To Do Tuesday #37

My word of 2023 is ENRICH. I want to spend this year doing things that enrich my life. One of the things that I chose was switching over to a digital planner. Of course, this is a slow process as I am definitely a paper and pen gal in general. I still get my bills in the mail even though I pay everything online. So this is an interesting journey in general. BUT moving my Monthly goals, Weekly Goals, and Daily To Do’s to the digital planner has been absolutely awesome! I love “lassoing” an item I didn’t do yesterday and dragging it to what day I think I will do it. Or duplicating an entry (such as To Do Tuesday) and just dragging it to the next Tuesday. With that said, I feel like this week has been particularly productive. Obviously, I still didn’t complete everything on my list, but I sure got pretty far!

Welcome to TO DO TUESDAY which is being hosted by Carol @ Quilt Schmilt of Canada.

What Got Done This Week!

With all my Quilt-A-Longs, as you can imagine, I am behind. LOL! I am currently doing two with Pat Sloan – Tula Pink Butterfly Quilt and Sweet Childhood Memories (block Wednesday). I am also participating in Lori Holt’s Scrappiness is Happiness QAL (which Pat is also doing). So here is what I got done this week.

1. I finished all 10 blocks from the Butterfly – week 2. Although the night I cut, I forgot to cut two of each colorway. This was cut 4 1/2 inch block called Chunky Cross. This quilt uses Tula Pink`s True Colors collection.
2. I got all 8 blocks cut for Week 3 of the Butterfly quilt – Floating Cross. Since I cut this block the same time as Week 2, I didn’t cut two of each block. Over the weekend, I remedy that little set back.
3. Scrappiness is Happiness for week 11 – Scrappy Cross Roads is 48 – 2 1/2 inch squares. They are all supposed to be different. I am sticking with my Alison Glass fabric collection. So I ended up having to cut a whole bunch for this one. But I am now ready to go.
4. After finishing week 11 of Scrappiness is Happiness, Week 12 Stripe was a breeze! I just had to cut my interfacing square and put all my leftover strips – 1.5, 2.5, & 3.5 on a design board near the sewing machine.
5. Now that block led to my pattern for my February Mug Rugs. I am going to do leftover 4.5 inch blocks and then applique a heart on top of them. It should be awesome.
6. Which reminds me, I found the PERFECT pattern from MSQC – Love Note – to do my February potholders. Obviously I had to figure out my own sizes because they don’t give instructions for a 7 1/2 inch block (my preferred size for potholders) I was going to follow their instructions and swap out hst but I didn’t like how it looked so I went with what I liked. Now I will have two sets of potholders when I get done. I got two test blocks sewed up already.
7. For Sweet Childhood Memories, I finished week 2 – Best Friends
8. For Sweet Childhood Memories, I finished week 3 – Books. I love the Tula Pink Pinkerville fabrics with her Gray Stitch (from Homemade) as my background. Such a perfect combination.
9. I finished adding ALL of my borders to Mama Gypsy. I love the look but not the slight wave that is in the last pieced border. This fabric is from Tula Pink`s Zuma collection and a solid black for background.
10. I found my border fabric for my Pat Sloan May 2020 Rainbow HST quilt. I also picked out an inner white on white border as well as a gold fabric for binding and a cute strawberry on white for the back. This quilt is 100% Alison Glass Fabrics.
11. Finished round 2 of my EPP Lost & Found Block 21. Only one more round left for this block! I am using Kaffee Fassett fabric for this quilt.
12. Fabric pulled and cut for February Monthly Color Challenge using Alison Glass fabrics.

To Do List #37 for Week Feb 7th – Feb 13th

I found this quote on instagram and had to save it. Take note people! Celebrate your accomplishments. Our playlist or to do list are just a road map of what we would like to accomplish. Do not punish yourself if you don’t hit 100%.

Here is my list for this week:

1. Sew all 8 blocks for Week 3 of Tula Pink Butterfly Quilt
2. Sew Blocks 11 & 12 for Scrappiness is Happiness QAL
3. Cut both blocks 4 & 5 for the Sweet Childhood Memories QAL
4. Assemble Row 9 for my White Hawaiian Quilt
5. Assemble Rows 3 & 4 of my Churn Dash Quilt
6. Bind my March Table Runner (and be done!)
7. Quilt Blooming Daffodils
8. Bind Blooming Daffodils (for a finish)
9. Quilt Mama Gypsy (before I change my mind and remove those borders to fix the wave.)
10. Assemble my potholders
11. Sew Feb Monthly Color Challenge block
12. Be Happy :p

I’m in town all week so I am hopeful that I can get most of this done. I would love to have my first quilt finish of 2023 this week. We shall see how it goes.

Wrap Up

In keeping with ENRICHing my life this year, I signed up with Harry & David for monthly Flower Bulb club. I never realized how much joy blooming flowers really bring me. I am definitely enjoying this little Christmas present for myself.

Simba has diligently been assisting with today’s post. Unfortunately, I didn’t get any pictures of him as I spent one hand on the keyboard and one hand defending the keyboard. LOL!

Good luck on your projects this week!

Peggy Stockwell