Week 134 Photo Challenge: Graveyard

No post last week because Grad Girl needed a bit of time to get her photo.  The first week of school was busy on several fronts and getting a photo wasn't her first priority.  The challenge seemed a lot more restrictive than most of the others. 

If you Google "graveyard definition" only the Oxford Learner's Dictionary includes a definition other than a place where dead people are buried.  The Learner's dictionary states "a place where things or people that are not wanted are sent or left".  I went with the more common definition for my photo. 

Kate: Resting in the Shade

The White Rose Cemetery was established in 1898, nine years before Oklahoma become a state.  It's not far from downtown. The couple buried under the large cross were born in 1829 and 1838 respectively.  He died just two years after Oklahoma became a state.  I had wanted to try to get a photo at night. But I was a wimp, our night time temps dipped into the teens for most of the week.  

This cemetery is on the drive home work for My Guy, so not surprising his photo comes from there as well. 

My Guy: Sunset

He took his shot from one of the more open places in the cemetery. You can't see it from this vantage point, but the sun is actually moving behind the Osage Hills which rise up from the valley our town lies in.  

Grad Girl didn't really have time to go find a cemetery with school starting up and all the stuff she had to get filed so she could graduate this May.  

Grad Girl: Saturday Evening Graveyard

The Texas A&M Library on a Saturday evening is pretty much a graveyard.  Grad Girl has rented some office space so she can focus on getting all her writing done before March. It's much easier to write when you don't have the distractions of all the lab stuff going on, because it is so much more fun to go play in the lab then sit and write.  

This week's challenge should produce some interesting photos. 

 The options here, unlike last week's challenge, are just about unlimited.  

The 2025 SAHRR: Round #1

The Stay At Home Round Robin is off and running for 2025. 

I really enjoy the design part of the challenge. My problem is limiting my designs to something I can actually make in a week. At least my first border was an easy sew. Kathleen McMusing set the first prompt: either a King's Crown block or make blocks that begin with the your first initial.  My name starts with a "K", though some people spell it with a "C", so I kept that as a potential option.  You can actually query Google with a search "quilt blocks that start with the letter K".  So that's where I started and pretty quickly found a potential option. After playing around in EQ, this is what I ended up with.   

The piano Key border worked out nicely.  Maybe I fudged a bit with the rules, but that's part of the fun with this challenge.  I wonder what prompt #2 is going to be. 

To Do List for the Week of 01/21/2025

It always seems like the Tuesdays of the weeks with Monday holidays are actually second Mondays.  It's not as bad as it was when I was working. But I still get off schedule as My Guy is home and I don't follow my typical weekly routine. It's been too cold to do much of anything but sew over the three day holiday weekend.  That worked out well for the to do list from last week. 

To Do List for 01/14/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish February blocks ✔

2.  2025 SAHRR: Finish center block ✔

3.  2024 Guild BOM: Add final border ✔

4.  Marble Mystery: Work on assembling blocks ✔

5.  Old Town: Finish clue 3, work on other clues ✔

6.  Wild and Goosey: Finish red blocks, start purple ✔

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

Definitely a good week, there are check marks on every item on the list. The priority stitching got done and the 2024 Guild BOM is now a finished quilt top.  Consequently, this week's list will be a bit shorter.  

To Do List for 01/21/2025

1.  2025 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Finish first border

The prompt for the first border comes from Kathleen McMusing.  She suggested a King's Crown block or a block that starts with your first initial.  Considering I don't want my borders to be larger than 4", the King's Crown block won't work. So after a bit of a panic, I did come up with a border that uses a block based on my first initial.  Fingers crossed it works out OK.

2. Marble Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Continue block assembly. 

There are only 4 #1 blocks. One down, the second started, so just two more left before moving on to block #2. 

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

I used gold rather than the coral Bonnie suggested.  Not even half way done with clue #4.  I did finish up clue #3 last week. 

4. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue to make purple blocks.

I thought I was finished with the red blocks but as I was looking over my progress photos, I still need 8 more red block to finish out the set.  That's OK, I'll go back to red when it comes up as the RSC color.  

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

I'm back to making yellow 4 patches.  When I checked the project box, I only need to make 30 more of the yellow.  I'm just over half way done with the blue 4 patches, so there's still a lot of stitching left to do.  

That's my list for this week. Since this week's list is shorter, I'm hoping for more progress on each project. 

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  Stay warm and dry, it's cold out there!  

Priority Projects

I'm not really ready for it to be Monday, even if it is a holiday.  Of course being retired, it's almost like another day, except I get to hang out with My Guy because he's off work.  I did spend a lot of time in the sewing room this weekend. I finished priority project #1 on Friday, my center block for the SAHRR. 

I've seen the prompt for the first round posted over at Kathleen McMusing's blog.  My plan is for 3" or  4" borders for each round so her first part of the prompt won't work for me.  So I'm going to have to find another block that works with the first letter of my name.  I think I have an idea. I'll definitely be playing in EQ later this morning to see if I can make that work.  

The second priority project was to finish the February block for the guild BOM. 

 

That was finished just before shutting down for the evening last night.  So I'm ready for the guild meeting tomorrow.  

The only other progress I made was actually assembling the one block A for the Marble Mystery. 

I'm pretty happy with my fabric choices, we'll have to see if that's still the case once I get the other blocks made and the quilt assembled.  

That's what's up on my design wall currently.  Linking up with Monday Design Wall and Patchwork & Quilts.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 3 of 2025

 

It's been a good week on the stitching front.  My big goal was to get my deadline sewing completed. The center for the 2025 SAHRR is finished.  I'm still working on the guild BOM, but should be able to finish that up later today. I've had to be in the sewing room to stay caught up.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 17/18 days
• Success rate = 94.44%

Definitely a good week on the stitching front. My weather app says lows in the teens and highs well below freezing till Wednesday.  I suspect it won't be a problem to spend lots of time in the sewing room during the upcoming week.  

How are you doing at keeping up with your stitching stuff?  Are you on track or falling behind?  

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

5. Karen 6. Frédérique 7. DonnaleeQ 8. Quilting Gail

9. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 10. Bonnie in Va 11. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 12. Dreamworthy Quilts

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