To Do List for 5/19/2026
1. 2025 Guild BOM: Make backing - progress
2. Chilhowie: Continue quilting ✔
3. Lupine and Laughter: Continue working on A blocks ✔
4. Wild and Goosey: Continue sashing blue blocks ✔
Definitely not a bad week even with the reduced sewing time. What does this week look like. More of the same with one new addition as I'm finding it hard to just work on one quilt at a time.
To Do List for 5/26/2026
1. 2025 Guild BOM: Make backing
The pieces for the backing are cut, I just need to sit down and stitch them together.
2. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Continue Quilting
Quilting of Chilhowie is moving along. I'm finally getting a better handle on how to handle a large quilt on my sewing machine. I'm getting better at keeping the lines straight and the stitching even. I'm debating if I need to go back and add one more set of lines in each direction. The space between the stitching lines is 4", that's the maximum recommended for the batting. Is that going to be enough?
3. Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on main blocks.
Construction of the main block has been pretty slow. I decided to paper piece the star points. You need 8 for each block, so that's been the slow part of the process. At least I can see visible progress.
4. Good Fortune (Bonnie Hunter): Pull project box, assess status
Good Fortune is the 2018 Bonnie Hunter mystery. Looking at my records I haven't worked on it since February of 2019. Based on the mock ups found in my EQ files, I'm about half way done with the blocks. Not sure what's in the project box, I suspect the next step will be to cut more fabric.
5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue sashing blue blocks
I haven't made a lot of progress with sashing the blocks. It's been slow but steady progress, which is fine for now.
That's my list for this week. Hard to believe this is the last list for May. This month certainly went fast. June probably will too. It always seems like the year moves faster the closer you get to the end of it. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.
8 comments:
I purchased the sew Q laser to add to my machine at the Houston Quilt show or you can get it online. It really helps with the diagonal quilting lines. I use diagonal lines or grid lines on most of my quilts and have it on most of the time.
Good Fortune is a pretty pattern! Did you read anything good last week? I'm been reading the next to last Outlander book. We started watching the last season, and I had wanted to catch up before it started, but didn't. I love the series, but I enjoy the clarification of the actual book. And I don't miss the gratuitous s*x they feel they must put in the TV series!
Wow. I love the colors you’re used in Good Fortune. Very pretty.
Even though I often want to hurry up and finish quilting with lines 4 inches apart, usually I am happier with closer quilting, like 2 inches apart. (Especially if you're used to long arm quilting on your quilts, which can be pretty dense.) It just takes longer! Good Fortune has pretty colors - glad to see you're getting it out to work on again.
That looks like great progress for the week to me. I hope you have another good week ahead.
Can you stitch in the ditch around the blocks on Chilhowie? It won't be too visible but will get your span below 4".
I don't comment much, but I always enjoy seeing your work. :)
Andrea in MO
Great progress with your projects, despite the knee's pain and uneasy access to the sewing room. If 4'' between quilting lines looks too wide, what do you think about adding a wavy quilting line in between? Have fun sewing this week.
it looks like you did get a lot done! Any good books?? Hope your knee is making progress... so frustrating!
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