To Do List for the Week of 01/07/2025

Hard to believe we are a full week into the new year.  I've spent more time this week looking over what happened in 2024 and deciding what should happen in the sewing room this year than actually doing anything in the sewing room.  Thankfully, I did have a one day retreat that helped me move along with some projects.  It was a fair week for the to do list.  

To Do List for 12/31/2024

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Start on February blocks - no progress

2.  Old Town: Continue to work on clues 2 to 7, start clue 8 - progress

3.  2025 SAHRR: Decide on and start center block - progress

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

5.  Marble Mystery: Finish December, start January clues - progress

6.  Wild and Goosey: Continue making red blocks ✔

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

Check marks on 3, progress on 3 and only one with no progress.  That's really not such a bad week. Seven to do items is a bit much for one week, but I'm going to need to stick with that this week to stay on top of things.  But maybe I need to scale back some of my to dos a bit.  

To Do List for 01/07/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Start February blocks

I need to get going on this soon, I need to have them ready for the guild meeting in 2 weeks.  

2.  2025 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Select fabrics and start center block

I've got the center figured out and a start on the fabric selection. Kick off is on the 13th, but the first round doesn't start till the 20th. So I have some time here too.  

3. 2024 Guild BOM: Finish borders

The second set of borders are in progress. So just one more set and this will be a finished quilt top.

4. Marble Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish December and start January clue.

As part of my prep for the retreat last weekend, I did end up cutting up the big 9 patch blocks that was the second part of the December clue.  I've just got a few more square in squares to sew to the flying geese and I'll be all ready to start quilt assembly. I'm excited to see this project come together. 

5. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue to work on the various clues.

Clue 1 is finished, clue 2 is almost finished.  I cut a lot of pieces in preparation for the retreat, so I'm in much better shape there. I've still got a lot of sewing to do on the rest of the clues.  I do have enough to put one block together and I may do that, but I'm going to try to finish all the subparts first.  

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue to work on red and purple blocks. 

 

Only two more red blocks needed in addition to this one.  The RSC color for January is pink, but I'm not using pink in this quilt.  I'll switch to purple once the red blocks are done.  

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

The next set of 4 patch pairs are pinned and ready to be stitched. Looking at this pile I remember some of the quilts these scraps came from.  The rose print on the top was from my third pieced quilt.  The blue stripe next to it is the backing for another quilt. There's an oriental print that went into the Geisha quilt for my niece. Another square is left over from a high school graduation quilt for Grad Girl's best friend.  So lots of memories in these scraps.  

That's my list for this week. I'm just hoping for progress on each project.  The most pressing is the 2025 Guild BOM and the 2025 SAHRR, so those should be priority.  I'd like to get the 2024 Guild BOM to a finished quilt top to get it off the active list.  If I can do that much it will have been a good week.  

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.