ScrapHappy Saturday - Catching Up

 I spent most of this week at a conference in New Orleans for work. 

I was presenting with a coworker about a College and Career Readiness Survey that we use with all of the high school students in our district. 

I had never been to New Orleans, and it was fun to see the sights. 

There was an evening event at the House of Blues that was a lot of fun. 

I took along some hexies to sew on the plane. 

For today I have one last paper to turn in for my literacy class and then I think I have a two week break before the next term starts. Looking forward to every minute of that! How is your September shaping up? The linky tool is below, please share your updates. 

ScrapHappy Saturday - Fall Flair

 I have to admit that it doesn't feel like fall around here yet. School is in full swing though, so that makes it feel a lot les like summer. I seem to have a lot of blue and green on the wall. Why then are all of those scrap bins still overflowing? I think this is why people do monochromatic quilts. 

I have a beautiful all green quilt that I made using Bonnie Hunter's Jamestown Landing pattern. I could easily make an all blue quilt from what is hanging out in my sewing room right now. First though, I think that I will scavenge through this stack and make some hexies. I have a flight tomorrow for a trip to present at a conference in New Orleans and I will have some time to sew while in transit. How is your weekend shaping up? New months are full of new plans. I hope you have some scraps to work with. 

September Color

 Ready to circle back and catch up? Light and bright are ready to roll out in the blue and green bins. I know that we did darks in blue and green, but these are two colors that need a bit of a repeat to help to get them under control. This is also a great time to think about catching up and rounding out your prior months collections. 

ScrapHappy Saturday - Long Weekend

 

It is a lovely and long weekend for the US. I am hopeful that will leave me some time to sew. Since not a stitch was sewn this week, I have some random sunrise and flag photos to share. Here is Ms. McCormick's flag. They had an animal theme. 

And Ms. Nery's class had an army theme. They all dressed up in camo clothes for Wildcat Challenge which is a field day that the juniors and seniors do in the spring. 

I hope that you all have plans to sew this weekend. Monday is a new month and a new color to enjoy. Well, sort of a new color. It is a chance to dig back into blues and greens to focus on the pastel shades. I can never seem to get through all the blues and greens, so this a chance to add some of the lighter and brighter shades to add some sparkle to your quilt(s). First up today, I will drive to school to finish off my work for the week and then bring home my sewing machine. That is sure to make the rest of the weekend sewing go much more smoothly. 

ScrapHappy Saturday

Another week has zoomed past. We have now finished two full weeks of school and things are starting to settle into a routine. Days are busy, but all with good things. We had a nice trip to Sarasota last weekend to look at Anna's wedding venue. 

Sydney has started her last year of college classes. Ryan is doing well at his new job and Kurt was travelling for work. This week I had a quick half day conference in Orlando and open house night at school.  I also finished sewing flags and wanted to bring my machine home from school, but it was pouring rain when I was coming home. That means that I can spend a bit more time hand stitching though and get some of the hexies that I prepped in the car put together. I hope that you are finding some time to sew as well. Believe it or not, there is still one more aqua Saturday in the month. 

ScrapHappy Saturday - Ocean Hues

  Am I just in love with aqua because I live near the ocean? That may be true, but I am enjoying the range of shades that live between blue and green. I finished my school work early last weekend and enjoyed an afternoon of digging though the scrap bin and cutting out hexies. I have a few prepped, and the rest will come along today in the car. We are driving to St. Pete to look at Anna's wedding venue. Plenty of time to stitch and relax and enjoy. 

    How is your weekend shaping up? I hope that you are finding some time to relax and enjoy your fabric while exploring creative options. I am savoring some down time after a busy first week of school and looking forward to recharging to do it all over again. The teachers and kids were all so excited to get their felt for flags. I can't wait to see what the came up with. I was subbing for a new 7th grade homeroom all week and they want to be Abreu's Artists. Ms. Abreu should be here next week to help them move on the the next step. 

ScrapHappy Saturday - Aquamarine Vibes

 

I am on a bit of a rainbow sewing streak today, but not with my beautiful aqua scraps. Instead. I have finally acquired enough felt to make our homeroom flags for school. I used to get felt from Joann's, so this year had to scramble a bit. Amazon and Michaels both had felt yardage available, but a few of the colors came from separate vendors and the shipping was extra. They aren't a school approved vendor, and that caused a few wrinkles, but eventually, with persistence, I was able to acquire felt! So today I will turn these into flags before school starts on Monday. It is just a bit of quick cutting and one L shaped seam for each flag to make a pocket for the flagpole. It should go pretty quick. 

School starts on Monday. It has been a busy few weeks. I used to just go to preplanning and sit while other people presented before getting my own work done. Now, I am the one presenting, and that takes a bit more effort. Then teachers need things, and I get busy helping and supporting them. But now the kids will be back, and once the teachers are in their classroom teaching, I can get back to getting some of my work done. That is the idea anyway. I will let you know next week how that goes. 

ScrapHappy Saturday - New Month and Switching Gears

It is time to put away the purple and dig into aqua. I had to scramble a bit to find the aqua, because my sewing room has been taken over by 2 children who are home at the moment. I did unpack my purples from the summer along with a panel from Alaska and a nice stack of hexagons that were sewn on the road. 

Ryan has been home for a bit while he works full time and finishes his degree, but his lease only ended last week. Sydney is back for a month between the end of her internship and going back to school again. They both came with all the stuff from their college apartments. Sydney doesn't have quite as much. She just moved out of her summer sublet and still has an apartment from last year. Ryan however, no longer has an apartment, and has not yet decided on his future plans. He initially thought he would move to another office with the same company after graduation, but he really likes the office here and might just decide to stay. He didn't think that he was going to keep the furniture that we cobbled together for him from garage sales and Facebook marketplace, but somehow he fit it all in a car and hauled it home again. Until he decides on his plan, I will need to figure out how to make space to sew.

ScrapHappy Saturday - Last Purple Weekend

First, let me apologize again for missing Saturday last week. I love Kurt's family, but they can be a bit overwhelming. I got totally bogged down getting ready for their visit, and then when they got here, it was all hands on deck to keep things running. I feel horrible for forgetting to post. 

Today is the last Saturday for Purple. August first doesn't roll around until next Friday though, so feel free to spend a few days wrapping things up. Next month will be aqua. I never used to sew with aqua, I just put everything into either blue or green. There are too many fabrics though, that don't fit into either of those well. Living near the beach, I gained a new appreciation for all of the shades that live between blue and green. If you are not an aqua segregator, you can dig back into blues and greens to look for some oddballs. Both of those colors are always so big for me that I look forward to having some more time to try to tame them. 

We are probably in a car right now, headed back to Florida again, but I am writing this on Friday night between packing and sorting to make sure that I am not a bad blogger for two weeks in a row. I am busy now finishing up some school work and we are just back from a driving tour in a U-Haul. Spending many hours in a U-Haul is not my idea of fun, but it seemed like a good idea when Kurt thought of it. His father is getting ready to downsize into a continuous care retirement community and doesn't want all of his furniture to leave the family. Anna has moved from her tiny college apartment to a slightly larger version and has found that she has empty rooms to fill. So we did a shuffling dance and drove around in circles for two days to deliver some things to her while also upgrading our dining room set and taking a few odds and ends for the cabin. 

This is a bear ottoman that matches a bear Christmas tree. It seems to fit the vibe here. We are tired and sore from both lifting heavy things and from bouncing in a big ole rental truck. Getting old is no fun! I hope to be able to catch up again once I am back home and settled into a more normal routine. I am back at school starting on Monday, but it is still a couple of weeks before the kiddos come back, so there will be some transitional time to adjust to normal life. It has been lovely to hide away in the mountains and try to ignore the world, but real life is just around the corner. Please use the linky below to share your purple passions, I am going to schedule this to go up nice and early so that I can check from the road to make sure it all works. 

Cabin Projects

I just realized that it is Sunday! I completely blew past scraphappy Saturday. We had Kurt's family come to visit this weekend and it has been a bit of a blur. It isn't like me to forget the days of the week. I am so sorry! Being out of a normal routine can really lead to issues!
Check out my new quilt ladder! I made it from branches that came from a cherry plum tree that fell down. Actually, about 2/3 of the tree fell down, the other third is still gracefully bordering the driveway. I just found some straight and similarly sized branches and connected them to two by fours cut at a bit of an angle. Now I have a place to hang quilts at the cabin! I have a nice oak rack that I got from someone on Etsy at our main home, but this one fits the vibe here much better. 

This recycling box bench was the other big project last week. 

It holds all the various cans for plastic and carboard and such. I made some pillowcase type liners for each bin that have elastic and can be pulled out to go to the dump. They are washable and should help to encourage Kurt to take the recycling when he goes to take the trash. It also serves as a nice place to sit and take off shoes in the mudroom/laundry room rather than traipsing through the house. So that was the extent of my sewing this week. We are wrapping things up at the cabin and getting ready to head home soon. Sorry again for the mix up on days of the week. I will make sure to auto schedule for next weekend as we are likely to be in transit while helping to move some furniture for Kurt's dad who is getting ready to move into a continuous care neighborhood soon. He is sharing some furniture from the downsizing with Anna and we are going to store some here at the cabin as well. I will get everything prescheduled though in case life goes crazy again.