Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
I Like Thursday #387
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
Midweek Update
From big pieces to small... after making a bunch of 8.5 inch HSTs and squares for the outer sections of my version of Luminous Layers, this week we switched to 1.5 inch squares and HSTs.
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Two Small Finishes
I realized this week that I had some stitched up designs that needed to be finished into the little pillows that I like to fill my wooden bowl with. So, a little pressing and a little sewing and a little stuffing and voila! Baby birds in their nest and a robin and tulip mini sampler.
Friday, May 10, 2024
Pink and more pink
I decided to add a little bit more pink to my stash this week. Since I was planning to use pink in the most recent block for the Pieces of My Life QAL, I figured there would be scraps left for a few RSC blocks!
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
I Like Thursday #386
Good morning and happy Thursday! I hope your week is going well. They certainly go by fast! The other day our Merlin bird app identified a Cedar Waxwing in the yard, and we were not sure it was right at first, because we apparently don't know what Cedar Waxwings sound like, lol! And then, there they were. Cedar Waxwings visit in flocks, and they are attracted to the blooming fruit trees around here. A good sized group of them flitted in and out of our apple tree and neighboring trees for quite awhile.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Midweek Update
This week's task for the Luminous Layers QAL at mmmquilts probably took me longer to cut and trim than to sew! I needed eight blue and yellow 8.5 inch HSTs and four 8.5 inch blue squares for that center star.
Sunday, May 5, 2024
Pieces of My Life - Block 6
This weekend I had some time to work on block #6 of Melva's QAL, Pieces of My Life. This block is called "Hours." Since pink is the color of the month for May in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, I decided to make this block in pink.
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Some slow stitching for a Sunday
During my evening hand stitching time this week, I finished up the April heart for "A Year of Hearts," designed by Melisa at PinkernPunkin Quilting. Those little baby birds in their nest just stole my heart! I'm glad Mama brought them some food.
Friday, May 3, 2024
Peachy Pink
I dug out all the pinks I could find this week, and they seem to tend toward the peach shade. Or maybe it's the lighting in my sewing room combined with the cloudy days we've been having. I guess it doesn't really matter because I sewed with what I have and came up with a pink patchwork heart and a 4 patch alternate block!
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
I Like Thursday #385
Happy Thursday! How's your week going? I'm starting to feel caught up after traveling - there's always lots do when you get home.
Something we enjoy doing wherever we go is finding a winery to visit. On this trip we visited two that were near Paducah. One was family owned and the people made the wine in their garage! The other one was much bigger, and apparently very popular as it was busy. I loved the name of it, "Purple Toad Winery." They had a lot of fruit wines there - sweet, dessert wines. It was a fun place to taste!