To Do List for the Week on 10/20/2026

We've been enjoying the cooler weather, but apparently the cool down tripped something in the atmosphere and I've been struggling with my allergies lately.  It's not horrible, but my energy levels haven't been what they normally are, lots of napping in the afternoon to cope. That really cut into my sewing time this week, so my to do list didn't get it's normal attention.  

To Do List for 10/13/2026

1. Squared Away: Finish binding ✔

2. Glowing Hearts: Continue quilting ✔

3. Celtic Solstice: Work on borders ✔

4. Marigold Mystery: Finish Sept, cut fabrics for Oct - progress

5. Guild BOM: Start assembly ✔

6. Wild and Goosey: Continue working on teal/purple blocks ✔

It really wasn't a bad week, there was progress on all of my items, just not as much as I'd planned. I did finish up Squared Away, so that was definitely a high point.  This week's list will be pretty much the same as last week's, just minus Squared Away. Fingers crossed I make better progress this week. 

To Do List for 10/20/2026

1. 2026 Guild BOM: Work on Assembly

I've made pretty good progress on getting the first set of borders on the large carpenter star block.  I'm hoping the rest of the assembly goes pretty fast.  At some point I need to get serious about writing instructions and making blocks for the 2027 BOM.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Continue quilting

The middle block in the last row is completely quilted and the block next to it is half quilted.  I'm hoping to finish it and the one on the other end this week, then I can start quilting in the sashing.  I have a plan for that. Still considering what to do in the borders.  

3. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making blocks for pieced border

The cornerstones for the pieced borders are finished, but 24 triangle in a square blocks are still needed. I've dropped this project down in priority.  As much as I'd like to get is to the finished quilt stage, it needs to wait till I've got the 2026 BOM put together. It may not get there till next month.  I'm hoping it's a finished top before the next BH mystery comes out in November. 

4. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish September, Start October blocks

Just one Ohio Star block was added last week. The square in a square blocks for the October clue are cut out, but the pieces for the other two blocks in this month's clue still need to be cut. I still have over 2 weeks to get caught up before the next clue comes out. 

5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on teal/purple blocks

Just one teal block left to sash, but 18 purple blocks are still needed before I can start sashing those. It's definitely possible to finish all these blocks before the end of the year.  It would be nice to be ready for quilt assembly in January.  

Hopefully I'll be more energetic this week. To be fair, there has been steady progress on the projects on my list. It's all the projects that haven't made it to my list that bug me.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.   

Here and There Progress

It actually felt like autumn this weekend, we needed jackets when we went outside. Getting dressed to go out for coffee with the crew took me a few minutes, the temps really meant long sleeves were needed. It took me a minute to remember what my options were, I've been wearing my short sleeve cotton shirts for so long, I forgot what was in my closet for the other seasons. 

Part of my stitching time was spent working on hand stitching the binding for Squared Away. I've turned two corners, so just over half way done with that.  Quilting on Glowing Hearts took up three days this week, so time working on my other projects was a bit limited.  The second border did get added to Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter). 

The triangle in a square blocks needed for the next pieced border are still in progress. 

Just 24 of these left to make.  The square in a square corner stones for that border are finished, but I forgot to get a photo of those.  I considered starting assembling the border strips from the blocks already done, but the 2026 BOM really needs to be done by the November Guild meeting, so it needs to take priority. So I'll keep making the blocks while assembling that project.

My priorities this week are to get Squares Away bound and make some progress on getting the 2026 BOM assembled. Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, plus Sew & Tell Monday. 

Stitching Stuff: Week 42 of 2026

 

We finally got our autumn weather.  One day we've got heat indexes of over 100 degrees and the next our highs are in the 50's.  Talk about whiplash!  I had to dig out my warm slippers and a sweater yesterday morning before sitting down at the computer. The day before I was in shorts and a sleeveless tank while catching up on blog posts.  The forecast says we'll be back in the 80's by the end of the week. But the cooler weather this weekend is prefect for finishing up a binding and some quilting. Activities where the quilt spends a lot of time on your lap.  

It wasn't a bad week on the stitching front.  We spent one day of last weekend with family celebrating Mom's birthday, so I didn't get in a full seven days of stitching time.  

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/Oct = 16/17 days 
• 15 minute days/2026 = 283/290 days
• Success rate = 97.59%

I still have an "A" for my quilting time for 2026 even with the day off.  We'll have to see how the rest of the year goes. With the holidays coming up, I'll probably miss a few more days before we get to the end of the year. My goal was to exceed a 85% success rate, so I have room if the year gets too hectic.  

How is your stitching time working out? 

 

1. Frédérique 2. Gretchen 3. Julie in GA

4. maggief 5. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 6. Patricia in New Mexico the correct link :)

7. Bonnie in Va 8. Quilting Gail

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To Do List for the Week of 10/13/2026

My mother's 84th birthday was this weekend.  We went to visit and take her out for dinner along with the rest of the family. So I missed one day of stitching this week.  There was still good progress on last week's to do list.  

To Do List for 10/6/2026

1. Squared Away: Make label and binding, trim quilt ✔

2. Glowing Hearts: Continue quilting ✔

3. Celtic Solstice: Finish quilt assembly, decide on borders ✔

4. Marigold Mystery: Finish Sept blocks, start Oct- progress

5. 2026 Guild BOM: Start assembly - progress

6. Wild and Goosey: Continue working on teal/purple blocks ✔

Definitely not a bad week considering I missed one of more productive days in terms of sewing room time.  Hopefully I can do as well this week.  

To Do List for 10/13/2026

1. Squared Away (Soscrappy): Finish binding.  

The binding and label got made.  The binding it sewn to the front, but I didn't get very far on stitching it to the back.  Only the part between that green clip near the top and that first blue clip on the bottom has been stitched.  Still lots to do on that this week.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Continue quilting

The top three rows of hearts are all quilted.  Just one more row of hearts, the sashing and the borders left.  I've decided what to quilt in the sashing strips and am working out an idea for the borders.  

3. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Work on borders

The blocks for the pieced border are coming along, slowly. I'm still hoping to have Celtic Solstice to the finished quilt top stage by the end of the month. 

4. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish Sept, cut fabrics for October blocks

One of the five Ohio Star blocks has been finished.  A second one is partially assembled.  I should be able to finish the September blocks this week and get going on the October blocks too.  

5. 2026 Guild BOM: Start Assembly

I didn't make a lot of progress on this project, but I did make some progress on the border strips for the Carpenter Star block.  Still lots to do on this project.  

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on teal/purple blocks

Sashing the teal blocks should be done this week.  Just two teal blocks left to complete. Then it will be all purple till those get finished.  

There is lots I'd like to get done before the end of the month. Realistically, it's not all going to get done. I'll try to be happy with whatever progress I can manage this week. 

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.   

Contemplations on My Project List

This last week went really fast. It just that time of year.  We'll be mid way through October this week!  That just doesn't seem possible.  But it did get me thinking about what my sewing room plans are for next year. It may seem early, but we always started developing next year's goals about this time of year when I was working.  Some habits don't fade completely when you retire.  

I was looking for some left over pieces in case I needed a bit extra for the binding for Squared Away and realized, there is a nice stack of empty project boxes on the shelf.  

To be fair, some of the still full project boxes have more than one project in them, so I should probably do a redistribution so each project has it's own box.  Instead, I decided conduct a quick assessment of where all my quilting projects stand.  

Glowing Hearts and Squared Away are in the quilting and binding stages.  So those are almost finished. There are 13 quilt tops hanging in the "to be quilted" closet. 

That leaves 13 projects sitting in the remaining project boxes/bags. Of those, the 2026 Guild BOM has to be a finished quilt top before December.  So that one should join the projects in the "to be quilted" closet. I've been making steady progress on Wild and Goosey this year, it should be ready for assembly next year. Celtic Solstice needs the remaining borders added. 

So it should also be hanging in the "to be quilted" closet before the end of the year.  

The plan is to sew along with the Bonnie Hunter mystery this year.  That's my last new project for 2026.  After the expected additions and subtractions from my lists, that leaves 12 projects that need blocks finished and 15 quilt tops in the "to be quilted" closet. Obviously, I'll need to balance the quilting with the finishing quilt tops.  Things to contemplate for next year's plans to get more projects finished: do I start with the oldest projects, or stick with working on the projects that have the most done? That may not matter as my oldest project is probably the closet to finished of the ones left in the project boxes.     

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, as well as, Sew & Tell Monday.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 41 of 2026

 

This week went really fast.  How is it Sunday again?  It's been a good week on the stitching front, lots got done.  But I still didn't get to everything I had hoped to even though stitching happened every day.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Oct = 10/10 days
• 15 minute days 2026 = 277/283 days
• Success rate = 97.88%

It's been a good year on the stitching front. All that time at the machine has meant more quilts moving to finished this year then last. Not hard when I only finished one quilt last year.  I'm on track to finish 5.  Not my best year ever, but definitely a solid one.  

Earlier this week, My Girl sent me this picture of Queenie with the statement "I don't know what I did."

I'm not sure either, but it certainly looks like My Girl is in the dog house with her kitty.  My Girl has been talking about Queenie needing to go to the Vet for her annual check up.  So maybe that's it, or maybe Queenie is just practicing for Halloween?  

How's your stitchy week going?  

1. Gretchen 2. maggief 3. Julie in GA

4. Frédérique 5. Melissa G 6. Karen

7. Bonnie in Va 8. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 9. Quilting Gail

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2026 Quilt Making Strategies: Fourth Quarter Plan

Just one quarter left in 2026 to complete what ever plans one had for getting quilty things done this year.  When the year starts in January, it's so easy to think you've got the whole year ahead, so much time to get projects moved along and finished.  By October, it's where did the year go and why don't I have more done?  The last two months of the year have big holidays in them, so it's hard to make up time for what you didn't get done earlier in the year.  Considering all that, how do I put together a strategy for this quarter?

1. 2026 and 2027 Guild BOMs

All the blocks are made for the 2026 Guild BOM. This needs to be a finished quilt top before the November Guild Meeting, so this project will move up in priority this quarter.  I've finalized the layout for the 2027 Guild BOM and have my fabrics selected.  The yardage handout for 2027 has to be ready by the November meeting and the first block needs to be ready for the December meeting.  So lots to do on this front.  Definitely my #1 priorities for October and November.  

2. Wild and Goosey

All the teal blocks are sashed. That just leaves piecing and sashing the purple blocks.  There has been good progress this year on getting the blocks made and sashed. I should come close to finishing up the purple blocks before the end of the year.  I may have to spend some dedicated time to them so the quilt is ready to assemble in 2027.  

3. UFOs to move to quilt tops

Progress on Celtic Solstice started in third quarter.  It should be a finished quilt top before the end of October.  Marigold Mystery was a new planned project from last quarter. The clues run into next year, so that project won't be complete at the end of the year. The goal is to keep up with monthly clues this year.  The Simply Sensational Summer Scrap quilt hasn't seen any progress this year. It should see some progress this quarter. If I can get that far, the year will end with at least some progress on all the UFOs that were on my list for this year.  

4. Walking foot quilting

It's pretty much the same projects for 4th quarter as it was for 3rd quarter.  Glowing Hearts is more than halfway quilted. It should be finished this quarter. I'm hoping to make a start on Betty before the end of the year.  At this point all I'm hoping for is progress. I don't quilt very fast, so I'm going to need to scale back my walking foot quilting list for next year.  It's OK, I got more finishes this year than last, so I'm happy with the progress this year.  

5. Externally Quilted

At the beginning of the year, Lupine and Laughter was on the to be quilting via the walking foot list.  But one of My Girl's friends selected this as her graduation quilt, so it's going out for quilting now. I have the backing fabric.  I'm hoping it goes out for quilting before the end of the year, but with the Christmas rush to get quilts done by long armers, I doubt it will come back before next year. That's Ok, just getting it ready to go is good progress and will get 2027 off to a good start.  

6. Planned New Projects

The last planned new project for 2026 is the Bonnie Hunter Mystery.  She normally posts the fabric requirements in late October.  Is one clue a week from Black Friday on. I never keep up with the clues and I doubt this year will be any different.  It's a fun challenge, so I'll play along again this year.  

The guild BOMs will be the highest priority this quarter.  I'm starting all over on a new set of blocks.  And those projects have deadlines. So those will get done if nothing else does this quarter.  

Third Quarter Progress on the Quilting Strategy

Since September felt like August, it's surprising to realize it's October.  Third quarter is over and we've started fourth quarter.  Just three months left in the year!  I'm always amazed at how fast the last half of the year goes. It's definitely time to take a look at what my strategic plan for the sewing room was for 2026 and see how I'm doing on the execution part.  

1. Guild BOM 2026

All the blocks are finished and all the sashing/border strips are cut, now it's just assembly time. 

2. Wild and Goosey: 

Continued to use two blocks as my leaders for the quarter, plus I've been sashing blocks as I finish a color. I've got quite a pile of blocks finished at this point. Just the purple blocks to finish now. 

3. UFOs to move to finished quilt tops

Three projects progressed this quarter. Lupine and Laughter, plus Good Fortune are quilt tops.  All the quilt blocks for Celtic Solstice were finished before the end of the quarter.  There wasn't any progress on the Simply Sensational Summer Scarp Quilt.  Both Good Fortune and Celtic Solstice needed a lot of blocks constructed. I'm not unhappy with the progress on these UFOs that needed borders or blocks finished.   

4. Quilts to Quilted with my Walking Foot

There was good progress on quilting Glowing Hearts, but it's only about half finished. So there was no progress on Betty during the quarter. I am getting a better feel on how much quilting I can actually get done in a quarter. That will help me set my strategy for 4th quarter and next year.  

5. Quilts to send Out for Quilting

Squared Away is back from the quilter, but it's not trimmed or bound yet.  At least it's quilted. Magnificent Mystery didn't see any progress.  My Girl has now given me the complete list of quilts to be given to the grad school friends for graduation and an expected graduation date for each. That will set the order for for which quilts go out next.   

6. Planned New Starts

The Meadow Mist Designs 2026 mystery, Marigold, kicked off back in July.  The block clues started in August. This is my 12th Meadow Mist mystery, it's one of the few new projects I've allowed myself over the last few years.   

Looking at the progress for third quarter, I've been pretty successful at moving UFOs from sets of blocks to finished quilt tops. Less successful on moving projects to being quilted. Things to consider when I decide what's the plan for 4th quarter and next year. Even though my strategy for 3rd quarter wasn't fully implemented, there was still really good progress.  I've done better this year than last, so I'm feeling pretty positive about how 2026 has gone in the sewing room. Now to figure out what's the strategy for 4th quarter.  

To Do List for the Week of 10/6/2026

Not quite a full week into October and it feels like the month is rushing by.  Probably because we've got stuff on the calendar for this month. Not fun stuff, necessary stuff. 

I took a lazy approach to last week, but I still didn't do too badly with my to do list. 

To Do List for 9/29/2026

1. Squared Away: Make binding, sew to front - no progress

2. Glowing Hearts: Continue walking foot quilting ✔

3. Celtic Solstice: Continue quilt top assembly ✔

4. Marigold Mystery: Finish September blocks - progress

5. 2026 Guild BOM: Start quilt assembly - no progress

6. Wild and Goosey: Continue teal/purple blocks  ✔

Not a bad week considering how unmotivated I was on the sewing front after my trip to see My Girl.  I probably jumped the gun by putting both Squared Away and the 2026 Guild BOM on the to do list for last week.  They will show up on this week's list because both need to get moved along. 

To Do List for 1/6/2026

1. Squared Away (Soscrappy): Make binding, make label, trim 

Putting this project on last week's list was probably jumping the gun.  This project is a gift for one of My Girl's college buddies, so I need her input on the quilt name and a message for the label.  She's been busy so hadn't really put much thought into it.  We now have a name, so I can start on the label. Hopefully this will be ready for binding next week.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Continue quilting

I'm half way finished quilting the top row of the quilt.  I should finish that row this week and maybe get started on the last row next week.  I'm getting to the point I need to figure out how I'm quilting the sashing and the borders.  

3. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter): Finish quilt top assembly, decide on borders

All the row are sewn together.  Just two long seams and the center of the top will be assembled.  I need to finalize what the borders are going to look like and get the fabrics cut for those.  

4. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish September blocks, start October blocks

The chain blocks from last month's clue are finished and the Ohio Star blocks have been started.  Hopefully I'll at least get the fabrics cut for the October blocks this week. 

5. 2026 Guild BOM: Start assembly

This has been on the list for the last two weeks with no progress.  Once all the rows are sewn together for Celtic Solstice, I'll get started on getting this top assembled. It needs to be done by the guild meeting in November, so I best get started.  

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on teal/purple blocks

Just a couple more teal blocks to sash and then I can concentrate on finishing up the purple 3.5" blocks.  When the paper pieces run out, it will be necessary to see how many more are needed so I can do one last printer run.  It's strange to know just one more batch of papers need to be printed to finish these blocks. 

I'll need to be motivated this week to get to everything. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday. 

Sewing from Home Again

It's been a week since I got back from Houston.  So last Monday wasn't a great stitching day.  Most of Tuesday was spent in recovery, but I did make it to late night sew and got a lot done. My focus has been to get Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter) assembled.  

  

Five of the seven rows are stitched and four rows are sewn together. I'll finish the last two rows, sew those together and add the 3 row piece to the 4 row piece. I'm pretty happy with how it's coming together.  

I still need to figure out what I'm doing for the borders.  I have 20 border blocks that were made before the project was put away. 

   

Bonnie used these all around the quilt as the third border. I don't want to make a bunch more.  The plan is to mock up the border in EQ and see what I can do with the 20 that are made.  If I have to make a few more to get something that works I will.  But the plan is to try to come up something that uses what I've already got.  

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, plus Sew & Tell Monday. 

Stitching Stuff: Week 40 of 2026

 

It was a good week on the stitching front.  I only managed 15 minutes on Monday, but I got it in before I had to make that drive home.  I've not done that much time in the sewing room, but I've made it to open sew at the quilt shop a couple of times this week. I feel more in the groove after that.  

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Sept = 28/30 days
• 15 minute days/2026 = 270/276
• Success rate = 97.83%

September wasn't a perfect month on the stitching time front, but I'm OK with that.  I'm still in the high 90's in terms of stitching time percentage.  When you think about it, just 6 days with no stitching time is really good when you realize it is October! 

It's nice to be sewing at home, but I do miss my sewing observer. 

My daughter's cat, Queenie, decided my pressing mat was prime napping territory. Thankfully she only napped on it when I wasn't sewing. It wouldn't have been fun to ask her to move.  

Did you get your stitching time in this week? 

1. Gretchen 2. maggief 3. Melissa G 4. Julie in GA

5. Frédérique 6. Karen 7. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 8. Patricia in New Mexico

9. Bonnie in Va 10. Andrée at Quilting & Learning 11. Quilting Gail

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September PHD Report

September felt like summer rather than fall this year.  It also went really fast. I'm not ready for it to be October.  We'll blink and it will be New Year's at this point.  I'm never ready for how fast the end of the year goes. 

Now that the month is over it's time to take stock and make a report on my progress for the September PHD Report sponsored by Ms. P Designs.  My September PHD report looks exactly like August's report. 

Another month with no finishes. But I made really good progress on several projects in September.  

The Butterfly embroidery project saw some progress since I was on the road the last week of the month.  I'm slowly making progress on the 9th butterfly.  Since we'll be seeing family for Thanksgiving and Christmas, this project will probably see more progress before the end of the year.  

My last Bonnie Hunter mystery project that's not been moved to finished quilt top is Celtic Solstice.  I pulled that project box at the beginning of the month.  All the blocks are made and two row of the quilt are sew together.  Just 5 more rows left to stitch.  

Squared Away (Soscrappy) came back from the long arm quilter the last day of the month. The quilt needs to be trimmed. I'm working on the label with My Girl since the quilt will be a gift for one of her college buddies. This should be finished this month. 

All the teal 3.5" blocks for Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter) were finished very early in the month.  Those blocks are being sashed to make the 7.5" blocks for the quilt.  I've been working on making more purple 3.5" blocks. About 2/3 of the blocks are finished.  There are twenty something left to make.  I put all the blocks (except the ones under construction) up on the design wall.  There's been lots of progress this year, lots fewer blank spaces.  I'm excited to be getting so close to the assembly stage.  

The quilting of Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker) has been moving along slowly.  The blocks in two of the rows have been quilted and one block in the third row has been started.  Fingers crossed this will be my second finish for October. 

All the big blocks for the 2027 Guild BOM are made.  I've finished the blocks needed for the pieced sashing, those will be November's blocks.  I have all the sashing and border strips cut, but haven't started assembly yet.  That needs to get bumped up on the priority list because the quilt top needs to be ready for the November guild meeting.  Here's what's been shown to the guild so far. 

I've fallen behind on this year's Meadow Mist Design Mystery, Marigold.  All the pieces are cut for the September blocks, but only two of them got made.  So I'll be playing catch up this month.  The October clue is already out. 

September was another productive month. No finishes, but several projects hit milestones.  There is definitely a lot more color in my chart then there was at the first of the year. 

With two quilts closed to finished, I'm hoping to see a bit more color in that top block of my chart for next month.  It's been a pretty good year.  Hopefully I can keep up the steady progress this month. 

To Do List for the Week of 9/29/2026

The drive from Houston to home Monday was just over 11 hours. Needless to say I was pretty wiped out yesterday. I slept late yesterday, got up just in time to go work out at the gym and make a run to Walmart.  After lunch, it was nap time.  I just never worked up the energy to dig my computer out of the bag and get it set up.  So I'm a day late with my to do list. 

Last week I was sewing from the road, without my normal set up.  It was still a pretty good week on the progress front.  

To Do List for 9/22/2026

1.  Celtic Solstice: Continue making blocks ✔ 

2.  Marigold Mystery: Work on September blocks ✔

3.  2026 Guild BOM: Start quilt assembly - no progress

4.  Wild and Goosey: Work on teal/purple blocks ✔

5.  Butterfly Medallion embroidery: Continue to stitch ✔

Check marks on 4 out of 5 is not a bad week.  I ended up not working on the Guild BOM because I just really didn't have the room and there were plenty of other projects to work on.  I made pretty good progress on the projects I took with me.  I'm looking forward to spending some time in my sewing room. Here's my list for this week. 

To Do List for 9/30/2026

1.  Squared Away (SoScrappy): Make binding, sew to front

I picked up Squared Away from the long arm quilter yesterday. I haven't had a chance to get it out of the bag and unfold it, but from what I can see it looks good.  So I'll definitely have another finish for next month.  

2. Glowing Hearts (Sandra Walker): Continue quilting

No progress on this last week since I wasn't home.  I'm hoping to finish another row, or at least close to another row, this week.  Fingers crossed I'll actually have two finishes in October.  

3. Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter):  Assembly quilt top

All the blocks have been made. Now it's time to start assembling the quilt top.  I also need to decide how to use the left over border blocks. I'll probably use them in my border, I just need to see how many I have and what's the best way to use them.  

4. Marigold Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish September blocks

 

The first September block is almost finished. There are 3 more chain blocks left to make, plus 5 of the star blocks. I'll need to get busy on those as the next clue comes out tomorrow.  

5. 2026 Guild BOM: Start quilt assembly

All the strips for the sashing and borders are cut, I just need to start sewing things together.  

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on teal/purple blocks

There are 42 of the 3.5" purple blocks finished. The quilt layout needs a total of 64, so 22 blocks left to make.  Progress is slow but steady.  I'm hoping that all the blocks are made before the end of the year.  I may have to bump this up in priority to make that happen.  

That's my list for this week. It's a bit more ambitious then usual, hopefully I can make good progress on all the projects this week. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.

Sewing at the Dining Room Table

I'll start my trip back to Oklahoma in just a bit.  Not looking forward to the drive. I won't get home till dinner time tonight.  I've had such a good time hanging out with My Girl this week. We've hit all our favorite food spots, plus found a new place for brunch that has the potential to become "our" brunch spot, even when her dad is along for a trip.  We did some "necessary" stuff shopping and some just for fun shopping.  We did a lot of just hanging out and talking.  So it's been a good visit.

I spent the week sewing at the dining room table. Not ideal, it's not ergonomic, so I can't sew for long stretches.  Even with the restrictions, I did make good progress on Celtic Solstice.

The last 6 main blocks for Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter) are finished. Now it's time to start assembling the quilt top.  That will happen this week once I'm home. 

Several of the teal Wild and Goosey blocks (Bonnie Hunter) are now 7" sashed blocks.

That's a third of the blocks.  Another 8 left to sash and those will be done.  

It wasn't a bad week on the stitching front.  I probably won't get much stitching done today since I'm driving home. But I am looking forward to spending some time in my sewing room this week once I've caught up on laundry.  

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, as well as, Sew & Tell Monday.