Tuesday, December 24, 2024

To Do List for the Week of 12/24/2024

It's been a busy week, lots of holiday preparations, not much stitching stuff the last few days. I did work in a few stitching sessions in the sewing room before the holiday schedule completely took over.  


To Do List for 12/17/2024

1. Old Town: Work on clues 1, 2, 3, 4 and start 5 - progress
2. Wild and Goosey: Work on red blocks ✔
3. Summer Scrap Quilt:  Continue as leaders and enders 
4. Embroidered Medallion: Take a few stitches  

Last week's list was pretty loose, mostly just continue to make progress on my active projects.  I pretty much did that. The plan for this week won't really kick in until Friday, once all of the holiday visiting is over.  As much as I enjoy the hustle and bustle of family time, I will most definitely be ready for some alone time in my sewing room by the weekend.  

To Do List for 12/24/2024

1.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Work on clues 1, 2, 3, 4 and start 5, 6, and 7.  

I've made good progress on the first 4 clues, but didn't get the chance to start clue 5.  Bonnie dropped clue 6 yesterday. I'll have some serious catching up to do when I get back into the sewing room.  

2. Butterfly Medallion: Finish the orange butterfly



 
Just a bit left to do and it will be finished. I had planned to finish it last night, but My Guy needed something from the store. Which then turned into a stop at Braum's for ice cream on our way back to the house.  Grad Girl can't get Braum's ice cream in College Station, so she indulges when she's home. I should be able to finish the butterfly today and move the hoop to the next section once the last of the present wrapping is done.   

3. 2025 Guild BOM: Finish writing documentation for January



The wonderful guild member who has led the block of the block program for the last ten plus years, wanted a year off. I somehow agreed to take it on for this year.  We are making a rainbow scrappy quilt using the Inverted Star block by Jessica Boschen. If you've followed my blog for long you may remember that I've made a quilt from this block before (here). I choose this pattern because I only need to write one pattern for the blocks and just announce a new color each month.  That I can do.  Writing a pattern for a new block every month is pretty daunting.  We'll see how it goes this year. 

4. 2024 Guild BOM: Finish the sashing and start assembly.

I've started the sashing, but have gotten derailed trying to keep up with Old Town.  I'm hoping to have a fully assembled quilt by the end of the year, which is only 7 days from now.

5.  Marble Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish the December clue. 

I've made a start, but still have a lot of stitching and cutting to do. But that should go pretty quickly once I'm back in the my sewing room.  

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making red blocks

I haven't gotten very far with the red blocks this month. Hopefully I can finish up a few more before I pick up with whatever Soscrappy decides is the RSC color for January. 

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

So it's a long list for the last week of the year. I'm taking a week off my household chores, mostly.  I'm hoping to spend a lot of time stitching along with hanging out with Grad Girl and My Guy. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season with friends and family.      

7 comments:

Yvonne from Quilting Jetgirl said...

Merry Christmas. I hope you get the gift of a lot of quiet time in your sewing room after all the holiday bustle settles!

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

I have not indulged in ice cream in so long I don't know why because I love it - I have to be picky though and get a milk/cream substitute like almond or coconut which actually taste just as good in my opinion!

LIttle Penguin Quilts said...

I remember that Inverted Star quilt - it's a beauty! Your guild group is lucky to have you leading the BOM this year. Enjoy the family time and the "getting back to normal," too. I also look forward to that, lol!

Pam said...

That inverted Star is so lovely!!!

Barbara said...

I remember your inverted star block. It's one of my favorites of the quilts you've made. Good choice! Merry Christmas to you and yours!

Libby in TN said...

Merry Christmas!

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas!!