Election Day! Make sure you vote today. It’s a Presidential Election year! Can’t believe we are in November already. Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. Crazy.
I will be linking up with Carol over at QuiltSchmilt again this week for the To Do Tuesday linkup where we share what we are working on and this week’s to do list.
Under the Needle Last Week
It was a fairly productive week. I kept sneaking into the sewing room for 15 minutes here and there. I just realized that I didn’t always takes photos of the things that I worked on or finished which is a shame. So I have included photos from prior weeks for ongoing projects.
- Finally finished Block 3-1 (half diamond) for the Queen of Diamonds English Paper Piecing QAL. So glad I take photos from the book. I had to refer to it often to finish this half diamond to make sure I had the pieces going the correct direction.
- I made 3 Lime blocks this week for the Dragonfruit Quilt as well as the last 2 Mulberry blocks.
- I finished appliquing both January and November Gnome Is Where The Heart is.
- Made both bindings and hanging tabs for the Gnomes. Found matching buttons for the hanging tabs from Another Button Company.
- Finished the label for Bunny Knoll and ironed it on. Didn’t like the fabric markers I got so I gave them away yesterday.
Looking Back to the results of October Goals
- ✔️ Finished Sep Cottage and Started Oct Cottage for the 2024 Temperature Cottage Quilt
- ✔️ Finished Assembling Temperature quilt Jan – Sep
- ✔️ Finished 2024 October Monthly Color Challenge block
- ✔️ Finished all the Daydreamer blocks
- ✔️ Finished my Churn Dash block
- ✔️ Finished all 8 blocks needed to assemble Rows 1,2,6,7 and assembled the rows for 2024 AG Venti Sunprint FPP Quilt
- ✔️ Finished Block 3-1 Queen of Diamonds EPP block
- ✔️ Finish On Wander Lane Bunny Knoll wall quilt
- ✔️ Decided no borders for the Rainbow Log Cabin
Not a bad month. Obviously my want list is longer than my done list. But feeling pretty good about the done list.
Looking Forward to November Goals and Our First To Do List for the Month
November Goals
- SAL: 2024 SJ Temperature Cottage Quilt: Finish October Cottage. Start the November Cottage.
- SAL: 2024 November Monthly Color Challenge Block
- SAL: 2024 Venti AG Sunprint FPP quilt – Make 4 Courthouse blocks and 4 Economy blocks. Assemble Rows 3,4,&5. Assemble Sections 1/2, 3/4/5, 6/ 7
- SAL: 2024 TP Dragonfruit FPP QAL: Finish Mo 1. Start Mo 2.
- EPP: Farmers Wife 1920: Start Block 48
- EPP: Pull out Lost & Found. Figure out layout of the 24 blocks and begin sashing the first row of blocks.
- EPP: Ruby’s Garden: start Block 25
- Applique: Finish November Gnome Is Where the Heart Is
- Applique: January Gnome Is Where the Heart Is
- Applique: Start Blooming Snowflakes
- Small Project: Finish Patriotic tablerunner
- UFO: Pull out 2020 Meadowland blocks and figure out a layout, then start assembling.
- UFO: 2019 Tula Pink Zuma Charm Quilt finish – just need to assemble the pieced border and attach
- UFO: 2022 Bring Home the Tree – make 1 car block
- Long Arm: 2013 Fall quilt- quilt it
- Long Arm: Halloween Quilt – quilt it
- Long Arm: 2021 Sunshine Quilt- load it
- Cross Stitch FFO: Finish Let’s Talk Autumn Pillow
- Cross Stitch FFO: Start Autumn Basket pillows x 3
This Week’s Top Goals
- Finish January Gnome wall quilt
- Finish November Gnome wall quilt
- Finish TP Dragonfruit Month 1 blocks
- Finish October Cottage & Tree
- Start Farmers Wife blk 48
- Backing for Patriotic tablerunner
- Cut car block for Bring Home the Tree quilt
- Work on the Let’s Talk Autumn pillow
Afterthoughts
Still working on figuring out how to make my ADHD self more productive with my quilty projects. I have a lot of squirrel moments or sometimes just plain no mojo. I did find sneeking into the sewing studio for 15 minutes was helpful with keeping me motivated. There is another quilt that is constantly bugging me to be started. It is a pumpkin quilt by Lori Holt that I really really want to do. I keep talking myself into waiting until next year. We shall see how successful I am. I love pumpkins, halloween, cats, hummingbirds, and of course rainbows.
Sneeking you ask? Nala can be…. Too much help and tends to follow me everywhere when I am home. I love the company and if she would just lay (not on my project) or not steal anything (thread, pins, needles, fabric….). She is definitely a material girl. Lucky for me, Simba has become obsessed with Shaun my grandson so he is pestering him more than me these days. Just love these covid kitties who do not understand boundaries.
Enjoy our beautiful fall weather. Please leave comments below. Love seeing them.
Peggy Stockwell in San Jose, California
Peggy I love seeing your photos of your projects and the progress. Like you I forget to take photos regularly. How nice that Simba is following Shaun instead of pestering you. Thank you for linking with To Do Tuesday and sharing so many inspiring projects. The 15 minute goal works for me and often turns in to hours instead of just 15 minutes. Hope you had another good week. I’m looking forward to seeing how many check marks you get on your November List. 😉