To Do Tuesday #154

Welcome Back! School starts here today and so mornings are a bit more hectic getting from place to place, but the rest of the day was a dream! LOL! My Quilt Zoom day on Friday went well and I can’t wait to share.

Yes! I will be linking up with Carol @ Quilt Schmilt for this week’s To Do Tuesday. Please check it out per the link below.

Weekly Progress

I had a full day on Friday as well as an hour here and there through out the week to work on things including organizing and unpacking.

Organizing

I have spent multiple days empyting up to 15 boxes over the course of this week from fabric to tools.

• cutting table setup
• Unpacking fabric boxes
• Sorting fabric by color
• Loading shelves by precut sizes

FINISHED: Sparkle & Shine 2021 Cotton Cuts Mystery Quilt Top

I finally got the borders cut and assembled. It was a joyous moment when I sewed the last border on. That final border really changes the look. Love how it turned out!

FINISHED: Set of 4 Spring Napkins

I found these napkins in the project box for the spring placemats and decided to check them off the list. I am enjoying how bright and cheerful they are. I also finished making and prepping the binding for the set of 4 spring placemats as well as getting all of the placemats trimmed up.

Olympia 2021 Cotton Cuts Mystery Quilt

I pulled out this mystery quilt to start assembling Clue 10. This is the finished center of the quilt.

Dragonfruit Quilt by Fat Quarter Shop

I cut, sewed, and ironed all four wide borders for the BOM quilt – Dragonfruit.

Ruby’s Garden EPP Quilt

I have been slacking this year on all my EPP projects. It is hard to believe that it has been a year since I finished a block, but it has been. I hope to be more consistent from now on.

Weekly To Do List

I couldn’t believe how much I got checked off from last week’s list. Here is the updated list for this coming week:

• STILL (desperately) need to change rotary blades. Discovered that I don’t know where the new blades are 🤪
• Find my insert for the 770 sewing table (📦)
• Work in at least another 30 minutes unpacking in the sewing studio
• Backing for ARE YOU GAME? Quilt top
• Sketch 2nd floor
• Finish moving cross stitch supplies and project from sewing studio to office
• Start Queen of Daimond block 3-4
• Prep next Ruby’s Garden block 26
• Cut & prepared Sparkle & Shine binding
• Finish Dragonfruit quilt top
• Cut Dragonfruit binding
• Finish set of 4 Spring Placemats
• Find a main project for September quilt retreat
• FIND LONG ARM QUILTING SUPPLIES!

Musings

My furbabies have had a busy week hunting small insects and lizards. Nala even brought a lizard into the house! Lucky for me I saw it happen and was quick enough to catch and release back outside.

Happy Mail

The rolling bags came last week but I wanted to share with you these two beautiful bags I got from Brewer Sewing. I also ordered and received my Tula Pink patches and charms which are going to be used for a class project I am doing at a virtual retreat in September.

Long Arm Update

I am still on the hunt for my quilting supplies. I attended another Zoom Question & Answer session today for New Owners which was really good. It did make me realize though, that I should at least watch the online course even though I haven’t found my needles, bobbins, and thread. At least then I will be ready to hit the ground running.

I also scheduled my one hour consult for new owners for September 3rd so even more important to get prepared while I still empty boxes.

Happy Quilting!

Peggy Stockwell in Vancouver, Washington