Progress on Kate's Choice

It was nice to get back to the sewing room on Sunday.  After a week away from home, the first decision was to decide what to work on.  I finished off the August inverted star block for the guild BOM so I was free to work on something else.  Since I'd really like to get another finish in soon, the project box with the quilted Kate's Choice blocks was pulled off the shelf.  First step was to cut the sashing strips for the front and back of the quilt and attach those. 

The sashing on the front will be same pink fabric as in the first block and the back sashing will that green dot from the bottom block.  Attaching the sashing strips to the first block wasn't a problem, but there were issues when I tried to attach the second block to the sashing.  I was having problems with skipped stitches, then I realized that the walking foot wasn't flat. Once I figured out how to fix that, things went smoothly and the first row is finished, including the between rows sashing. 

Once I figured out the skipped stitches this went together pretty quickly.  Dealing with the sashing on the back was a bit more of a challenge.  

It looks OK from a distance, but close up you can see it's not perfect.  I've got the sashing strips pinned to the second row, but had to stop for dinner last night and didn't get back it it.  The plan is to work on it this afternoon once all my morning chores are done.  I won't finish it this month I don't think, but any progress is good. 

Linking up with Design Wall Monday and Patchwork & Quilts. 

Stitching Stuff: Week 34 of 2025

 

I'm a bit late posting this week, I completely spaced that it was Sunday.  Grad Girl and I spent the week in Houston doing some apartment hunting.  I'd forgotten just how bad Houston traffic is. The heat and humidity was another not missed living condition. It was a long, tiring week. We were out most of the day and spent our evenings recovering.  It wasn't the best week for stitching time. 

• 15 minute days/week = 3/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 16/23 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 208/235 days
• Success rate = 88.51%

So definitely not much on the stitching front last week. Even with the bad traffic and the sticky weather, we had some fun.  At least the food was really good and we stayed at a great rental.  She'll move sometime next month, she has to pass the background check before she gets the final offer letter. Then she'll have a firm start date and can finish up the leasing process.  

I'm hoping to spend a lot more time in my sewing room this week.  I'm not quite in withdrawal, but getting close.  I'm also way behind on replying to emails and reading blog posts.  I'll get caught up on that too this week.  How did your stitching go this week?

Stitching Stuff: Week 33 of 2025

Not sure what happened to this week.  Allergies have been bad and I'm still dealing with the changes in my schedule with Grad Girl home during her job search.  But it looks like the schedule will go back to normal in September.  Grad Girl has a job offer, though she hasn't seen the official paperwork yet. I know that's the goal of all parents, to get their kids self sufficient.  Being honest about it,  I'll miss the disruptions once she's off doing what she's supposed to be doing.   

As I noted earlier, it wasn't the best week on the stitching front.  

• 15 minute days/week = 5/7 days
• 15 minute days/August = 13/16 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 205/228 days
• Success rate = 89.91%

Not the best week, but certainly not the worst.  Apartment hunting is next on the schedule, then helping Grad Girl move. We'll be busy over the next three weeks.  It's looking like there will a lot of hand work going on. 

Did you find time to play with needle and thread this week? 

1. maggie f 2. Gretchen 3. Melissa G 4. Donnalee@

5. Deb in Canada 6. Frédérique 7. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 8. Quilting Gail

9. Bonnie in Va 10. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 11. Marsha's Spot

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What's Up on the Design Wall and What's Not

The summer allergies are still hanging on, but it wasn't so bad this weekend.  A lot of sneezing, but I've not needed quite so many tissues.  I suppose that's progress? 

In the sewing room my main focus has been on getting the blocks for the Guild BOM done before the meeting next week.  I can't show those till after the meeting, so they aren't up on the design wall this week.  

Since I need my regular sewing foot for the BOM blocks, there has been no progress on Kate's Choice, so it's not up on the design wall either.  

What is up on the design wall?

 

I've been working on Old Town, the 2024 Bonnie Hunter mystery.  It's fun to see the secondary pattern the blocks make when they are up on the design wall.  Bonnie used pieced sashings for this project and I'm going to make those as well, just haven't gotten that far yet. The pieced sashing use more of the teal fabric and I definitely want to include more of that in this quilt.  Still lots of blocks to make before I get to making the sashing pieces. 

I've assembled 7 of the 25 blocks so far. My goal is to have this into a finished quilt top before the next mystery kicks off in November.  If I keep working on it at late night sew, I'll at least get close.  

That's it for my design wall this week.  Linking up with Design Wall Monday and Patchwork & Quilts.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 32 of 2025

 

The typical August heat and humidity came back this week. It wasn't nice at all outside. Plus something outside is putting off nasty allergens. All three of us have been sneezing, congested and just not feeling great this week.  Between the heat and the not feeling well, I ended up missing a day of stitching time this week.  

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 8/9 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 200/221 days
• Success rate = 90.50%

Not a bad week, just not one of my best weeks.  Hopefully, I'll feel mostly back to normal this week and will manage to fit in some good sewing time each day.  

No stash management this week.  I've been pretty unmotivated in the mornings, too busy blowing my nose this week.  

Did you get to play with needle and thread this week?  

1. Gretchen 2. maggie f 3. Melissa G 4. Karen

5. DonnaleeQ 6. Quilting Gail 7. Deb in Canada 8. Bonnie in Va

9. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 10. Frédérique 11. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 12. Preeti

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