Stitching Stuff: Week 28 of 2023

I really didn't intend to be radio silent this week, but moving Grad Girl was a pretty all consuming task this last week.  Packing, cleaning, loading down two sets of stairs and unloading up three flights of stairs in 100+ heat was exhausting. We tried to do most of the moving early in the morning, then later in the evening.  All either of us could do after dinner was shower and go to bed most days of the move.  The move also wasn't very conductive to finding time to stitch and this week's numbers show that. 

• 15 minute days/week = 2/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 12/25 days
• 15 minute days/2023 = 168/206 days
• Success rate = 81.55%

So not the best week on the stitching front, but Grad Girl's move went mostly smoothly.  No problems with my back thankfully, I was very careful about what I packed and carried. I did end up with blisters on my right hand from cleaning the carpets in the new apartment. The previous roommate had a male cat that was not neutered, so Grad Girl was concerned that her cat would not feel comfortable if we didn't do a deep clean. 

So that was my week. Hopefully yours was filled with much more stitching time than mine was.  I didn't even get to everyone's post from last week. I'll be playing catch up on my email and blog post reading most of this week.  So did you get in your stitching time this week? 

1. Karen 2. maggie f 3. katie z. 4. Gretchen

5. DonnaleeQ 6. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting 7. Julie in GA 8. Andrée at Quilting & Learning

9. Quilting Gail 10. Frédérique 11. Celine

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Stitching Stuff: Week 27 of 2023

 

It's definitely been too hot to do much else besides stay in and stitch.  I did a lot of that this week. 

• 15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 10/15 days
• 15 minute days/2023 = 166/196 days
• Success rate = 84.69%

I only missed one day. Hopefully I can do as well this week.  

How did you do at your stitching stuff?  

1. Gretchen 2. maggie f 3. Julie in GA 4. Karen

5. Shasta @ High Road 6. Stitching Loving Nana 7. DonnaleeQ 8. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

9. Dq at Dreamworthyquilts 10. Frédérique 11. Amanda 12. Quilting Gail

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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.  

More Un-stitching than Stitching

Last week was a bit hit or miss in the sewing room.  Grad Girl was home for the week and we did spend some time in the sewing room hanging out, but sometimes there was more talking going on then there was stitching.  She headed back to Texas on Saturday, so my plan for Sunday was to spend my readjustment time in the sewing room.  First off I discovered that the borders for block 9 of Diatom weren't assembled properly.  After a bit of unsewing they are ready to be reassembled properly. 

I think what happened is I was looking at the borders for block 10.  At any rate that took up a good chunk of my stitching time.  

With the 4th of July holiday and associated family plans, I didn't get much done on my To Do List from the week before, so I didn't post a new one last week.  Going off the previous list, I still needed to make a blue and green Wild and Goosey block.  These blocks are paper pieced and there is a lot of trimming between stitching the next seam. 

You can see from the trimmings that I added a red one to the assembly line.  

Red is this month's Rainbow Scrap Challenge color. I had one red block in the drawer that had been partially assembled, so I just added it to the blue and green ones I had planned for last week.  

I did some stitching on my blog hop project, but I can't show any photos of that till the Just Two Charm Pack Quilts blog hop.  My date is Wednesday, August 2nd. That project will be a priority for me this week. I'll be out of town next week helping Grad Girl move.  I'm hoping the temperatures in Texas moderate before next week, it's really hot there.  Looking at the current forecast, it's going to be a really hot week to move.  

Linking up with Monday Design Wall and Patchwork & Quilts.   

Stitching Stuff: Week 26 of 2023

My apologies for the really late post today.  We didn't get home till late last night and I slept in this morning.  Grad Girl is on her way back to Texas, so we're back to an empty house again.  My stitching week was an on again/off again thing. We did a lot of running around and it was hard to work in stitching time every day.  

• 15 minute days/week = 4/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 4/8 days
• 15 minute days/2023 = 160/189
• Success rate = 84.66%

July hasn't gotten off to the best start, but I'm doing much better than last year.  I didn't sew a single day in July of 2022.  So success is relative.  I'm planning a nothing but sewing day today. 

I didn't get any good pictures of Grad Girl this trip, but Queenie was really photogenic. 

She finally discovered the window seat in Grad Girl's room where she can watch the birdies and squirrels in the back yard.  I won't have too much time to miss them, I'm heading to Texas the end of this week to help my girl move.  

How did you fare on the stitching front this week.  

1. Karen 2. DonnaleeQ

3. Julie in GA 4. Gretchen

5. Quilting Gail 6. Melisa- Pinker n' Punkin Quilting

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