide to go there. I made one 4” block and one 6” block. I really enjoyed the 6” block more because I make working with small blocks with OMIGOSH and wanted to do something different.
I am making 2 quilts at the same time. One with black and one with red. I have 4 of the 6” blocks completed, all the 2” strips cut out, and 1 of the 4” block using the black with the bird fabric. Not sure how large the quilts will be at this time or the setting, it is just so great to be hurrying to the Studio after exercise each morning and sew!
Here is the 4” Block. The neutral fabric is a P&B Apple Cider fabric. After making this block, I realized that the fabric is not as tightly woven as the focus fabric and the Moda so I have changed it going forward.
Now for the 6” block. Here are the 4 blocks together.
I have a nice stack of 2” strips cut and ready for sub cutting and sewing today!
Clay is doing great and I am de-stressing and my eye surgery was a resounding success! Still healing, but it is great to be able to have my peripheral vision back! It REALLY feels great to be back to a life that Clay and I have both missed so much in the last 7 months. I am de-stressing through my quilting. YEA!
Have a wonderful week-end!
Hugs, Nanette
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Chopin - A Passionate Quilter From Texas 
SEW glad to hear that you and Clay are both doing better, Great news that you are back to your quilting!!
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Thank you so much! Had a great day – took time to help a quilting buddy with some ideas and that was so much fun! Hugs
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Glad things are going well and you are able to get back into the sewing room and play with fabrics.
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If I can have a month of days like the last 2 I will be in heaven! LOL. Just to not have any stress on me is great! Hugs
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I’m so glad to hear that you and Clay are both doing well and that you are quilting again! Those sure are fabulous fabrics you’re cutting into!
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Thank you Rebecca and yes they are beautiful. I do not think I will regret doing it. Hoping the quilts turn out like I want! Have a great week-end,
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I’m glad you’re sewing again. Love the Christmas EB blocks!
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Thank you Gretchen! It really feels good to be in the Studio, and each day I have more and more energy to stay longer! Hugs
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Great news!! It’s going to be fun watching this come together.
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Yup – I will probably do a different setting but we shall see what it ends up looking like! Hugs
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The blue background fabric is beautiful. Love that shade of blue.
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And the 6” block with the black will really make this fabric pop! Hugs!
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Your top New Zealand fabric features pukeko, and the bottom one is full of tui, known in the early settler days as the parson bird because of the white feathers at the throat. They are enjoying sitting in a pohutukawa tree, also called the New Zealand Christmas Tree as it flowers over our summer December to February.
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OH thank you so very much for the information! How nice of you! Hugs
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I really enjoyed reading Jenny’s comment; especially since I am partial to the red and white version that you are making!
So glad that you are happy again! 🙂
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Feels great Laura. Thank you Laura
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So glad to see you just cut those fabrics into 2″ strips and sewed!!!!! I have a couple of new fabrics that I need to do that too…. thanks for the push…….
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This project is to get me back to life and quilting! This is a good way to use it in a quilt instead of just looking at it. LOL.
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Welcome back to Quiltland! Your New Zealand fabrics are so vibrant and unusual!!! Neat blocks. Glad to hear everyone is on the upbeat, health-wise!
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Oh Nancy it is so good to be back in the swing of life and quilting. Hugs
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I love your New Zealand fabrics. In case you didn’t know: the birds with red beaks are pukeko, a marsh duck, and the red flowers are on the pohutukawa tree (known in NZ as the Christmas tree as they flower at Christmas and look like a tree dressed with red fairy lights). The birds on the pohutukawa are tuis. The tui is also called the Parson Bird because the white feather tab at his neck is like a Vicar’s white tabs.
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Did not know this. I so appreciate the history of my fabric. Hugs 🤗
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I am so happy to see you resuming the activities you love. You are right, it is burning up hot here in Texas.
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You and me both! It has not been this bad since 2009! Temps hit 109 yesterday’ and today.
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What a great way to get back in to your quilting, Nanette, and that New Zealand fabric definitely needed out of the cupboard and part of a quilt. Enjoy your sewing today!
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Thx Kathy. Great to see you yesterday! Love the roof garden view!
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That’s a great project, looks good. I’m not into 4″ blocks, but the 6″ look pretty together. Love the reds. That’s gorgeous fabric from New Zealand, too. Great memories, I’m sure.
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I have 3 projects with 2 and 3” blocks. The 6” are easier to finish fast and easy! Hugs!
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Good news! Hurray! And some fun blocks to celebrate, too. I love the birds on the blue fabric.
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Thank you Mari! Not being a scrappy quilter (too many colors to focus on I guess). I looked at that fabric a long time – this time I just decided to do it! Hugs
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‘Tis wonderful you and Clay are on the ‘up and up’….great news indeed! Those New Zealand fabrics are fabulous. Love the way you are incorporating them into your new quilt. Texas just sound just a wee bit hot. =) You could send some of that lovely heat down to me.
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We have found there is life after all we have been through. Would love to send these temps anywhere!
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So far we’ve missed out on the 100+ days, but the humidity has been really bad this summer. So 90+ days are just miserable. Those are beautiful fabrics. Enjoy your new projects and the return to normality.
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Well Kathy, do not know how I missed this one too! Thank you on the fabrics! Life is getting back to normal this week – long time. We hit 110 yesterday – high humidity in the morning and then it goes down, but oh so hot! Hugs
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Hi Nan,
I have been a lurker for a while but have wished you and Clay well and good thoughts from SC. I am sew glad to see you getting back to what you love to do and I am absolutely in love with the Sweet Stitches Santa BOM you are doing. Where can I obtain these? I looked online, but evidently I am missing them somewhere. Sure would appreciate the information. Bet it is my luck, they are no longer available….LOL
Sending good thoughts from SC.
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Oh I thought I had answered you on this one…. Computers and Technology!
You can get the pattern – I think from Kathy Schmitz – it was a BOM that was called Sweet Stitches – just scroll through her patterns and it should be there. Here is the website:
https://kathy-schmitz.myshopify.com
Enjoy – Hugs
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Your Easy Breezy block are wonderful! Great use of the fabric.
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Thank you Judy! They are fun to put together – a break from OMIGOSH 3″ BLOCKS!
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Love the fabrics – and your blocks are always gorgeous, excited to see how this comes together. The best news was reading that both you and Clay are doing so wonderful 🙂
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Hi Ms Sharon – so glad to be back! He is doing great – does his outside work or whatever and then around 1 he is ready to come in to the Studio and relax doing something inside. It takes time, but he is doing great!. Thank you for the nice comments. I have a couple of ideas for settings. We shall see where it goes! Hugs
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Such Beautiful fabric. Sorry I have been a blog slacker.
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Thank you Lori. That is OK I will try to get you going this week – Hell week is over with – now they can all play with my HELL letters to the Senator and Congressman and the idiot billing system at the doc ofc. LOL. Hugs
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Your quilt blocks are so beautiful! I’m sure the finished product will be colorful and fun!
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Thank you so much. I am hoping to really dig into this project this week! Have a great day! Hugs
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