A Cabin Kind of Monday!

It’s kind of difficult when cabin-bound and not out and about to come up with interesting things to share!

Turkey soup in the crock pot? Yep!

Washing all of the bedding and towels from guests that were here this weekend? Yep!

A delicious nap mid-afternoon for no reason other than I wanted one?  Yep! ((Those naps are the best indulgences of all, aren’t they?))

I spent much of yesterday standing at this cutting table doing just what you see in this photo.

As I take a shirt part and cut 8 1/2’’ squares for Mona’s and my joint quilts, ANYTHING left over is being trimmed into the sizes I use most.  I wrote about it in yesterday morning’s post, and I was at it most of the day yesterday as well.

SO MUCH fabric!  You can see here my piles of 1 1/2’’, 2’’ and 2 1/2’’ strips.

And by the time evening had come, and Sadie and The Hubster had headed back home to Wallburg, and I finding myself alone for the evening, threw off the “Must do” of scrap organization and I began to play!

I felt like Monkeying Around!

This has been my go-to fiddle project off and on, and I think I’m up to about 50 blocks right now – with many more to come, but they are mostly recycled fabrics with some other scraps thrown in for interest.  Slightly smaller than the Little Monkey pattern found under the free patterns tab at the top of the blog, and every bit as cute and addicting!

What is it about small blocks that holds my heart so?  The only problem is, it takes so many more of them, and so much longer to sew them than “normal” sized blocks.  But I just can’t stop!

For an idea on size, look at the center of the pile..that is my tumbler strip, also growing as I was sewing these little blocks.

All of my other “must do” cabin projects are stitched, cut, and kitted – ready for Texas, and these little churn dashes became My Dashing Distraction to keep the tumbler project growing “legally” as a Leader & Ender project!

What a happy mess I made!

Not sure if Mona will be coming to sew today or not – but I’ll be down here being GOOD and cutting up more shirt parts.

Waiting for this to fall!

There is a “snow curtain” hanging off of the front porch as the snow melts and slides further off of the metal roof.  I’m waiting for this to come crashing down!

It’s likely I’ll hear it - -the sewing nook is below the porch on that side of the house, and I might catch it as it hits the ground if I am down there at the time.

Temps got to 50 degrees yesterday, and it was 41 when I went out this morning to snap this photo.  Such a huge difference 20 degrees makes, doesn’t it?

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Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Happy Tuesday, Everyone!  Putting the focus on the happy today! Vintage rail fence quilt circa 1920 from my own collection.

It's my last day at the cabin, I'll be heading home late afternoon and getting ready for a teaching trip to Stitchin' Heaven in Mineola, Texas and then on to Alabama! It's time to get this girl to warmer climes! Have a great day!

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