2021 Tuesday To-Do #28

 Hellooooo August!

It's just my opinion but I think it's perfectly fine

to start bringing out a few fall things.  Those

 warm, rich colors are always a welcome sight.

Another welcome sight would be a lot of checkmarks

on my to-do list.  If I'd had the foresight to include

random squirrels, there would be checkmarks

aplenty...but, I did not.  I still got a passable amount

done but those squirrels kept me from a full list of

finishes.  But they were fun and I regret nothing!

Time to link up to Chris Knits:  Tuesday To-Do.

UPDATE:  Melva Loves Scraps is filling in for

today's Tuesday To-Do while Chris is on vacay.

West Point

Finalize layout/design

Done.

I've started sewing blocks together but it may

need to be bigger so either more blocks will

be made or just lots of borders will be added.

Positively Fearless

 Finish quilting

Well....um....er....

nothing to see here, just keep scrolling...

Teeny Tiny Quilt Club QAL

Finish first mini.

Done.

8X10

The tininess...it's too fun.

  It called for some other tiny things.

  Coffee beans.  They're tiny too.

  I have no idea what I'm going to do with them but

the Teeny Tiny Quilt Club has me hooked--for now.

I went through a mini phase about 15 years ago.

I guess I'm due for another.  

Squirrel Time

Too impatient to wait for the TTQC's next project,

I pulled out Kim Diehl's Simple Whatnots and

made another mini.  

Hints of fall color.

Btw, black is my favorite color to mix into

a quilt.  It just makes everything else pop!

 That mini was not enough...

so I began another of Kim Diehl's.

Stay tuned on this one.

Fabric Tracking

This is a little tough when making minis.

Much is from my scrap bin but I've also pulled from

my stash.  And backings add up so I'm just going to

estimate 1 yd.  Maybe that's high but as I was cutting,

I kept feeling I was making a decent dent.  

Using up some "oldies but goodies" is always fun.

Over the last few weeks,  11.5 yds found their way into

my stash but I'm still in the negative for the year.

Huzzah!  Except that "-4.22" isn't that great.

I would like for there to be a "0" on the end of that:

-42.20

Now that would be much, much better!

Ever-present in my mind is that shop hop in just

two months.  If that much "fabric used" is going to

happen, there needs to be some serious fast and

furious stitching.  Daily.

Garden Thoughts

August is not a favorite garden month for me.

It's when I start questioning why I even do it.

I'm tired of watching the ladybug v asparagus

beetle battle.  It's just ugly, as are asparagus ferns

this time of year, and I'm wondering what it would

do to them if I cut them off right. stinking. now.

[random evil garden thoughts...]

I'm still seeing a few vine borers here and there,

along with the occasional group of squash bug eggs.

[Come on ladybugs!  EAT!]

Then came 1/2" rain and it cooled off!  It is my

habit to whine about summer at this point but this

mild one is making it rather difficult to be grumpy.

If you follow me on Instagram, you've seen how

hubs and I took advantage of the cool weather.  

We hit the driving range and spent plenty of time

in the pool.  Hubs then treated me to a lovely dinner

al fresco; I figured the least I could do was make

the dessert so, as any good chicken owner, 

I made him crème brûlée [4 egg yolks].

It has been a good time to get in more work on

the front flower gardens that we're switching out

to rock.  There is just so much to remove!  It's a

LOT of territory to cover but, making a dent here

and there will make it all go that much faster in

the fall when it's cool enough to plant and finish.

With some of the mums and other things I was able

to make up my fall arrangements into pots for the

front porch.  Coming from the garden, the plants

already had their own mind but I'm hopeful they'll

grow well and eventually play nicely together.

I'm envisioning a few gourds placed in them

and some pumpkins all around.

So, what should happen in the near future?

West Point Quilt

Complete entire inside portion

Positively Fearless

Finish quilting

Teeny Tiny Quilt Club

Finish latest mini

Until the next one comes out, I'll prob keep finding

more to make.  As long as there are surfaces in my

home to be covered, the madness will likely continue.  

Happy quilting!