To Do Tuesday for Week of 6/30/2020

It's amazing what difference a week can make.  Things have settled down at work with personnel questions having been answered, while the number of Covid 19 cases continues to increase in the state. Work has tightened up restrictions on face to face meetings and beefed up the facial covering policy.  Not an ideal environment, but at least I feel reasonably safe at work.  It's going any place else that is concerning. Mask wearing in our community isn't practiced much.  I think part of the problem is while cases are indeed rising, the total number impacted in our community is still less than 1% of the population, with many of the earlier cases associated with two local nursing homes.  So few people know someone who has had the virus, which promotes the train of thought it's a hoax or really not that bad.  

Even with, or maybe due to, all the stuff going on in the world my sewing mojo returned last week. Consequently a lot of progress was made on last week's To Do list.  

Weekly To Do List for 06/23/2020

Frolic: assemble center ✔

Unity: Step 3, make more sawtooth stars ✔

Storm at Sea: finish borders, find backing ✔

Mosaic Mystery: Make label ✔

I didn't find the backing for Storm at Sea, but I spent a good amount of time searching for it. Now I'm not sure if it actually got ordered, so I checked that item as complete. Compared to the previous two weeks, last week was definitely a good one.  

So what's the plan for this week?  With the 4th of July holiday coming this weekend and some time off, My Guy has requested we do some things together and get out of the house for a bit.  There's the thought of doing a wild flower photography expedition this weekend and spending time with the Scientist in Training, so I'm probably not going to get as much sewing time over the weekend as usual.  So I'm paring down the To Do list accordingly. 

Weekly To Do List for 06/30/2020

Frolic: Trim, start on light blue border

Frolic, 2019 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

I've made some of the HSTs that were called for in the instructions for Frolic, but not enough to surround the whole quilt. So the ones that are finished will be worked into the final black border.  At least that's the plan for now. 

Mosaic Mystery: Finish and press binding

The binding just needs one seam sewn to be finished. I should be able to finish that and get the binding pressed then rolled onto an old wrapping paper tube ready to be sewn on once I get the quilt trimmed.  

Unity: Make more Sawtooth Stars for step 3

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

Just one more border star up on the design wall this week, but there are more in the works at the sewing machine.  Hopefully I'll have enough stars this week to actually have one of the four borders complete.  

That's my to do list for this week. We are taking a staycation next week.  We've got a few home improvement projects planned, but I'm hoping to work in a couple of nothing but stitching days.  Next week's to do list will definitely be more ambitious.  

Linking up with Home Sewn by Us for To Do Tuesday. 

Making Progress

It was a nice quiet weekend.  The biggest excitement was realizing that we had a line of strong storms coming in and My Guy was out for one of his longer bike rides.  Thankfully I knew the route he was taking so it didn't take me long to find him and load him up to head home.  It ended up not raining all that much, but it was lightening, which isn't safe to be out in on a bike.  

There was a lot of progress on the stitching front this weekend.  I met my June One Monthly Goal. 

The last border strip was sewn on to Storm at Sea.  Getting a photo wasn't easy, it's a big quilt.  

 Storm at Sea: Paper Piecing Class by Carrie Randell (Quilter's Hideaway),
Setting self Designed

I'm really happy with how this one worked out. My Guy likes it too. Which is good as SAS is going on our bed once it's finished.  The other part of the OMG goal was to locate the extra wide backing.  I've searched and searched the sewing room, there is no trace of an extra wide backing.  Now I'm wondering if one was actually ordered. I remember looking at some options and My Guy not being thrilled with any of them.  The plan is to give the sewing room a good clean up during our staycation next week. If an extra wide backing doesn't show up during the clean up, I'll order one.  

The other milestone this weekend is that all the Frolic blocks are sewn together.  

 Frolic, 2019 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

It's really bright, but I like it. So does My Guy.  Now to get it trimmed up and add the borders.  

The last accomplishment is that I finally finished making face masks for my group at work. 

Mask pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts 

The two green face masks are for My Guy, who asked from more masks with the t-shirt ear loops.  The Scientist in Training has also asked for a mask or two made from this pattern. She wants them made with the chemistry themed fabrics. With the case counts still climbing in our state, it seems I'm not done with the mask making just yet. 

That's it from the sewing room this week.  Linking up with Monday Making, Monday Design Wall and the June One Monthly Goal Finish Link Up. 

Week 26 of 2020: Stitching Stuff

My stitching mojo has returned and it's been a good week in the sewing room. Some of the stressful stuff going on at work has been resolved. So my energy levels are better, being stressed is such a motivation zapper. The sinus crud comes and goes, the Saharan dust cloud certainly hasn't helped that any this weekend.  How are you doing at keeping the stress at bay and finding the motivation to get into the sewing room each day? 

I was definitely back in the groove this week. 

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days

15 minute days/June = 20/27 days

15 minute days/2020 = 156/179

Success rate = 87.15%

It feels good to be back on track.  It will be a 4 day work week with the 4th of July holiday coming up next weekend and the week after that we have a staycation scheduled. So I'm hoping for lots of stitching time the next couple of weeks.  

How was your stitchy week?

  

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To Do Tuesday for 6/23/2020

A check of the calendar shows that this week's to do list will take me to the end of June. The year's just about half over, so I definitely need to get moving if I'm going to make some of my 2020 goals. Checking off a few more things from my to do lists would definitely be a move in the right direction.  Unfortunately, last week's to do list is a bit anemic when it comes to check marks. 

Weekly To Do list (06/16/2020)

Frolic: Finish sashing, assemble - progress

Unity: Step 3, make some Sawtooth Stars  ✔

Storm at Sea:  Finish final blue border - progress

Mosaic Mystery: make binding and label - no progress

Just one check mark last week and for the first time in a while, an item on the list with no progress.  The last couple of weeks haven't been really good for stitching.  Hopefully I can turn that around for this week's to do list. 

Weekly To Do List (06/23/2020)

Storm at Sea: Finish the final blue border and find the extra wide backing fabric.  

 Storm at Sea - Setting self designed

I've got just one border strip to stitch on to finish the quilt top.  But I can't find that backing anywhere. So a good clean up of the sewing room is probably in order.  Finishing off this project and getting the backing ready is my One Monthly Goal for June. So time to get this one checked off the list.  

Frolic:  Finish assembly of quilt center

Frolic, 2019 Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt

The bottom section is pinned ready for stitching. Lots of seams to match, so lots of pinning.  Once this seam is stitched all that's left is to sew the two halves together.  

Unity:  Make more Step 3 Sawtooth Stars

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

Just three more stars to make and one of the pieced sashings will be ready to stitch on. My approach with Unity is to just keep it progressing.  

Mosaic Mystery:  Print, rinse and dry the quilt label.

 

I probably need to update the completed by date to say July 2020. I doubt I manage to get the binding on this quilt by the end of this month.  

If I can make good progress on the first two items, it will have been a good week.  Linking up with To Do Tuesday over at Home Sewn By Us.   

Still Frolicing

The sewing mojo hasn't been real strong the last couple of weeks.  Though I did get in a solid weekend of stitching time this week.  Several projects are really close to the milestones of finished quilt or finished top. Hopefully that will help with the recovery of some of my stitchy mojo.  

Storm at Sea is really close to being a finished quilt top. 

The two side borders, plus the top border have been added.  So just one more border to pin on and stitch down. Sorry for such a lame photo, but SAS is so big it's hard to find a spot to lay it out so It can be measured, much less get a photo.  

There is obvious progress on Frolic. 

Frolic: Bonnie Hunter 2019 Mystery

Just two seams to stitch and the center will be done.  I've got a plan for the borders, so this one should keep progressing.  Frolic might just be finished before the new mystery in the fall.  

I'm still making masks for a few people at work. 

Mask pattern from Laundry Basket Quilts 

 

That's pretty much it from the sewing room this week.  Linking up with the regular Monday show and tell blogs of Monday Design Wall and Main Crush Monday.