I saw a meme on Instagram stating that someone should pour out Mother Nature's beer while she's doing all 4 seasons in 24 hours cause she's drunk enough. I'm sure there are a lot in the US that agree with that sentiment. Hopefully we'll actually see some spring weather this week (without tornadoes and floods would be nice).
It was a good week to hang out in the sewing room and work on last week's to do list.
To Do List for 04/01/2025
1. 2025 SAHRR: Trim backing, start quilt top prep - progress
2. On Ringo Lake: Finish assembly, start borders ✔
3. Kate's Choice: Lean to use walking foot, practice - progress
4. 2025 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for June blocks - progress
5. Wild and Goosey: Finish blue, start red blocks - progress
6. Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔
Only two check marks, but there was progress on the other items. That counts as a good week. The plan this week is more of the same.
To Do List for 04/08/2025
1. 2025 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Prep quilt for quilting
The quilt back is trimmed and prepped. The quilt top will take longer, but I'll hopefully get to that this weekend.
2. On Ringo Lake (Bonnie Hunter): Finish borders
The plan is to add one more narrow yellow border and finish the top with a wider red border. That should happen this week.
3. Kate's Choice: Learn to use the walking foot on my machine.
Last week I pulled out my machine manual and actually found my walking foot. I've also been reviewing some of the quilting books I have. Several blog buddies have mentioned the book "Walk" by Jacquie Gering. It's one of the books I've been studying. Once Ringo Lake is a finished quilt top, the plan is to get the walking foot on and make some progress on this project.
4. 2025 Guild BOM: Cut pieces for June blocks
Last week I managed to pull all the fabrics for June. I need 17 fabrics for the Inverted Star block and another 6 for the sawtooth star border blocks. Last month I remembered to check my 1.5" strip scrap bin for any white on whites that I could use for the Sawtooth Stars. This week I checked my 2.5" and 3" strip bins for greens. I'm getting better about checking the scrap bins before I start pulling fat quarters.
5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish up blue and continue making red blocks.
I've gotten started on the red blocks, I just need 8 of the 3.5" blocks to have enough for the planned layout. That should be doable this month.
6. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders project.
Pretty much the same projects from last week. I'm hoping for a few more check marks this week. We'll see. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.
5 comments:
Mother Nature is definitely taking us on a ride right now. I hope you have another good week!
I'm hoping spring is here to stay awhile too. We had the crazy weather changes last week, but without any tornado or flood. That red is even prettier up close. I like your border plan.
Progress is always good! I hope you have good success with practicing some walking foot quilting, too. I can't say that I'm particularly good at it, but it has allowed me to finish a lot of quilts without the expense of a longarm quilter.
You really have had some weather this year. We were traveling in that area at this time last year. A tornado touched down in one place where we stayed a few weeks after we left. In another place, they had golf ball size hail the day after we left. In another they had winds high enough the week earlier to topple some RV’s. Sheesh. Anyway, hope it improves for you soon. I don’t have a walking foot for my machine, Instead, it has a dual feed. Does your machine have a Bernina stitch regulator? I have one, and I like it. It takes a little getting used to.
"Mild" is the tern our forecasters used for this coming week, and "uneventful" is the rain chance we have first of next week, so I guess the chasers will be bored for awhile!
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