Yo Yoing Around

Good morning, Sweet Peas and Happy Sunday! Can I interest you in a slice of  ooey gooey Peanut Butter Reeses  pie and a beverage of your choice?  

The Peanut Butter Pie Recipe is basically the same as the Snicker's Pie Recipe that I shared  you just change out the chocolates. 

Aaah come on, its is very yummy and hey! 😀We can all go out on the porch and enjoy chatting and stitching away on the  swing. Wouldn't that be delightful?  🤗

Yes, that is my Easter Quilt Still in the works as is Little House Needlework's Sampler Stitchers.  Those projects are hanging on.😀😃

Oh look! The daffodils are coming up. Spring is on its way!  I am doing the "Spring Happy Dance"! Can you tell that I am excited to see a sign of warmer weather?

We are usually about 2 weeks behind in growth in the holler compared to just a hop , skip and jump down the road. 

 The box stores and garden centers are putting out their seeds  so that means it is time to start planning the garden. Well Miss Cheapskate aka Me picked up my seed packets at Dollar Tree for just a quarter. I have always had great luck with Dollar Tree seeds, and I do not plan to make a change now. Hee! Hee!  

      

 I only found one packet of gourd seeds at Wally World. So I am still on a mission to find  birdhouse gourd seeds. I am looking forward to visiting the Mennonite community in the upcoming months. I bet I will be able to find what I need there. 

I pulled out my Spring Stamp Sampler which I shared last year.  

  

On the big red garden bench is my yo yo quilt that I have been working on since 2016. I do believe today would be a perfect day to work on it.  Have you ever made a yo yo quilt? They are so easy and quite charming. 

I will be cutting more fabrics to create these sweet round discs today. I am using the lid of an old cheese crock as a template. Some of my yo yos are wonky, but I am okay with that. It is all about enjoyment of the needle and thread for me. 

Several more 100 to go on this yo yo quilt. I am going to make a full sized coverlet. When I have a variety of colors, I take a break from making yo yos and sew them into rows of 10 x 10. Soon I will connect the panel of 100 to continue a row. 

WHAT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE WEEK!

1. Stitch, Stitch, Stitch!!!  😀

2. Work on finishing some of my cross stitches. 

3. I do have to make some more yo yos.

4. Continue working on March's Heart Doodle

5. Continue working on Lori of Notforgotten Farm's freebie  My Primitive Heart.   Thank you  Lori 🤗

This is my newest "Save the Stitches" I found this embroidery finished in a hoop at the Goodwill. 

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Alrighty, I have a date with a needle and thread. I better get busy ! May your day be filled with joy  and blessings. ❤

As Always...

Happy  Stitching and Quilting, ya'll

Melisa 

Find something you are passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it. - Julie Childs

Hugs and Stitches!!!!🤗🧵❤

Dedicated to my dear sister, Amy. Today would be even more special if you were here. . I love and miss you so much.. Love you , Amo. 

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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 needle workers to meet. 

Frederique at   Quilting Patchwork Applique for Patchwork & Quilts - Saturday

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday

Kate at Life in Pieces for  Stitching Stuff ( Sunday) 

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap - Sunday 

Melva at Melva Loves Scraps for Sew & Tell- Sunday

Brenda at Songbird Designs for Monday Musings

Judy at Small Quilts Doll Quilts for Design Wall Monday

Joy at Days Filled with Joy for This and That

Carol at Quilt Schmilt  for To Do List Tuesday 

Woo Hoo, I Met My Goal!

Good evening, ya'll. Thank you so much for stopping by. I just wanted to share a quick post . 

Last month, I linked up to Elm Street Quilts blog in the One Monthly Goal challenge and Woo Hoo, I met my goal. My plan was to finish this small four patch green quilt which I finished this weekend.  Right in the knick of time. Wheww!

This little quilt is perfect for St. Patrick's Day and I have already tried to sneak it into my decor . 

Since that was a small goal ,I also set a 2nd goal of making at least 20 yo yos to add to my yo yo quilt project. Check✔ .I completed that too. Here are some of the yo yos in my newest addition to my spring decor - a metal truck from Walmart. 

My project for tonight is to work on Tree of Life Samplings "Beauty and Grace". I want to add a few more stitches into the house. I am loving this stitch. 

Thank you for the sweet visit. 

Happy Quilting and Stitching, ya'll

Melisa

I am joining these lovely ladies in their link parties. Please hop over to see their beautiful quilts and find links to other quilters

Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework for Oh Scrap

 

Can I Get it Done?

 Happy Monday and Happy February!!!. I am just popping in with a quick little post. I am linking up  to Patty's link party at Elm Street Quilts - One Monthly Goal challenge. Yesterday I posted my completed goals for January. Woo Hoo. I completed three goals. This month I have 2 small goals on my list. 

Goal #1  Hand quilt this small quilt. I pieced this in January, but I want it completed and ready to display for March for St Patty's Day. 

Goal # 2 Make 20 more yo yos for my yo yo quilt. I  will probably do as I did last month and choose one color to focus on. 

        

Now as far as this week , I plan to continue working on my chicken applique blocks. I have a few blocks started, but I do need to add a wing and and a button eye to each chicken. I have four more chickens to cut out and applique; then I will be ready to start piecing the quilt together.  This is another small quilt. 

                                            

I am joining these ladies in their wonderful link parties. I hope you hop over and check out their lovely quilts and discover new blogs. 

Beth at Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making

Cynthia at Quilting is More Fun Than Housework  for Oh Scrap

Judy at  Small Quilts and Doll Quilts  for Design Wall Monday

Thank you ladies for hosting these wonderful link parties. 

Wish me luck and thank you for checking out my quilting goals for the month. 

Happy quilting, 

Melisa

A Bit of Productivity

  Well Happy Sunday to you. I hope your week is starting off well. Can you believe January is coming to an end? Last night I was looking through my stitching/ quilting journal  and evaluating my progress for the month. Have you ever thought about when you are the most productive?  I  think I did pretty good for the month; though I do have to admit, I  have  found that January usually is not my most productive month. I think my productivity is affected from coming off the highs of Christmas, the change of the decor and the winter season. To be honest, right now  I am more drawn to sitting quietly and quilting on larger projects and here and there pulling in a few cross stitch pieces.  My mind wanders to warmer weather and patriotic quilting and stitching. Oh how I look forward to the summer.  

This is my progress on Tree of Samplings "Beauty and Grace" . 

I started 15 new cross stitch projects this month . Ten of those were my own design.  I completed 12 of those cross stitches and fully finished 9 of those. 

This is Winter Blues by The Stitchy Kitty. 

Frosty Stamp was a freebie of mine that I designed and completed this month. 

Winter Salt Box was one of my favorite January stitches completed. 

By the middle of the month, I was focusing on Valentine stitching. 

Luv Ewe was also a January freebie  . I also created this little redwork pin pillow. 

Three redwork pilows were created and finished in January  including Luv Chicken and Luv Moo . and five redwork quilt blocks. 

I enjoyed my time in the Quilt Nest this month too . Seven  new doll quilts were started and three were completed .

I pieced this little green quilt though it is not quilted yet. 

Peppermint Twist a  2019 little quilt was completed and later the binding was added. 

I pieced and later finished Little Boy Blue Quilt. 

I also joined Angela of So Scrappy in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and created the first five blocks in a row quilt. She is hosting the RSC 2021 challenge where she is providing tutorials on a quilt she is designing.  The Hashtag blocks are the first blocks. 

Vinney Valentine was  started and completed inspired by Angela's monthly color challenge. January's color was pink.  I can not wait to see what February's color is. 

It is time for a new quilt for the kitchen so fabrics were pulled and blocks were made. I hope to progress further this coming month.  

 This month I was committed to working on 3 UFOs too . And who got me inspired? Why it was Patty at Elm Street Quilts. She has a link party for One Monthly Goals, and after drooling over her blog in 2020, I decided to take on the challenge. So I set 3 small goals. Do you want to see what I did? 

 Goal 1 was to hand quilt 1 1/2 hoops on my Easter Quilt which I started in 2019.

                              

I have about a third of the quilt completed. I will quilt on it tonight for Slow Sunday Stitching with Kathy. 

 I am quilting this quilt using the Baptist Fan pattern . It is such a joy to work on.  

Goal 2 was to add borders to the Cherry quilt that I started in 2018 .  I worked on this goal on Saturday- there is nothing like waiting to the last minute. This little quilt lingered in the Quilt Nest for sometime.  I added a simple border  with some pretty reproduction fabric. This little quilt reminds me of a vintage tablecloth. I can not wait to quilt it.   The little quilt behind it was purchased at the Goodwill for just $1.99. It has different little teapots and vintage lace and buttons on it. I knew I would put it out in February for Valentine's.  I am linking to Angela of So Scrappy for Scrap Happy Saturday . 

Goal 3 was to construct a minimum of 20 yo yos that I started in 2016.  I ended up constructing  exactly 20 yo yos in the turquoise colors. In February, I hope to add some more to my growing yo yo basket.  I think I will focus on one color at a time.

 

I already have some yo yos attached for the beginning of a new quilt.

I plan to construct a house tonight as I work on one of my own little designs. I started this little sampler last night. There are only a few colors in this piece which makes for a relaxing stitch.  As I stitch, I will also contemplate my February goals which I will soon post. 

Thank you so much for visiting and seeing the UFOs that I worked on for January. Every little stitch moves me forward to a finish. 

Happy stitching, ya'll

Melisa

 

Bunny Hopping into 2021 with Quilting Goals

 Happy New Year! I am hopping into the new year by joining Patty at Elm Streets Quilts in her link party One Monthly Goal.  This is where you set a goal in quilting and try to complete it in the given month. Check out Patty's blog where you will not only see her beautiful quilts, but  will also find links to other quilters. I think it will light a fire in my booty to complete some of those UFOs.  I am committing to 3 small goals. 

Goal #1 is to complete 1 1/2 hoops of quilting on my Easter Quilt. I started this quilt in 2019 and hope to work towards a finish by hand quilting a bit each month. 

                              

Goal# 2 Add borders  to this small Cherry Quilt that I pieced/appliqued in 2018. 

              I apologize for the wrinkles. 

Goal # 3 Construct at the minimum 20 more yo yos for my yo yo quilt that I began in 2016 .

 

Can I do all of this with all of the other projects going on?. Time will tell, but thanks to Patty. I am pulling them out of hibernation and am going to  be bunny hopping towards some progress.  

Let's have an AWESOME year of quilting, stitching and crafting . And as always...

Happy Quilting, ya'll

Melisa

      Be happy! Be Positive! Be Awesome!