Stitching Stuff: Week 50 of 2025

 

This time of year when I type the title of this weekly post, my mind says no that can't be right.  Just two weeks left in 2025?  Really?  I've been slowly taking care of Christmas stuff. I've also been taking some sanity time in the sewing room this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Dec = 13/13 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 303/347 days
• Success rate = 87.32%

I had a good week on the stitching front, though my only effort on the BH mystery has been to collect the clues.  At this point, collecting the clues then deciding what parts get made once the reveal comes out may be my approach this year  I very rarely make a BH quilt completely to her pattern.  

Have you been able to work in some sanity time in your sewing room this week or has Christmas prep taken over completely? 

To Do List for the Week of 12/09/2025

It's been a busy week.  I've made some progress on Christmas preparations, but still have a bit to do on that front.  It's definitely meant less time in the sewing room. Consequently, there hasn't been much progress on my to do list from last week.  

To Do List for 12/02/2025

1.  My Girl Trivets: Quilt kitty trivets - no progress

2.  2026 Guild BOM: Finish January block - progress

3.  Lupine and Laughter: Start clues 1, 2 and 3 - no progress

4.  Magnificent Mystery: Finish Oct, Start Nov/Dec - progress

5.  Old Town: Continue Quilt assembly ✔

6.  Wild and Goosey: Continue making green blocks ✔

Two check marks, two with progress and two with no progress.  Not a horrible week, but not the best either.  There was progress, just not as much as I would like.  It's just that time of year. It amazes me that I seem even busier then when I was working.  How does that happen?  Here's this week's list. Fingers crossed I do better with it this week.  

To Do List for 12/09/2025

1. My Girl Trivets: Quilt kitty trivets

This will probably take the better part of a day to do. I just need to put the walking foot back on the machine and get it done sometime this week. 

2.  2026 Guild BOM: Finish January block

All the component pieces have been made for the January block and the block is being assembled.  I've also made a start on block 12 by making a few flying geese.  Why am I starting on block 12?  The final quilt has an optional flying geese border. Since it's a border, you need a lot of flying geese. So I'm going to give the guild members the option to make a few flying geese each month or wait till December to make all of them.  

3. Magnificent Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Continue working on Oct/Nov/Dec clues

It took a bit to make all the component parts for these blocks.  I've only gotten two completely assembled.  Hopefully these will go fast.  I've started cutting the fabrics for the November and December clues.  The background is cut for both clues. I'm hoping to make better progress on all the clues this week.  

4. Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter): Start on all the released clues

I've done nothing on this project, I'm going to be way behind at reveal time, but that's nothing new for me.  I've put Old Town in time out now that the blocks are all assembled, hopefully taking that off the list will give me time to start on this project. 

5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making green blocks

Slowly, but surely the green blocks are getting made.  They probably won't be finished by the end of the year, but any progress is good progress.  

That's my list for the week. In addition to stitching, I still need to put the tree up, redo the table decorations, finish shopping and wrap everything.  Not sure how much stitching I'll get done, but any progress on any front is a good thing.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday. 

Mostly Checking Off Another Priority

This week has gone fast.  Hard to believe that it was just last Monday we got back from our Thanksgiving holiday trip. Both My Guy and I kept asking each other what day it was all week.  Sunday didn't feel like Sunday, mainly because we finally did our big Christmas shopping trip to Tulsa. I'm not done, done, with the shopping, but pretty close. There are still a couple of things we decided we'd be better off ordering. Hopefully, I get that done today.  Getting the tree up and wrapping presents is likely to take a good chunk of time away from the sewing room this week. What gets done, gets done. 

Saturday was my get in the sewing room and stitch day this week.  One of my goals was to get last year's Bonnie Hunter Mystery quilt, Old Town to finished quilt top.  

It's most of the way there.  The blocks and sashing are sewn together, now it just needs the borders added. The plan was to add the inner pieced border, but not the outer pieced border. But I'm rethinking that now.  So I'm going to let the border plans marinate a bit, so for now this project will go back into the project box to be tackled sometime next year.  I'm happy with how this came together, the secondary pattern of the crosses formed by the sashing is one of my favorite things about this quilt.

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts and Sew and Tell Monday.  

I'm still having problems with my computer memory. If I disappear for a few days, it means I finally put the computer in for a spa day.  Fingers crossed it doesn't come to that.    

Stitching Stuff: Week 49 of 2025

As I was typing the blog title, I had to ask is it really week 49?  Yep, there are just 3 more Sundays in 2025.  I'm definitely not going to meet all my goals for the year. Well, some years are just that way. I should probably run a debrief for myself and see what got me off course for the year.  I'll do that closer to the new year. My stitching time this year has been hit or miss too, but I pretty much hit it this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 26/30 days
• 15 minute days/Dec = 6/6 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 296/340 days
• Success rate = 87.06%

It was a good week.  Maybe it hasn't been the best year on the stitching front, but it's far from my worst (a 52.3% success rate).  So as long as it's not the worst year, I'm good.  

Have you been able to work in some stitching time along with your holiday prep?  

1. Gretchen 2. Julie in GA 3. Melissa G 4. Stitching Nana

5. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 6. DonnaleeQ 7. Karen 8. Bonnie Stapleton

9. Deb in Canada 10. Quilting Gail 11. Marsha's Spot

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November 2025 PHD Report

How can it be December already? We've reached that point where you've either done a great job on your PHD plan or not.  There's not much opportunity to fix it at this point.  So I'm going to confess my lack of progress and link up with Ms. P Designs for the November PHD report.  

 

No new finishes, but one new start.  The 2026 Guild BOM won't end until next year and doesn't officially start until January. But as I'm the one leading it this year, I have to be ready to go one month early.  It's possible I could finish one other quilt before the end of the year, but it's not likely at this point.  Even though the finishes haven't happened, there has still be good progress on several projects over the last month.  

The butterfly embroidery project saw some stitching time over the Thanksgiving week.  You can see a bit of stitching on that bottom middle butterfly. Since we have family time coming up at Christmas, I'm sure this project will see a bit more progress before the end of the year.  

 

Almost finished with the dark green corners for Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter), just one small dark green block left to finish.  Then on to the bright green blocks. Just 12 of those left to make. I'm hoping to finish those before the end of the year.  I'll have to stay diligent to meet that goal.

I really like the secondary pattern that shows up with the addition of the sashing to the Old Town blocks (Bonnie Hunter).  Two rows done and sewn together, with a good start on row 3.  I'm still hoping to get this project to finished quilt top by the end of the year.  

The 2025 Guild BOM quilt top is finished. It needs to be pressed pretty badly, but you can still get a good look at how it came out.  I was so happy to have this completed for November's guild meeting.  I've heard from several of the guild members that they really enjoyed this project. It will be fun to see what variations come from the participants.  

Magnificent Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs) is progressing slowly. The September clue is completed and I've got a start on the October clue.  I still need to cut the pieces for the November clue and December's clue will come out tomorrow.  I'm hoping to get in some good stitching time this week so I can catch up a bit. I have holiday stuff that needs attention too, so we'll have to see how that all goes.  

 

The mushroom trivets that My Girl is making for a friend aren't on my list.  She pieced them and I quilted then bound them. So a joint quilting project. These trivets have been a nice way to practice quilting with the walking foot.  Both of us were pretty happy with how these turned out. 

 All the pieces are cut for the first block of the 2026 Guild BOM and assembly of the subunits has started. Still a bit to go before this is a finished block. I have two weeks.  Fingers crossed that it all goes together smoothly and quickly. 

My project tracker hasn't changed much since the start of the year.

 

All the blocks were finished for Old Town. The 2025 Guild BOM is a finished quilt top.  Those are the only two changes to the quilt plan for November.  We'll see what happens with December. I'm hoping to move Old Town to finished quilt top and will probably start this year's Bonnie Hunter mystery at some point before the new year.  Now that I've got a better handle on the walking foot quilting, I'm hoping there will be more finishes in 2026.  So I'll definitely be playing along next year.