To Do List for the Week of 03/11/2025

There was a good bit of sewing to deadlines this last week.  I try hard to avoid that as my stitching time is supposed to be relaxing and meditative.  Of course it was my own fault, I had plenty of time to work on my projects, I just got sidelined with the new and shiny.  At any rate, it all paid off and last week's to do list has lots of check marks.  

To Do List for 3/04/2025

1. Marble Mystery: Finish quilt assembly ✔ 

2. 2025 Guild BOM: Start April blocks ✔

3. 2025 SAHRR: Finish 6th border and add final borders - progress

4. On Ringo Lake: Find project box, determine next steps ✔

5. Wild and Goosey: Assemble yellow blocks into 9 patches ✔

6. Summery Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

Five out of six with check marks and progress on the 6th is a very good week. Unfortunately, I still have a couple of quilty deadlines to meet this month.  But I should be good on both of those as long as I don't get too sidelined with other stuff around the house. 

To Do List for 3/11/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish April blocks

All the HSTs for the Inverted Star have been made. The pieces to make 5 border sawtooth stars have been cut and assembly of those blocks has started.  I'm on track to have all those blocks finished before the guild meeting next Tuesday.  

2.  SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Start on final borders

The final quilt parade for the 2025 Stay At Home Round Robin isn't till March 24th.  So I have time to finish off the last pieced border I decided to add as long as I make steady progress over the next couple of weeks. 

3.  Chocolate Marshmallows (Seabreeze Quilts): Make backing

One of my big goals for 2025 was to finish off the quilt tops hanging in the closet.  If I'm going to have anything to show on that front for first quarter, I need to get moving on that.  I've played in EQ to come up with various layouts. My preference is the middle one. But it depends a lot on how much of the brown I have.  

4.  On Ringo Lake (Bonnie Hunter): Cut pieces for last block

    

I found the project box and there are a few odds and ends in it along with the blocks.  After playing a bit in EQ, the plan is not to use Bonnie's layout but do a simple sashed layout instead.  One more block is needed for that layout.  The plan is to see what I have in the box and then cut the pieces needed to make the remaining components of the block. If I get the block made great, but I'm not counting on getting that far with what else is on the list.  

5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making blue blocks

All the yellow blocks are sashed into the 7" blocks to make the quilt assembly a bit easier.  So I'm back to making blue blocks.  I use a lot of blue, consequently there a lots of pretty scraps to pull into these blocks.  Blue and purple have the largest number of blocks in the quilt, so there's still a lot of blocks to make in each color.  

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

This has been such an easy leaders and enders project.  It has definitely made a dent in my 2.5" blue and yellow strips.  I have had to go back to fat quarters to cut more, but I have a lot of both yellow and blue partial fat quarters.  The number of 4 patches is creeping up. At some point I'll need to make a number of two patches, but I'm not quite there yet.  

That's my list for this week.  I may not have check marks for all them next week, but any progress is good.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.