Tuesday, September 26, 2023
To Do List for the Week of 9/26/2023
Monday, September 25, 2023
One Off the UFO List
Sunday, September 24, 2023
Stitching Stuff: Week 37 of 2023
There is just one week left in September. I'm not ready for it to be October. The end of the year will come up really fast. With that in mind, I'm trying to make my sewing time count. I did pretty well on that front this week.
- 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
- 15 minute days/Sept = 23/23 days
- 15 minute days/2023 = 229/266 days
- Success rate = 86.09%
Saturday, September 23, 2023
Week 88 Photo Challenge: Floating
The weather here has been more spring like then fall like this week, at least in terms of the magnitude of the thunderstorms that have rolled through the last couple of days. But the storms have brought cooler weather and higher winds. Oklahoma is known for being windy, but during the hottest days, we had almost no wind this summer. Wind and water were dominate subjects for this week's challenge.
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Kate: Floating Past the Sun |
We'd had storms overnight into the morning on Friday. But both the sky and radar seemed to indicate they were passed. I ventured out on my typical morning walk. Not more than 5 minutes after this photo, I realized just how dark it was to the north and west. Then there was this incredible lighting strike and thunder boom. I didn't get my usual 2 miles in, but I more than made up for the shorter distance in intensity. You do not want to be the tallest thing around when it's lighting.
My Guy went the water route with his photo for the week.
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My Guy: Flotilla |
The wind picked up and the sky cleared up by sunset. It was definitely a nice evening for a nice group paddle in the lake.
Grad Girl, as usual, picked a very different subject for her challenge photo.
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Grad Girl: Density Differences |
Grad Girl is a big fan of ramen. This is one of her rare non-lab photos, but I couldn't resist keeping with the science theme for the title. I can't tell if this is from dinner out or if it's one of her ramen bowls she fixes at home. She had a pretty stressful week, so I'm wouldn't be surprised if she reached for some comfort food. Her kitty wasn't feeling well early in the week, plus she's got pending grant deadlines on top of research projects. I do not miss graduate school (or working for that matter).
This week's challenge is pretty much wide open for any number of subjects.
Grad Girl responded to the text with "Ooo, ok I have ideas". So next week should be pretty interesting.
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
To Do List for the Week of 9/19/2023
Hard to believe that more than half of September is in the books. Looking at what's on my calendar, the end of the year will come really quickly. Consequently my to do lists are getting longer. Last week's list was up to six items, which makes it harder to check off the entire list.
To Do List for 9/12/2023
1. Unity (Helianthus): Make label, binding, finish - progress
2. Macaron Mystery: Prep quilt top for quilting - no progress
3. Scrappy Butterflies: Finish top assembly ✔
4. Malted Mystery: Continue to work on clue 3 ✔
5. Wild and Goosey: Make 2 teal blocks - progress
6. Chilhowie: Continue as leader and ender ✔
Three check marks with progress on 2 others is really not a bad week at all. My goal is to just keep projects moving closer to finished. With that in mind, this week's list is going to look pretty similar.
To Do List for 9/19/2023
1. Unity/Helianthus (Bonnie Hunter): Finish quilt, photograph
Three corners of the quilt are stitched down. Just one more long side to that fourth corner. I'm excited to finish Unity. It was one of those projects that I just struggled to get moving on. A lot of that was due to where I was mentally last year. I'll be glad to mark this one off the to do list. The plan is to get photographs over the weekend and give Unity it's own blog post on Monday.
2. Macaron Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Prep top for quilting.
This was on last week's to do list, but I'd forgotten just how much effort goes into finishing off a quilt, so I choose to focus on Unity and Scrappy Butterflies to move those to finished quilt and finished top respectively. Unity should be finished today, so I can concentrate on getting the next project out for quilting so there will be a finish for next month.
3. Scrappy Butterflies (self designed): Finish adding border(s)
I'm still undecided on the border(s) for this quilt. It's already larger than I wanted, but finishing out the Irish Chain pattern really makes the quilt. My EQ file shows three borders, but that may become just one. I'd really like to keep the size down on this one.
4. Malted Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Continue to work on clue 3
One set of HSTs have been finished and the second set of HSTs is in progress. The Sister block is almost finished. Next up is the Plus blocks. I'm on track to be ready for clue 4 when it comes out next month.
5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make 2 teal blocks
I started one block last week, but didn't quite get it finished. The goal is to make what I can each month to move this project along. I've not decided yet if this project will become a focus for next year or if it will stay a make a few blocks a month project. I have older rainbow scrap projects that are closer to finished then this one. So those may be the focus for next year.
6. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Continue as leader and ender project
Block 7 is still under construction, but it's coming along. Hopefully it's a finish by the end of the month. That leaves just 2 more to finish. I doubt I have this quilt assembled before this year's mystery gets started, but having the blocks done means a quicker finish for next year.
So another long to do list for this week. Fingers crossed I can check off most of them before next week's post. Linking up with The Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for this week's To Do Tuesday.