Another Off the Design Wall

I'm slowly recovering from our yard work marathon on Saturday.  Thankfully my back and knees held up pretty well, it was the rest of me that hurt afterwards.  Even My Guy was feeling it on Sunday.  We definitely aren't as young as we used to be.  

Even with the Saturday yard work excursion, I had a good week in the sewing room, Squared Away is sashed and bordered. 

I'm pretty happy with how it came together.  This is upside down from how I've had it on the design wall during assembly, but it looks good from that direction too.  It will be next year before Squared Away is finished. My goal was to make progress on all the projects on my quilt plan. I've done that this year and it's only November.  

What's next?  Definitely Old Town, the 2025 Bonnie Hunter mystery.  Those clues come fast and furious the next few weeks.  My goal is to see if I can keep up this year. I've never managed that before.  

Linking up with Monday Design Wall and Patchwork & Quilts.

Stitching Stuff: Week 47 of 2024

This is the last Sunday in November.  Are you as shocked by that statement as I am?  I'm not ready for us to be so close to the last month of the year.  It's been such a good year on the stitching front, it's easy to not want it to end. I really didn't expect to be almost to the end of November with an intact stitching streak for the year.   

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 23/23 days
• 15 minute days/2024= 328/328 days
• Success rate = 100%

I've had to work at getting in time each day, but I've managed. Sometimes it is just 15 minutes, but most of the time it's hours.  The progress on this year's quilt plan is due to all the sewing time I've been able to fit in this year.  

The great fabric reorganization in my sewing room got put on hold this week. We had some yard stuff we absolutely needed to get handled before it gets too cold, so rather than spending most of my Saturday in the sewing room, I was outside holding the ladder while My Guy trimmed trees and cleaned the gutters. We both are pretty sore after all that work. I'm hoping I can manage the stairs to the sewing room later today. 

How did your stitchy week work out?  

Week 130 Photo Challenge: Vintage

This week's challenge theme wasn't too bad, it wasn't the easiest we've had, but it wasn't the hardest either. 

The most fun thing about the challenge is seeing what we each come up with. That often depends on how each of us interpreted the theme. I may have missed the mark a bit, but I'm sticking with my approach.  

Kate: Vintage News

My house cleaning project this weekend was to tackle the office.  While dusting, I found these vintage copies of National Geographic. They belonged to My Guy's parents. This magazine is so noted for it's photography, it's hard to picture how it managed with just illustrations.  

I often wonder at My Guy's thought process, but he does come up with some very fun photos.  He definitely thinks out of the box. 

My Guy: Born In

If you are a big music fan you'll get the reference immediately.  If you aren't, here's a hint. 

Released 40 years ago, I guess you could consider this a vintage album cover.  It's hard to think that means I'm vintage.  Still, I think My Guy nailed the look. 

Grad Girl continues to be busy, she has some deadlines to meet.  So it's not surprising her photo comes from where she spends most of her time.

Grad Girl: Vintage Lab

If you were a fan of any of the versions of TV show CSI, this may not strike you as a lab.  But in the vast majority of colleges and universities, you will find that many grad students are still doing their research in labs with infrastructure from the 1920's. The gas lines at the back of the bench on either side of the cup sink (the two fixtures with the pointy ended screw looking appendages) have just about disappeared from the modern lab.  I'm not sure cup sinks are a thing anymore.

Vintage wasn't so bad as a challenge. The subject for this week's challenge is easy to find, but how to make a cool photo, not so straight forward. 

It should be fun to see what we each end up with. I know it won't be the same shoes.  

To Do List for the Week of 11/19/2024

Mid-November has come and gone.  Thanksgiving is next week. I'm really not ready for the holiday to ramp up and the year wind down.  But as I don't have a choice, it's time to just go with the flow.  I've been keeping my to do list's pretty simple and it's paying off with good progress.  

To Do List for 11/12/2024

1.  Squared Away: Continue sashing blocks ✔

2.  Guild BOM: Continue working on pieced borders ✔

3.  Marble Mystery: Start November clue ✔

4.  Wild and Goosey: Continue making red blocks ✔

5.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

My goal all year has just been progress and I'm doing well on that front.  I'll need to finish up a few items to stay on track since the Thanksgiving holiday is coming up.  

To Do List for 11/19/2024

1.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Start first clue

My fabric is all washed and pressed.  I'm curious what pieces we'll start off with. 

2.  Squared Away (SoScrappy): Finish borders

The blocks are all sashed and stitched together.  Just two borders left to attach and this project will be a finished quilt top.  

3.  Guild BOM: Finish pieced borders

Just six more flying geese and 4 pinwheel blocks left to finish before the pieced borders are finished.  

4.  Marble Mystery(Meadow Mist Designs): Finish November clue

The November clue has us making two types of square in a square blocks. I've gotten started on them. They go pretty quickly, so hopefully these will be done by the end of the week. 

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

The plan is to keep working on the red blocks till the end of the year. 

6.  Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders 

I'm halfway done with the next set of 10 blue 4-patches.  This has been a really good leaders and enders project.  It may be slow going, but the piles of 4-patches is slowly growing. 

The Bonnie Hunter mystery always seems to take a big part of my sewing time. I'm hoping this year I can keep up on it and not have to abandon all my other projects too. We'll see how that goes. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday. 

The Last Project on the Quilt Plan

It's been a pretty good year in the sewing room. All the stitching time has allowed me to make some progress on every project that was on my stitching plan (and a couple that weren't).  The focus on progress has meant I've gotten 5 finishes so far this year, but I'm set up for even more next year.  

The last project on the plan is Squared Away. This project was the 2018 Rainbow Scrap Project quilt along.  I finished all the blocks in 2018, but then they sat waiting for inspiration on how to set them.  I'm not sure my setting is all that inspired, but I'm happy with how it's going together. 

Just one last sashing to stitch into the middle and then it will be ready to add the borders.  Hopefully the borders can be finished up this week and then this project can go into the "to be quilted" closet. 

Then what? This is the last project on my quilt plan. I've got one more month on the Guild BOM and the Marble Mystery continues into next year. Old Town, this year's Bonnie Hunter mystery, kicks off on Friday.  Usually the BH mystery is pretty intense, so I may not need to add any projects to my list.  We'll see. 

Linking up with Design Wall Monday and Patchwork & Quilts.