Time to catch up

I posted yesterday about my first Project Quilting challenge, but that's not all I've been doing this week.

Monday, I cut and added the border to the Flakey Friends BOM2019 .  I don't remember if I gave credit in earlier posts, but it's a Sindy Rodenmeyer of fatcatpatterns.com design.  She started a new one this month with cats that I'm signed up for but haven't started yet - having a little problem deciding on background fabrics... and having the same problem with my RSC 2020.  :(

On Tuesday morning, I started working on my RSC2019.  The blocks were done but I still needed to finish some circles and the bias strip vines.

As I was finishing up the vines and 'flowers', I got into the discussion about the Project Quilting challenge with my friend, Katie.  Soon after, I put the RSC2019 finished parts aside and made my entry for the PQ.

The same day that I finished the PQ challenge, I received a package in the mail. It was some lobster claw 'things' (I can't remember what they're called) to use in the making of wristlet key fobs per a pattern from sewcanshe.com.  I thought it would be a good way to use up some more of my scraps - ones that wouldn't really work in other things I'm working on... 

Here's the first two... only ones so far.

Next up was starting on the BOM from TheQuiltShow.  It's Afternoon Delight by the late Sue Garman and I wasn't sure I wanted to even try it until I saw Barbara Black https://bbquiltmaker.blogspot.com on The Quilt Show demonstrating the pieced blocks - yeah, I can do this... and use up, hopefully, a LOT of my scrap fabrics.

This month, we were to do four applique' blocks along with some pieced blocks.  I haven't done the pieced ones yet ( partly because I'm not seeing just how many I'm supposed to make - have to go back and re-read and maybe contact Barbara Black )...
Here are my four applique' blocks... done...The pattern was traced onto paper back fusible and then onto the back of my fabrics before cutting out and fusing them to 8 1/2" blocks. I used monopoly thread on top and a yellow goldish neutral in the bobbin.
I did the solid ones first and ran into a bit of trouble on the first one because I tried to lay it out with the 'hearts' at the North, South, East, and West points... the block is supposed to be trimmed down to 7 1/2" but there was no extra fabric to trim if I fused it on that way.  It took me a couple of minutes to wrap it around my head that the 'hearts' needed to go into the corners.
Then came the stitching... that was sooooo boring.... and it took an entire hour just for one block!

The two below are the ones I did today... I was only going to fuse them on for now and stitch later, but I went ahead and stitched them down after all.

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Well, we've finally come to the end of my post for today.  Writing this blog has been almost as challenging as some of the quilting projects I have going on.  First, I have to take the photos from my phone and post them on a blank blog post page... then go to my computer to add the text and make sure that photos are in order.  Today, my computer decided to erase words, or put words three or four lines up from where I actually wanted them... I went to refresh my page to make sure that the last photo I added from my phone actually made it onto the post - and lost all my text... had to start it all over again ( this is after having to type the title SEVERAL times).  Anyway, I've saved it now - well, except for this final paragraph- and it's ready to publish as soon as I say......

take care....
ttyl........