My work/life balance has been anything but balanced the last couple of months. Hopefully balance will be restored after yesterday. I turned in the last review summary for the never ending project yesterday at 7 PM. So hopefully that means I'll have more time for stitching in June. I've been playing along with Quilting Gail's PHD program for 2022, but didn't have an opportunity to post in April. Here's where my projects stand as of the end of May.
There was one finish and no starts during the last two months. Not a bad showing considering just how little stitching I've done since March. My goal for the year is just to make progress, I can look back and see that there was some for all my active projects.
Unity (Bonnie Hunter 2020 Quilt Along) is now a finished quilt top
Unity was close to a finished quilt top at the end of March. It didn't take long to finish up adding the borders. With all the pieces in this quilt, I had a couple of places that didn't lay flat, those have been fixed. I'm hoping to get this project out for quilting by the end of June.
Macaron Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs 2021 Mystery Quilt) is assembled.
Most of the progress on Macaron has happened over the last couple of weeks. Next step is to add the borders, which always takes longer than I think it should.
There has also been a bit of progress on The Rhododendron Mystery (Bonnie Hunter 2021 mystery quilt along).
The hour glass blocks for Rhododendron block B has been my leaders and enders project for the last couple of months. I've been assembling the A blocks as I work on Macaron. Just 4 more A blocks and 4 more B blocks to finish. The A blocks will go fast, the B blocks are a lot slower to make.
Potions (Flying Parrot Quilts) was my second finish for 2022
It was sent out for quilting in March and was back here in April. But my work project kept me from doing much towards getting it finished. I pushed hard the Friday before the SIT's graduation to get it finished. The quilt has been gifted to her undergraduate research advisor and he really liked it. I'm so thankful I was able to stay on track with the piecing part of it. Had I been behind, I'm not sure it would have gotten finished on time.
That's the progress for April and May. Not as much as I would like, but there was progress in spite of the nutty work schedule. No point in lamenting the loss of stitching time, things will get done when they get done.
Linking up with Quilting Gail for the May PHD Progress Report.
You have almost reached the goal line with 2 more projects, so there will be more finishes very soon. I really like that green final border on Unity.
ReplyDeleteI used the Rhododendron Trail blocks as my leader/ender project as well. I finally finished the 4 corner blocks, so it's time to assemble them while I'm on vacation at the end of the month.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got Potions done on time. Progress on such lovely quilts is always good! Best of luck for lots of June stitching time!
ReplyDeleteGreat progress for such a busy time!
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