To Do List for the Week of 5/12/2026

My back has been slowly getting better. Bending is still problematic, but otherwise I'm mostly pain free.  My therapy has included cycling, walking and sewing.  Movement is the best thing for the back and with all the walking between rooms I did working on Chilowie, I moved a lot!  It's a blessing that the sewing room was one of the places I could go and not hurt. That was really good for last week's to do list. 

To Do List for 5/5/2026

1.  Old Town: Work on borders ✔

2.  Chilhowie: Sandwich quilt and start marking ✔

3.  Lupine and Laughter: Work on A blocks ✔

4.  Wild and Goosey: Finish blue blocks, start sashing ✔

It was a good week, 4 for 4 on the to do list. Fingers crossed I can do as well with this week's list. 

To Do List for 5/12/2026

1. 2025 Guild BOM: Make backing

My Girl has asked me to finish this quilt for one of her college buddies.  This one is a bit big for me to quilt on my sewing machine. Plus, having some professionally quilted will help me make a dent in the number of to be quilted projects.  I found a reasonable backing fabric in the stash.  So I need to get some measurements and get started on sewing the back up.  It also needs a different name. My Girl is usually pretty good at coming up with good names for the quilts that go to her friends.  

2. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Continue quilting 

I'm using painters tape to mark my lines. The first two lines were not perfect. I may or may not go back to fix them. I'll see how noticeable the wobbles are once all the quilting is done.  At least I got started. It's slow going at the moment. I'm hoping it gets faster with more practice.  

3. Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter): Work on A blocks

I was reading the pattern last night to get started on what I thought was block B.  My block IDs are switched from Bonnie's.  That's OK, as long as I know which is which.  I've started on the "framing blocks" for the first block.  That purple may be way to dark for the rest of the quilt, but it's what I've cut, so we'll see how it develops as the blocks come together. 

4. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue sashing blue blocks

Only 1 block sashed so far, 63 left.  This makes a great leader and ender project.  

Another short list.  But it is in line with my strategy was for the year.  I wanted to keep the list to 4 to 5 to dos during second and third quarter.  The focus will be on getting quilts to finished over the next few months.  

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.