Odds and Ends Stitching

It was a nice quiet weekend. The Scientist in Training is settling into her new apartment back at school.  So in one way it was just way too quiet. These days it seems we just get used to having her around and then she's gone again.  I'm aware this will get worse going forward, so I'll enjoy having her just two hours away while it lasts.  

There's not much on the design walls at the moment.  I've made a good start on the square in a square blocks for the Storm at Sea pieced border.

I need 18 of these blocks, so I'm just over one third of the way there. 

There's another border in the works for Vintage Dresses. 

The quilt looks unfinished with out the last two borders, so I'm stitching the strips for the last colored border. 

The One Monthly Goal is to get Christmas Angels bound.  The binding is made, the quilt is trimmed up and I made a start on attaching the binding. 

Only one side is sewn to the front, so three more left to go.  

It certainly seems like slow going, but one project is close to a finish and three more are close to being finished flimsies. Really not bad progress for being not quite halfway through the year.  That would suggest at least four more finishes are possible for 2019.  Fingers crossed on that becoming a reality.  Linking up with the usual Monday show and tell linkies:  Monday Making, Design Wall Monday, and Main Crush Monday.   

Week 23 of 2019: Stitching and De-Stashing

Weekends go so fast. I'm not ready for it to be Sunday.  At least I'll have this afternoon to play with my sewing machine and get in a bit more than 15 minutes of stitching time. 

It wasn't one of my better weeks for working in stitching time.  Being out of the office for a few days, put me behind enough that a bit of overtime was required to get back on track. Consequently, the stitching time suffered a bit. 

15 minute days/week = 5/7 days
15 minute days/June = 6/8 days
15 minute days/2019 = 142/159 days
Success rate = 89.31%

I'm a bit off track on my success rate, hopefully I'll get back on track this week.  How did you do at working in stitching time?  You can link up and share at the end of this post. 

The stash report is a bit anemic this week.

Fabric out this week = 0.06 yards
Fabric out for 2019 = 26.59 yards
More out than in for 2019 

At least there was nothing new coming in.  Linking up with Quiltpaintcreate for the weekly stash report. 

We were in Colorado last weekend.  It had been very wet and cool here in Oklahoma prior to our trip.  The rain hasn't stopped, but it has warmed up.  The wildflowers are finally starting to bloom.  The Black Eyed Susans are blooming profusely now. 

I've not had a chance to get out for a walk to see what else is blooming.  Hopefully that will happen this next week, along with some dedicated stitching time.  

So how are you doing at finding some stitching time each day? 

1. Pack Rat With a Plan 2. karen 3. Julie in GA

4. Meloney 5. Chrisknits 6. DawnyK

7. Amanda 8. Christina's Handicrafts

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The June To Do List

Wow, already one week into June!  Since we were in Colorado the first few days, it's taken a bit to get back into the groove at home  The Scientist in Training headed back to school last night. So the house feels pretty empty.  I've been playing catch up with work stuff, so there hasn't been much computer or sewing time since we got back.  I hadn't given much thought to this month's quilty to do list or to what is June's One Monthly Goal.

Only two quilts have come off the quilt plan for the year.  Next on that list is Christmas Angels.

Christmas Angels
Pattern by Kate

It's back from quilting, so it just needs to be bound.  That's definitely my June One Monthly Goal. 

But there's some other things that should really be on the to do list.  Number 4 on the 2019 Quilt Plan is Vintage Dresses.  I stopped at 4 of the 6 borders that were planned, trying to decide if it needs the last two or if I should just stop.  It's getting pretty big with just the 4.  Sorry no photos on the progress for this one.  I'm hoping to make a decision on the borders and get the backing made so this project can go out for quilting before the end of the month. 

Two new projects have been started this year and to finish off my PHD, both should be finished by years end.  The first is Storm at Sea.  It's all sewn together and I've started working on the pieced border blocks. Here's the current plan.  

 Storm at Sea
Paper Piecing Class by Carrie Randell (Quilter's Hideaway)

I'm hoping to get the pieced border completed on this project before the end of June.  

The second new project is the Daisy Chain Mystery.

Daisy Chain Mystery
2019 Little Bunny Quilts Mystery
by Alison of Honey, Bunny & Doll Designs

The blocks need to be sewn together and I'm going to add a couple of borders.  I'm just hoping to get all the blocks sewn together this month.  Not sure I'll get any farther than that.  I'm considering adding a border. We'll see how that plays out. 

That's enough for one month.

Design Wall Updates

The typical Monday design wall post is a bit late today.  There just wasn't time this morning to write one. I was busy sitting on suitcases to zip them up so we could catch our flight home. We spent a long weekend looking at scenery like this.  

That's definitely not the view from our dining room window.  We spent an extra long weekend in Colorado hiking, riding trains, 

checking out the old silver mines, 

and the odd optical illusion.

We had a lot of fun. But I'm glad to be home.  Most of my week was spent on hand stitching in the evenings when we were chilling from all the other fun stuff. But before we left for the airport last Wednesday afternoon, I did manage to get all the blocks of the Storm at Sea quilt sewn together.

 Storm at Sea
Paper Piecing Class by Carrie Randell (Quilter's Hideaway)

I've even made start on the pieced border, but there's not much to show on that as yet. 

With all the SAS blocks sewn together, that project could come off the big design wall and the completed blocks from the Daisy Chain Mystery quilt went up.

Daisy Chain Mystery
2019 Little Bunny Quilts Mystery
by Alison of Honey, Bunny & Doll Designs

I'm really happy how the fabric choices worked out. Now to get this sewn into a flimsy so I can link up with Alison's final linky party.  There are some really fun versions already posted there.  

I'm belatedly linking up with Monday Making and the Monday Design Wall.  

Week 22 of 2019: Stitching and Stashing

It's been a slower paced week, thankfully.  It helped that we took time off work and spent the long weekend doing family stuff.  The Scientist in Training heads back to college next Monday. A family vacation didn't fit into her schedule during the break between spring and summer semesters. It's been peaceful and restful, which is what all three of us needed.  I've been stitching as that's my zen space, but I mixed it up a bit for the long weekend. How have you been doing at working in a few minutes of sanity stitching each day?

I did much better at fitting in stitching time this week.

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days

15 minute days/May = 28/31 days

15 minute days/June = 1/1 day

15 minute days/2019 = 137/152 days

Success rate = 90.13%

I'm back up to stitching 90% of the time, that's my goal for 2019.  Hopefully, this month will be slower than last month. It's definitely gotten off to a slower start.  I brought out the long term embroidery project to keep my hands busy while we were just hanging out in the evenings this weekend.

I finished the tan and orange butterfly in the upper right and a bit of greenery.  So the panel is just about one third complete.  This isn't my oldest project, but it's been in the works for seven years.  So this is definitely my slow stitching project for the week.  You can check out other slow stitching projects over at Kathy's Quilts.  

We have been running around a bit this weekend, it hasn't all been just hanging out together in the living room. On one of our excursions, I popped into the quilt shop and came out with a bit of fabric.  

Actually the SIT found this fun rainbow batik.  She thought it would make a nice border for one of my rainbow quilts.  I agreed, so a few yards came home with me. So the stash report took a tiny hit. 

Fabric out this week = 1.01 yards

Fabric out for 2019 = 26.53 yards

Still more out than in for 2019 

So even with my addition, I'm still in the black.  My goal is to use more than I buy in 2019.  So far, so good there. Linking up with Quiltpaintcreate for the stash report.  

So how did your stitchy week work out? 

1. Julie in GA 2. Pack Rat With a Plan 3. karen 4. MaryR @Urban Quilter

5. Chrisknits 6. Mary-Kay 7. di 8. Jennifer in Indy

9. Amanda 10. Shasta 11. DawnyK 12. Christina's Handicrafts

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