To Do Tuesday #100

It is hard to believe that I have been posting To Do Tuesday for two years already. I know I have missed a week here and there. Crazy right?

This past week was a full schedule. I managed to get stuff done even with running around all week catching up on errands. Let’s take a look at what I did this past week.

I will be linking up with Carol @ Quiltschmilt for To Do Tuesday. Come check it out!

Under the Needle Last Week

I had another Zoom Day on Friday. I finished EVERYTHING I had prepped for the day. I was scrounging for things that I could do. Love it when that happens.

• My biggest win this week was finishing my first 1920 Farmers Wife EPP block since 2020. As I have mentioned, I lost 2 pieces while sitting in my truck at hockey practice during COVID. All these years, I had no real idea how to recreate the missing pieces until I started tinkering with Electric Quilt 8 (EQ8). It felt good to finish the block finally!
• Finished the next row (June 13th – 18th) on my June Temperature Cottage
• Made 2 more Magic 8 HST for my Temperature quilt (see cover photo)
• Finished all my twoies and started on four patch units (see cover photo) for Daydreamer Leaders and Enders project
• Finished #100days100blocks2023 Blocks 89-92
• Pulled fabric for remaining blocks (93-100)
• Assembled Row 2 of #100days100blocks2023
• Added borders to my Patriotic Tablerunner
• Assembled Section (row) 3 of Scrappiness is Happiness Sampler quilt
• Started cutting and collecting 2 1/2 squares for the last block I need to make for the Scrappiness is Happines sampler: 64 squares block (not shown)
• Assembled quilt top for my Bunny Knoll On Wander Lane
• Finished appliquing Blooming Pointsettas (not shown)
• Finished making the cutting chart for 2024 Venti AG Sunprint Quilt
• Started cutting the black background pieces as well as a few of the other colors for the Sunprint quilt. Pattern is free from Fat Quarter Shop (Petit 4). I recreated in EQ8 with 12 inch blocks and colored using Alison Glass 2024 Sunprints. So gorgeous! I shared the whole quilt mock up I did in EQ8 last week.

June’s Goal List: Week of June 25th

I was able to check off a number of items on my list this week. Here is what is remaining for the last week of June.

1. June Cottage for 2024 Temperature quilt – Days 19-24
2. #365blockchallenge Sept 1st & 2nd blocks
3. 2023 Sweet Childhood Memories assemble two side borders
4. Continue working on Leaders & Enders blocks Daydreamer.
5. Tula Pink Butterfly Quilt – make so half square triangles for Section 1
6. Cut Queen of Diamonds blocks 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
7. Start EPP Ruby’s Garden finish block 24
8. EPP 2021 Lost & Found ~ sash one block
9. Assemble backing for #100days100blocks2019 quilt
10. 2019 Zuma charm quilt make one side border
11. 2017 Halifax Temperature quilt ~ finish September 2018
12. 2022 Bringing Home the Tree – cut one car block
13. Start January Gnome is Where the Heart Is
14. Blooming Pointsettas ~ finish quilting wall hanging
15. A Year in Words Christmas ~ finish brown applique
16. Start September Back Door Wall Hanging
17. Bunny Knoll on Wander Lane – start appliquing
18. Spring Placemats – Layer and quilt
19. Batik Placemats – Layer and quilt
20. Design boards – finish 2
21. *Organize threads
22. *Sew 4 coordinating spring napkins

It is nice that I completed 8 things completely on my June goal list and have made significant progress on others. Feels so good!

Afterthoughts

Another accomplishment for this week is getting my appointment with Gammill for my long arm maintenance. They are coming Saturday! I am so excited and looking forward to maybe quilting one of my quilts this weekend before heading off to Washington State for a week.

I was sitting here pondering having a Focus Three for the week. Then I said Nah! I couldn’t pick just three. What I will do is pick a few that are close to being done to focus on this week:

• Blooming Pointsettas
• Backing for 2019 100 days 100 blocks quilt
• Spring Placemats
• Spring Napkins

Squirrel! I should really find a backing for the patriotic table runner and cut some napkins for that as well so I can use them in July right? Maybe I should consider designing some coordinating placemats as well…. Oh my! My brain doesn’t quit.

Well I have to wrap up today’s post. I have a virtual conference to attend in just over an hour. It is Tuesday – Thursday. So much to do and so little time. How did I do all this when working 50-60 hours a week with a family? So glad to be retired.

Good luck on all of your projects this week!

Peggy Stockwell in San Jose, California