Welcome back my Quilty Friends! I had a good week but not as good as last week, but progress has been made with all my projects. Yesterday I met with my Art group and I loved seeing the progress was making. One of our members is making amazing progress with her fabric designs. She currently sells them on Spoonflower while she is still presenting them to different fabric manufacturers. Another person of our group owns her own store and has been selling products like mugs, notebooks, pouches, art prints etc in her store. Love it! It can be quite inspiring seeing people who I took the initial class with back in 2023 doing it and that we still meet and support each other. Love it!
Back on topic. I will be linking up with Carol @ Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday. Check out the link below. Of course you are always welcome to join us, comment on the eye candy, or just get some inspiration. You will find the link in her blog posts.
Happy Mail
I failed once again to take pictures o my happy mail. Received anothter block of the month package for both my Pillow Wraps and Tula Pink Super Nova. I gotta get with it. LOL! Too many things I want to work on and not enough time! 🐿️
WIP Updates
Let’s jump into what I worked on. I didn’t get pictures of everything because I planned on one more day in the studio which never happened. It is okay. This week I will have TWO Zoom Quilt Days which is very exciting and one Handwork day.
Tula Pink Fade To Gray Quilt
This week I worked on finishing my twosies for the sides of my blocks. I was able to finish two Seal blocks. The leopard seals are so cute. I also started working on working on the strip sets for the next color group. I am using them for right now as a leaders and enders going forward.
There is only six blocks for this color way and so that means just four more now and the edge block.
Starbright Paisleys: A Cozy Quilts Strip Club Pattern
This past week I finally finished up all the blocks with round two. Now it is time to start working on the final round of the block. There is a lot of flip and stitch in this next couple of steps. I hope to get started on that this week.
Alison Glass Color Study QAL
I found a photo of the QAL quilt. It is using lights as the background. Last week I received my dark fabric I wanted to use for the dark quilt I am going to do. Yes – Two quilts. I think I really like the dark one (no surprise). I was able to cut blocks 2 & 3. I have printed out the instructions for blocks 4, 5, & 6. It looks like I will be done with the main blocks for first row. I think there is some filler blocks but I have not seen anything about that.
EPP Ruby’s Garden
I got some time in on my Ruby’s Garden quilt which is a double diamond pattern with sashing. This block is using liberty fabrics but still keeping that vintage vibe.
Weekly To Do List
Last Week’s List Completed
- Fade to Gray: Finished 2 blocks and 2 strip sets
- Alison Glass Color Study: Cut 3 dark blocks and sewed one dark block
- Starbright Paisleys blocks: Finished all Round 2 blocks
- Worked on EPP Ruby’s Garden block 27
This Week’s List of Possibilites
- Fade to Gray: Finished 2 blocks, two trip sets, cut 30 twosies
- Alison Glass Color Study: Sew dark blocks 2 & 3 and cut blocks 4 both light and dark
- Guild Block: finish one more
- Starbright Paisleys blocks: Finish 2 blocks
- Harvest Moon Shop Hop blocks: 2 more blocks
- November Monthly Color Challenge block: Yellow
- Quilt Turkey Lurkey and bind
- Order design wall
- Assemble Let’s Talk Autumn cross stitch pillow
- Setup 990 for applique
- Welcome Winter: pull coordinating threads and start machine applique
- Teal Freelancer Wedge Star quilt: finish final 4 blocks
- Work on EPP Super Novablock 1-1
- Work on Ruby’s Garden block 27
- Load 2018 100 days quilt on long arm
- Quilt patriotic table runner
- Lunch Box 2.0: cut coordinating fabric and do next step
- Sew zipper in one of my project bags
- Put new fabrics received on the shelf
- Put together shelf for the closet
Musings
I am super happy I am getting more time in the sewing studio and I am checking off a lot of things on my list. Longarming has not been one of them. I was talking with someone about how thoughts lead to words which leads to actions. I have been telling myself that I am not a long armer since I got the darn machine which means I tell people I suck which means I never DO it. Anyone else have that negative self talk?
I don’t even know why I started doing it. It isn’t like I have not quilted quilts on my longarm and they turned out fine. The receipents were very happy to get them. I need to work on making my self talk more positive. Hmmm…. This week I will say to myself – “I love to long arm!”
Have a great week. Thank you for stopping by. Friday will be cross stitch but if you want to see more quilting, come back next Tuesday.
Peggy in Vancouver, Washington