Weekly To Do List for 07/20/2020
Frolic: Finish flying geese for border ✔
Unity: Step 3, make more Sawtooth Stars ✔
Christmas Mystery: Add borders - progress
Storm At Sea: Press, Trim, Prep for quilting - no progress
Not a bad week, but not a perfect week. Prepping backings and quilts for quilting is my least favorite quilting activity so I ignored the SAS backing all week. I really need to make that my number one priority for next weekend or that project will never get done.
Weekly To Do List for 07/28/2020
Storm at Sea: Prep backing for quilting
Frolic: Finish assembling flying geese for borders
All the HSTs have been sewn into flying geese. I've started sewing the red violet flying geese together into strips.
2019 Christmas Mystery Quilt: Add borders
The quilt was measured, strips cut, but I didn't get them sewn together. It won't take long to move this project to finished flimsy.
Unity: Step 3, make more Sawtooth Stars
Those sawtooth stars take lots of flying geese. I'm more than halfway finished with this step. I doubt I finish Step 3 this week, but maybe next week. I'm really ready to move into a new step.
I realized on Sunday that my cone of thread is getting a bit bare.
I don't keep up with my thread changes, but it certainly seems like this one went faster than the last one. I ordered another cone the last time thread was on sale, so I've got a replacement. But having one empty means there's been a lot of stitching going on this year.
Linking up with Tuesday To Do over at Home Sewn by Us.
12 comments:
It was very hard for me to find time to exercise when I was working, but important to fit it in when possible. Good luck with your goals this week. That poinsettia fabric is gorgeous!
exercise is important - I wish I would have been working out a little bit with weights though over the years too and not just walking - my arms need weights my age is very much showing in my arms.
I have some thread cones but always seem to use smaller spools that fit on my machine instead of using a cone holder to the side - mine never seems to feed smoothly which is why I don't use it often
I love that poinsettia fabric. Gorgeous!
Great list!
I too get frustrated with prepping backings - so my present to myself was to buy a wide backs roll.... I like that!
Hi Kate! You're not going to get far with the thread left on that cone. Yay you for having a backup at the ready! That Christmas border is so gorgeous and rich-looking. I can't wait to see that quilt top all together. I don't think any of us are looking for perfection in our list-making - progress is fabulous in my boat. Thanks for linking up today. ~smile~ Roseanne
I agree with Roseanne - any progress is a good thing! Making lots of flying geese for two different quilts takes time! Finding time for exercise when you've been at work all is challenging, but I know you'll figure it out.
I think some of us could use that 15 minute, extra exercise challenge-!!
and I know what you are talking about with the thread--I see that mine is disappearing rather fast too and I need to think about ordering some more-just for the sewing machine!!
(maybe fairies are taking our thread to do their own sewing!!!)
luv, di
Wow, I would say a LOT of sewing has been going on to run out of a cone!!! I should probably just buy those instead of the smaller spools, but I just like Aurifil and Gutterman, so I buy small as needed. Good luck with your progress this week!
Yay for finishing up a cone of thread - pretty exciting! You may not have gotten everything done on your list, but you did pretty well, I'd say!
I don't seem to get much exercising in over the summer. I just keep saying "this fall when it cools off..." I'll likely feel quilting is more fun then, too, though! Yay for emptying a spool! (That always makes me wonder how many yards I've gone through in my life!)
Of course your thread tower is almost gone. You have been quilting up a storm. The sawtooth stars are so cute but I love your coffee mug. I am sure the SIT approves :-) Stay safe and sew a lot.
Of course you have an almost-empty cone! You've been sewing up a storm! Glad you already had a replacement waiting in the wings.
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