Second Mug Rug done!

 Here is the second one!
I've tried to make conversation with my swap partner, but either they are too busy or they don't get around to checking email much. Right, well, nothing new there. Oh well. We did get a couple emails exchanged. I sure hope she appreciates this one. It took me all day Saturday to complete the paper pieced tree. LOTS of little pieces and a few mistakes later, there it was. It's gorgeous! I used a "hand stitch" setting on the sewing machine to do the quilting on this one. It looks really nice in my humble opinion, but it is one hell of a bitch to rip out...so note to self...don't make mistakes while using the "hand stitch" mode on the sewing machine.


And I dunno about you, but I've been getting a lot of google errors telling me there was an error in saving/publishing. Anyone else experiencing this?







And the label I made on the computer and printed out on a piece of fabric that was temp glued to some card stock and ran through the printer. Heat set with an iron and a test wash later, I had my own labels! Both rugs have one now.

I have to say, these have been a great bit of fun to put together and a great bit of practice for binding and quilting. I might just have to make a couple more. I don't know that I would gift any to my nearby friends. I could just hear one of them say "A Mug what? Like, what the hell am I going to do with that? Pshhhhh!"  I don't much know what to think of that one. /shrug

Got the plant stand and lights all ready to receive the plants that are living outside right now. The night temps are slowly making their way down to the upper 30's. Even now, in the mid 40's it's too chilly for the Hibiscus so that has been coming in on a nightly basis. I hate bringing the plants back inside...they always have hitch hikers hiding in them. *shiver-jeebie* and I have to deal with them on my own so it's always fun. The other day I found one sitting on my kitchen counter...and I squealed and jumped back as if a flippin mouse had crossed my path.

It was a short stand off as I waited with baited breath wondering if it was gonna scurry off before I had a chance to dispatch it. I just happen to have a plastic dish in my hand and quickly slammed it atop the creepy crawly. It was very Bruce Lee/Matrix like.... /snort!! It was one of those white ones too....goddess they are creepy!!! Can't stand them!

The attic spiders, however, are more than welcome. I dunno why they don't bother me but they don't bother me and they don't move around all that much. They just hang out in a corner here and there. It helps that I can't see any fangs...
*HIBBIE-JEEBIE*!!
So don't get me started on the damned wolf spiders.....GAH!!

There is a VERY LARGE common orb weaver living in the greenhouse outside, but she's kinda cool....and not close to my door and so not much of a bother. Her webs have gotten smaller and smaller over the last couple of weeks while she has grown and grown some more. It's probably getting a bit cold for her out there. As long as they are outside...I'm mostly ok. Don't get one in the car or bus though.....fsdbhfsafigb....guh!!! It takes a shit ton of effort not to flip out in the drivers seat....that....would be bad....

Heh...




Until next time...
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Mugrug! One down...a million projects to go

 I never knew making a mug rug would be so effin fun!! This is not my first but second one. The first one was so sloppy looking that I saved it to use on my desk as a coaster. I actually have grown to love it.
The one pictured here is my first paper pieced project. That was fun!! Then, while quilting it, I had planned to make a straight cross hatch pattern but then one of my lines went wonky on me. As I was preparing to rip it out, I looked at it at arms length and decided "Hey! That looks awesome with that leaf print! It looks like wind lines!" And so I did rip out the stitching and replaced it with wavy lines that goes all to perfectly with the leaf print. It's gonna be hard to let this one go, for the Fall inspired Mug Rug Swap, but it will be a lesson in letting go me thinks. I have a photo, why do I need to keep it? I have another one to make for my swap partner that is also another paper pieced block (because they are fun!!) and then a million other projects to do like getting this months Calendar block made and finishing that quilt. BTW, I did take it with me to the Baby Shower even though it was not finished and even though it wasn't, it was loved by all in attendance.  I still have quite a bit of quilting to get done on it and need to get the binding sewn on.

Here are some links I stumbled across this past week:
Sew Hooked Paper Piecing Patterns (free)
Diamond 4 Patch (used for the mug rug)

And I am pondering taking this Craftsy class on quilting big projects on a small machine. I have a coupon for ten dollars off but that will have to wait for another payday. Rent took all my money this week. Rent is too damn high!! If rent was more reasonable we wouldn't have poverty...but that is another rant for another day.

You know, I am finding that Blogger is not photo posting friendly, It's really quite a struggle to get all the photo's aligned with the text the way I want it. Blogger should really consider doing something about that before I move to a different platform, like wordpress.

  I like having my words next to my photos. The next photo was an idea I saw out of a magazine I cannot check out yet at the library, the current issue "Love of Quilting". I might actually get a subscription to that one. I really love what they have offered over the last couple of editions. I thought the idea of using pillow cases to store finished quilts was a FANTASTIC idea! Why didn't I think of that!! The second hand stores always have a surplus of pillow cases, or I could make my own, but why would I when I can go get one for a fraction of the cost of the fabric I would use to make one?

This sunset photo was taken earlier this week. The camera did not pick up all the purples that where there. You should have seen it! I saw it from the checkout line at Party City (where I was buying some costume elements) and looked out the door to see this. I left the line to take a photo. LOLz!

And this week, since we are having some crazy warm temps for this time of year, I fired up the rocket stove for the first time and cooked me a bacon wrapped sirloin with red potatoes in a hobo packet. It was DELICIOUS! I added some liquid smoke to the packet along with some soy and pepper. Om nom nom!!

And while on a walk through one of my favorite stomping grounds, Leapold Nature Center, it looked like they had set up for a wedding. I thought to myself, this will be for me one of these days. This is what I want, a simple outdoor wedding, when that day comes.





Stick a pin in it!



Until next time...

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