To Do List for the Week of 7/28/2026

We were home most of this week and with the triple digits outside staying in my sewing room seemed to be the best option.  I did get a lot done, it just doesn't feel that way.  

To Do List for 7/21/2026

1. 2025 Guild BOM: Make binding and label - progress

2. Glowing Hearts: Piece batting, prep backing ✔

3. 2026 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for remaining blocks - progress

4. Good Fortune: Continue to assemble quilt ✔

5. Wild and Goosey: Continue making teal blocks ✔

Only three check marks, but there was progress on all 5 to dos from last week.  I'll take that.  The goal is progress, and that happened. It's pretty much the same list for this week.  

To Do List for 7/28/2026

1. 2025 Guild BOM: Bind quilt

The binding strips are all cut, they just need to be joined together.  The plan is to use my time at late night sew to get the binding sewn to the quilt.  I have a lot of hand stitching to do for this to get done this month.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Prep quilt top and assemble quilt sandwich. 

The quilt backing and the batting are laying on the My Girl's bed waiting for the top to be prepped.  I haven't completely figured out how I'm quilting this one.  Once the quilt sandwiching is done, I'll need to commit to something.  

3. 2026 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for remaining blocks

I did get the fabrics cut for one of the blocks and actually got that one assembled.  That leaves the last two blocks.  I finally sat down and looked at what I needed for both, so I can optimize my strip cutting. I'm getting low on fabric and I don't want to run out.  

4. Good Fortune (Bonnie Hunter): Continue to assemble quilt. 

The third row is under construction, just 4 left to go. This project will take a back seat until I can finish up the 2025 Guild BOM.  There will be progress I'm sure, but it probably won't be a finished quilt top by the end of the week.  

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

I need to cut some additional teal triangles because I'm running a bit low on that color.  I'm just a bit over halfway done with these blocks so I still need lots of scrappy triangles.  

If I can move each to do along a bit, it will have been a good week.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.

A Bit of This and That

We had a pretty quiet weekend. After all the running around last weekend, that was definitely on my agenda for the week.  We hit triple digits both days of the weekend, so hiding out in my sewing room was definitely my preferred retreat from the heat.  

In an effort to work down my UFO list, I finally found a local long arm quilter to try.  My Girl needs a few graduation quilts for school buddies, so I'm trying get those finished before everyone graduates this year or next.  Last year's guild BOM has been picked as one of those quilts to be gifted.  So I gave the new to me quilter a try. The quilting turned out beautifully.  Now it just needs to be bound. But before the binding it needs a label.  After a bit of back and forth with My Girl, this is what we came up with (minus the personal message). 

This friend enjoys painting as a hobby.  Since the quilt has all different colors in it, My Girl decided it was a good substitute palette.  So I went with it.  I'm hoping to have the quilt bound before the end of the month. Which means I need to do a lot of hand stitching this week.  

There was also good progress on assembling Good Fortune (Bonnie Hunter).

The the sashing has been pinned to that third row, I just need to stitch that long seam. So I'm close to another finished quilt top. My 5th finished top for the year.  Which will bring the total of tops hanging in the closet to be quilted to 15.  The long arm quilter did a good job with the 2025 Guild BOM at a reasonable price, so I'll definitely be using her again.  I already have the next quilt top and a potential backing selected for the next quilt to be sent out. Hopefully I can finish 4 more quilts this year between the new long armer and my at home quilting efforts.  That would take the UFO list lower than it's been in a long time.  

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

Stitching Stuff: Week 30 of 2026

 

We were all looking forward to a laid back weekend after being at a family wedding last weekend. It's fun to see family, but driving in Dallas traffic and navigating all the road construction was definitely not the fun part of the trip.  I came back from the weekend not feeling my best.  I didn't get much done in the sewing room till about midweek, but it got better from there.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 25/25 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 202/206 days
• Success rate = 98.06%

With all the sewing this month, I'm back over 98%.  I'll definitely take that. It's been a bad couple of months on the health front, but hopefully I'm on the tail end of those issues and will have lots of time to stitch over the next few months. I'll definitely be in the sewing room this week, the temps are going to be triple digits for several days.  

Are you playing in the sewing room to avoid the summer heat? 

To Do List for the Week of 7/21/2026

We were in Dallas for the weekend, so I didn't get much sewing done. I worked a lot on the instructions for this year's Guild BOM, so that was my "stitching" activity for the weekend. That wasn't on last week's list, but it needs to get done.  There was some good progress on last week's to do list before we left.  

To Do List for 7/14/2026

1.  Glowing Hearts: Piece batting, start quilting - progress

2.  Guild BOM: Assemble August block ✔

3.  Good Fortune: Continue to work on blocks ✔

4.  Wild and Goosey: Continue working on teal blocks ✔

Three check marks and a progress is a good for a week with no weekend sewing room time.  I'm not sure how well this week is going to go.  The upstairs air conditioner quit cooling last night.  My sewing room is upstairs.  Temps are supposed to in the low 90s the next few days, but that's still a bit warm to be sewing in. I can sew at the local quilt shop or set up an alternate location downstairs. It depends on when we can get it repaired. With 100 plus temps the last week, it's not the easiest time to get someone out to look at an air conditioner.  Here's my list for this week, it probably won't all get done, but why not dream big. 

To Do List for 7/21/2026

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Make binding & label

  

I picked the quilt up from the shop yesterday. It needs to be trimmed, plus the label and the binding need to be made.  This quilt is a gift for one of My Girl's college buddies, so I sought her input for the binding.  Since this is a rainbow quilt, we decided on a rainbow binding. I tried to stick with dark to medium fabrics, hence the absence of yellow. I'm pretty sure the binding will get made, but since I won't have access to my big cutting table for an unknown amount of time, I'm not sure when this quilt will get squared up so I can sew on the binding.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Piece batting, prep backing

I have two large pieces of batting left over from the piece I used for Chilhowie.  If I sew those together, I'll have enough for Glowing Hearts.  I'll probably get the batting assembled. If I'm out of the sewing room till next week, prepping the quilt back won't happen.  

3. Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for the remaining blocks

August's block was shown at the guild meeting last night, so I can share that.  The plan is to start working on the remaining blocks.  If I can get all the block parts cut while I have each fabric out, it's much more efficient.  It would be nice to finish August with all the blocks finished so I could start quilt assembly.  November will be here before we know it!  

4. Good Fortune (Bonnie Hunter): Continue to assemble quilt top

The first row of blocks have been sashed, but they aren't back up on the design wall yet.  Fingers crossed this will be a finished quilt top by the end of the month.  

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

I haven't counted how many more teal blocks I need. A little over half the blocks were made as of last week and only a couple more were finished during the week. So still need quite a few more before all the teal blocks are finished.  

It's an ambitious list. It would be even if I was sure of access to my sewing room. I'll be happy if even a little progress happens for each project. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday when it's posted. 

Just Following the Strategy - Mostly

We had a busy, but fun weekend.  My Guy's niece got married in Dallas.  It was a beautiful wedding. And of course we got to see family, some we've not seen in more than 10 years.  My Girl was able to drive up from Houston. So we got to hang out with her and the cat for a couple of days.  

It was a good thing I got lots of sewing time during the week. There was enough time to finish all the blocks for Good Fortune (Bonnie Hunter).  

Good Fortune was the 2018 BH mystery quilt along.  The blue and green were from her color palette, but the red was switched for purple and the orange for black.  I'm pretty happy with how it came together.  The instructions just sewed the blocks together, I've decided to add some narrow sashing and corner stones to keep the chain moving across the quilt.  I'll start up on that today now that I can get back to the sewing room. 

Linking up with my normal Monday linky parties, Patchwork & Quilts plus Sew & Tell Monday.