Pins and Needles and My Raggedy Fall Tree

It is a beautiful Friday in my neck of the woods. Welcome , Sweetie Pies! Just dropping in for a quick afternoon visit to show you that I have been keeping my foot to the pedal as I worked on a few blocks in the Quilt Nest.

These need a good pressing. Lol. 

 I pieced a new blue block for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge . Whewww! I am glad I finally have something to share in Angela's RSC So Scrappy  link party .  

This long strip of blues will be made into something adorable. (Fingers crossed)🤞 I'm thinking of an appliqued design. I can not wait to share when I am done. 

A couple of weeks ago, I finished decorating my raggedy white Christmas tree for fall. 

My fall tree is a bit of a leaner this year. LOL. The photos make it look worse than it is. It is crammed full ;isn't it? 

 

 Any whooo, Mr. Pinker came into the living room, and I shouted with glee, "It's done! It's done!" 

Mr. Pinker's eyes grew  as big as  saucers as he looked about in confusion👀 . "What's happened? What's done? " 

"My fall tree, silly!!!" I exclaimed. 

"Where? Oh,  it's a bit full isn't it? Mr. Pinker asked as he eyed it . (Why after all of these years has Mr. Pinker not realized that I am not a minimalist? Lol I don't know. 🤷🙄😄 )

Mr. Pinker looked  over it intently and then asked half jokingly , "Where's the tree?"  . 😂🌲 

"Aaah it's in there, I promise! " I said.  

"I like seeing needles", said Mr. Pinker. "Pine needles not the ones that seem to fall on the floor and then I have the tendency to step on. "   

Oh, boy , I thought here; we go again talking about why he has to wear shoes in the house because I have needles and pins everywhere. I do work to keep them wrangled up though.  (Have you heard that conversation before?) 

" Well dear," I happily answered, "I want to see all of my stitching and country clutter; it makes my heart sing. " 

  

With a wink of his eye, Mr. Pinker said"  A happy wife is a happy life. I love your fall tree if you do. ❤💛 " 

" Thank you, dear- Now tell me if you see any needles or pins on the floor. "  😀😚

With a peck on the cheek , Mr. Pinker then strolled out of the room and then I heard "Ouch!!!!" Lol. "Found one!" 😲😳🩹

Well , thank you so much for stopping by today to see my quilt blocks, my country clutter and to hear my little tale. By the way, Mr. Pinker is fine and dandy.  Wishing you a fabulous and fun Friday . 

 As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa 

The only thing that will make you happy, is being happy with who you are! - Goldie Hawn

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy who always kept an eye out for sewing items for me . I love and miss you Amo . 

 I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Nina at Creations, Quilts, Art , Whatever by Nina for Off the Wall Friday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday
 

Seeing Orange

Good afternoon, ya'll. I'm seeing orange. 👀🧡. 

This week I grabbed some fabrics and began working on an appliqued quilt.

 With orange being the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color, this is a perfect time to work on fall quilts. 

The yellow crow fabric dates back all the way to 2002. 

 A pumpkin in an urn is my new project. 

Real simple but a fun piece to work on . 

 From the scraps I pieced a few four patches. Hmm, maybe a mini quilt will evolve from these blocks. 

This is a short and sweet post. Now I'm off to gather batting and a backing. The Pumpkin in an Urn will be going into a hoop very soon. Have a wonderful evening and as always..

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

My favorite word is pumpkin. You can't take it seriously. But you can't ignore it either. It takes ahold of your head and that's it- Harrison Salisbury

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you, Amo -  " I thank my God upon every remembrance of you." Philippians 1:3

              

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday 

 

Back in the Game

Howdy doo, my friends! TGIF! Woo Hoo! I am back in the game! 

What game you ask? Well I have pretty much  been missing and not in action in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. But I am back on board - at least for this week.  I have to admit though, this gal copied somebodies homework to get in the game 😲. "Oh no you didn't !", some of you are saying.  Yep I did!

  Last week, I was happily visiting dear Jenny 's blog at Romany Quilting where she shared the cutest purple blocks  that she was working.  They are called Little Bricks.

Isn't this purple fabric so pretty? 

Jenny's blocks danced in my head for days and then I did it! I sauntered up to the quilt room , found a few scraps of purple fabrics and lickety split in no time I had 12 blocks. Really they were that quick.   Later , I even pieced some green ones. 

 If you jump over to Jenny's blog, she will give you a link as  to where she found the blocks and the measurements which was at Sylvia's of Treadlestitches , plus you can drool over her lovely blocks and Sylvia's as well. 

So that is my story of how Jenny and Sylvia got me back into the game.  Thank you so much, ladies. Hmm! I wonder what they are up to today? 🤔😃

I also have been working on HST. I have a turquoise quilt in mind. 

Sunflowers are blooming on my seasonal tree. It is still a work in progress, but it is getting well packed with mid summer goodness. 

  

Well that's my Friday ramblings. Have a beautiful evening, my friends. 

As always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

Failure doesn't mean the game is over; it means try again with experience. 

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. Love and miss you.  11 months . How can that be? 

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Alycia's of Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Nine Patch Saturday

Good morning, ya'll. Last week , Kathy of Kathy's Quilts , shared her start on Primitive Gatherings "Oh Say Can You Sew" Mystery Quilt. Seeing how much fun she was having , I had to join in. If you have not seen this, Kathy provides a link to Clue 1 , but you better hurry because  today is the last day.  Each month of the mystery a clue will be given the 1st Monday of the month so Clue 2 will be given Monday May 2nd .  You can also watch Lisa Bongean's Youtube channel , Stitch with Lisa Bongean in which she explains all about it and where you will also find a link to Clue #1. 

Yesterday , I began  piecing strips for my nine patches. 

 Soon I had 31 cute teeny nine patches. 

Clue 2 will be using reds and whites. Eeeh! 

April came and went and I only got in a few pink blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

 Last night , I did get this block pieced.  It measures 16 1/2" unfinished. 

 

Boy, do these need to be pressed . 

Two wee four patches to add to a future quilt. 

I recently had a request to see this little cross stitch.  In a previous post, you may have seen a tad of it. I stitched this piece called Amy Lou the Bunny Keeper last year . 

At the time I was celebrating , my sister's love for animals. Little did I know that we would only have her for a few months longer.  

Many of ya'll know that a lot of my stitches are about my family, but this was the first one that I have done of a living family member at the time. I have vowed that I will never stitch a piece about a living person again. I guess that is the superstitious nature in me.  I will probably share this one in the future, but I will have to wait until my heart finds a bit more peace and my sweet sister whispers in my ear to do so. 

Well, that's my quilting adventure for the day. Have a beautiful day.  Now go create something AMAZING!  Thank you for the sweet visit and as always...

Happy quilting and stitching, ya'll

Melisa

The universe is still a place of mystery and wonder.  

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗❤🧵

I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Alycia's of  Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant  - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday 

Frederique at  Applique Patchwork Quilting   for Patchwork & Quilts     - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Pat at  Life in  the Scrapatch for Stitch , Sew and Show- Wednesday

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday

Dedicated to my baby sister, Amy. Love and miss you. 

Baskets and Chickens

TGIF. Happy Friday, ya'll. I finished appliqueing my Berry  Basket quilt. 

      

It is ready to go into the hoop today.

           

 I have another basket quilt in the works. 

This month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge color is PINK! 

So I have scrambled like a jack rabbit pulling pink fabrics for this month's challenge. 

This week I have appliqued a couple of chickens and baskets. 

        

A flock of colorful chicks .

      

So whatcha got going on today? Anything special .  Thank you for stopping by, sweetie pies. And as always... 

Happy stitching, ya'll, 

Melisa

Believe you can and you are half way there! 

Hugs and Stitches!!!❤🤗🧵

PS: I am still having tech troubles.. 😬 Where normally it takes 30 - 45 minutes to upload photos to my blog, it is taking longer. Uggh. And I do not know if Instagram has made changes or not but boy am I having trouble. Soooo maybe it is time for me to make a new computer purchase. Mine does go "out of date" in July according to the message sent to me. Lol. They time it right. Hopefully, I will be back in the groove to posting designs soon. Happy stitching. 

 I am joining these lovely ladies' link parties. I hope you check them out; they always have so many wonderful projects going on and provide the opportunity for other needleworkers to meet. 

Alycia's of  Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant  - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday 

Frederique at  Applique Patchwork Quilting   for Patchwork & Quilts     - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Pat at  Life in  the Scrapatch for Stitch , Sew and Show- Wednesday

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday

Piddlin' Around

 Good afternoon, ya'll and Happy Saturday. How has your weekend been thus far? I hope good.

 Mr. Pinker is off on a fishing tournament but is due back  later this evening. That has given me plenty of time to piddle around the house pulling out Easter decor and such . 

 I even popped into the quilt nest. Not anything fabulous in the works, but I did piece the beginning of a little quilt. 

Applique will happen next. 

My leader and ender project is flag blocks.

One of my new starts last week was  Stacy Nash Primitives "Symbol of My Heart Schoolgirl Sampler" a sweet  gift from my dear friend, Patricia. I used  DMC 898. 

This was such a relaxing , peaceful stitch.   I have it completed now, but am looking for the perfect fabric to pair it with. I was thinking of making it into a little quilt.

I completed the basket in With Thy Needle and Thread's May Day Basket, a freebie on Brenda's blog. I chose random colors. I now am ready for the fun part- the alphabet. 

Well that is my going ons for the day. The rest of the evening , I plan to enjoy some porch stitching while watching the doves and cardinals fight over the birdfeeders. 

Have a very lovely evening and as always...

Happy quilting and stitching , ya'll.,

Melisa

Happiness is a direction , not a destination. 

Hugs and Stitches!!! 🤗❤🧵

Dedicated to my dear sis, Amy. Love and miss you. 

Alycia's of  Alycia's Quilts for Finished of Not Friday

Michelle  at From Bolt to Beauty for Beauty Pageant  - Friday

Wendy at Wendy's Quilts for Peacock Party - Friday 

Frederique at  Applique Patchwork Quilting   for Patchwork & Quilts     - Saturday

Angela of  So Scrappy  for Scrap Happy Saturday

Pat at  Life in  the Scrapatch for Stitch , Sew and Show- Wednesday

Jennifer at Inquiring Quilter for Wednesday  Wait Loss- Wednesday

Denise at For the Love of Geese for Put Your Foot Down- Thursday

Kelly at My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday- Thursday