Beach Time

Nice quiet day today at the beach, the clouds rolled in while the birds were huddled down against the brisk breeze.  I did see this dead octopus floating along with his eyes open.

I got in a nice walk in found a few special shells and called it a day.

Happy Sewing, Kim

Grandma's Kitchen by Pat Sloan sew along

Making some progress on Pat Sloan's sew along called " Grandma's Kitchen".
Made from a package of fat quarters given to me along with some background fabric from my stash.  Happy Sewing, Kim

Humble Quilts sew along

Palmateer Point sew along with .Lori at Humble Quilts.  I love pink and brown quilts so I used a  charm pack , some shirt scraps and a little stash to make up my little quilt.  Thanks Lori and Happy Sewing, Kim

Grandma's Kitchen by Pat Sloan

Block 15

Block 14

All 15 blocks

My sew along with Pat Sloan's Grandma's Kitchen blocks are coming along :0)  I'm all caught up for now.

Pat Sloan's " Grandma's Kitchen" Block #11

Butterscotch treats :0)

Blocks 63 and 64

Catching up :0)

Triangle Gatherings # 65

One Block at a time :0)

 Thank you .Lisa Bongean for the great sew along.

Teddy bears for donation :0)2

27 Teddy Bears for donation from Sea Trail Grandma's to Novant Hospital
 :0), Happy Sewing, Kim

Triangle Gatherings

I am doing the happy dance because I am all caught up with my Triangle Gatherings with Lisa Bongean,.  Happy Sewing, Kim

Grandma's Kitchen

Oh goodness I finished these two last night just in time for the new block this morning!  Happy Sewing, Kim

Thanks Pat Sloan for these happy blocks, even though I have no Grandma stories to share I am enjoying the ones I have read. :0)    Pat Sloan  check here if you want to join in.

Grandma's Kitchen

Just when I thought I was all caught up with Pat Sloan's"Grandma's Kitchen" sew along I noticed I missed a week!
Now how did I do that?  Gotta run up to my sewing room and make a block
excuse me :0).

Hope you are sewing along with Pat Sloan :0)

Triangle Gathering 60 done!

All caught up!

I have done 60 red and white 6 inch blocks for Lisa Bongean's Triangle Gatherings!

Are you playing along?   I am all caught up and enjoying every minute of the  sew along using all half square triangle blocks........every block has 16 HST.  Happy Sewing, Kim

Happy Birthday girl :0) En Provence

Me, my granddaughter, my son and Ms. Kristol the birthday girl.

I finished this on the car trip with the label getting stitched down after hand binding the stripped
blue bias binding......I think it was the perfect ending to a wonderful quilt by Bonnie Hunter..

The birthday girl was thrilled with her gift :0)!  Happy Sewing

Triangle Gathering

Had to make this one as somehow I missed it

all caught up!

Last 10 blocks!

Lisa Bongean is having a fabulous Free sew along.....I am enjoying every challenging block :0)  Happy 4th of July, Kim

Block two

Block one and two of Pat Sloan's new sew along " Grandma's Kitchen"  I decided to go bright after
doing her last sew along " Solstice" in red and white.

Happy Sewing, Kim

Pat Sloan's  ' Grandma's Kitchen" sew along started this week and will be a once a week release until Nov.
Since I did her Solstice sew along in red and white I think it is time to add some color!

These tracks are 42 inches in wideth, can you see how she has  pushed herself along with her flippers?

We look for these tracks at sunrise, everyday of the week a group of turtle walkers checks for nest all along the North Carolina coastline.

This momma turtle walked all around this dune finding just the spot she wanted, she walk and worked so long that her tracks from the water to the dunes were washed away, only her exit tracks back to the water were visible.

Hopefully in 45 days or so we will gather to watch the baby turtles hatch and run to the sea.

Happy 4th of July!, Kim

Triangle Gatherings ...update

OOPS   where is #45?
Back to the sewing room to make it.

Anyone else caught up in Lisa Bongean's Triangle Gathering?  I'm loving it and so proud of myself for keeping up :0)

Happy Sewing, Kim

Rainy day Sea Turtle Watch

Rainy beach morning looking for sea turtle tracks indicating turtle nests. Females lay the eggs then leaves them buried in the sand  to hatch on their own 45 to 55 days later.

Solstice

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This is mostly Pat Sloan's Soltstice pattern, but I have also added orphan blocks from my failed attempt to making "Just takes 2" a 2010 by Brenda Papadakis and Gay Bomers sew along.  I think it is a nice combination of blocks.  Oh also the feathered star block is made from Marti Michell templates and not included in either sew along.

Happy Sewing, Kim

En Provence

Bonnie Hunter is tying up the loose ends of her annual mystery quilt " En Provence" with a linky party.  Go check out all the beauties that have been made!

Mine is still a work in progress, I added a center pink block to match the star points, I'll add a small blue border before it is finished.  I also added an extra row to make it large enough for a queen sized bed.

Thank you Bonnie for another Great Mystery :0),
Happy Sewing ,
Kim

Giveaway time :0)

Jackie is part of a great giveaway.........don't miss it!
The splendid sampler :0)

Oh by the way her fabric is so fabulous, and her classes, threads, patterns....
well you get the picture.

Happy Sewing and good luck,
Kim

Catch of the day.

Rainy here in Sunset Beach today but I decided to take a beach walk anyway.
I had the whole beach to myself except for the birds :0)
Here are some of the treasures  found on my 3 mile walk.

 From left to right:
jingle
auger
baby ear
lettered olive

Doll clothes

Having fun making a coat, hat, mittens, scarf and corduroy pants for my granddaughter's doll.  Just have to make a sweater for her.....after all it is very cold in Michigan!

I'm posting my finish on Crazy mom quilts.....did you finish anything this week?

Happy Sewing,
Kim