A Bit of Home Stitchin’!

Eventually – even though the task seems impossible – if we keep chipping away at it, we get there!

One. Hexie. At. A. Time!

I finished the second long side border, including the “turn-the-corner” units on my last flight.  HOORAY!

Someone asked how long I’ve been stitching the borders.  I can’t remember. Honestly I can’t.  Has it been a year yet?

There are 25 rosettes in the length not including the units that turn the corner, the red spacer hexies or the row of neutrals I am stitching above the rosettes.  The rosettes make up 175 of the hexies in the border. Let’s just say it is A LOT.

And in general, I never count pieces –or the time it takes me to stitch something because let’s face it – when we are doing something we love, time stands still.  And this was all sewn while sitting on planes or in hotel rooms or airports when no other stitching could happen and I just wanted to occupy my hands.

It’s getting there!

Evening stitching to White Christmas!

We love the classics during the holiday season, and White Christmas along with Holiday Inn are at the top of our lists.  Also Home Alone.  A must watch!  Home Alone came out the year that Jeff was born and we have watched it every year.

I spy a Y2K hexie – do you?

Stitching on a Holiday Green Machine!

This is my 1953 Bernina 117k.  It may look black in the photo, but it is a deep forest green.  I pulled out some fairly long-term project blocks that got set aside while I put On Ringo Lake on the front burner this summer.  Blocks are kitted and baggied so it was easy for me to pick up where I left off.

Square in a Square units have always been a bit of a finicky thing.  No matter WHAT you do you can not sew these with a “SCANT” seam.  The center square turns out too big, and then when you trim your units you will definitely lose your points in the next seam.  The center square MUST stay the size it needs to be.

I made this little video to show you the one little adjustment I make when sewing these units.

We can't alter the finished size of the center square if the unit is going to come out right, but we can scoot the corner triangles a few threads in from the edge of the center square and sew a quarter inch seam.

There will be plenty to trim when squaring them up after stitching, and the center square will measure correctly.

With this method, I don’t have to make my triangles extra big to trim them down.  And I get my full 1/4’’ of seam allowance around the corners of the center square without them being lost in the next seam.

And while I stitched, I watched Netflix:

Hysterically funny!

We share our Netflix with both of our sons and Rick & Mona.  Evidently Jason has gotten ticked that “SOMEONE” was watching on his profile and put a bunch of stuff he didn’t want on his play list.  LOL!!

Where it once simply said "Jason", it now sends a message to "Jeff" to stay off of his profile!

I have half a mind to go into Jason’s profile myself and set up a bunch of schmaltzy Christmas romance movies on his play list.  Yes, I am the kind of mother that would do that!

I just busted a gut when I saw this – yep.  Not much has changed since these boys of mine were 6 years and 12 years.

I’ve been settling in to home life after a very very busy year.

Mail processing resumes tomorrow as my local post office is closed on Saturdays (yesterday) and Jeff and I will start mailing all of the orders that came in while I was gone to Arizona and Oregon. 

I am hoping the Simple Folded Corners rulers that are on the truck will arrive tomorrow as well.  I’ll put them in the store as soon as they show up.

Don’t forget that tomorrow is our regularly scheduled Mystery Monday Link-Up!  Did you check where we ended with this week’s?  There are some beautiful posts and photos.  Visit them HERE.

Old Mother Hunter’s cupboards are bare so today includes a Costco run and likely a Lowe’s and/or Home Depot run because the wheels that roll our glass shower door have broken.  The hardware came WITH the glass shower door, but this is the second time it hasn’t held up.  GAH.

Hopefully there will be more Sunday Stitching  this afternoon.  And I am hoping that as things settle in that we will be able to throw in a Quilt-Cam this week as well.  It’s been a long while since we’ve had one!

Quiltville Quote of the Day!

Pineapple Blossom quilt shared during our Oregon workshops last week.

Express your gratitude so others can hear what your heart feels!

Have a pieceful Sunday, everyone!