To Do List for the Week of 02/18/2025

I'm finally feeling better. Which is good as this week I'm in Texas visiting Grad Girl. The timing was dictated by a concert we both wanted to attend. It's been a girls "week" as several of Grad Girl's college friends also came down for the concert.  I feel very fortunate to be included. The concert was last night and we didn't get back till almost 1 AM. Definitely not my normal hours.  The friends left after lunch, but I'm staying through the weekend to have some hang out time with my girl.  

The early part of last week, I was still feeling out of sorts.  So I didn't make a lot of progress on my to do list. 

To Do List for 2/11/2025

1.  Guild BOM: Finish March Blocks - progress

2.  SAHRR: Finish 3rd border, start on 4th border ✔

3.  Wild and Goosey:  Continue making blue blocks - no progress

4.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

I made progress on the projects with deadlines. So maybe not the best week, but not the worst either. Due to the snow storm at home, the guild meeting was canceled, so I didn't have to have something ready to send to the guild president. I just have to have all the files ready to go by the end of the month.  So that helped.  

What's the plan for this week? Since Grad Girl still has to work the rest of the week, I brough my sewing machine and a few projects to work on.  She's got a full schedule today and tomorrow, so I'll just sit and sew. But I should see a lot of her over the weekend.  This week's to do list consists of what I was able to cobble together as projects that could be bagged up for travel. 

To Do List for 2/18/2025

1.  Guild BOM: Write instructions and finish March blocks. 

All the HSTs are made, I just need to sew the subunits together. I need to cut the pieces for two more of the sawtooth stars, but I've started assembly on what I have already cut.  

2. 2025 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Finish borders 4 and 5.  

I have a plan for both borders. I just need to assemble the blocks.  

3.  Marble Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Assemble blocks into rows and add horizontal sashing.  

 When I last worked on this, there was just one row left to assemble.  The plan is to finish the rows and then get those sewn together. 

4. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on clues

All the pieces are bagged up and ready for more work.  I won't finish all the clues, but any progress would be good. 

5. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders.

I need to cut some additional squares before I can make more 4-patches.  

Since I'll have at least one nothing but sewing day, I'm hoping to get a lot done this week. Not sure what Grad Girl and I will decide to do over the weekend, but hopefully I'll still have some time to get in a good deal of stitching time.  

Linking up with The Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

The 2025 SAHRR: Border 4

I noted in my Stitching Stuff post that not much got done this week.  That included any progress on the 2025 SAHRR,

I was able to finish off all the Friendship Star blocks from border 3 and worked out a plan for week 4.  

The green border strips are cut, but didn't get attached.  I finished 2 blocks for border 4, but that's it. The border will be a mix of blue and green blocks.  I'm hoping to catch up this week, finish border 4 while working on border 5.  We'll see how that works. 

Linking up with Pieceful Thoughts for the 2025 SAHRR, Monday Design Wall and Patchwork & Quilts.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 7 of 2025

 

I've been AWOL this week.  Partly I'm still struggling with a cold and just haven't felt like doing much.  That really impacted my motivation to climb the stairs to my sewing room and that shows in my numbers for this week.  

• 15 minute days/week = 5/7 days
• 15 minute days/Feb = 13/15 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 42/46 days
• Success rate = 91.3%

At least my stitching time is over 90% for the year.  I didn't really set a goal for that this year.  If I'm still moving projects along than I'm stitching enough.  

I've got some stuff going on early this week, I'm hoping to get in some stitching time each day, but it won't be easy early in the week. How did you do this week at getting in your stitching time?  

 

To Do List for the Week of 02/11/2025

It hasn't been the best week on a number of fronts.  I've got some type of respiratory infection that's been ramping up for the last week. Yesterday was pretty much a recliner/couch/bed day. My nose is sore from all the blowing, my chest hurts from all the coughing, and my head hurts.  With all that going on, my sewing room time hasn't been wonderful this last week.  

To Do List for 02/04/2025

1.  2025 SAHRR: Finish the 3rd border - progress

2.  Guild BOM: Finish the March blocks - no progress

3.  Chocolate Marshmallow: find backing fabric - no progress

4.  Marble Mystery: Finish quilt assembly, start borders - progress

5. Old Town: Continue working on clues ✔

6.  Wild and Goosey: Finish purple and start blue blocks ✔

7.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

It's actually not such a bad week, it was a long list. I have a few check marks to go along with the no progress comments.  Since I'm still fighting this crud, I'm going with a much more pared down list for this next week.  

To Do List for 02/11/2025

1.  Guild BOM: Finish March Blocks

I have to have this ready for the guild meeting next Tuesday.  So it becomes my highest priority.  

2.  SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Finish 3rd border, start on 4th border

 

The 3rd border just needs 3 more Friendship stars. Those are in various stages of assembly at the sewing machine, they won't take long to finish.  I have border 4 drafted, just need to cut the fabrics and start assembly. Hopefully it will go faster than these stars did. 

3. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making blue blocks

4.  Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders

A much shorter list for this week.  Hopefully I'll get to feeling better as the week goes on and be more productive than I feel capable of now.  

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 6 of 2025

 

Hopefully we have evicted the squirrels and the roof has been repaired.  That's probably the biggest item checked off my "not quilty" to do list from last week.  Yesterday My Guy and I judged Science Fair.  It's always fun to see what the kids come up with, but it is tiring.  I definitely needed a nap when we got home yesterday after lunch.  Time in the sewing room didn't happen till after dinner.  All in all it was a pretty good week.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/ Feb = 8/8 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 37/39 days
• Success rate = 94.87%

I'm falling behind on some of my "need to do" projects even with all the stitching time.  I'm hoping to play catch up on Sunday.  It's supposed to be cold, so hanging out in the sewing room is probably the warmest thing I could do.  

Have you had time to sew this month?  

1. Gretchen 2. maggie f 3. Julie in GA 4. Melissa G 5. Karen

6. Quilting Gail 7. DonnaeeQ 8. Bonnie in Va 9. Amanda 10. Andrée at Quilting & Learning

11. Rebecca Grace 12. Jocelyn @CNN 13. Marsha's Spot

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