Wow, just one more day in August. Hard to believe it's almost September. Summer for us is coming to an end, though with our highs in the upper 90's and lower 100's you'd never know it. Along with those thoughts comes the one that if I have quilts to make for Christmas, I'd better get busy.
I'm going to have to be very diligent about staying with the 15 minute challenge. Those 15 minutes in the sewing room everyday are going to be very necessary if I'm going to finish what's in my head. Which is a quilt for my mom, my niece and the one that Kiddo wants. Flurry is going to be a Christmas gift and it's moving along nicely. I worked on it quite a bit this week.
Not a bad week, I managed at least 15 minutes in the sewing room the last 6 out of 7 days. It's going to be more and more challenging to get in those 15 minutes each day. Kiddo's playing volleyball for the school team and is still on the swim team. That means she has some type of practice 5 nights a week and on Saturday. That doesn't include games, which will start up after Labor Day. I haven't seen the swim meet schedule yet, so no idea how many weekends we'll be on the road attending those.
How did you do this week? Link up and let us know.
Not much of a change on the design wall again this week. The final borders were added to Flurry on Friday. It doesn't look much different then last week.
I started piecing the back yesterday, so maybe this one will be ready to go off for quilting next week.
All the blocks for the yellow and purple scrap quilt (pattern by Judy Turner and Margaret Rolf) were laid out on the design floor in the library. This is the final layout.
Since this had been my leaders and enders project, I'm going to keep on that path and sew the blocks together as I work on my other projects. The first row of blocks have been squared up and lined up on the design wall ready to go when I start assembling the back for Flurry. I need to come up with a new leaders and enders project. I finished up Flurry without any "leader" blocks and it felt weird. Does that mean I'm addicted to leaders and enders?
Check out Judy's Patchwork Times to see what else is up on design walls across blog land.
Sunday already? Saturday went fast this weekend, probably because I spent yesterday morning on stuff for work, then the rest of the day on stuff related to Kiddo's school. Not much sewing going on so far, I hope to remedy that this afternoon, but that won't help today's stash report.
Used this week: 0.59 yards
Added this week: 0 yards
Used year to date: 43.09 yards
Added year to date: 60.25 yards
Net stashed for 2011: 17.16 yards
I finished the Flurry top on Friday. Today I hope to piece the back. That should remove about 4 yards from my stash, which will be big help in moving back into stash busting range. I still need to make the binding for the Buck-a-Block quilt, which will help some too as it's such a large quilt. That probably won't move up the to do list until next weekend.
A week from today will be the one year anniversary of Life in Pieces. I hope you'll come back next week and help me celebrate.
Enjoy your Sunday. There are many more stash busters who need your support this week over at Patchwork Times.
What a weird week! Earthquake damage on the east coast, hurricane evacuations in New Jersey? As the east coast braces for Irene, my thoughts and prayers are with those in her path. We were in Texas for Rita and had close friends who were still living there for Ike. Some folks are in for a very long weekend and then the weeks of clean up after.
So I feel very fortunate to be land locked here in Oklahoma, with my morning cup of coffee, cruising around blog land and contemplating Barbara's theme of "Favorite Places" for this week's Foto Finish. There are so many great places that we visit, not just vacation destinations, but trips to my Mom's to sit out in the garden and trips to my mother-in-law's to visit the farm. So it's hard to pick a single favorite place, but I can pick a favorite spot that we always search out no matter where we go.
