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RSC Week #12 - No Purple Sewing this Week from Grandma's Red Needle

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!

This is my delicious Easter treat; Choco Balls!

I don't buy Easter Eggs here, I don't like the taste. If I'd been in Norway, that's another story; the marzipan Easter Eggs are to kill for!

The week switching between rainy- and sunny days, which meant more yard work (when the weather permitted before noon)! Living in the tropics, yard work / weeding is a never ending task! April is just around the corner, the days & nights are getting cooler and the worst growing season is over (for this time!). Most households employ a yard ...

added by Astrid 1 month ago. under coasters , food , garden , norwegian flag , rsc2024 , rscpurple , table toppers & runners , wips

FF-UFO 2024 from Grandma's Red Needle

First Finished UFO 2024!

I had this Patriotic Table Runner already thread basted (last year).

Last Sunday, I decided to sew all day and I did all the quilting! Straight seams take time and are a bit tedious, but to finish an item, it has to be done, right?! The binding was done the next day, and voila! Finished!

Available in my Etsy Shop

....and don't you think this little bugger showed up?!

It was hidden on the chair, in between other projects.

It's a small wall hanging I started last year. It's almost done; the gnomes ...

added by Astrid 3 months, 1 week ago. under apq ufo challenge 2024 , cyclones 2024 , finished ufo's 2024 , norwegian flag , patriotic quilts , weather , wips

Back in Blogland! from Grandma's Red Needle

Hello! Do you remember me?! I can't believe my last post was dated April 18! Where did those days, weeks & months go?! I'm sure someone has stolen them!!!

Where do I start? You may wonder why I fell off blogland - again!? No particular reason; except it became a bit overwhelming and I needed a break. I lost the quilting mojo but it picked up when I started making Christmas items for my shop. UFO's has been on hold. At least I haven't made any new! Haha! Kidding!!! Of course I have new UFO's! Out of ...

added by Astrid 1 year, 4 months ago. under coasters , granny squares , keep believing , norwegian flag , quilt blocks , star blocks

Patriotic Table Runners, This and That from Grandma's Red Needle

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. For us, it was just normal days. Here, compared to Norway, there are no public holidays related to Easter. In Norway; Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Monday are public holidays. Now that we are on partial lockdown (phase #1 in reopening), all church services are closed. If you would like to know more about lockdown Easter celebration in Mauritius, click here.

UFO's are put aside, since I'm currently working on two Patriotic table runners. It's a custom order to one in the US.

OOOH! That photo doesn't ...

added by Astrid 3 years ago. under cross-stitching , custom orders , easter , garden , norwegian flag , patriotic quilts , psq , scraps

Scrappy Log Cabin WIP and other stuff from Grandma's Red Needle

It's February! That means another UFO to finish!

APQ UFO Challenge for this month, is #9. For me, that means 'Log Cabin Blocks #2'.

There are so many possible patterns for a log cabin quilt, difficult to choose. I had to decide, and ended up with this:

When you are reading this, I've already pieced together these blocks and a few more. I started working on these scrappy log cabin blocks in March 2016! The idea was to make one block each day. It worked pretty well the first 3-4 months, but then I got bored. Last year ...

added by Astrid 4 years, 2 months ago. under blocks , easter , mug rugs , norwegian flag , table toppers & runners , ufo challenge 2020 , ufo's

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