Happy Moment #21: Dirt Flinger and FNSI

A Friday ritual with Soulemama.  A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week.  A simple, special, extraordinary, happy moment.  A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. 

If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments too!

“Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.”

~Omar Khayyam

I also got a great dose of sewing in last night for Friday Night Sew-In!  Remember I tweeted that I had pinks, green, and blues on the cutting mat?  Well, here is what I was up to.

I had my green apple twists at the ready for noshing.

Here is the stack of fabrics I pulled in the beginning.   I'm surprised that I did end up using most of them.  And yes, that's a mix of batiks, solids, and printed quilting cottons.

Another look before I dove in.

I had a Harry Potter moving on in the background as I measured and cut, counted the number of pieces I need and started to arrange and re-arrange different color combination. 

Figured out what I was working on yet?

If you guessed flowers or tulips... you are right on!

Near the beginning of the year I finished a tulip table runner that I adored and then I couldn't find the pattern I used.  So bone-head of me.  Well, long story short... I wanted to make another tulip runner for my mother in law and lucky I ran across this flower block from Kari at The Fresh Cut Blog.

The design is a little different from the original I was using, but I think I may prefer the slight changes!  Here is what a finished block looks like from the instructions.

So, I got to work chain piecing the different parts. 

It's sort of adorable.  I told Mr. Happy I would be participating in the Sew-In, and at some point he called over and said it was really quiet in my room.  As in, I wasn't sewing yet.  Cute, right?  I told him... I'm designing.  And sure enough.  Once I had all the pieces in place.... my sewing machine roared into action. 

Enough to make him shut his door.  Ha, poor thing!

Here is the first flower!  And yes, I was a bit lazy with the ironing last night and just skipped that step.  shhh, that will be our little secret!

The second flower.  So pretty!

As the night rolled on, I felt like I could stay up and probably even finish the whole runner.  Delusional of me.  
About 11pm, I had this on my table.  The blue square is supposed to be sewn against the colorful strip.  Sigh, that's when I knew my night was nearly to an end.  Tired eyes and mind were setting in.

I decided I would finish up the block and call it a success.

Here is a look at the five flower blocks I made last night.  I took the shot this morning in the sunlight!  I still have to add the green leaves on the bottom sides of the blocks to call them complete.  Then I am thinking of how to assemble them... adding a border... and what the binding will be.  

I'm happy to make a lot of progress on this one.  It's been on my work in progress list for nearly three months now.  Long over due to get a move on it!!

Hope you enjoyed your sewing time as well.  Today, the sun is shining and I have dreams of raking out a garden bed or two.  Hope you have a wonderful day loves!

日本のための多くの愛
Much love for Japan