To Do Tuesday #70

Welcome to this week’s edition of To Do Tuesday. I will be linking up with Carol at Quilt Schmilt in our sister country Canada. I will be heading there the week before Christmas to go skiing at Whistler. Can’t wait!

What Got Done This Week

Still not hitting the studio everyday. But I had a few inspiring days.

Wasn’t much in the mood to piece most of the week so I worked on other things.

• Finished binding the Shamrock Ridge quilt
• Finished appliquing and stitch in the ditch for the Welcome Friends wall hanging.
• Decided to add a little pizazz to my inner border. I have had it cut for weeks but just wasn’t feeling it. Yesterday I had the brilliant idea to have a little rainbow inserted into the white inner border. Love the results from the first two strips sewn on.
• Finished up another Daydreamer block (from Pat’s Sloan March Block of the Day with Tula Pink Daydreamer layer cake and solid jelly roll)

While I may not have done a lot of sewing, it was very satisfying and just right.

APQ Resolution 2023 Status

Spent some time working on the pieced inner border of my Rainbow Half Square Triangle quilt.

• January – 2019 Mama Gypsy – ready to quilt
• February – 2020 Rainbow Half Square Triangle quilt – first border cut & I am working on piecing together this border, fabric pulled for second border, binding, and backing
• March – 2022 Tula Pink Tiny Beast quilt – needs borders
• April – 2017 Rainbow Log Cabin – needs top and bottom borders
• May – 2021 Halloween quilt – ready to quilt
• June – 2016 Princess twin quilt – ready to quilt
• July – 2018 Charming Sunflowers Squared – ready to quilt
• August – 2021 Hawaiian quilt – ready to quilt
• September – 2015 Dorothy’s MSQC Double Sliced King quilt – Rows 1-6 assembled
• October – 2013 Fall quilt – ready to quilt
• November – 2021 Sunshine Quilt – need to work on pieced border

To Do List for the Week of November 14th

This week I will continue with the my list updated for the next steps. Not sure how much sewing will happen as we will be off to a hockey tournament this weekend.

1. Continue working on #100days100blocks2023.  My goal is finish through block 70
2. Continue working on #365blockchallenge.  My goal is to cut 8/28 & 8/29
3. Finish adding embroidery and embellishments to the Shamrock Ridge wall hanging (OWL)
4. Quilt the Welcome Friends applique wall hanging
5. Big Stitch quilt on third Triple Play Pillow: Summer Baskets
6. Assemble Section 3 of the Sweet Childhood Memories QAL
7. Add borders to Patriotic Table Runner
8. Cut large wheel block for Butterfly quilt
9. Assemble rows 7 & 8 of Dorothy’s quilt
10. Finish sewing the first border onto Rainbow HST quilt after making the pieced borders
11. Cut borders for Tiny Beast quilt
12. Cut & Sew Scrappiness is Happiness block Patchwork Star
13. Schedule long arm maintenance
14. Organize pink, purple, & gray threads
15. Continue working on March Block of the Day as leaders/enders project
16. Finish Queen of Diamonds block 1-2 (EPP)
17. Layer and quilt rainbow angles into placemats
18. Trim down and layer Big Sur Coastal landscape
19. Make flower units from Hummingbird class
20. Fuse applique to background on Words in a Year – Christmas
21. Fuse applique to background on Blooming Pointsettas
22. Start on pieced border for Sunshine quilt

Afterthoughts

I found these little gnomes my sister gave me last year very fun to decorate with. I love how well they go with my mini-charm fall table runner. Now if only I could convince Nala that it okay for me to have a vase of sunflowers. She has deliberately tipped over the vase twice so far this week. The first time was onto of my laptop. I totally freaked out when I came downstairs and found my laptop sitting in a pool of water. Thank goodness I close the lid every time I get up because Simba likes to walk on the keyboard. My laptop seems to be functioning like normal.

Well I am off to see if I can get something done in my sewing studio today. Everyone have a great week!

Peggy Stockwell