Checking off the Big Priority

How are your holiday preparations going?  We need to make one last grocery store run, but our menu is set and we've divided up the cooking chores. This week my focus is on the holiday, last week my focus was on getting the 2025 Guild BOM ready to show at the meeting last Tuesday. 

I finished sewing on the last border about an hour before the meeting last Tuesday.  This is the quick shot I grabbed before folding it up for the meeting.  It was cloudy all weekend, so I didn't get my usual glamor shot.  Hopefully I can work that in before the PHD post that will go up sometime next week.  

I've moved on from one priority to the next, I've got the pieces all cut for the first block of the 2026 Guild BOM.  That has to be ready to show at the guild's December meeting. 

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, Sew and Tell Monday, and Oh Scrap.   

Stitching Stuff: Week 47 of 2025

 

It was a busy week.  The 2025 Guild BOM took up the early part of the week.  Once that quilt top was finished, making a start on the 2026 Guild BOM dominated my sewing time. All the "required" stitching stuff made for a good week on the stitching time front. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 20/22 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 284/326 days
• Success rate = 87.12%

All the sewing room time means I'm checking off a few things on this week's to do list. But it's hard to get to everything.  One more week left in November, and it's a holiday week.  We do have plans for later in the week, so I'm not sure how much stitching time I'll actually get in this week. Once we get to December I really need to think about Christmas. Advent starts next week.  Feeling unprepared is an understatement. 

How are you doing at balancing stitching time with holiday prep?  

To Do List for the Week of 11/18/2025

It's been a busy week. I've never been fond of deadline sewing and I've had a bit of that lately.  Having something with a deadline did affect my ability to get to the rest of my to do list this week.

To Do List for 11/11/2025

1. 2025 Guild BOM: Complete quilt top assembly ✔

2.  Old Town: Continue Assembly ✔

3.  Magnificent Mystery: Finish Sept, Start Oct/Nov clues - progress

4.  Wild and Goosey: Continue making green blocks ✔

Three check marks out of four and progress on the 4th is a pretty good week. Especially since my number one priority got finished. I have a pretty long list this week. 

To Do List for 11/18/2025

1. My Girl Trivets: Quilt

My Girl made a couple of these mushroom trivets as Christmas gifts for one of her long time BFFs.  I need to quilt these before Thanksgiving. So that's my newest #1 priority.  

2.  2026 Guild BOM: Start first block

Now that the quilt top for the 2025 BOM is completed, I can focus on getting ahead on next year's blocks.  I have the instructions written, now I just need to make the first couple of blocks. 

3. Lupine and Laughter (Bonnie Hunter): Start the first step in the mystery.

My fabrics are selected. All but the deep purple came from my stash.  The background is a blue gray marble.  I still need to wash and press the background and the dark purple. That's on the agenda for today.  

4.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue quilt assembly

I've not made as much progress with this as I had hoped. The 2025 BOM assembly took precedence.  I'm going to stick with assembly and hope that I can get it done before the end of the year.  It would be nice to get it all out of the project box.  

5. Magnificent Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish Sept, Start Oct/Nov clues

The September clue is almost finished. The fabrics are cut for the October clue. Hopefully, I'll get the fabric for the November clue cut today. 

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making green blocks

I won't finish green this month, but should be on track to finish up those blocks before the end of December. That would just leave teal, blue and purple blocks to finish next year.  

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

Priority Project

Thanksgiving is next week.  I'm not ready to be that far into the year!  But it comes regardless. Just like the November guild meeting is tomorrow.  My weekend sewing was focused on getting the 2025 Guild BOM to finished quilt top stage. 

The first two borders have been added and I started on the pieced borders. Both long sides of the quilt top have the pieced sawtooth star borders added.  I can't show the whole quilt because the color for December hasn't been announced to the guild yet. The top and bottom border blocks need to be stitched together, then stitched to the quilt top.  Then there are 2 more strip borders to add. Then it will be a finished quilt top.  I have till 6:30 PM central time tomorrow to get that done.  I don't want to jinx it, so we'll leave it at that.  

Once I get this quilt top finished, I can move on to getting ready for the 2025 Bonnie Hunter mystery that kicks off on Friday. I still need to prewash some of my fabrics and then press them.  

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, Sew and Tell Monday, and Oh Scrap.   

Stitching Stuff: Week 46 of 2025

It's been a fast week.  I'm caught up on laundry, not so caught up on household chores, but getting there.  I didn't sew as much as I could have, but I did manage to stitch each day this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Nov = 13/15 days
• 15 minute days/2025= 277/319 days
• Success rate = 86.83%

So definitely a good week. My goal this weekend is to finish up the 2025 Guild BOM. All I can say is that I'm getting there.  What have you been working on this week? Did you get your stitching time in? 

1. Frédérique 2. Julie in GA 3. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 4. Gretchen

5. Karen 6. Melissa G 7. Deb in Canada 8. DonnaleeQ

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