To Do List for the Week of 01/30/2024

Just one more day in January.  January is such a chill month, probably because the weather is so bad, no one does anything.  It always seems that the months go faster the deeper into the year we get. So though the weather this month has not been fun, there is a part of me that is sad that January is almost over.  

The weather has done a good job of keeping me in my sewing room.  Which means I did pretty well with checking off items on last week's to do list. 

To Do List for 1/23/2024

1. SAHRR: Add coping strips and first pieced border ✔

2. Betty: Assemble 9 blocks ✔

3. Indigo Way: Continue assembling blocks ✔

4. Malted Mystery: Continue working on the January clue ✔

5. Scrappy Butterflies: Send out for quilting - no progress

6. Wild and Goosey: Work on green blocks ✔

7. Chilhowie: Continue as leaders and enders project ✔

Check marks on six out of seven is definitely a good week. I'm caught up on both the SAHRR and Betty, the current quilt alongs. Fingers crossed I can do as well this week. The list is pretty much the same.  

To Do List for 1/30/2024

1. 2024 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Make border #2

The prompt for border 2 as posted over at Anja Quilts, is pick two colors and do whatever you want.  I've worked out what the border is going to look like, but I'm still debating on the fabric to go with the black.  The gray, orange and black splatter print is more than 2 colors, so it probably won't be my choice for this border.  Same with the Argyle print. Though, it's my quilt and I've been known to bend the rules a bit.  But looking at my choices via EQ, it will likely be either the top or bottom fabrics.  

2. Betty (Meadow Mist Designs): Assemble 5 blocks

I'm playing along with the Just Two Charm Pack Quilts quilt along. Ten blocks are finished and I have two weeks to finish the remaining ten.  Hopefully I can whip out those 5 this week. I got behind and did 9 last week.  With 21 pieces per block, it takes a bit to put just one block together.  I've figured out my chain piecing pattern so I don't mix up the pieces, so those 5 should go together pretty painlessly. (Now I've just jinxed myself!) 

3. Indigo Way (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembling blocks.

Not as much progress here as I'd like, but since I was playing catch up with the current quilt alongs last week, it wasn't unexpected.  What's not up on the design wall is all the component parts that were sewn together last week, so there was more progress then what the picture shows.  I'm hoping to get the blocks done and the rows sewn together next month.  It may be slow going, but it would be nice if this mystery didn't take the path of the previous mysteries and end up in a box for a couple of years.  

4. Malted Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish January clue, start on the February clue. 

I finished all the sawtooth stars and have started on assembling the middle of the quilt.  This is the fun part where you get to see the design come together. So far I'm pretty happy with my fabric choices. We'll see if that holds when the February clue is revealed.  

5. Scrappy Butterflies (self designed): Send out for quilting.

This didn't happen last week as I wanted to make sure Trudy was willing and able to do the quilting.  She said yes, so it should go out this week. 

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish green blocks, start on what ever color SoScrappy announces as the February RSC color.  

I should finish 5 green blocks for the month.  That's not a bad total.  Next time I work on green, I'll need to cut some more scraps, there isn't much variety in what's left the bag.  The plan for this year is to just add to the pile of blocks. These blocks are just 3.5" and it will take a lot to make the design I have in mind.  So definitely a long term project.  

7. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Continue as leader and enders project

I'm still working on the last block for the 2022 BH mystery.  The leaders and enders approach is slow, but it at least keeps the project moving. I did so much better at keeping up with this year's mystery.  I may finish it before I finish this one.  

That's my list for this week.  It's ambitious, but not quite as ambitious as last week's list.  Almost half the number of Betty blocks and I decided on a very simple second border for the SAHRR.  We'll see if that helps in progress across the whole list.  Linking up with The Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for To Do Tuesday.  

The First of the Year Quilt Alongs

I did this to myself last year too.  Being retired it was so easy to say, "I have lots of time for new projects."  Ha! Maybe that would be true if I'd just stick with one new project after the madness of the Bonnie Mystery that wrapped up New Year's Day.  But no, I really wanted to play along with 2 quilt alongs that started in January.  It took me all weekend, but I'm caught up on both!  

The Just Two Charm Pack Quilts quilt along sponsored by Cheryl over at Meadow Mist Designs kicked off on January 2nd.  I'm making the quilt Betty from the book.  I'm supposed to have half of the quilt blocks made by January 29th.  I finished those a day early. 

I'm not a pre-cut collector, but my blue/purple/green 2.5" strip bins were full. So I raided those blue and purple scrap strips for my version. I don't hate it, but I'm not in love with it at this stage.  But I've got 10 more blocks and the sashing to add, so it's still possible that my feelings on this project will change. I have till February 15th to finish the last 10 blocks.  

The 2024 SAHRR kicked off on January 15th with the center block (you can see all of those here). Last Monday, Wendy at Pieceful Thoughts kicked off the first border of signature blocks.  I actually finished my first border today, just before border two comes out tomorrow. 

I'm pretty happy with how it worked out.  I went completely scrappy last year. I'm not going scrappy this year, I have a limited fabric palette to play with. It certainly goes faster when you aren't hunting up scraps the right size.   The center with the first border is 20" x 22".  I want to end with a lap sized quilt, so border two will probably need to be a larger block.  I'll come up with a plan once the next round is posted at Anja Quilts sometime on Monday, 1/29.  

Linking up over at Pieceful Thoughts for the first round of the SAHRR and my usual Monday linky parties for Patchwork & Quilts and the Monday Design Wall.  

To Do List for the Week of 01/16/2024

I'm ready for winter to be over, or at least for this brutally cold stuff to move out.  We've got one more day before we'll see any temps above freezing.  My Guy is working from home today, his offices are closed.  

The cold has been really conductive to spending time in the sewing room where the iron helps heat up the space.  Consequently, there are a lot of check marks on last week's  to do list. 

To Do List for 1/9/2024

1. 2024 SAHRR: Make center block - progress

2. Betty: Continue cutting fabrics ✔

3. Indigo Way: Continue working on clues 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 ✔

4. Malted Mystery: Finish clue 6, start clue 7 ✔

5. Scrappy Butterflies: Prep backing for quilting ✔

6. Chilhowie: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

7. Wild and Goosey: Make a green block - progress

Five out of seven check marks, with progress on the last two items is a really good week. My list for this week looks pretty much the same. 

1. 2024 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): finish center block

 All the fabrics are cut and assembly is started, it just didn't get really far.  It shouldn't take too long to finish up if I'll concentrate on it. 

2. Betty (Meadow Mist Designs): Assemble 5 blocks

I have 4 weeks to make 20 blocks, so if I do 5 a week, I'll have all the blocks ready to assemble into a top by mid February.  

3. Indigo Way (Bonnie Hunter): Continue working on clues 4, 5, 7 and 8. 

I'm going for 5 rows of block A with the associated block B. I've got a good start on those.  It would be nice if all the blocks were done by the end of the month. I think that would be a first!  

4. Malted Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Continue working the January Clue.

I've almost finished the first set of stars. Just two more and I can start on set 2.  I have all month to finish this clue, so I'm on track for once.  

5.  Scrappy Butterflies (self designed): Prep quilt top for quilting. 

6. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Work on green blocks

7. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Continue as leaders and enders project. 

It's a long list, but if I can finish a few and make progress on others, it will still be a good week. Linking up with The Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for To Do Tuesday. 

Cutting and Stitching

It's cold! I know we have it easy compared to those north of us, but once you get past a certain point it's all just cold.  It's -1 F at the moment.  We are supposed to get up into the teens today. That's a heat wave compared to our high of 5 F yesterday. 

The one good thing about the cold and snow is that it's a very good reason to spend most of Sunday in the sewing room.  I spent most of the morning cutting scraps and yardage for the Just Two Charm Pack Quilts quilt a long sponsored by Meadow Mist Designs. 

 I have 2 weeks to make half the blocks for my chosen quilt from the book, Betty. 

Most of the afternoon and evening was spent working on Indigo Way (Bonnie Hunter). 

 I've done well this year with mostly keeping up.  At this time last year, I had just finished one block of the 2022 mystery.  Progress will slow down on this project as both Betty and the 2024 SAHRR will become higher priorities. Clues 1, 2, 3, 5 are completed.  So just 4, 5, 7 and 8 left.  

I did get half the pieces cut for my center block for the 2024 SAHRR, but didn't take any pictures of that. I have this week to cut the other half and get that block assembled.  

Linking up with Monday Design Wall and Patchwork & Quilts.  Stay warm this week!  

Best of Life in Piece's for 2023

This year has been one of transition.  I retired late in 2022, so 2023 was the first year since I was 16 without a work schedule.  At least a work schedule outside the house. So it's been a year of adjustments and discovery as to what one does when there is not a demanding job requiring daily attention.  Spending time in the sewing room has gone up, but not as much as I thought it would. There are still days I have to remind myself to get my 15 minutes of stitching time in. I've certainly posted more this year then in the recent past.  It's a good time to go back and look at what stands out for 2023.  Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs is helping us do that with her Best of 2023 Linky party. 

This is my 9th year linking up or the Best of party. Here's my top 5 "best of" for 2023

1.  Most views (357):  Week 58 Photo Challenge: Recreation of a Movie Scene

Our family photo challenge has been going on for about 2.5 years. We don't post every week, life sometimes gets to hectic for one or all of us.  But we try to keep up with it.  I can't say this is one of my favorite posts, because Grad Girl just didn't have time to get a shot.  But My Guy came through with a classic, which turned out to be a really cool photo for the prompt. 

My Guy: Homage

It's been a fun to see what we each come up with for each challenge card.  We have enough cards for all of next year, so there will be more family challenge photos posted in 2024. 

2. Most Comments (36):  Just Two Charm Pack Quilts Blog Hop: String Lights

Cheryl Brickey (Meadow Mist Designs) is one of my favorite quilt pattern designers.  She offers a mystery quilt almost every year, so when she asked for volunteers to participate in the blog hop for her newest book, I was more than happy to stitch a project from the book. 

 

String Lights is probably one of the easiest quilts in the book, but that meant I had a good chance of at least getting a finished quilt top done before the hop started.  The fabrics came from a kit that had been in the stash for a long time, so I was happy to finally find a home for them. Plans are to move this project to finished quilt in 2024. 

3.  Stitching Stuff: 15 Minutes to Stitch, most link ups (22, Week 1)

 

Not every one who links up is working on meeting a stitching time goal, but many of the long term participants link up each week to share how they did on getting in their stitching time each week. Thank you to everyone who links up regularly and shares that having to post how often they got to the sewing room is motivating for them too. 

4. Finish I'm most proud of: Unity (Helianthus)

Helianthus is far from being one of my favorite quilts.  It's not that I don't like it, it's that I made so many mistakes in putting this one together that it was a bear to finish.  I tried so many times to fix the issues, to the point I had to take out parts of the sashing and replace it with new fabric.  It was so tempting to just bypass this quilt. But I knew if I did that, it would remain a quilt top forever.   I owe a huge thanks to Trudy who agreed to quilt it. I told her if it puckered, it puckered, do what you can with it.  It didn't come out too badly.  It's become one of our trip quilts, it was loaded into the car and used over Christmas.  So I'm glad I pushed through and got if off the UFO list. 

5. Most fun project in 2023:  Stay at Home Round Robin 2023

I've watched this quilt along sponsored by Quilting Gail from the side line for the first 2 years, but last year decided I had the time to play along.  Well that went how I expected, I did well at first but got behind.  But I was really happy with my finished quilt top.

 

I used my blue, green and teal scraps for this quilt.  It came out so much better than I expected.  I enjoyed deciding on what my version of each prompt would look like.  The 2024 SAHRR kicks off in a couple of weeks and I'm on board for that one.  I just need to get my fabrics washed and make my center block. I have a plan this year!  Still probably means I'll get behind, but that's OK, it's all for fun. 

This year was a good year, definitely better than last year.  I didn't get as much done as I wanted, but there were still some fun accomplishments during the year.    

To Do List for the Week of 12/26/2023

I'm a bit late posting this week's to do list.  We went to my family's for the holiday.  All of us came home yesterday with headaches, sore throats, and runny noses.  My Guy and Grad Girl have fevers, I don't. Up till then, the holiday had been a good one.  Fingers crossed this is a short lived virus and we'll all be back to feeling good soon.

Since I felt the best, my first back home assignment was grocery store duty. That was followed by a  run to Walgreens as afterwards we discovered that both the Tylenol and Advil were expired (by at least 6 months).  After that, I joined the rest of the family in napping the rest of the afternoon and early evening.  So no blog post yesterday.  

Progress on last week's list wasn't too bad even with the travel and family time thrown in. 

To Do List for 12/15/2023

1. Indigo Way: Continue clues 2, 3 and 4 ✔

2. Malted Mystery: Finish clue 5 - progress

3. Melodic Mystery: Start hand stitching binding ✔

4. Chilhowie: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

Three out of four check marks, with progress on the fourth isn't bad for a holiday week.  I also made some progress on the Butterfly Medallion project that wasn't on the list. It was just easier to grab that case for the trip than it was to pack up the Melodic Mystery quilt. 

Here's the plan for this week:

To Do List for 12/27/2023

1. Indigo Way (Bonnie Hunter): Continue clues 2, 3 and 4, start 5 and 6

I'm almost finished with clue 2, but still have a long way to go on clues 3 and 4.  Hopefully I can make some progress on those, as well as clue 5 before the next clue comes out on Friday. 

2. Malted Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish clue 5, start clue 6

These are the last few pieces of clue 5. Clue 7 comes out next week, so I need to get moving on clue 6 soon.   

3. Melodic Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish hand stitching binding. 

The first side is about 60% stitched down. Hopefully I'll turn the first corner today.  I'd really like to finish the binding before Sunday so this project will be the third finish for 2023. 

4. Betty (Meadow Mist Designs): Select fabrics

Cheryl is hosting a quilt along featuring the patterns in her book Just Two Charm pack Quilts.  I participated in the blog hop for the book release last year and made a version of String Lights.  There are several quilts I'd like to make from this book.  I really, really don't need a new project. But with all the scrap processing recently,  my 2.5" strip bin is overflowing.  My plan is to use my 5" and 2.5" scraps in blue, purple, green to make the blocks. I still need background, sashing and border fabrics.  Cutting starts on January 2nd, so I need to get my act together on that. 

5. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Continue as leaders and enders

I'm working on the component parts for the last block.  It would be nice if that last block is finished by the time we reach the last clue for this year's mystery.  

That's my list for this week.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for To Do Tuesday. This will be the last to do list for 2023!  

July Wrap Up: PHD in 2023

 On the one hand, I'm really ready for some cooler weather and August gets us closer to that. On the other hand, August is the 8th month, so we'll be three quarters through the year at the end of it. That I'm not ready for.  I've been participating in Quilting Gail's PHD in 2023 program again this year.  There has been some good progress on my UFOs, but as yet there still aren't any finishes for 2023, so my chart is unchanged from June.  

On the positive side of things, at least there have been no new projects started in the last couple of months.  That will change with the start of Meadow Mist Design's Malted Mystery this month.  But other than that start, my plan for the rest of August is to get some projects moved to finished.  

Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter) is one of my older UFOs.  The plan for this year was to just finish one block a week following along with the colors for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  A few blue, green and red blocks were added to the design wall this month. 

 

Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter) continues to be my leaders and enders project.  Block 6 is almost assembled.  It's slow progress, but at least there is progress. 

All the Diatom blocks (Quilting Jetgirl) were finished this month.  Now to decide if I'm sticking with the suggested layout in the pattern, or if I'm going to do my own thing there. The link up for the Diatom Quilt parade closed the last day of July. There were some gorgeous color combinations in the parade including versions in all greens and all purples.  

 

My project for the Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop made it to the finished flimsy stage just in time for me to take photos and create my post.  Cheryl's (Meadow Mist Designs) mysteries are some of my most favorite projects each year.  My choice of String Lights from her book was no different.  It was fun to make and I'm really happy with how it turned out. Even better I used some kit fabrics purchased in 2013 that I didn't know what to do with. 

Since  String Lights was finished before the end of the month, that opened up a space on my WIPs list to bring an older project back into rotation.  I'd started assembling the rows for the 2022 Meadow Mist Designs Mystery, Melodic Mystery, earlier in the year.  But then my startitis kicked in and it ended up getting kicked out of the line up in favor of some new projects.  I'm still short on getting the blocks sewn into rows, but there is more up on the design wall than before.  

At the end of July, I had four finished quilt tops. One those has the back pieced.  All that's left is to prep the quilt for quilting.  My plan for the rest of the year is to move at least those 4 to finished.  Wish me luck on that.  

Just 2 Charm Pack Quilts Blog Hop: String lights

If you've followed, or even just checked in occasionally with my blog over the years, there is a good chance you've seen one of Cheryl Brickey's (Meadow Mist Designs) mystery quilt along projects in progress. It's one of the projects I look forward to each year.  So when Cheryl asked if anyone was willing to make a quilt from her new book Just 2 Charm Pack Quilts, I really wanted to participate. 

 

The first decision was choosing which quilt to make.  There are some really fun quilts in this book.  I'm not the quickest at sewing together a quilt top, so I decided to choose String Lights because it didn't look like it required quite as much piecing as some of my other favorites.  That decided, it was time to pick the fabrics.  I'm not a precut collector, so I didn't have much in the way of charm packs to choose from. So decided to make my own charm pack.  Of course that pretty much opens up the entire fabric collection as fair game, which can be a bit overwhelming. Then I remembered this Timeless Treasures Tonga batiks kit I purchased back in 2013.   

I loved the fabrics, but not so much the pattern.  The smallest pieces are only about an 1/8 of a yard. That's hard to incorporate into a quilt pattern, so it sat because I wasn't sure what to do with it.

 

It made a nice set of 5" squares.  But the number of fabrics in the kit was just a bit short of what I needed to follow Cheryl's advice on how many squares to cut from each fabric to ensure you've got good variety in the quilt.  The kit also included a panel.  

It was excluded from my original set of charms. I thought it might go on the back.  The medallions are about 7" square, so a charm wouldn't capture all of the design.  Then I decided that the centers looked just fine as charms anyway, so those got added to the pile and allowed me to extend the range of fabrics.  Fabric A, the consistent fabric in the quilt, was still missing from my fabric pull. The black in the panel would be a good fabric A.  Thankfully with some careful cutting, those pieces cut be cut from the same panel. So I didn't waste much of the panel.  For the background I used a pale teal batik.  That did require a trip to the quilt shop.  

I made one change from the directions in the book.  The quilt requires hour glass blocks. Rather than using 2 HSTs place face to face, then sewn and making 2 hourglass blocks, I cut all of my HSTs in half and then matched them up because I wanted more control over the placement of the fabrics. 

I'm pretty happy with my version of String Lights, even though it's not quilted yet (remember I said my piecing is really slow, I did good to get the top done). 

Here's a close up that shows the fabrics better.  

It was a fun quilt to make. The instructions are well written and easy to follow.  I'm looking forward to making some of the other quilts in the book once I get my UFO pile tamed a bit. 

If you made it this far, the reward is a giveaway of an digital copy of Cheryl's Just Two Charm Pack Quilts.  I worked from the digital copy to make this quilt.  The digital copy works just fine.  Just leave a comment below. If you don't know what to write, share which quilt you'd make from the book. If you are a follower of Life in Pieces, leave a second comment with  how you follow this blog (email, Feedly, Bloglovin, etc.  Since it's a digital download, the give away is open to those who don't live in the states.  I will choose a winner next Tuesday by random number generator.   

You can check out the rest of the blog hop over on the Just Two Charm Packs page at Meadow Mist Designs.   

To Do List for the Week of 7/11/2023

With the holiday and family plans, I didn't get much done on my To Do List from 6/27, so I skipped writing a post last week.  Even with the extra week, I didn't get everything checked off.  

To Do List for 6/27/2023

1. Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop: Finish assembling rows, start assembling quilt top ✔

2. Diatom: Finish block 9, cut block 10 - progress

3. Wild & Goosey: Make 2 blue or green blocks ✔

4. Chilhowie: Leaders and enders project ✔

So there is progress even though not everything got checked off.  

I'm heading to Texas to help Grad Girl pack and move to a new apartment later this week, so I won't have the weekend to stitch. So next week's list will reflect that. 

To Do List for 7/11/2023

1.  Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish assembling the quilt top.  

I've cut the border strips, so all that's left is to sew the rows together and add the borders.  If I can get that done before my trip I'll be happy even if nothing else on the list gets checked off.

2. Wild & Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): 1 red block

I really wanted to add 2 blocks to my list, but I really need to go through my red scraps to add some variety to the blocks. I may get to that this week. It just depends on how far I get on the blog hop project. 

3. Diatom (Quilting Jetgirl): Finish block 9, but block 10

I spent Sunday unstitching the block borders. I got them partially reassembled.  For some reason block 9 is just not going together as quickly as the others did.  

4. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Leaders and enders

The hourglass blocks for block 6 are finished, so now it's time to stitch up the HSTs.  Those should go pretty quickly.  

5. Butterfly Medallion embroidery: Travel project

I took my sewing machine last time I visited Grad Girl, but the intent of this trip is to help her pack, clean the old apartment, clean the new apartment, and unpack. So there won't be as much down time as my last trip. So I'll take some handwork to do in the evenings. 

Linking up with The Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for To Do Tuesday.  

Before I sign off today, I want to thank My Guy for sticking it out for 31 years.  It's not been perfect, but it's always been full of love.  

June Wrap Up: PHD in 2023

We are already half way through the first week in July.  So it's definitely time to check out how my PHD report is faring and link up with Quilting Gail for the June version of the PHD Report. I managed to stitch a bit every day last month, so several projects have progressed, but sadly there were no finishes.  

Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter) didn't advance much this month, but I finished a few blocks.  

 Wild and Goosey was my 2019 Rainbow Scrap Project. The goal this year is to just make a few blocks each month. Each block is only 3.5" unfinished, so it's going to take a lot to finish this project. 

Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter) is still my leaders and enders project. 

I made some progress on block 6 in June.  

My Stay at Home Round Robin (Quilting Gail) is finally a finished quilt top. 

I'm really happy with how this project worked out. I have three finished quilt tops that need backings and clean up before they can be quilted.  I'm hoping to get back finishing stuff later this month. 

There was steady progress on Diatom (Quilting Jetgirl) this month. 

I finished off 3 and half blocks during June.  Hopefully I can finish the final three this month and then get the quilt assembled. I really like how this project has come together. 

The priority project for June has been to finish my quit for the Meadow Mist Designs blog hop for the book, Just Two Charm Pack Quilts.  The blog hop will start on Monday July 24th, so I've got a couple of weeks to move my project to some type of finished state.  No photos till the hop starts.  But I've moved from cut pieces to assembled rows. I just need to finish the quilt assembly. 

Here's my June report: 

  

It hasn't changed at all from May.  I still have a little less than 6 months to work in a few finishes. Fingers crossed I can make that happen!

To Do List for the Week of 6/27/2023

Another Tuesday, so it's time to think about the quilty to do list and link up with The Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for To Do Tuesday.  I did slightly better on last week's to do list. 

To Do List for 6/20/2023

1. Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop: Finish assembling rows, cut sashing strips - progress

2. SAHRR: Finish final border ✔

3. Diatom: Finish block 8, assemble block 9, cut block 10 - progress

4. Wild & Goosey: Make 2 blue or green blocks ✔

5.  Chilhowie: Leaders and enders project ✔

Three check marks and progress on the other two is really a pretty good week.  Thankfully my back is doing much better, so it's been much easier to spend time in the sewing room.  

Deciding what goes on the to do list for this week is a bit harder.  Grad Girl is coming home this weekend, plus we have plans with extended family as this the only time she'll get to see them until Christmas. So I probably won't get as much done this week.  

To Do List for 6/27/2023

1. Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish assembling rows, start assembling quilt top

I started assembling the last two rows, but didn't quite get that finished. I did get the sashing strips cut.  So there's been good progress on this project.  

2. Diatom (Quilting Jetgirl): Finish block 9, cut block 10

 

I finished block 8, but that put me behind on block 9.  Hopefully I can get back on track with finishing 1 block a week. Counting block 9, there are only 4 blocks left.  

3. Wild & Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make 2 blue or green blocks

I finished one of each color this week. I'm finding that making two at a time isn't too bad, so we'll see if I can repeat that this week.  

4. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter):  Leaders and enders project. 

 

I'm working on the subparts for block 6.  These hourglass blocks make really nice leaders and enders.  

That's my official list for this week. I may attempt to work in some hand stitching since we'll be visiting family.  Or I may just give myself permission to miss a couple of days on the stitching front.  With my Mom getting older and not in good health, spending time with her has become a priority whenever I get the chance to visit.  Happy stitching, good luck with your list this week.  

To Do List for the Week of 6/20/2023

This week didn't go so well in terms of the to do list.  I couldn't sit for very long, even in my magic sewing chair. There was progress, but there aren't a lot of check marks. 

To Do List For 6/13/2023

1. Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop: Start assembling rows of blocks ✔

2. SAHRR: Finish spacer and final borders - progress

3. Diatom: Assemble block 8,cut block 9 - progress

4. Wild & Goosey: Make a blue or green block - no progress

5. Chilhowie: Leaders and enders project ✔

Two check marks and progress on all the others but one isn't really a terrible week.  What really needed to get done, got done.  Still, I'll hope that this next week isn't overshadowed by any additional back problems.  

To Do List for 6/20/2023

1.  Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish assembling rows, cut sashing strips.  

Half the rows are sewn together and I've gotten a start on the next half. This project is on schedule. The blog hop isn't until the later half of July, so I've got some breathing room.  

2. SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Finish final border.

The two side borders have been attached and the top border is pinned ready for stitching.  I should have a finished quilt top by the end of the week. 

3. Diatom (Quilting Jetgirl): Finish block 8, assemble block 9, cut block 10.

Block 8 just needs the final two border strips sewn on.  Block 9 is already cut, I'll just need to start assembling the block.  

4. Wild & Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make 2 blue or green blocks

I got the templates out, but didn't get as far as selecting fabrics for the next block.  These stitch up pretty fast, I just need to figure out when to work on them. 

5. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter):  Leaders and enders project

The hourglass subunits for block 6 have been started.  Hopefully I'll be sewing more this week and can knock out what's needed for the next block before next week.  

That's my list for this next week.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for this week's To Do Tuesday.