To Do List for the Week of 3/10/2026

There's a lot going on in my sewing room this week (and next week and the week after). All the quilt alongs have ended and I need to have finished quilt tops for the quilt parades.  So my priority will change for this week's list. Before I get to that, here's how last week's list went.  

To Do List for 3/3/2026

1. Kate's Choice: Finish borders ✔

2. Scenic Waypoint: Finish block and start quilt assembly - progress

3. Magnificent Mystery: Finish block, start quilt assembly - progress

4. SAHRR: Work on final border, quilt assembly - no progress

5. Wild and Goosey: Work on blue blocks ✔

6. Guild Challenge block: Make at least one block ✔

I had hoped to make lots of progress yesterday, but the massive sinus headache made that impossible. There was time spent in the sewing room, just not the hours I had hoped for.  But at this point, progress is progress.  Here's this week's list.

  

To Do List for 3/10/2026

1. Scenic Waypoint (Meadow Mist Designs):  Finish block and quilt assembly. 

The blocks for the first 4 rows are all sewn together. That leaves row 5 blocks to assemble and then start the sashing the blocks to sew into a top.  Probably not going to be a finished quilt top in time to post for the quilt parade for the 2026 Stash Busting Quilt Along.  

2. Kate's Choice: Finish binding

One side done, one corner rounded.  Just 3 more left.  

3.  SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Work on final border blocks and quilt assembly. 

The first row of blocks is sewn together.  That's as far as I've gotten.  It will my first priority once Scenic Waypoint is a finished quilt top.  

4. Magnificent Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Work on block assembly

Half the blocks are assembled.  So still a ways to go on this project. But the deadline for the linky party is still three weeks away.  I might just get this one done in time.  

5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on blue blocks

Four blocks have been finished since the beginning of the month. I'm hoping to make good progress on these. It would be nice to be able to assemble the quilt before the end of the year.  For now, I just keep two blocks going as my leaders while I'm working on other projects. 

That's my list for this week.  It's pretty much the same list I've had since the beginning of the year.  But a couple of projects should fall off in the next week or two at the most.  Will I add something new? Probably not, the plan is to move all the current quilt along projects to finished quilt tops (except for Wild and Goosey), then see what UFOs I tackle next.  

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Closing in on Finishes

Most of the quilt alongs/mystery quilts I sew along with start in 1st or 4th quarter.  That only becomes an issue when it's time to produce a finished quilt top for the quilt parade at the end of the quilt along.  That happens for 3 projects over the next 3 weeks. The deadline for the Meadow Mist Designs 2026 Stash Busting Quilt Along is this Wednesday.    

The last 2 blocks in row 4 of Scenic Waypoint are lined up by the sewing machine ready for stitching. 

Still need to finish the 4 blocks for row 5.  The quilt is assembled with sashing and corner stones. So there is a long way to go to have a finished quilt top by Wednesday. Will I get there? We'll see. 

One reason I'm not farther along on Scenic Waypoint is that I spent 3 days last week working on finishing up the borders on Kate's Choice.  Once those were all on, it just made sense to get the binding made and attached.  I'm hand stitching on the back and made it past one corner. 

   

Finishing up the binding will have to wait a few days. Fingers crossed I can have a finished quilt by the end of the week. But any progress on Kate's Choice will have to wait till after Wednesday.    

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

Stitching Stuff: Week 10 of 2026

 

We've had glimpses of spring this week.  The higher temps have also come with higher chances of severe weather.  It just that time of year here.  But we really need the rain. We had extreme fire danger last month due to the dry conditions.  Fortunately, the recent storms haven't impacted my stitching time over the last week.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Mar = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 66/66 days
• Success rate = 100%

I've had a few afternoons when allergies just about got the better of me, but otherwise it hasn't been too hard to get in my stitching time each day.  We have some family stuff coming up later this month and in April, so it may be challenging to keep the 100%.  We'll see how it goes.  

How did you do with your stitching goals this week.  

February 2026 PHD Report

February is such a short month.  January was 5 weeks, so a true 4 week month is a shock afterwards.  Now that the second month of 2026 is finished,  it's time to report on how I'm doing on my PHDs (projects half done) and link up with Ms P Designs' PHD in 2026.  My PHD report is unchanged from January.   

No finishes, but no new starts either. It was still a good month because there has definitely been progress on several projects.  

Kate's Choice is an almost finish. The second border is attached.  The top border is quilted, but I had to stop and figure out how to deal with the sashing for the top and bottom borders. That's figured out. Hopefully both borders get finished and added this week. Then all that's left is binding.  It would be nice to have a finish for March.  

Since the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color for February was green, I took the month to sash all the green Wild and Goosey blocks (Bonnie Hunter).  Now that those are done, they go back into the project box with the yellow, orange and red sashed blocks. I may make some changes later, some have triangles that stand out a bit much. But I'll wait till I get all the blocks done and see how it looks when these are up on the wall with all the other blocks.  

The quilt assembly instructions came out for the Magnificent Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs) in February. I'm not quite half way done with constructing the blocks.  So not completely caught up, but not way behind either.  

The January, February and March blocks for the Guild BOM have been released. April will be shown at the guild meeting this month. I've started on the instructions for May, I should get back to the instruction writing and block construction this month. It would be nice to have May, June and July ready to go before April gets here.  

The SAHRR (Quilting Gail), is over for this year. I chose a large center block with much smaller sampler blocks as my approach to the challenge this year.  I've changed up the blocks in the sampler rows to better balance the color density in the blocks. There are still  some borders to add, but it's coming together pretty well  

 

When Cheryl of Meadow Mist Designs kicked off her 2026 Stash Busting Quilt along in January, I couldn't resist starting Scenic Waypoint.  I'm about a week behind schedule. But for me, that's not too bad. The blocks are turning out nicely and it feels good to use up some older stash fabrics. 

There was an error in my project mapping graphic last month, I over stated how far along I was on Magnificent Mystery.  So that bar is shorter, but to compensate Kate's Choice became an assembled top, so that bar got a bit longer.  

I should finish up the three quilt tops that have been my priority since January this month.  So hopefully a few lines in the graph will be longer. I'm hoping that happens earlier in the month, so I can start working on that big block of quilts that need to be quilted before the end of the month.  We'll see how far I get on those.  

To Do List for the Week of 3/3/2026

Hard to believe we've already started on the third month of 2026. We'll be one quarter through the year by the end of the month.  Not to scare anyone, but wow, it's been going by fast.  February was a pretty good month, I didn't check all the items off my to do lists each week, but I got close.  The last week of the month was consistent with the previous 3.   

To Do List for 2/24/2026

1.  Kate's Choice: Work on borders ✔

2.  SAHRR: Start 6th prompt ✔

3.  Scenic Waypoint: Assemble blocks - progress

4.  Magnificent Mystery: Continue block assembly ✔

5.  Wild and Goosey: Continue sashing green blocks ✔

I didn't check off all of my to do list, but at least there was progress on every project.  My to do list hasn't changed much since the first of the year. It's going to be pretty much the same this week.  

To Do List for 3/3/2026

1. Kate's Choice: Finish borders

The fabric strips are cut for the sashing and the borders. The top border is quilted, but hasn't been cut to size yet (I started with the border pieces being a bit longer to account for any loss the quilting causes).  I'm hoping to finish quilting the bottom border and get both attached this week. I'm excited to get at least one quilt off my UFO list. 

2. Scenic Waypoint (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish block assembly, start quilt assembly

All the blocks for rows 1 and 2 are finished. A couple of blocks for row 3 are done. The deadline for the quilt parade for this quilt along is March 12th. I have a lot of stitching to do before then. Can I get this to finished quilt top by then?  

3.  Magnificent Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish block assembly, start quilt assembly

The deadline for the quilt parade for this mystery quilt along is March 11th. Not sure I can move both this one and the one for Scenic Waypoint to finished quilt tops by the due dates.  The more likely scenario is that I don't make either.    

4.  SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Work on final border, quilt assembly

With all the effort going into Scenic Waypoint and Magnificent Mystery it's good that I have a few weeks before the final quilt parade for the SAHRR.  What gets done, gets done this week on this project.  

5.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Work on blue blocks

The RSC color is red, but as I've finished all the red blocks for this project, I'm going to pick back up on the blue ones.  

6.  Guild Challenge Block: Make at least one block

The guild challenge block for this year is one for Heartland Quilt Network.  This group creates patriotic quilts for veterans. Several guild members sew with this group weekly.  I've pulled some scrap strips from my bins. We'll see how far I get with it this week.  

That's the list for this week. If I can make a lot of progress on it, several projects should hit significant milestones.  It probably won't happen this week, but surely by the end of the month my list will look a bit different. Fingers crossed on that front.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.