We had our mail sent out from our park in Nevada Monday and it arrived Friday. Not bad for priority mail. Ha Ha! The good news is there were two quilting magazines in the package for me and one RV magazine for my husband.
I've been working away on the pattern testing I'm doing and have 21 rows finished and 4 rows joined together. It may not look like the pile has changed any, but it is getting bigger.
Each day I've basted some hexies and the pile continues to grow. Right now I have 131 of the white print finished. Here is what that many look like.
131 hexies
Yesterday I took a break and started a new project (everyone needs to add another project to their WIP list) that I've been wanting to do since I received an email about it. It's called the Repeat QAL and it is from Patty over at Elm Street Quilts. Click here for the information about this QAL. Here is Patty's picture of it which will be 30" x 30" when finished.
As usual, I'm a bit behind on this as the instructions for the first letter, "e", came out on the 13th of June and I just started mine today and only have two of the five "e's" needed done. The letters are made using foundation paper piecing which I enjoy doing and is a nice break from sewing all those 1 1/2 inch squares together.
One of the best parts of this week, besides quilting, has been going down to the ocean which we did yesterday. It was still a bit cool out and breezy, but so nice to smell the salt air and hear the seals barking and popping their heads out of the water. It sure is hard to get a picture of them.
That black dot to the right of hubby's chest is a seal
Not sure what kind of seal this one is
I had hoped to get this posted at 6 AM this morning, but my computer decided it needed to update and since upgrading to Windows 10 it no longer gives me an option to delay updates. Don't you just love this message when it was completing the updates? Maybe I didn't want new features.
Please be sure to check for my post on Monday as it's the second week of the 2016 New Quilt Bloggers Hop which is my week to post. It tells more about me and my quilting in an RV which lots of pictures.
I'm linking up with Slow Sunday Stitching
Happy Stitching!
I love the colors in your big pile and those hexies are adding up. Enjoy your time at the oceanside and those ee's look great
ReplyDeleteThanks Deb. I really needed a break from those little squares I've been chain piecing. Happy Stitching!
DeleteI love the Repeat quilt, thanks for sharing the link! And your pile of rows has certainly grown, I can't wait to see it all stitched together. 😊 And your little stacks of hexies are so cute, as is the the lovely flowers behind them!
ReplyDeleteHi Jennifer! The Repeat quilt is fun and some people are using scraps to make it and I like the scrappy look. I should have thought of that. :)
DeleteMy computer finally auto updated for me a week or two ago; it was very annoying but it hasn't been as painful a transition as I feared. I am impressed with how much progress you have made on the pattern testing. And I have to admit that paper piecing makes a lot of sense to me for RV type sewing. How do you iron while you are traveling? Do you have enough power for that (I guess if you are "plugged in" to a campsite that might not be an issue)?
ReplyDeleteThe update took about an hour and a half and right when I was ready to post to my blog. You asked about ironing in the RV and in the little one we are traveling in now I put a Steady Betty on top of the stove and iron there. Check out my Sewcial Network post tomorrow as I show pictures of my quilting areas in the RV. We area sometimes hooked up to electric in RV parks and have a friends generator when we aren't hooked up. There is always hexies to baste when no electricity at all. Thanks for stopping by.
DeleteCatching up on your travels,l looks amazing! 105° here today ��
DeleteI love the ocean! Looks like life is treating you well.
ReplyDeleteHi Juliann, I grew up on the east coast and spent 35 years in the Daytona Beach, FL area and miss being by the ocean so I am enjoying every second. We'll be along the Oregon Coast starting Wednesday.
DeleteThanks for the link to the Repeat quilt along. Enjoy your tine by oceanside. I live in the mountains and owo I miss the salt air, the waves sound and all. So lucky of you seeing the seals in real life so close.
ReplyDeleteHi Ivani and thanks for stopping by my blog and taking the time to comment. I spent 23 years in Colorado so I know what you mean. I miss the mountains and family there a LOT!
DeleteYou do have a lot going. I tend to do one project at a time.
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog and taking the time to comment. I envy you that you are able to just work one project at a time. I'm really bad about seeing a new project and starting it before finishing the one I'm working on. :(
DeleteJennifer, I found my way to your post through one of the quilting forums. I can't tell you how much I would love to travel as you guys are doing. I don't have a sweet honey so won't be doing it but I can dream right... I too am a quilter but don't do much hand work due to arthritis in my hands... hope you don't mind if I follow along with your travels.
ReplyDeleteI used to travel (by myself) when I was working in surgery as a nurse. I'm thinking of maybe getting back to it... thanks for a fun visit.