To Do Tuesday #50

Hello my friends! How time has flown since we last chatted. Last week was spent in Garderville and Reno, Nevada with my quilty friends Mary Elizabeth, Toni, and Teri. We had a great time shopping, eating, and just spending time together. We spent a day at the Reno Quilt Festival which was fun. The show was bigger than I expected and I spent way more money than planned. Saw lots of new vendors and some gorgeous quilts.

I will be linking up with Carol over at Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday. Jump over and check it out if you aren’t already joining us. It just a place to share what we are working on and hope to accomplish.

What Got Done These Last Two Weeks

1. Finished both Love Note potholders!
2. Finished both Tula Pink potholders!
3. Finished stitching in the ditch for On Wander Lane – Shamrock Ridge
4. Cut block 15 and all sashing for Section 1 of the Sweet Childhood Memories QAL
5. Cut July 3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th blocks for my 365 block challenge
6. Completed Scrappiness is Happiness blocks: Blossom and Checkerboard
7. Finished block 22 of Lost and Found quilt.
8. Start of next Ruby’s Garden (double diamond) block.
9. Purchased backing for Princess Twin Quilt.
10. Labelled fabrics from Queen of Diamonds SAL for months 1 & 2. Got myself a little more organized with this SAL which has started.
11. Decided to participate in the 100 blocks in 100 days SAL for 2023 which begins July 1st. I purchased the pattern and downloaded it already. I pulled from stash my Alison Glass 2023 Sunprints and ordered the complimentary solids for this collection from Alison Glass. I am anxiously awaiting happy mail.
12. Cut my first 100 days block.
13. Welcome Friends Backdoor Banner has been stitched in the ditch before I start appliquing. I also pulled all the threads to finish this project up.
14. Worked on cutting up leftover fabric in my scrap bins of 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3.5, 5, & 7. Squares and strips.

APQ Resolution 2023 Status

• January – Mama Gypsy Quilt – ready to quilt
• February – Rainbow Half Square Triange Lap Quilt – Borders ready to cut
• March – Tula Pink Tiny Beast Queen Quilt – Borders needed
• April – Rainbow Log Cabin Quilt – needs top & bottom borders
• May – Halloween quilt – ready to quilt
• June – Princess Twin Quilt – ready to quilt

To Do List for Week of June 20th

This week we will be having our Zoom Quilting Day on Friday. So I have been organizing myself for a full day of quilting while squeezing in some appointments and fitness time. Here is my list of possiblities for this week:

1. Free Motion Quilt On Wander Lane – Shamrock Ridge
2. Finish four patches for the next set of Daydreamer blocks
3. Sew block 15 and Section 1 of Sweet Childhood Memories QAL
4. Sew July 3rd block
5. Cut and sew 2 large wheel blocks from Section 1 of the Tula Pink Butterfly quilt
6. Cut and sew 24 half square triangles from Section 1 of the Tula Pink Butterfly quilt
7. Cut and Sew Scrappiness Blocks: Checkboard Star block & Grandma’s Donut block
8. Start Queen of Diamonds block 1-1
9. Finish a Ruby’s Garden block
10. Cut both borders for the Rainbow HST quiilt
11. Rewatch YouTube videos for long arm
12. Applique Welcome Friends Backdoor Banner with yellow thread and finish stitch in the ditch with yellow thread.
13. Rebind February placemats where they have frayed.
14. Rewatch YouTube video for project bags and write down actual instructions so I can finish patriotic project bag now that I have received my happy mail.
15. Clean up thread mess (insert eye roll here)
16. Rethread Gammill
17. Load Mama Gypsy quilt on long arm
18. Continue sewing front of Ivy & Iris project bag.
19. Cut and layout pieces needed for Cross Stitch American Flag pillow finish now that I have backing fabric.

Well that should keep me busy this week. LOL!!!

Afterthoughts

This trip to Reno has stirred up a bunch of new projects that I didn’t originally plan on working on. I came home with:

1. Complimentary fabric for another project bag that I had pulled from my stash.
2. Found some lovely blender fabrics to use for patriotic projects.
3. I bought a book with some very cute table runner projects. One that I just have to make is a snowman runner (for January) and the second is a patriotic table runner that is so fun looking! Lots of other adorable projects, but those two are high on the list.
4. Found national park panels and complimentary fabrics which lead to another book purchase on different ways to assemble a quilt using panels. Not sure I want to start now, but….
5. Also found 3 more panels in a series I had started to collect. I now have Jan-April, July, and November.
6. Came across a teal monochromatic jelly roll which happen to be my favorite for jelly roll lap quilts. I purchased a charm pack and some complimentary fabric as well thinking I might be able to do a piano keyboard border. We shall see. Right now just a seed planted. I could instead do a charming squared quilt instead but I really do love making jelly roll race quilts out of monchromatic jelly rolls.
7. I also picked up a couple of pairs of the most adorable small scissors and zippers as well as my first wool batting.

So many ideas and so little time to get everything done. For some reason, I was under the impression that once I retired, I would be knocking quilts out left and right. LOL!!!! I just love creating!

Good luck everyone on your projects this week. I hope next week to have knocked out a few things from my list as well as started a few more things! Now back to my happy place – my sewing studio!

Peggy Stockwell