To Do List for the Week of 10/10/2026

Last week went fast!  I always feel like time speeds up this time of year.  Maybe it's the shorter days? At any rate, it's been much easier to spend time in my sewing room this last week.  It's still warmer than the rest of the house, but as cool as it's been, that felt good.  I can't say I made short work of my to do list, there was good progress on some things and not so much progress on others.  

To Do List for 10/2/2026

1.  2026 Guild BOM: Finish borders ✔

2.  Glowing Hearts: Make label and binding ✔

3.  Marigold Mystery: Finish October blocks - progress 

4.  Celtic Solstice: Continue assembling pieced borders ✔

5.  Wild and Goosey: Continue making purple blocks ✔

I went a little off script last week. Once I had the binding and the label for Glowing Hearts, it just made sense to get that quilt finished.  I posted about it yesterday.  So that project will come off the to do list.  The 2026 Guild BOM is now a finished quilt top, so it comes off the list too, at least for now.  I didn't get as far with the Marigold Mystery as planned, but I'm not unhappy with what got done last week.  Two projects off, but there are two new projects to take their place this week.  

To Do List for 10/10/2026

1.  2027 Guild BOM: Work out instructions for setting blocks. 

I need to work out the construction instructions for the setting blocks. How the setting blocks are constructed will affect the fabric needed, so that needs to get worked out pretty soon as fabric requirements for next year's BOM go out at the November guild meeting. I may need to tweak my own fabric pull before starting the blocks.  

2. Betty (Meadow Mist Designs): Prep back for quilting, cut batting

This is where I went off script last week. Wednesday and Thursday are my walking foot quilting days. With Glowing Hearts winding down, I needed a new project to quilt. Betty was next on my list. I pieced the backing and laid out the batting so maybe some of the wrinkles would relax.  The backing needs a good pressing before I cut and lay the batting over it. Then it will be time to give the top a final press and deal with any loose threads. I may get that far this week, we'll see.  

3.  Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on pieced borders

The side borders are assembled and are stitched to the quilt top. The last two borders are under construction at the sewing machine. I'm adding one more narrow border after the pieced border.  I'm pretty sure I'll get the pieced borders done, not sure about getting the last one added before next week.  

4.  Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish Oct, start Nov blocks

These may be a bit bold, but aren't they fun?  I've made good progress on the October blocks.  Those should definitely get done this week.  If I can get the fabrics cut for the November clue this week, I'll be happy.  

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

This has been my leaders project for the past couple of years. Which means I've made steady progress all year. I'd like to have all the blocks done so I can start assembling the quilt next year.  Once Celtic Solstice is a quilt top, I'm going to bump this project up in priority so I can get the blocks finished and sashed before the end of the year. That means I need a new leaders and enders project. 

That's my list for this week. It may be a bit ambitious, so I'll have to be gentle with myself if I don't get it all done. Dream big right?  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

The Fifth Finish!

Oklahoma has finally started it's autumn.  It's cool enough to need jackets, at least in the morning and evenings. We went out Saturday evening and it was really cool. It was so warm for so long that this cooler, need a jacket weather feels really weird.  

It was a good weekend to sit in the sewing room with a quilt over your lap. So I took the opportunity to sew the binding to the back of Glowing Hearts. 

Glowing Hearts was started in May of 2025. This pattern was Sandra Walker's, MMM Quilts, quilt along that year.  This was the first time participating in one of Sandra's quilt alongs. I really enjoyed it. Sandra's version only had 9 hearts, I added another 3 to end up with a rectangular quilt. The hearts are made from a half yard bundle I won someplace.  No idea on the fabric line or where it's from.  The teal and yellow background is from Wilmington Prints, called Falling Leaves.  Both the half yard bundle and the background have been in the stash for a while, it was nice to find a project to use them up. 

 

Use them up I did. What didn't make into the blocks got used on the pieced back.  

The quilting was done with my walking foot.  The 1" grids in the hearts took forever, but they turned out pretty well.  I had planned to donate this quilt, but with all the quilting I did, I'm keeping this one in the closet as a potential gift. It's 46" x 55", so it would make a good baby quilt or lap quilt for someone.  

I added a small label to the back and changed the name. The inspiration was Janis Joplin's song "Piece of My Heart".  It's definitely a classic.  I'll admit that song kept playing in my head while I was making the label. 

Pieces of My Hearts will probably be my last finish for 2026.  I've started prepping another quilt for the walking foot. The batting is laying on the bed in hopes some of the wrinkles will soften a bit and the backing got made. We'll see how far I get on it before the end of the year. I'm still contemplating how I'm going to quilt it, but definitely not doing as much as I did on this quilt. So maybe I'll have one more finish this year? 

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, as well as, Sew & Tell Monday and I Quilted This.  I'll link up with Quilting Jetgirl for My Favorite Quilt Finish once it's posted at the end of the month.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 45 of 2026

 

How are you adjusting to the time change?  The early sunset seems to have sapped my evening energy.  But that's not new. I started the 15 minute stitching time challenge because I remember driving home in the dark after work and just having no energy to carry me to the sewing room.  It was easier in the summer. I must be at least partially solar powered.  Now that I'm retired it's not so bad as I can get into my sewing room before it gets dark.  So it's no surprise that time change didn't play too much havoc with my sewing time.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 304/311 days
• Success rate = 97.75%

It was another good week on the stitching front. I never manage to make as much progress on my to do list as I think I will. Thankfully I still have some time to work on what I haven't gotten to this week. 

How are you doing at getting in some sewing time each week?  

1. Gretchen 2. maggief 3. Julie in GA

4. Melissa G 5. Karen 6. Frédérique

7. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 8. Bonnie in Va 9. Quilting Gail

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October PHD Report

October ended with a rainy day, very autumn like weather.  Something we didn't get much of till after mid-month.  It really seemed like we had an endless summer, so I find myself very surprised to be in November and realizing there are just 2 months left in the year.  

With the start of a new month, it's time to review what actually got done the previous month.  So it's time for the October PHD Report sponsored by Ms. P Designs.  My October report has a finish on it. 

My 4th finish, Squared Away (SoScrappy) was started in 2018 as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge sew along that year.  It took me forever to figure out what do do with the blocks.  I'm happy with how it came together. It's a gift for one of My Girl's college buddies.  

 In addition to the finish this month, progress was made on several other projects.  Celtic Solstice, the 2013 Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt, has moved from an incomplete set of blocks in August to quilt top just needing the final two borders.

Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter) was started in 2019 as another Rainbow Scrap Challenge project.  I've been working on these blocks steadily for about 3 years now as my leaders project.  The teal blocks are all sashed.  That just leaves me to finish all the purple blocks and sash those. I may have to bump these blocks up to a priority project to get all the blocks finished by the end of the year.  

Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker) is quilted. It just needs to be trimmed, a label made and bound.  This project will probably be my last finish for 2026. 

The 2026 Guild Block of the Month project is coming to an end.  The instructions for quilt assembly go to the guild in November.  I gave everyone the December block back in January as it was a lot of flying geese.  One of the flying geese borders was on by the end of October.  There's been more progress since then. 

All the September blocks are finally finished for the Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs).  Just in time for the November clue to come out. All the pieces for the October blocks were cut before the end of the month. I've finished some of the October blocks since, but I'll still be playing catch up in November. 

  

The progress graph shows a lot more color in the middle section, but there are also lots more bars that go all the way across the chart in the top section. 

I'm hoping to add a bit more color before the end of the year. At least one more finish and hopefully at least two more projects to finished quilt top.  This year has definitely been better than last year in terms of finished quilts. I'll take that.  

To Do List for the Week of 10/2/2026

Just a bit under 2 months left in 2026.  It's the time of year that if you haven't reached your goals, you have to decide what part of them can you actually make progress with.  The holidays will be busy with the seasonal stuff we do with and for our families.  I'm trying to keep an attitude of what gets done, gets done, what doesn't can wait till next year.  

That last week in October went way too fast, but I still did really well at working through what was on my to do list.  

To Do List for 10/27/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Work on assembly ✔

2. Glowing Hearts: Finish quilting borders ✔

3. Marigold Mystery: Finish Sept, start Oct blocks ✔

4. Celtic Solstice: Continue making blocks for pieced border ✔

5. Wild and Goosey: Continue making purple blocks ✔

It's been a while since I've managed to check off everything on my list.  You have to go back to August for the last fully checked off list.  So it was definitely a good week. I'm hoping for another good week.  I'm close to finishing one quilt and getting two other projects to finished quilt tops. 

To Do List for 11/03/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Finish borders

The pieced borders have been added to the top and bottom.  The narrow purple border has been added. All that's left is the dark blue border.  So this should become a finished quilt top before the end of the week.  Once this is ready for this month's guild meeting, the BOM for next year will be my priority.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Make label and binding

I've got a start on the label. It definitely needs more work, but it's getting there.  Hopefully I can get the quilt sandwich trimmed this week too.    

3. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish Oct blocks

All the square in a square blocks are finished and I've gotten started on the uneven 9 patch blocks for October.  Hopefully I can get caught up this week, because the November clue comes out this Thursday.   

4. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembling pieced borders

 

I finished making the triangle in a square blocks last weekend, there were only 4 left when I sat down at the machine on Sunday.  The first pieced border is almost assembled. I'll focus more on this project once the guild BOM is a completed quilt top.  

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

Not sure how many are left to make, probably around 12.  The goal is to get the 3" purple blocks made this month and get them all sashed next month.  The project will probably have to move up in priority to make that happen.    

That's my list for this week.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

The Quilting Part

The first day of November was overcast and chilly.  Not cold, just chilly enough to want a sweater most of the morning. Today looks to be much the same, though based on the forecast we have a chance of severe storms this evening.  Definitely a day to get my sewing machine time in during the afternoon. 

I spent part of my sewing time yesterday getting end of the month photos of where all my projects are.  I was finally able to get a full on shot of the completely quilted Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker).  

I haven't taken the time to trim off the excess batting, that should happen this week. It is hard to see the quilting unless you blow up the picture a bit.  I decided to quilt just a couple of sets of double lines in the border, like a frame. It's pretty similar to what I did in the sashing, though that was single lines.  I also basted around the outside edge to make trimming and adding the binding a bit easier. The border was quilted with teal thread. I considered using the same yellow I used in the blocks, but just liked the teal better.  

I've started making the label. After consultation with My Girl, we took inspiration from an old Janis Joplin song and decided to call my version "Pieces of My Hearts".  The binding still needs to be cut and sewn. The same dark blue used in the sashing will be the binding. This should be close to finished by the end of the week.  

This is the third quilt I've used my walking foot to quilt.  I learned a few tricks with this one that should make the next one go a bit faster.  Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, as well as, Sew & Tell Monday.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 44 of 2026

 

Halloween and time change on the same night doesn't seem fair, even if we do gain an hour of sleep.  Maybe the little ones with sugar over doses before bed will sleep them off with that extra hour, but I doubt it.  It will take us a few weeks to reset our internal clocks.  It's also the first day of November.  Which I'm equally not prepared to acknowledge.  So let's dwell on last week shall we? 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Oct = 30/31 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 297/304
• Success rate = 97.70%

There was a lot of progress in October, even with me missing one day.  It may not be as good this month and next with the holidays. I'm OK with that.  I'll still make some progress, but it's easy to temper expectations around the holidays.  To many other things to get done.  I'm hoping to keep my success rate above 90, but we'll see how that goes.  

How are you doing on your 2026 goals.  Will you reach them this month or have you given up on most of them as lost causes?  

1. Julie in GA 2. Melissa G 3. maggief 4. Karen

5. Frédérique 6. Deb in Canada 7. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 8. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

9. Jennifer in Indy 10. Bonnie in Va 11. Quilting Gail

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To Do List for the Week of 10/27/2026

This is the last to do list for October.  I'm not panicking, but feeling a bit uncomfortable that the end of the year seems to be spiraling in on us faster than I'm ready for.  It's time to start thinking about Christmas and I just don't want too.  Maybe it would help if it felt like fall. We still need to run the air conditioning in the afternoons it's so warm.  

The warmer weather hasn't kept me out of the sewing room, there was pretty good progress on the to do list.

To Do List for 10/20/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Work on assembly ✔

2. Glowing Hearts: Continue quilting ✔

3. Celtic Solstice: Continue making blocks for pieced border ✔

4. Marigold Mystery: Finish Sept, start Oct blocks - progress

5. Wild and Goosey: Continue working on teal/purple blocks ✔

There was progress on each to do last week. Maybe not as much progress as I'd like, but each project is closer to the next milestone.  This week's list is pretty much the same as last week's.  

To Do List for 10/27/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Work on assembly

The center, first pieced border and sashing the blocks went pretty fast.  Half the final white border has been sewn on.  But I still need to to sew the flying geese together for the final pieced border and then there is a purple and a blue border to add. I'm hoping to get most of that done this week.  We'll see how it goes.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Finish quilting border

The heart blocks are all quilted and so is the dark blue sashing.  It's just straight lines, but it seems to work with the quilting in the hearts. I think I'm going to do the same for the border.  If I keep it simple, the quilting will go faster.  I never intended to do so much on the heart blocks, but they look good, so it was worth it. With all the work I've put into this project, I've decided not to donate it.  I'll keep this one as a potential gift for someone.  

3. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish Sept, start Oct blocks

Just one more Ohio Star block to finish and September will be done.  I still need to cut the fabric for the third October block. There hasn't been as much progress on these blocks as my focus has been on the projects closer to being finished and the BOM as it has a deadline.  

4. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making blocks for pieced border

Only need to sew 12 more of the triangle in a square blocks and then it's border assembly time.  

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

All the teal blocks are sashed.  All that's left is to finish the purple blocks.  I printed the last paper piecing templates needed to finish the blocks. It's less than 16 more than 12 that I've got left to make.  The goal is to have the purple blocks finished and sashed before the end of the year.  It's doable, but I'll probably have to bump the blocks up in priority to get there.  

October has been a pretty productive month, though some weeks it certainly doesn't seem like it.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

The Fourth Finish

Do you ever sit at your computer at the beginning of the week and think, "What happened to last week"?  We had guild meeting on Tuesday and I spent a chunk of Tuesday morning rewriting the instructions for the November BOM block. I decided the instructions weren't very clear, so more diagrams were needed.  I've not heard from anyone, so I'm hoping that means the instructions were OK. Late night sewing was canceled for various reasons, so no big evening of productivity.  Progress was made, but it still feels like an off week.   

The big accomplishment was completing the binding on my fourth finish for the year.  

Squared Away was started in 2018 as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge BOM hosted by Mari at the Academic Quilter and Angela at Soscrappy.  The blocks were finished that November, but sat in a project box waiting for me to decide what color sashing to use to set them together.  Finally in 2024, I decided that black would work and finished the quilt top before the end of that year.  It sat in the "to be quilted" closet till My Girl asked if there were any quilts she could gift as graduation gifts to her best college buddies.  This one is going to one of her undergrad buddies for Christmas this year.  

It's hard to see from the big photo, but the outside border is black with a silver curly design with lots of little colored dots, it works really well with all the blocks.  The quilting was done at one of our local quilt shops. The quilting thread is silver and the curly stitching works well with that outside border.  

The binding is the same fabric from the border.  This picture shows the printed design much better.  

The backing is an extra wide black and white paisley.  It works really well with the colorful front.  

Squared Away is my fourth quilt finish for 2026, the second one that was quilted professionally, but by someone different than the last one. So now I've got some options for local quilting. Hopefully that means I'll get more of those tops in the "to be quilted" closet finished next year.  Most all the local longarm quilters are busy working on orders for Christmas, so I don't plan on sending anything out till January.  But that doesn't mean I won't start prepping one now.  I have 2 more graduation quilts to finish before May and 2 more that need to be done by December next year.  

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, as well as Sell & Tell Monday.  I'll also link up with Favorite Quilt Finish when it gets posted.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 43 of 2026

 

It was a good week.  My allergies have been hit or miss the last couple of weeks.  A  very painful sinus headache kept me pretty subdued on Wednesday.  Even so, I still managed to get in a bit of stitching time each day. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Oct = 23/24 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 283/390 days
• Success rate = 97.64%

Over all, 2026 has been a pretty good year on the stitching front.  Though it doesn't seem like I've gotten all that much done.  I've spent some time looking at where projects stand and trying to decide what's my target for the rest of this year.  With the holidays coming up, it's always so hard to judge just how much one can actually get done.  

Are you moving things along or are you feeling stalled out?  

1. Gretchen 2. Melissa G 3. Julie in GA

4. Frédérique 5. Deb in Canada 6. Karen

7. Bonnie in Va 8. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 9. Quilting Gail

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To Do List for the Week on 10/20/2026

We've been enjoying the cooler weather, but apparently the cool down tripped something in the atmosphere and I've been struggling with my allergies lately.  It's not horrible, but my energy levels haven't been what they normally are, lots of napping in the afternoon to cope. That really cut into my sewing time this week, so my to do list didn't get it's normal attention.  

To Do List for 10/13/2026

1. Squared Away: Finish binding ✔

2. Glowing Hearts: Continue quilting ✔

3. Celtic Solstice: Work on borders ✔

4. Marigold Mystery: Finish Sept, cut fabrics for Oct - progress

5. Guild BOM: Start assembly ✔

6. Wild and Goosey: Continue working on teal/purple blocks ✔

It really wasn't a bad week, there was progress on all of my items, just not as much as I'd planned. I did finish up Squared Away, so that was definitely a high point.  This week's list will be pretty much the same as last week's, just minus Squared Away. Fingers crossed I make better progress this week. 

To Do List for 10/20/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Work on Assembly

I've made pretty good progress on getting the first set of borders on the large carpenter star block.  I'm hoping the rest of the assembly goes pretty fast.  At some point I need to get serious about writing instructions and making blocks for the 2027 BOM.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Continue quilting

The middle block in the last row is completely quilted and the block next to it is half quilted.  I'm hoping to finish it and the one on the other end this week, then I can start quilting in the sashing.  I have a plan for that. Still considering what to do in the borders.  

3. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making blocks for pieced border

The cornerstones for the pieced borders are finished, but 24 triangle in a square blocks are still needed. I've dropped this project down in priority.  As much as I'd like to get is to the finished quilt stage, it needs to wait till I've got the 2026 BOM put together. It may not get there till next month.  I'm hoping it's a finished top before the next BH mystery comes out in November. 

4. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish September, Start October blocks

Just one Ohio Star block was added last week. The square in a square blocks for the October clue are cut out, but the pieces for the other two blocks in this month's clue still need to be cut. I still have over 2 weeks to get caught up before the next clue comes out. 

5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on teal/purple blocks

Just one teal block left to sash, but 18 purple blocks are still needed before I can start sashing those. It's definitely possible to finish all these blocks before the end of the year.  It would be nice to be ready for quilt assembly in January.  

Hopefully I'll be more energetic this week. To be fair, there has been steady progress on the projects on my list. It's all the projects that haven't made it to my list that bug me.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.   

Here and There Progress

It actually felt like autumn this weekend, we needed jackets when we went outside. Getting dressed to go out for coffee with the crew took me a few minutes, the temps really meant long sleeves were needed. It took me a minute to remember what my options were, I've been wearing my short sleeve cotton shirts for so long, I forgot what was in my closet for the other seasons. 

Part of my stitching time was spent working on hand stitching the binding for Squared Away. I've turned two corners, so just over half way done with that.  Quilting on Glowing Hearts took up three days this week, so time working on my other projects was a bit limited.  The second border did get added to Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter). 

The triangle in a square blocks needed for the next pieced border are still in progress. 

Just 24 of these left to make.  The square in a square corner stones for that border are finished, but I forgot to get a photo of those.  I considered starting assembling the border strips from the blocks already done, but the 2026 BOM really needs to be done by the November Guild meeting, so it needs to take priority. So I'll keep making the blocks while assembling that project.

My priorities this week are to get Squares Away bound and make some progress on getting the 2026 BOM assembled. Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, plus Sew & Tell Monday. 

Stitching Stuff: Week 42 of 2026

 

We finally got our autumn weather.  One day we've got heat indexes of over 100 degrees and the next our highs are in the 50's.  Talk about whiplash!  I had to dig out my warm slippers and a sweater yesterday morning before sitting down at the computer. The day before I was in shorts and a sleeveless tank while catching up on blog posts.  The forecast says we'll be back in the 80's by the end of the week. But the cooler weather this weekend is prefect for finishing up a binding and some quilting. Activities where the quilt spends a lot of time on your lap.  

It wasn't a bad week on the stitching front.  We spent one day of last weekend with family celebrating Mom's birthday, so I didn't get in a full seven days of stitching time.  

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/Oct = 16/17 days 
• 15 minute days/2026 = 283/290 days
• Success rate = 97.59%

I still have an "A" for my quilting time for 2026 even with the day off.  We'll have to see how the rest of the year goes. With the holidays coming up, I'll probably miss a few more days before we get to the end of the year. My goal was to exceed a 85% success rate, so I have room if the year gets too hectic.  

How is your stitching time working out? 

 

1. Frédérique 2. Gretchen 3. Julie in GA

4. maggief 5. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 6. Patricia in New Mexico the correct link :)

7. Bonnie in Va 8. Quilting Gail

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To Do List for the Week of 10/13/2026

My mother's 84th birthday was this weekend.  We went to visit and take her out for dinner along with the rest of the family. So I missed one day of stitching this week.  There was still good progress on last week's to do list.  

To Do List for 10/6/2026

1. Squared Away: Make label and binding, trim quilt ✔

2. Glowing Hearts: Continue quilting ✔

3. Celtic Solstice: Finish quilt assembly, decide on borders ✔

4. Marigold Mystery: Finish Sept blocks, start Oct- progress

5. 2026 Guild BOM: Start assembly - progress

6. Wild and Goosey: Continue working on teal/purple blocks ✔

Definitely not a bad week considering I missed one of more productive days in terms of sewing room time.  Hopefully I can do as well this week.  

To Do List for 10/13/2026

1. Squared Away (Soscrappy): Finish binding.  

The binding and label got made.  The binding it sewn to the front, but I didn't get very far on stitching it to the back.  Only the part between that green clip near the top and that first blue clip on the bottom has been stitched.  Still lots to do on that this week.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Continue quilting

The top three rows of hearts are all quilted.  Just one more row of hearts, the sashing and the borders left.  I've decided what to quilt in the sashing strips and am working out an idea for the borders.  

3. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Work on borders

The blocks for the pieced border are coming along, slowly. I'm still hoping to have Celtic Solstice to the finished quilt top stage by the end of the month. 

4. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish Sept, cut fabrics for October blocks

One of the five Ohio Star blocks has been finished.  A second one is partially assembled.  I should be able to finish the September blocks this week and get going on the October blocks too.  

5. 2026 Guild BOM: Start Assembly

I didn't make a lot of progress on this project, but I did make some progress on the border strips for the Carpenter Star block.  Still lots to do on this project.  

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on teal/purple blocks

Sashing the teal blocks should be done this week.  Just two teal blocks left to complete. Then it will be all purple till those get finished.  

There is lots I'd like to get done before the end of the month. Realistically, it's not all going to get done. I'll try to be happy with whatever progress I can manage this week. 

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.   

Contemplations on My Project List

This last week went really fast. It just that time of year.  We'll be mid way through October this week!  That just doesn't seem possible.  But it did get me thinking about what my sewing room plans are for next year. It may seem early, but we always started developing next year's goals about this time of year when I was working.  Some habits don't fade completely when you retire.  

I was looking for some left over pieces in case I needed a bit extra for the binding for Squared Away and realized, there is a nice stack of empty project boxes on the shelf.  

To be fair, some of the still full project boxes have more than one project in them, so I should probably do a redistribution so each project has it's own box.  Instead, I decided conduct a quick assessment of where all my quilting projects stand.  

Glowing Hearts and Squared Away are in the quilting and binding stages.  So those are almost finished. There are 13 quilt tops hanging in the "to be quilted" closet. 

That leaves 13 projects sitting in the remaining project boxes/bags. Of those, the 2026 Guild BOM has to be a finished quilt top before December.  So that one should join the projects in the "to be quilted" closet. I've been making steady progress on Wild and Goosey this year, it should be ready for assembly next year. Celtic Solstice needs the remaining borders added. 

So it should also be hanging in the "to be quilted" closet before the end of the year.  

The plan is to sew along with the Bonnie Hunter mystery this year.  That's my last new project for 2026.  After the expected additions and subtractions from my lists, that leaves 12 projects that need blocks finished and 15 quilt tops in the "to be quilted" closet. Obviously, I'll need to balance the quilting with the finishing quilt tops.  Things to contemplate for next year's plans to get more projects finished: do I start with the oldest projects, or stick with working on the projects that have the most done? That may not matter as my oldest project is probably the closet to finished of the ones left in the project boxes.     

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, as well as, Sew & Tell Monday.