Quilts & Adventures

To Do Tuesday #138

Hello Everyone! I know it has been almost a month since I posted anything quilty. It has been a busy month. I finished packing up all my stuff and my cats and officially moved April 11th to Vancouver, Washington. I have not got to sew yet this month but this week I finally did some English Paper Piecing just because I needed it.

What Got Done This Week

Queen of Diamonds Block 3-3 Finished 4/21/2025

My sewing studio is just stacks of boxes 📦 that I finally tried to sort of organized on Monday. Unfortunately, it is not a priority as I am still trying to unpack the kitchen and my bedroom. I am living in chaos at the moment but am slowly working towards getting that chaos organized. So for Zoom Quilt Day which was Monday I:

Finished Queen of Diamonds block 3-3 above and
Started on Farmers Wife 1920 Block 49 seen above.

It felt good to do something, unfortunately I was unable to work on any machine projects because when I unloaded my sewing machine it would not turn on. I worked on it for two days until I finally looked up where to take and gave them a call.

Today found me in Portland (only 20 minutes from the house!) with my machine where a nice young man Nate with Montavilla Sewing Center in Portland worked on it while I waited. I have no idea if they just felt sorry for me or if this is their normal service. I was super impressed to see him take apart my girl and get her up and running after replacing the power supply board in her. I went home with a working machine!!!!!!! Tomorrow I will carry her back upstairs but not today.

What I Hope to Do Next Week

To be honest I do not plan to do much in the sewing studio, but here are my tenative plans:

Get my Bernina 880 back on the sewing table
Pull out my Tula Pink Foundation Paper Piecing project (Dragonfruit) and cut month 6 (Month 7 arrived already so now I am behind)
Clean my Ikea 4×4 shelving and start unpacking project and books
Get a quote from Gammill to get my long arm reassembled (it is currently laying in pieces) and on the schedule
Check in with the California Sewing & Vaccum in San Jose to get an update on my Bernina 770QE which got shipped to Chicago Bernina for repairs
Order samples for my future design wall

That’s it.

Afterthoughts

April is pretty much shot to heck with moving. I am also in the throws of prepping my California house to be sold (to pay for the Washington house). Cash is flying everywhere and I am feeling super poor. Lucky for me, I have a stash I can work with for months…. As soon as I unpack it anyway. 😆

This post will NOT be linked up with To Do Tuesday because I just didn’t feel like there was much to share. But y’all should check it out. Carol loves it when people stop by.

Have a great week and good luck on all your crafty projects!

Peggy Stockwell in Vancouver, Washington

Floss Friday #135

I am happy to be able to work on my cross stitch projects during this time of chaos called MOVING. LOL 😝 I have some things to share with you for this week as things are going very well. Not sure how April will go but March has been pretty darn good! Let’s take a look.

Starts & Finishes

I started my final project for March but haven’t finished anything new. I am close so next week I will share my final finish with you.

To Do Tuesday #137

I don’t have a lot to share this week. I had my last Quilt Zoom day until after the move to Vancouver, Washington. Last week we started packing the sewing studio. On Monday I will be taking a trip to buy furniture and take some of my sewing stuff. We shall see how it goes.

I plan to linkup with Carol Schmilt at Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.

Floss Friday #134

Hello Everyone! Sorry about missing last week’s blog. Just had a bad week so this week will be a lot since I did stitch everyday this past two weeks. LOL! 😝 Still working on the move which will be the theme for the next month.

Starts & Finishes

I am excited that I have already started five of the six planned starts for this month and one of the two finishes for March. After a mediocre February, I am feeling good about March. Let’s take a look:

START: WIPGO Project: Hello Summer by It’s Sew Emma (FQS)

I got a great start on this WIPGO project for the month. I am already 1216 stitches into my 1500 stitch WIPGO goal. Feeling pleased as ice cream over this one. I have been looking forward to starting this Stitch Quarterly project from a year ago. I love the vibrant colors and it is a delight to work on. In just two nights I am already over half done with this project. Just love stitching on this navy aida.

To Do Tuesday #136

It has been two weeks since I shared with you. Last week got away from me. First I didn’t have anything to share because my machine ended up in the shop for a week. Since I was not sewing, I kind of just got out of my groove. I even have a second machine to sew with. I just didn’t.

Started backing the quilting/crafting stuff today. I spent some time this weekend, pulling together all the pieces and parts for several of the English Paper Piecing projects that were kept in two of my four rooms (dining room & Harry Potter closet). Neither of the these two rooms were single use rooms, so there was other things with sewing stuff. LOL!

Floss Friday #133

Welcome back! This week has been a fairly productive week with all my cross stitch projects. I am looking forward to sharing what I worked on this week. So let’s get started!

February WIPGO Results

To Do Tuesday #135

Welcome to this week’s quilty addition of To Do Tuesday. Only got one good day in this week which is more than I have had for several weeks. Let’s take a look.

I will be linking up with Carol @ QuiltSchmilt for To Do Tuesday

Floss Friday #132

Happy Friday! It’s a good day. My daughter who works with USGS is still employed. The next four years, no matter what happens, will be a roller coaster since Donald Trump does not like scientist especially those who work with the environment or climate. But this platform is not a political one and I certainly don’t want to make it so. Just please make sure you get all the facts before you speak.

On to more fun things like all my stitchy projects for this week. Let’s get started!

To Do Tuesday #134

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week. Since my househunting trip I have been very distracted and totally lost my creative mojo. I still managed to work on a few things so I thought I would share the little I did this week.

I will be linking up with Carol at Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.

Floss Friday #131

Hello from Vancouver Washington! I am still here looking at houses. This house hunting as sucked up all my time each day so there has been no time since I got here on Tuesday to do any stitching. But lucky for you, I still have stuff to share this week.

Starts & Finishes

Just one finish this week.