To Do Tuesday #170

Hello Quilty Friends! Welcome back. This week started off with a bang and ended with a crash. LOL 🐿️. I got totally distracted with other crafty projects. Good news is I finished a few things on my artsy to do list as well as making some progress on my quilty to do list.

I will be linking up with Carol again this week for To Do Tuesday. Check it out!

Project Updates

This week I made it several times up to my sewing studio which made me super happy. I focused on working on just a few projects. Let’s take a look.

WIPGO Project: Not Kitten Around (aka Not My Kitten) Wallhanging by Riley Blake

I worked pretty consistently on this project. I trimmed up after stitching in the ditch previously. I made the binding and even added a label. I get labels from Sweetwater. I was going to only use the 2025 label (when I finished the top) but decided it needed more some I cobbled some together. It’s my first time using these labels. I think I could have done a better job, but it is good enough for this little wall hanging. I pinned on my hanging sleeve and laid out my binding. We are ready to bind!

When I finish this project, it will have allowed me to finish my January WIPGO goal of binding a project and my February WIPGO goal of labelling a project.

Churn Dash Quilt using Abby Rose collection

I wrapped up my first of three for this month. I don’t have as much contrast as I hoped but I still like it.

Autumn Seed Blk 3 by Lori Holt (Bee in my Bonnet)

I have been working on my pumpkin. I finished the center of the block and the corners. I have started sewing the four other units but they are not done yet. Great progress!

2026 January Monthly Color Challenge block by Patterns by Jen (PBJ)

I made awesome progress. I finished making all the units and am ready to assemble the four quadrants of this block.

Weekly To Do List

I am very happy with my progress on last week’s to do list.

• Finish churn dash block
• work on January Monthly Color Challenge block
• work on Autumn Seeds block 3
• work on Not Kitten Around
• Printed off February Monthly Color Challenge block instructions

All that progress leaves us with the following for this week:

• Finish binding Not Kitten Around
• Trim Stars Aligned flying geese units
• Start next churn dash block
• Finish January Monthly Color Challenge block
• Continue working on Autumn Seeds blk 3. It would be nice to finish.
• Cut February Monthly Color Challenge block
• Watch Edge to Edge Gammill lesson
• Load quilt onto longarm
• continue loading fabric on mini bolts
• Keep an eye out for that missing insert for my sewing table

Musings

This is the year of PLAY (or learning new stuff and enjoy the process of creating). I thought I could share some of what I have done this week. I painted and assembled the above wood project from Chantelle’s 141 Design. It is my first time (that I remember anyway) of painting wood objects. I learned how to sand, distress, and glue this project. I got tips on how NOT to have pink stripes instead of white stripes as well as how to final finish it. I think it turned out pretty good. This was done over the course of the week just in time for Valentine’s Day. It was fun.

I also attended a cardmaking club meeting at my local Craft Warehouse. I have become a little fascinated with this. Since retirement, I like to send out cards every month to different people. I thought it would be cool to make my own as part of my “PLAY” this year. Above is an art one that I made using the Zentangle technique. I colored it with Alchol markers. (I forgot to take a picture of the final card before mailing it to my sister for her birthday 🙄.

The second card is one I made using a Simon Says card kit. When making this card I had to learn how to use my supporting tools so it took me a while to finish. 😝. I anticipate getting faster at this process once I understand how all my tools work. Meanwhile, I have watched a thousand videos (just kidding).

While I want to learn these skills, it is a distraction from quilting and cross stitch. I am a bit ADHD so it works out in the end. Plus it is just fun!

Thank you for stopping by. Hope you found something useful. Feel free to leave comments.

Peggy Stockwell in Vancouver, Washington