Showing posts with label To Do List. Show all posts
Showing posts with label To Do List. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

To Do List for 8/5/2025

We've been enjoying a bit of cooler weather the last few days. It was a nice start to August.  I'm still working on getting used to my new schedule.  Grad Girl takes care of herself, but the keeping the cat happy still takes a bit of work.  Though neither affected my time in the sewing room this last week, but for some reason I struggled with my to do list.  

To Do List for 7/29/2025
1. Guild BOM: Cut pieces for September blocks - progress
2. Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks ✔
3. Old Town: Continue block assembly at late night sew ✔
4. Wild and Goosey: Work on purple, start teal - progress
5. Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders - no progress

Not a bad week, only one item with no progress.  Most of the reason for the lack of forward effort on most of the to do list is because I focused on getting the Kate's Choice blocks quilted.  I really need to start moving some quilts to finished. My plan is to mostly focus on moving that project to finished this week.  So a bit of a shorter to do list for this week. 

To Do List for 8/5/2025
1. Guild BOM: Finish cutting pieces and start assembly of September blocks

Only three of the sawtooth stars for the border are left to be cut.  I need to stay on top of these blocks because the guild meeting comes up pretty quickly.  So I'll take a day this week and see if I can get all the blocks done.  

2.  Kate's Choice: Start assembling rows



All the blocks are trimmed. Now to cut the sashing strips for the front and back.  I practiced getting an accurate quarter inch seam with my walking foot. Fingers crossed these blocks go together pretty easily.  

3. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue block assembly at late night sew.  

This has become my Tuesday evening project. I could take Kate's Choice, but since I'm sewing with others and we talk a lot, probably best I not take something I've never done before.  

4.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish purple, start teal blocks.



I usually work on 2 of Wild and Goosey blocks as I sew on other projects, they are really my leaders these days.  I almost finished one of the in progress purple blocks. I should be starting a teal block tonight.  

I'm going to cut the list off there. My plan is to concentrate on Kate's Choice till it's finished.  

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Wednesday, July 30, 2025

To Do List for 7/29/2025

I'm a day late posting this week's to do list. We are still working with uncertain scheduling since Grad Girl and Queenie moved home.  Grad Girl left yesterday morning for Houston. She has two job interviews this week.  Which means I'm on kitty babysitting duty, that includes at least 30 minutes to an hour of outside time in the morning.  She's used to having access to a third floor balcony to observe life from.  We have a fenced backyard, but Queenie is far from an outside cat and we're not sure she'd stay in the yard if she didn't have company.  So it's put a bit of a wrinkle in my morning routine of coffee and computer time.   




It's hard to say no to that face.  So she gets her outside time and I didn't make it to the computer yesterday.  Which isn't too much of a loss.  I did OK on my to do list for last week, but it wasn't one of my best weeks. 


To Do List for 07/22/2025

1. Guild BOM: Finish August blocks, start September ✔

2. Kate's Choice: Continue Quilting blocks 

3. Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Work on either one day - no progress

4. Old Town: Continue assembly at late night sew ✔

5. Wild and Goosey:  Make purple blocks, sash red blocks ✔

6. Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders - no progress


Four out of six isn't a bad week, especially since I finally made some progress on the quilting for Kate's Choice.  This week's list looks pretty much the same. 


To Do List for 07/29/2025

1. Guild BOM: Cut pieces for September block




All the brown sawtooth stars for August are finally done. I have started cutting the pieces for the September blocks.  That guild meeting will be here before I know it. 

2. Kate's Choice: Continue Quilting blocks




Row 5 is now quilted.  Just one more row and then I have to figure out assembly.  

3. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue block assembly at late night sew.  

 


 

I've gotten a couple of blocks assembled. They take longer than you think to put together. It would help if I could keep the pressing instructions straight. I've had to repress seams more than once!  

4.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter):  Work on purple blocks, start teal blocks. 




The last set of red blocks is sashed into a 7.5" unfinished block.  Blue, green, purple and teal blocks still need to be finished.  But at least I'm starting to see how these are going together. I'm excited to see how all the cool colors come together.  

5. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders. 

This one is hard to take to late night sew at the moment, so I've not made a lot of progress with it over the last week because I worked mainly on quilting Kate's Choice.  

That's my list for this week.  We'll see how much stitching time I manage to get in. A lot depends on what Grad Girl's schedule looks like this next week.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

To Do List for 07/22/2025

It's been two weeks since my last to do list post.  Between being way to busy packing and moving Grad Girl, plus the lack of Internet, putting a list together last week just didn't happen. So here's the progress on my last to do list. 

To Do List for 07/08/2025

1. Guild BOM: Finish August blocks - progress

2. Old Town: Continue assembly at late night sew ✔

3.  Wild and Goosey: Make purple, sash red blocks ✔

4.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Work on one night ✔

5.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔


There was a good bit of progress before I left for Texas and I'll take that. I'm hoping to make a good bit of progress this week.  It's too hot to do much else but hang out in the sewing room.  


To Do List for 07/22/2025

1. Guild BOM: Finish August blocks, start September




All but two of the sawtooth stars for the border were finished before I left for Texas.  It shouldn't take long to finish those off and then get started on the September blocks.  The fabrics for the next month's blocks have been pulled, so cutting those pieces should be doable this week.  

2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks

July is almost over and there's only been one finish so far this year.  This is the project closest to being finished, so I should really put some effort into getting it all the way there. 

3.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Work on either one day

I did get one evening of cross stitching when we were in Texas; before our days got longer and we used the evenings to move packed stuff into the storage unit. It was too hot to do that during the day.  

4.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembly at late night sew




All the components parts are finished, now block assembly can start.  I'm looking forward to seeing this quilt top come together.

5.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make purple blocks, sash red blocks

Just one red block left to sash.  I still need lots more purple blocks. I won't get all of those made this month. This is my RSC project for the year, but I probably won't be following along with the colors from here on out. Blue, green, purple and teal are the only colors left to finish, so I'll be concentrating on those the next few months. 

6. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders

I'm still working on the yellow borders for the center of the quilt.  Hopefully I'll be doing enough stitching this week to get those done and I can move on to the rest of the assembly process.  

Grad Girl is back home till she finds a job, but she's pretty busy this week. She's got a couple of jobs to apply for and the finial edits on her thesis to finish. We are taking her car in for service sometime this week. She's going to take a mini trip to go see some of her college buddies this weekend, so we'll be cat sitting.  But other than that, I'm hoping for a mostly only stitching week. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday. 

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 07/08/2025

It was a busy weekend and though I got my stitching time in most days, I was still busy enough that it was hard to get to everything on last week's to do list.  

To Do List for 07/01/2025

1.  Guild BOM: Finish August blocks, start Sept - progress
2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks - no progress
3.  Embroidery or cross stitch: Stitch one night 
4.  Wild and Goosey: Finish green, start purple, sash red ✔
5.  Old Town: Continue assembly at late night sew 
6.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders 

Grad Girl is here this week and we have a few things planned, so I won't have as much sewing room time as I usually do. That will necessitate a pared back to do list for the week. 

To Do List for 07/08/2025

1.  Guild BOM: Finish August blocks

All the pieces are cut, they just need to be assembled. The guild meeting is next week so I need to get the August blocks finished up pretty quickly.  

2.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembly at late night sew




I still have a few flying geese to finish up before I can start assembling the blocks. If that doesn't happen this week. It will definitely happen next week.  

3.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make purple, sash red blocks





I've gotten a good start on the purple blocks and just have a few red blocks left to sash.  Still a long way to go on this project, but getting to the point I can sash some of the blocks has been motivating.  Probably another year left to finish this project. Unless I decided to make it a priority.  

4.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Fit in at least one evening of stitching time. 

I forget just how slow going the counted cross stitch is, but I'm making a bit of progress here and there.  

5.  Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders. 




Two of the yellow borders have been added to the center. The top border is in progress.  

That's my list for this week.  With Grad Girl home, I'm just looking for progress on my current projects.  I'll be able to get serious again later this summer.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 07/01/2025

The year is half over.  I'm always amazed at how quickly we get to this point.  We were in Crown Center in Kansas City last week for a conference. The Hallmark store there was setting up for this year's ornament display.  Christmas will be here before most of us are ready I'm sure.  

Let's not dwell on time passing, not much we can do on that front. I didn't have time to write up a post last week. Which works out as I didn't have time to stitch much last week.  So I had two weeks to work on my previous to do list. 

To Do List for 06/17/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish July blocks, start August ✔
2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks ✔
3.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Stitch one night this week ✔
4.  Wild and Goosey: Finish red blocks, start sashing red blocks ✔
5.  Old Town: Continue assembly during late night sew ✔
6.  Summer Scrap Quilt:  Continue as leaders and enders ✔


I'll definitely take six check marks even if it did take 2 weeks.  The list for this week will look pretty similar.  

To Do List for 07/01/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish August blocks, start Sept.



The color for July was red.  The blocks got done just in time for the guild meeting last month. I have all but one of the smaller sawtooth stars cut out for August. I've got one last set of 4 HSTs to make and then I can start assembly on the Inverted star for next month.  I've been auditing sashing and border fabrics for this quilt.  I'll need to have mine assembled for the December meeting, hence the need to work ahead a bit.  

2. Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks

I'm hoping to get in one solid afternoon of quilting and finish row 5 this week. 

3.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Stitch on a project at least one night this week. 

We have a family get together planned for this weekend to celebrate Grad Girl finishing up her master's degree.  So I'm sure there will be time to sit and stitch for a bit. 

4.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish green, start purple, sash red



All the red blocks are made and sashing them is in progress. I went back to green to work on those blocks a bit. Purple is the color for this month, so I'll pull out all those triangles and make a few of those. 

5. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembly at late night sew



Clue 8 is more flying geese.  I need to some more of the neutral triangles, I didn't count correctly apparently and am short by quite a bit.  

6.  Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter):  Continue as leaders and enders. 

The first yellow border for the center of the quilt is assembled and stitched on. Border #2 is still in progress. 

So pretty much the same list I've had for a few weeks.  With the family get together for the holiday weekend and having to help Grad Girl move later this month, I'm just hoping to keep these projects moving till we get to August then things will slow down a bit on the travel front.  

Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.   

Tuesday, June 17, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 06/17/2025

Do you ever look at your calendar and realize that you don't really have that much time to get ready for something?  Grad Girl will be moving home next month.  She's been applying for jobs and has had one video interview so far.  With the current job market, she's probably going to be here for at least a month, likely 2 to 3 before she finds a full time chemist job.  I've been using her old closet as storage for some of my quilting supplies, I'm going to have to find someplace else because she's going to need the closet.  I have time, but will need to add that to my decluttering to do list.  

Maybe it goes on my quilting to do list too?  It certainly wasn't on last week's to do list.  


To Do List for 06/10/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: finish cutting, finish assembly - progress

2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks - no progress

3.  Old Town: Work on blocks at late night sew ✔

4.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Stitch one night this week 

5.  Wild and Goosey: Finish red blocks - progress

6.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders 


It wasn't a bad week, three check marks, two with some progress and only one with no progress.  I'm finding it hard to get back to the quilting because I have deadlines with the Guild BOM blocks. My next deadline is in later July, so hopefully I'll have some time to quilt this week.  So it will stay on the to do list for this week. 


To Do List for 06/17/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish July blocks, start cutting for Sept. 

It will take an hour or so to finish up the blocks for July. That's doable before tonight's meeting.  I'm going to try to get ahead on August. July will be busy.  

2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks

The plan is to change over to the walking foot tomorrow and spend a couple of days quilting.  I'll just have to be disciplined and do it.  

3.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Stitch one night this week. 




I made a little progress Sunday night.  It's slow going, but to be fair that's only an hour of stitching time.  But progress is progress even if it's slow.  

4.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish piecing red blocks, start sashing red blocks




Just one last red block to finish paper piecing and I can start sashing the blocks with black.  Orange is this month's RSC color, but I finished all the work on those blocks.  So I'm continuing with a different color.  I'll be paper piecing a couple more green blocks this month too.  I'd really like to see this project be ready for assembly sometime next year. Hopefully, by doing a bit each month, I'll get there.  

5.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembly during late night sew.



All the gold/neutral flying geese are made and I've moved on to making these subunits.  Hopefully assembly of the blocks will start in early July.  I've been working on this at late night sew because it's the only non-guild project I have everything cut for.  

6. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders. 

Yesterday's blog showed the progress from last week.  The only change is that some of the yellow border blocks are sewn together.  It's been fun to see this start to come together.  It feels like I've been making all those 4-patches forever!  

It's the same list as last week, though I'm hoping to do a bit better on the quilting and the cross stitching this week. We'll have to see how that works out.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday

Tuesday, June 10, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 06/10/2025

Laundry and household chores are my prime focus this week after not doing much of either last week.  Shirking my housekeeping duties last week let me take advantage of the return of the sewing mojo.  That shows up clearly in the progress with last week's to do list.  


To Do List for 06/03/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish cutting fabrics for blocks - progress
2.  Glowing Hearts: Finish assembling quilt top ✔
3.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks - no progress
4.  Betty: Find backing, figure out assembly 
5.  Old Town: Work on block units at Late Night Sew 
6.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Stitch on night 
7.  Wild and Goosey: Finish green, sash orange blocks 
8.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders 


Definitely not a bad week considering how long my to do list was. Only one "no progress" item. I can live with that.  I'm slowly catching up on chores and laundry this week, but I'm hoping to still get in a good bit of stitching time.  But with the added chores, I'm going to shorten this week's list a bit.  

To Do List for 06/10/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish cutting, finish assembly



All that's left to cut is the colored pieces for the border sawtooth stars.  Assembly has started on the Inverted Star block for July. The guild meeting is next Tuesday, so this has to get done.  

2. Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks

Since this requires the walking foot, it's been harder to schedule this with all the other projects. Once I finish the BOM blocks, the plan is to switch back to quilting for a few days.  

3.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Work on blocks during late night sew. 



All the HSTs for step 6 were finished last week. Now I'm on to the flying geese for step 7.  I'm in awe of those who can finish a BH mystery during those last weeks of the year.  It takes a lot of stitching to finish a clue! 

4.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Stitch one night this week.  



There was a bit of progress Sunday night before bed on the rose throw cross stitch. Saturday and Sunday evenings seem to be my best bets to work in a bit of hand stitching time during the week.  We'll see if I can keep it up for a few months. 

5. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish red blocks

The orange blocks are all sashed, but I forgot to get a photo of those.  I'm back to working on the red blocks.  Just four more are needed for the planned layout.  I should be able to get those done this month.  

6.  Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders. 



I'm still working on getting the center of the quilt assembled.  The plan is to work on assembly and then make more 4 patches if needed.  We'll see how that works out. 

That's my list for this week. The guild BOM is a have to do, so it will get done this week. The rest will probably see some progress.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Tuesday, June 3, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 06/03/2025

We were in Texas all last week to attend Grad Girl's thesis defense and then just hang out with her afterwards for a bit of a celebration. Poor girl hasn't had a real vacation in over a year.  The presentation of her work was public, so we were able to attend that. Afterwards we waited in the hallway while she took questions from her committee. 

It was a good week, other than the flat tire issues. We picked up a large bolt somewhere on Sunday/Monday. By Monday night we were running with the spare (thank goodness Grad Girl has a car).  After two visits to the tire shop and the locating of a second leak that wasn't patchable, we ended up having to replace the tire on Saturday.  We had to make a few compromises on activities, but only canceled one planned outing due to needing to be back in time to pick up the car on Saturday.  

We didn't get home till late last night.  Now I have unpacking and laundry to do.  But before I get to all of that, I need to decide what's on my to do list for the sewing room.  Last week's list was short and sweet (necessary with all the travel and thesis defense activities). 

To Do List for 05/27/2025

1.  Hand stitching: embroidery or counted cross stitch ✔ 

I'm hoping that my stitching mojo is back. The fact that mid-year is almost here may have a lot to do with me feeling like I need to get back to the sewing room.  I'm going to be ambitious with this week's list. If I don't check off every item that's OK.  If there is progress on the first three, it will have been a good week.  

To Do List for 06/03/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish cutting fabrics for the blocks

The neutral background is cut for the inverted star. The colored pieces for that and all the pieces for the sawtooth stars need to be cut.  If I can start assembly that would be great.  

2.  Glowing Hearts (MMM Quilts): Finish assembling quilt top




The first two rows are sashed, assembled and sewn together. Assembly of the third row was started.  I should be able to get this to finished quilt top pretty quickly. 

3.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks

There's been no progress on this project for several weeks.  I'd like to have a finished quilt by the end of the month.  That may be a bit ambitious, but no reason not to pursue that goal.  

4.  Betty (Meadow Mist Designs): Find backing, figure out assembly





This is my Chookshed Challenge project for June. The quilt top was finished last year and needs to be quilted. I'm hoping to actually get the backing made sometime this month, but figuring out the fabric and the assembly part will set me up for that later this month.  I really need to concentrate on finishing a few quilts if I'm going to meet my goals this year.  

5.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Assemble blocks at late night sew

Another project I've not worked on for a few weeks. I need to figure out where I'm at with it.  I know all the blocks pieces are cut, just need to get all the subunits made.  

6.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Stitch one night this week

Both my embroidery and cross stitch projects have been just travel projects.  If I'm going to make progress, they need to be worked on more frequently.  

7.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Finish green, sash orange blocks



All the orange blocks are finished, but they need to be sashed with black to make 7.5" blocks.  I've already sashed all the yellow blocks. I'm trying to decide if I assemble this as a medallion quilt, start with the center and add each color as borders.  That might be easier then making it in rows.  I still have time to work that out.  I'll still work making a few 3.5" red blocks this month. I only need a few more to have all the red ones needed for the design. This project won't get finished this year, but I'm hopeful it will be ready for assembly next year.   

8. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders. 

The plan is to assemble the center and start on the borders. I don't want to make any more 4 patches until I see if I need more yellow or blue. I'm close to my estimated counts.  I'm hopeful this will be a completed quilt top by the end of the year. 

It's a long list, but most of the items are just to make progress. I think I can do that this week.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Tuesday, May 27, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 5/27/2025

This is my second week of low sewing mojo.  Consequently, my to do list from last week is looking pretty anemic. 


To Do List for 05/20/2025

1.  2025 SAHRR: Finish binding ✔

2.  Glowing Hearts: Finish piecing blocks, start assembly 

3.  2025 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for July blocks - progress

4.  Old Town: Work on blocks at late night sew - no progress


Now that I've typed out the list, it's not so bad.  Two check marks and progress on the #3 of 4 items really isn't a bad week. Even so, I'm going to try a different tack this week. 


To Do List for 05/27/2025

1.  Hand stitching: work on counted cross stitch and/or embroidery projects.   




During my recent sewing room reorg, I found an old unfinished counted cross stitch project.  The Dale Burnett project book that goes with this was copyrighted in 1982. I did a lot of counted cross stitch during my high school and college years. That would put the start date for this project sometime between 1982 and 1985. It's been a long while since this project has gotten any attention.  So in an effort to salvage some stitching mojo, I'm going to try my hand at counted cross stitch again.



I have no idea what the stitch count is for the background throw, but it's pretty small stitches.  My eyes just aren't as good as they used to be. I may work on this for a bit and then switch over to my butterfly embroidery project.  We'll see if I make any progress on either project this week.

I'm going to keep it simple this week and see what happens. If I make it into the sewing room great, if I end up with 7 days of hand stitching, that works too. Linking up with To Do Tuesday over at the Quilt Schmilt.  

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 05/20/2025

My last two posts made it pretty clear that I've not been that interested in spending time in the sewing room this last week.  Progress on last week's to do list shows that.  

To Do List for 05/13/2025

1. Kate's Choice: Continue to quilt blocks - no progress
2. Glowing Hearts: Finish piecing the blocks - progress
3. 2025 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for July blocks - no progress
4. Old Town: Work on blocks at late night sew ✔

Definitely not the best week for progress on the to do list. But there will be weeks like that. My goal for the last couple of years is just to make progress and I did that.  Just not as much as I would have liked.  Hopefully I can do better with this week's list.  

To Do List for 05/20/2025

1.  2025 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Finish binding 




Trudy did a wonderful job with the quilting for this quilt.  The label is made and printed.  I got the binding sewn to the front last night and made a start with the hand stitching on the back.  This is a gift for Grad Girl's roommate. Fingers crossed I get my first finish for 2025 this week.  

2. Glowing Hearts (MMM Quilts): Finish piecing blocks, start assembly 


I added one more heart to the design wall. Just two more left to stitch and then assembly can start.  

3.  2025 Guild BOM: Cut the fabrics for the July blocks

I really need to get to going on July's blocks. The June guild meeting is tonight!  The next meeting will be here way before I'm ready for it.  

4.  Old Town: Work on blocks at Late Night Sew



I finished off the last of the 4 patches this week. I ended up cutting 1.5" squares for the last set of 6 rather than strip piecing. But they are done now. Steps 1 to 5 are completed, that leaves steps 4 to 9 left to finish up.  My goal is to have this project to the finished quilt top stage before this year's mystery kicks off.  

I'm keeping the list short again. If all that gets checked off is item #1, I'll be happy.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 05/13/2025

I've not been paying attention to my calendar and several other activities have snuck up on me.  I have a statistics project that will need my attention over the next few weeks.  So I'll have to think what goes on my sewing to do list, especially for next week.  Before getting to that, I should look at how I did on last week's list.  Since we spent time with family for Mother's Day last weekend, I missed out on my normal "nothing but sewing day".  So I didn't get quite as far as I'd hope to on my to do list.


To Do List for 05/06/2025

1.  Kate's Choice: Continue to quilt blocks ✔

2.  2025 BOM: Pick fabrics for July ✔

3.  Chilhowie: Find backing fabric ✔

4.  Glowing Hearts: Finish piecing blocks - progress


Not a bad week at all, each project moved ahead.  This week I actually have multiple meetings, which is the exception rather than the rule since I retired.  It will mean changing up my normal routine, but hopefully won't affect my stitching time too much. Here's the list for this week. 


To Do List for 05/13/2025

1.  Kate's Choice: Continue to quilt blocks

Half the blocks are quilted, leaving the better part of three rows of blocks left to quilt.  The plan is to get back to quilting over the weekend.  

2.  Glowing Hearts (MMM Quilts): Finish piecing the blocks




I only finished one additional block, with a second partially constructed over at the sewing machine.  Assembly instructions will come out on Thursday.  There is still time to get all the blocks finished before then.  

3. 2025 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for July blocks

It may seem early to be working on July, but I'm trying to stay ahead.  The July blocks will get shown during the June meeting and that will be here before I know it.  

4.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Work on blocks at late night sew

I didn't make it to last week's late night sew, so there's been no progress on this project since April.  I've finished clue 5 and made a good start on clue 6, almost finished with clue 2. I did take the time to cut all the pieces needed to make the rest of the block components, so all that's needed is to get them all sewn together.  

Not a long list, but if I can move all of these along, it will be a good week. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 05/06/2025

I'm a bit late getting to my to do list for this week. All the rain has brought on lots of pollen and mold, two big allergens for me.  Lots of annoying allergy symptoms are sapping my enthusiasm for much of anything this week. I was tempted to not even draft a to do list, but if this keeps up, I'm going to need the motivation.  At least last week's list has all check marks

To Do List for 4/29/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish June blocks ✔
2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks ✔
3.  Old Town: Continue assembly at late night sew ✔
4.  Glowing Hearts: Cut fabrics ✔

This week's list looks long, but most of it is prep work, not actual sewing.  

To Do List for 5/6/2025

1.  Kate's Choice: Continue to quilt blocks



Finished row 2 and got started on row 3.  I'm hoping to finish row 3 and get started on row 4 this week. I'll work on blocks till the weekend, then I'll change out the walking foot for my regular foot and work on some of my projects needing block construction. 

2. 2025 Guild BOM: Pick fabrics for July blocks

The plan is to work ahead so I'm not finishing blocks the day of the guild meeting.  July blocks have to be ready for the June meeting.  

3. Chilhowie (Bonnie Hunter): Find backing fabric

This is next in line to be quilted, so I'm trying to get it ready while I'm still working on Kate's Choice.  

4.  Glowing Hearts (MMM Quilts):  Finish piecing blocks. 




Three are the blocks are finished.  All the pieces are cut, I just need to sit down at the machine and do the assembly.  

That's my list for this week.  Short and hopefully doable even with annoying sinus stuff going on. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.  

Tuesday, April 29, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 04/29/2025

I did spend hours in the sewing room last week, but some things take longer than you think they will.  I did make good progress on my list for last week, but didn't get to all of it.  

To Do List for 04/22/2025

1.  2025 SAHRR: Mail to Trudy ✔

2.  2025 Guild BOM: Finish cutting fabric, start June blocks ✔

3.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks - no progress

4.  Old Town: Work on blocks at late night sew ✔


Three out of four isn't a bad week.  I made good progress on my top two priorities, so I'm not feeling too bad about how last week went.  This week will look pretty similar. 

 

To Do list for 04/29/2025

1.  2025 Guild BOM:  Finish June blocks

The pieces for all the blocks are cut, they just need to be sewn into the blocks.  

2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks




The back of the quilt will alternate the light and dark large prints from the collection.  Hopefully I'll get back to the quilting by the weekend.  

3. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter):  Continue assembly at late night sew




Just a few more square in a square blocks to finish and clue 5 will be finished. I would have finished these last week, but somehow two of the gold corner pieces got left at home.  The plan is to keep making the 4 patches for clue 2 and make good progress on clue 6.  

4. Glowing Hearts (MMM Quilts): Cut fabrics




I've followed Sandra Walker of MMM Quilts for a number of years, but have never participated in one of her sew alongs. This year's project looked like fun and would be an easy project to quilt with straight lines using the walking foot. So I made a deal with myself; if all the fabrics could be found in the stash, I could play along.  

It didn't take long for me to find a half yard bundle of India Summer from Benartex in my precuts stash.  There is no copyright on the selvage, but from what I can find online, it looks like this line dates back to 2014. The bundle was wrapped in twine with a card saying "Enjoy". So I'm guessing I won this someplace?  Absolutely no memory of acquiring it.  I do remember buying the teal/yellow background fabric, it's from the Falling Leaves collection by Wilmington Prints.  It's been in the stash awhile, but it works well with the half yard cuts. This wasn't a planned project, but it will make a fun donation quilt and move some older stash out of the fabric closet (that's my justification for not sticking to my quilt plan).

That's my plan for this next week. Good luck with your stitching plans.  

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

To Do List for the Week of 04/22/2025

Not feeling well definitely slowed down my week on several fronts.  I barely got in my 15 minutes on the days I felt really bad, so I didn't do so well on my to do list even though it was pretty short.  

To Do List for 04/15/2022

1. 2025 SAHRR:  Finish quilt top prep, mail to Trudy - progress

2. 2025 Guild BOM: Cut fabrics for June blocks - progress

3. Kate's Choice: Finish cutting batting, start quilting ✔

4. Old Town: Work on blocks at late night sew 

At least there was progress on every item. My goal most weeks is to just keep projects moving and I did that. So it wasn't the worst week, just not the best.  This week's list is going to look pretty much the same.  

To Do List for 04/22/2025

1. 2025 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Mail to Trudy



I finished all the prep work, but the respiratory thing way laid my trip to the post office. It should go today since I'll be out running errands later today. 

2. 2025 Guild BOM: Finish cutting fabrics & start constructing June blocks

All the fabrics for the inverted star block have been cut, so all that's left is the six sawtooth stars I'll need for June. 

3. Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks



I've finished row 1 and am just over halfway on row 2.  I picked a pretty easy quilting motif of nesting squares. For many of the blocks I can use the seams as guides, for others I've had to mark.  They aren't perfect by any means, but I'm pretty happy with how it's going.  I probably won't get this completely finished this month, there are at total of 30 blocks to quilt  (8 of those are quilted).  I'm hopeful that it will be finished before the end of next month.  That works for me.  

4. Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Work on blocks at late night sew




This is my project bag with all the completed block components. Clues 1, 3 and 4 have been completed.  I continue to work on the large number of 4 patches for clue 2 and the square in square blocks for clue 5.  Late night sew is scheduled for tonight. I'm hoping to finish clue 5 and get a start on finishing clue 6.  

That's my list for this week. Good luck with your own to do lists this week.