Missing my brother Steve on what would have been his birthday. Hold dear to your loved ones as you will never know when angels will come.
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Tuesday, August 1, 2023
Missing my brother Steve on what would have been his birthday. Hold dear to your loved ones as you will never know when angels will come.
Design Wall Monday, August 1, 2016
Sunday I spent time working on Kalvery. I am very close to a finish on this project.
I have two large and six small blocks yet to stitch. I have the pieces all cut out now. My plan for tonight is to sew them up. It would be nice to have Kalvery done before I start August's UFO. There is a parade today of finishes at 52Quilts.com if you have time to see who was able to get their July UFO finished. This is also the announcement of what August's UFO will be.
Over the weekend I got a quilt back from Kerry's Quilting. Katchaklaus has been trimmed down from excess back and batting. The sleeve has been readied. Next will be selecting a binding fabric. I hope to find something in my stash; keep your fingers crossed for me :)!
See more projects today at both 52Quilts.com and PatchworkTimes.com.
Sunday Stash Report, January 3, 2016
Today is the first reckoning of 2016 with our fabric stash. Mine starts with a bunch of zeros!
Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 0 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 0 yards
Net used in 2016: 0 yards
I am busy working on Kontentment today.
I have all the blocks done and ready to cut into some red yardage for the triangle that goes into the setting block units. The pieced units were done in earlier parts of the mystery so assembly should go swiftly. Then the on-point setting will be the next step.
I do have a little bit of a dilemma in selection of the inner "yellow" border. I have four fabrics to choose between. I really like the bright yellow as a first choice. I am thinking it might be too bright though. Next is the muted one at the top, but it might be too muted. Decisions, decisions... An audition is coming. Hope you tune in tomorrow to help me make the right choice.
Kastaway piecing was finished. This glamour kitty is all decked out and ready for whatever adventure comes her way.
I close my post today in reflection of my brother Steve. It is always a difficult day even though eight years have rolled by without him. Hugs to Heaven...
Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 0 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 0 yards
Net used in 2016: 0 yards
I am busy working on Kontentment today.
I have all the blocks done and ready to cut into some red yardage for the triangle that goes into the setting block units. The pieced units were done in earlier parts of the mystery so assembly should go swiftly. Then the on-point setting will be the next step.
I do have a little bit of a dilemma in selection of the inner "yellow" border. I have four fabrics to choose between. I really like the bright yellow as a first choice. I am thinking it might be too bright though. Next is the muted one at the top, but it might be too muted. Decisions, decisions... An audition is coming. Hope you tune in tomorrow to help me make the right choice.
Kastaway piecing was finished. This glamour kitty is all decked out and ready for whatever adventure comes her way.
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| Steve, December 2005 |
Happy Birthday Steve!, August 1, 2015
Sure miss you brother. Life was so much richer with you...
Birthdays in Heaven
They sing Happy Birthday
Birthdays in Heaven
Are a wondrous thing
Everyone's invited
And all the angels sing.
They sing Happy Birthday
May your day be filled with love
And lots of birthday wishes
Sent from earth to heaven above.
So we send our birthday wishes
Wrapped in lots of love
We're sending them to heaven
On the wings of snow white doves.
copyright Ingrid Aspey 3/9/09
Thursday, January 3, 2013
I haven't figured out how I'm going to handle my 2013 UFO Challenges this year. I participated the last two years with Judy at Patchwork Times, but she's changed her system for 2013. I'm not sure it will work for me. I plan to finish a quilt a month as unlike most I'm challenging myself with patterns that I've been collecting and want to make instead of UFOs. You see I don't have too many real unfinished objects or UFOs. Got to give it to Judy; she keeps things different and many apparently want to finish multiple things in a month. Goals are a wonderful thing for certain. I'd have to break down a quilt project into 4 tasks...not sure that makes much sense for me and there are no set numbers assigned for an unexpected "pick" each month. I'm going to look around for another monthly challenge for 2013 that will work better for me.
So for this first month of 2013 I've selected my #11 to finish. It is Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street. I've yet to find the perfect "K" name for it yet. Ideas anyone? "Street" could easily become "Kourt", but then what would "Easy" become? I'm on Step #8 right now.
So for this first month of 2013 I've selected my #11 to finish. It is Bonnie Hunter's Easy Street. I've yet to find the perfect "K" name for it yet. Ideas anyone? "Street" could easily become "Kourt", but then what would "Easy" become? I'm on Step #8 right now.
The other project I'm working on is Kwitcherbitchin that is another Bonnie Hunter design. Pfefferneuse is from her book String Fling. I've got it all finished except putting the blocks into rows. I was asked in an earlier post by the reader "knitnkwilt" the size of the hour glass units. They are each 3 1/2" unfinished. I'll leave a comment on his/her blog too in the hope it gets read since an email address is not known.
Let me close today in sending hugs to Heaven for my brother Steve. He's been gone to us for five years today. Never will he be far from my thoughts.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Happy Birthday Steve!
Birthdays in Heaven
Are a wondrous thing
Everyones invited
And all the angels sing.
They sing Happy Birthday
May your day be filled with love
And lots of birthday wishes
Sent from earth to heaven above.
So we send our birthday wishes
Wrapped in lots of love
We're sending them to heaven
On the wings of snow white doves.
copyright Ingrid Aspey 3/9/09
Design Wall Monday, August 1, 2011
Birthdays in Heaven
Are a wondrous thing
Everyones invited
And all the angels sing.
They sing Happy Birthday
May your day be filled with love
And lots of birthday wishes
Sent from earth to heaven above.
So we send our birthday wishes
Wrapped in lots of love
We're sending them to heaven
On the wings of snow white doves.
copyright Ingrid Aspey 3/9/09
Tonight is Bunko, with fabric FQs as anty and the prizes. I wonder if my winning streak will continue? In December I won red and green batiks and last month I won red, cream, and blue batiks. This month the anty is blue and teal batiks. It is always batiks! Memory Lane Quilt Shop in El Cajon has the game first Monday of each month.
On my design wall (which should be shared with Kerry) is the project we are making for the San Diego Humane Society's 25th Annual Fur Ball "dancing with the dogs". We've been donating a quilt for their fundraising activities during the event for several years now. We've got quite a bit done from a pattern we are deriving from Thimble Creek Quilts Ichabod Hollow designed by Joe Ward. There are five different borders. Border 1 (picket fence) and 3 (checkerboard) are done. I've got a few more pieces to finis on Border 4. Kerry is working on Border 2. Once we have these done we will decide on what fabrics need to be in Border 5. We are going to have Snoopy dancing below a disco ball with twinkling stars scattered on the blue background. The background gets trimmed down 2" all the way around, but I'm thinking Snoopy needs to be bigger...
Tonight is Bunko, with fabric FQs as anty and the prizes. I wonder if my winning streak will continue? In December I won red and green batiks and last month I won red, cream, and blue batiks. This month the anty is blue and teal batiks. It is always batiks! Memory Lane Quilt Shop in El Cajon has the game first Monday of each month.
Hope you have a great week. Hope you have time to look at other Design Walls from quilters around the globe at Patchwork Times. Be sure to leave a comment.
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