Saturday's Song: Slow Stitching. Stash Report

Saturday's Song

My dear, you are not alone......

Slow Stitching
The weekend's slow stitching started on Friday for me!  I've made quite a bit of progress hand quilting this panel baby quilt.  Maybe 10 more minutes and I'm done!  Afterwards, I'll be machine stitching the borders, binding and off to it's new baby!













This quilt has been glue basted and is ready to be tie quilted.  Hopefully both quilts will be ready for binding by Monday!  

Stash Report
How exciting to finally be in the "black" for my yarn usage!  I finished and delivered Patrick's Strength to the drop off person!  Hopefully, he's received it this weekend!  I also used up some stash yarn to finish a donation prayer shawl!  I'll be sharing pics of that later this week!

Both the Panel Baby Quilt and Scrappy Squares Baby Quilt are well on their way to being finished this week so I should be in the black for fabric next week as well!

Fiber Stash Report:  July 22, 2017 (started 6/11/17)
Fabric used this week	0 yds
Fabric used to date	6  7/8 yds
Fabric Added this week	0 yds
Fabric Added this year	11 1/8yds
Net Fabric	-4 ¼  yds
Yarn used this week	43 oz
Yarn used to date	64 oz
Yarn Added this week	0 oz
Yarn Added to date	27 oz
Net Yarn	43 oz

I'm linking up to

Finished or Not Friday @ BusyHands Quilts

Sew Can She Show Off Saturday

Sunday Stash at Quilt Paint Create

Sunday Slow Stitching @ Kathy’s Quilts

Finish It Up Friday @ Crazy Mom Quilts

Philippians 4:4. Part 1. I Like! RSC 2017

Philippians 4:4 Part 1
Scripture
Observation
Rejoice.
Always.
A message Paul deems worth repeating:
Rejoice!





Application

Really Paul?  Always?  Really?

Even in the midst 

of conflict?

of pain?

of bad news?

Yup.

Paul did.

So what is joy?

I was impressed by the part in red:

"the prospect of possessing what one desires."

We know 

that in all things 

God works for the good 

of those who love Him, 

who have been called 

according to His purpose 

(Romans 8:28). 

So, 
Friends, 

joy is a faith thing.

Therefore, 

it is God who gives us joy - 
His joy.

In the midst of our 
pain,
conflict,
bad  news,
illness,
all things,
the joy of the LORD 
will see us through.
I promise.
I've been there.

And His joy is our strength.

A lot to think about....

To be continued

RSC 2017 - Catching up!
How could I have missed the yellow month?  Yellow is my favorite color!  

So fun and cheerful!

Here's some 4" squares and a stack ready to be pressed!

I Like!
Today's I Like is dedicated the the wonderful puppy who saved my son's life - literally.  The details are not my story to tell, but the love this little baby has in his heart is obvious in these pictures.

Marley supervises my son as they work on landscapes.  I made him a couple of work blankets and a quilt to relax on at home.  

The pictures speak for themselves......

How I love this little baby!

Linking up to

Needleand Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation

I Like @ Not Afraid of Color

Philippians 4:3. Patrick's Strength. To Do Tuesday

Philippians 4:3
Scripture
Observation
Paul is asking a mystery companion to assist in the reconciliation of these two ladies.  
Application
I wonder....if I was one of these two women, what would I do?  How would I feel after hearing Paul's plea?  

In a church we attended when my kids were teens, there was a time of contention between myself and anther person.  The conflict was regarding our kids.....

At that time, the mama bear in me was roaring to fight and defend my kids....

To this day I stiffen at how the whole situation was handled by our pastor.

Sure there are times when we are wrong and must take responsibility and ask for forgiveness.  But...what if we are the ones wronged?

First and foremost, God's Word and His work in me led to a new maturity.   The book, A Tale of Three Kings A Study in Brokeness by Gene Edwards helped me through this time.  Mr. Edwards' work helped me to heal and grow in grace.  
Finally, the slogans of a 12 Step Program have helped.  

We who make up the church are only human.
We will hurt others.
We will be hurt.

LET US NOT BLAME GOD FOR THIS!

He is not human and His heart breaks to see these situations!

If we hurt others, let us seek forgiveness and reconciliation!

If we have been hurt, let us seek healing and forgiveness.  

Let us remember:


Prayer
Oh boy, LORD!  That was a tough trip down Memory Lane!  Thank You for showing me how You have worked so diligently and deeply in my life!  You have brought me so far!

Those times still bother me, but I now know that if I were to see those people again I could genuinely smile and greet them with Your love and concern for their welfare!  That in itself is a great miracle!  

Thank You my LORD and Savior!  Bless those who are hurting/have hurt others.  Bring unity and healing to our country, hurting people and especially in our churches.  

I love You so, LORD!  Thank You for loving me - even when I wasn't very lovable!

Amen.

To Do Tuesday
Last week's To Do Tuesday

1)  Keep up with Quilty 365 Done!  See the Smilies on the black circles?  Here's why!

2) Finish hand quilting two blocks of the Panel Baby Quilt 

4) Continue working on Patrick's Strength. Done and finished!

I made his afghan a bit narrow to accommodate his hospital bed.  I'm hoping to get in the mail this week!  Yea!  

This week's To Do Tuesday

- Keep up with Quilty 365 

- Finish Nicole's Squares Baby Quilt
- RSC 2017 - yellow squares!  

-  Finish hand quilting two more blocks of Joe's Baby Quilt 
-  Continue working on prayer shawl 
-  Continue working on donation prayer shawl



I'm linking up to

Show and Tell Monday with Bambi

Fiber Tuesday at

The Quilting Room with Mel

and

Oui CrochetCommunity

To Do Tuesday @ Stitch All Things

Linky Tuesday @ Freemotion by the River

A Sweet Gift with Hip Stitch's Help.

A Sweet Gift with Hip Stitch's Help
As a young mother of four ages one to seven, my daughter is an active young lady!  She quilts, sews, researches all manner of quilty and kid topics as well as makes me wonderful gifts!

Today I wanted to show off something she made me.  It was a Schlep Bag using the So Sew Easy Schlep pattern from Sentimental Stitches.   While in Albuquerque, I visited a cool fabric shop: Hip Stitch  (more on them later).  They had created an awesome kit for this pattern at an extremely reasonable price.  
The only change we made was to make the handles black.  

Look at what my daughter made for me!

Isn't the fabric so hip!

Ha!

It lives up to the shop's name:

Hip Stitch!

The opening measures 20.5" and 

the bottom is 18".  

The depth is a generous 18.5".  

It's the perfect weekender, 

quilting bee tote

 or 

for just schleping around size!

Check out the lining fabric!

 We did go ahead and switch out the handles for black fabric.  

I love how my daughter 

used red thread to jazz it up a bit!

 She had a bit left over from these fabrics to create these pouches.  

I love me some pouches!

One day I have to show you my collection!

I am so grateful 

to have such a 

gifted and generous daughter!

As I said before,

she's one of the people 

who inspired me to sew!

Hip Stitch

Ok.  Hold onto your hats!  If you are in Albuquerque, NM and looking for 

- modern "hip" fabrics, 

- friendly, knowledgeable staff, 

- inspiration and 

- laughter, 

you must visit Hip Stitch!

While visiting Albuquerque, NM last fall we popped in and wow!  It was such an amazing experience!  How I wish I had taken pictures!  But there are plenty on their website, which by the way so accurately describes their fabrics as "sassy"!  Just look at my schlep bag!  They have an online store as well!

I purchased the kit for the schlep bag and this cool glasses fabric!The rest of my purchases was for my daughter. 

Oh!  Why didn't I take pictures of the  store as well as of the purchases I made for my daughter.  But, alas, it's all good.  Yup, you know what's coming:  

In my next post

I'll return to our 

regular programming schedule of our 

journey into Philippians and

sharing my own projects!

Thank you for allowing me to brag about 

my daughter 

and

share about Hip Stitch!

Linking up to

Monday Making @ Love,Laugh, Quilt

Main Crush Mondays @ Cooking Up Quilts

Moving It Forward Monday 

@ Em’s Scrapbag

Saturday Song. Scrappiness. Slow Stitching. Stash Report.

Saturday's Song
I heard this song and just knew it was Saturday's Song!  I hope you are blessed and encouraged!  Take a moment to Exhale!


New Scrappy Project
I started another baby quilt!  This little baby might be a scrappy one - at least his quilt is!  I'm adding two more rows and then tie quilting it!  :)

Slow Stitching Weekend

Patrick's Strength should be finished tonight! 

I'm looking forward to

1) mailing it to him and

2) taking the yarn ounces off my Stash Report!  :p

Stash Report

Fiber Stash Report:  July 9, 2017 (started 6/11/17)
Fabric used this week	0 yds
Fabric used to date	6  7/8 yds
Fabric Added this week	11 yds
Fabric Added this year	22 1/8yds
Net Fabric	-15 ¼  yds
Yarn used this week	0 oz
Yarn used to date	21 oz
Yarn Added this week	19 oz
Yarn Added to date	46 oz
Net Yarn	- 25 oz

I bought this yarn to make a prayer shawl for yet ANOTHER friend recently diagnosed with breast cancer.  :(  

And yes

I'm angry.

I'll be searching 

for peace

as 

I 

exhale.

Linking up to

Sunday Slow Stitching @ Kathy’s Quilts