March was a pretty productive month, fingers crossed April is as well. I did pretty well with my last to do list for March.
To Do List for 03/25/2025
1. 2025 Guild BOM: Finish May blocks ✔
2. 2025 SAHRR: Trim backing - progress
3. On Ringo Lake: Make 2 blocks, start quilt assembly ✔
4. Wild and Goosey: Making blue blocks ✔
5. Summer Scrap Quilt: Leaders and enders ✔
Four out of five is definitely not a bad week. Progress has been slow, but steady. I'm hoping for more of the same for this week's to do list.
To Do List for 04/01/2025
1. 2025 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Trim backing, start prepping quilt top
I was able to get the backing with 25% off on Saturday. It's got both the green and the blue, so works well with the quilt top. It's been washed, but needs to be pressed before it's trimmed to size. I'd like to get this project sent out for quilting before mid month, so I'll start prepping the quilt once the backing is ready.
2. On Ringo Lake (Bonnie Hunter): Finish quilt assembly, start borders
Just one more row to add and the two halves can be sewn together. I'm happy with how this project is coming together. It feels good to get another of my older projects close to being a finished quilt top.
3. Kate's Choice: Learn to use walking foot and practice quilting
I finished the blocks for this sampler in August of last year. One of goals the last couple of years has been to learn to quilt. Trudy, who has done such a wonderful job with my quilts the last 10 plus years, is retiring from the quilting for others business sometime this year. She's going to quilt the 2025 SAHRR for me, but that's probably the last one she'll do. So it's definitely time for me to learn. I have several smaller quilt tops intended for donation that will look perfectly fine with straight line quilting. So I'm going to start the learning process with figuring out how to use my walking foot. I have one, I've just never used it. Getting the quilting going on the Kate's Choice blocks is my Chookshed Challenge project for April.
4. 2025 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for the June blocks
I'm trying to work ahead on this project so that if life happens, I'm still ready to go, plus it will help give me a head start on getting the quilt assembled to show in December/January.
5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish blue, start teal blocks
I'll probably need to cut some more teal scraps, there aren't very many left in the bag from last year.
6. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders.
Looks like I'm back to a longer list this week. We'll see how well I do at getting it all checked off.
Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.
7 comments:
I hope that you enjoy getting to learn how to use the walking foot. The big key for me was when I learned to reduce the presser foot pressure so that I wasn't bunching up the quilt layers as I made progress.
That's a gorgeous backing - perfect colors! Losing our long arm quilter is like losing our hair dresser. They know what we want. I've been trying to quilt the small things myself, but my skills haven't improved much yet. LOL
That backing for your SAHRR is beautiful! Looks perfect to go with the front. I'm sorry your long-armer is retiring - she's done such amazing work on your quilts. I like the satisfaction of quilting and finishing my quilts myself, but the results are definitely different!
I'm in the same boat with the walking foot. Time to get on the band wagon!
That is such a pretty backing fabric and even better to have gotten it on sale. Love the color scheme of "Kate's Choice" -- have to make a note of that one! Losing your longarmer is sad but quilting it yourself is not as hard as some think. Like everything else in quilting, it is an aquired skill.
Good to start with your walking foot. Jacquie Gehring and Mary Mashuta both have great books on doing walking foot quilting that takes it beyond just straight lines across the top --- although there is nothing wrong with that either!
That's a very pretty backing fabric for your SAHRR. And I love Kate's Choice. Those colors are perfect together.
Love the backing for SAHRR, looks perfect. Too bad about Trudy, but hopefully you will enjoy quilting. I liked my walking foot and used it even when I wasn't quilting, but I need the 1/4" foot more. I love your Kate's Choice.
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