Finished!

 I really ought to keep track of when I start a quilt, but I don't. This one has been hanging out in the to-be-bound pile and I finally finished it yesterday. Just needs a wash and crinkling.

The color is pretty close. Just think a bit darker.

Scrappy quilts

I love scrappy quilts! The best part about quilting is pulling fabrics, and I have the biggest crayon box of fabrics going. And, as all you quilters know, you never ever can use up all your scraps. Still, I try. Hah!This is this year's leader/ender quilt. It's a pattern from Bonnie Hunter from 2022. I'm calling it a  Jigsaw Quilt. I had such fun with it that I'm doing it again. This time, my scrappy colors are blues, greens, turquoises, and such. I started it at the beginning of Jan, and figure it'll take me maybe a year to finish.This is just 4 block put together, not a final thing at all.

So, that's my current leader/ender quilt. The "real" quilt looks like flowers to me. I think the pattern is Road to Oklahoma, but it's not made that way. I looked at it, and thought that it was just easier the way I'm making it. 

This also qualifies as a scrappy quilt in that I've pulled lots of pinks, greens, and turquoises.  These blocks will not be sewn together. I'm going to do a sort of Irish chain block in between these guys.

It's a lot of fun, but I have to pay close attention. Good exercise for my brain.

New quilts in progress

 It's 2025, and new quilts are in progress.The color is close to accurate!!

Just needs to get to the quilt shop for quilting.

 

I just started this today. All made with leftovers.

 

Knitting?  Just normal sweater in progress. I knit on auto-pilot. Quilting makes me think.

My drunken candles

 Last night we lit all the candles on the menorah. So, 8 candles plus the one that lights them all.

This is our immigration menorah. So my question is: why are the candles burning at different rates? Why are they leaning in all different directions? All from the same box of candles. I have no answer. It is what it is. But they are kind of cute.

First quilt of 2025

 Pen saw this on her last visit and wanted it. So here we are: my first finished object of 2025!

One of my favorite blocks to do. There's a lot of matchy stuff with all those points, but it's still pretty easy.

A pretty new quilt for me

 Lots of quilting and knitting have been done recently.  I just need to take pictures. Sigh.

Here's a new quit that I'm keeping. I often give them away to kids, grands or my sister. But this one is mine. 

Colors are a bit darker, but very close to my useless phone camera.

It's going pretty quickly, mostly because my knitting mojo is somewhat missing. Not to worry, that'll be back soon.

What is this?

 New adventures in quilting and knitting. The violet blob will be a new sweater for me. Rauma Finullgarn. Beautiful stuff from Norway. It is in reality a lovely dark violet. The Hubz keeps calling it purple, but no, it is NOT purple. It's violet and so pretty. Crummy picture because my idiot phone and colors do not get along. Think a much darker violet. Sigh.

One does not live by knitting alone. One must also quilt. So, here are 2 finished blocks for a new quilt. Yes, they are the same size. I'm never going to make a living being a photographer. Again, a pinch darker.

Supper tonight is cauliflower soup. Made it on Fri, and all I have to do is add a bit of half and half, and some grated cheddar, and mix it all up until the cheese melts. With it we shall have grilled cheese sandwiches. I just took out an herby bread from the oven. No point in showing you pictures. It's a loaf of bread. And the soup is an off-white liquid. So why take pictures?