To Do List for 6/2/2020

It's June. Already?  I'm definitely not ready for it to be mid year.  Rather than think about how much there is to do to meet my 2020 goals, I'm going to just focus on what might get done during the next week.  Before that, I should celebrate what gone done last week.  

Weekly To Do List for 05/26/2020
Frolic: Assemble dark blue row, lt. blue block - Progress
Unity:  Finish step 2, start step 3 ✔
Storm at Sea:  Add next white border - Progress

It was a good week with one big to do checked off and progress on the other two.  So what needs to be on this week's to do list to improve my finish 'em up rate?  

Weekly To Do List for 06/02/2020

Storm at Sea: Add 3" white border

The border strips have been cut from yardage, but aren't yet stitched together so I can cut the border strips to size. 

Frolic: Sew rows together, finish last block

2019 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

Just need that last block and a few more sashing strips to finish off the quilt center.  After trimming up, it will still need a border, so not a quick finish. But it's definitely moving along.  

Unity: Work on step 3

Unity, 2020 Bonnie Hunter Sew-In-Place Quilt Along

Lots of tiny pieces in step 3, but some of those tiny pieces are all already assembled into a small pile of flying geese.  I'm hoping step 3 doesn't take me as long as step 2 did.  

That's my to do list for the next week.  I'll probably sneak a few face masks in there as well.  I'm making them for some of my coworkers who are struggling with the face masks available at work.  Linking up with Home Sewn by Us for To Do Tuesday. 

Frolicking with Unity and Other Stitching Tales

We've been fighting our typical spring battles with the ants and other creatures.  Last night I went to bed and got attacked by what looked like flying ants.  I finally slept on the couch because they kept coming. My Guy slept through the whole thing.  I'll be spraying the baseboards before we leave for work.  Needless to say, I didn't sleep very well. It didn't help that the dishwasher kicked on at about 2 AM.  A rather crappy end to what had been a fairly nice weekend. 

It was a productive weekend in the sewing room. Step 2 of Unity is done!!! 

Unity, 2020 Bonnie Hunter Sew-In-Place Quilt Along

I'm really happy with my fabric choices at this point.  I've already gotten a start on Step 3, but those 4" stars aren't going to go quickly.  I'll just keep plugging along. I have deep admiration for those who can finish a step in a week. That's a lot of stitching!

Frolic is moving along again. 

Frolic, 2019 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

The last row of dark blue stars are all sewn together.  The long sashing piece that goes with the row is at the machine. It just needs one more seam.  Both rows should be sewn together by next week.  Soon it will be time to finalize the borders and get those stitched. I may actually get this mystery done before the next one comes out.  

There was also some mask making this weekend.  

Mask pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts

I pulled out my stash of chemistry themed fabrics to make this next set.  These are for some of my co-workers who aren't having a lot of luck with the surgical masks. I still have several more to make, but these four are a good start. 

That's my week of stitching.  Linking up with Monday Making, Design Wall Monday, and Main Crush Monday. 

Week 22 of 2020: Stitching Stuff

The weather has been gorgeous this weekend. Much needed after a week of the wet stuff.  Unfortunately the week of wet triggered my allergies, I've not felt 100% the last few days.  That has negatively affected my sewing room time.  How about you, has it been easy or hard to work in a few minutes of stitching time each day?  

My stitching week wasn't so hot. 

15 minute days/week = 4/7 days

15 minute days/May = 24/30 days

15 minute days/2020 = 135/151

Success rate = 89.40%

Some weeks are just that way. I'm still on track to meet my goal of stitching 85% of time.  Hopefully this week will be much better on the stitching front.  

My Guy brought home some hydrangea for me last week.  It's one of my favorite flowers.  

Love the purple and yellow/green blooms.  They really brighten up the kitchen table.  

So how did your stitchy week work out? 

1. Chrisknits 2. karen 3. maggie f 4. Sherrie

5. katie z. 6. Loulee (Manxgirl) 7. amanda 8. Quilting Gail

9. Angie in SoCal 10. Deana

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May One Monthly Goal

The month of May went really fast.  Hard to believe we'll be in June by Monday.  As I was contemplating what June's One Monthly Goal should be, I realized I never posted the completion of May's One Monthly Goal.  

The goal for May was to get the Mosaic Mystery quilt prepped and sent out for quilting.  

Mosaic Mystery Quilt
from Cheryl at Meadow Mist Designs

The top and backing were finished in April.  But both needed a final press and clean up before getting packed up for quilting.  

The problem with using a dark fabric with a light background is you have to take care of all the dark threads on the back.  Thankfully the dark purple didn't fray as much as the other fabrics did, but it still took an afternoon to clean up potential threads that might show through after it was quilted.  

I found a box big enough, but not too big and packed it up.  It got mailed out last Saturday and it arrived at it's destination on Thursday.  Hopefully it will be back here ready to bind before the end of June.  I've already got the label designed. 

But I've not test printed it yet, so this may not be the final label design.  I'm looking forward to getting another finish in the near future.  

Linking up with Elm Street Quilts for the May One Monthly Goal Finish.  Now to figure out what's the OMG for June.  

To Do List for 05/26/2020

We had a really quiet Memorial Day weekend.  The four days off were nice. We hung out a lot. My Guy and the Scientist in Training played in the kitchen while I got to hang out in the sewing room.  Consequently last week's to do list was mostly completed.  

Weekly To Do List for 05/19/2020

Mosaic Mystery: Mail top and back ✔

Frolic: Make 1 light blue block ✔

Unity: Finish step 2

Storm at Sea: Add 2" white 2.5" blue border ✔

Not a shabby sewing week.  When I pulled out the Storm at Sea top I found that the white border was already in place. The last photo of the top didn't show it, so I just moved on to the next border for last week's to do list.  

No four day weekend this week.  What do I think is doable for this week? 

Weekly To Do List for 05/26/2020

Frolic: Assemble next row and make last light blue block

Frolic, 2019 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

I'll need to make more sashing strips in addition to the blue block. But those should go pretty fast.  

Storm at Sea: Add 3" white border

It was a pleasant surprise to find that the quilt top was one step farther along than I thought.  This quilt has a lot more borders than I would normally do, but I promised My Guy this quilt would definitely be long enough to cover the mattress. It was almost there after the addition of the border this week. 

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

Unity:  Finish step 2, start step 3

Unity, 2020 Bonnie Hunter Sew-In-Place Quilt Along

I just need to finish cutting and attaching the plain sashing strips to finish off step 2.  That's very doable.  I've already got the pieces cut for the flying geese in the next step.  So those should be easy to start slipping in while I'm working on other projects this week. 

Those are my sewing room to do's for this week.  Linking up with To Do Tuesday over at Home Sewn By Us.