I don’t have a lot to share this week so let’s get to it. I will be linking up with Carol @ Quiltschmilt again this week for To Do Tuesday.
What Got Done This Week
I had a great week off in great wilds of Canada and Washington this week. Just flew in around midnight last night. I did take just one project with me but was very distracted so didn’t get as much done as I would like. Regardless, I am pleased with my progress on my Queen of Diamonds Block 2-1. I am putting it together a little different than they suggested because that is what works for me.
I am actually almost done with the block. I just have to attach the purple triangle unit that I made and then make the aqua units and attach. So pretty. I love english paper piecing. It is so calming.
APQ Resolution 2023 Status
Only a week left of the month of December. Last week I obviously did not work on anything from this list.
- January – 2019 Mama Gypsy – ready to quilt
- February – 2020 Rainbow Half Square Triangle quilt – ready to quilt
- 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 center assembled, Rows 7 & 8 assembled individually
- October – 2013 Fall quilt – ready to quilt
- November – 2021 Sunshine Quilt – need to work on pieced border, pulled fabric to use with pieced outer border, finished piecing flying geese/nine patch units
- December – 2018 Quilter’s Planner Sampler BOM quilt – ready to quilt
To Do List for the Week of December 26th
I am hoping to get back in the swing of things this week. While I still have demands on my time, I think I should be able to juggle some time in the sewing studio. So the list below is to help me organize the possibilities.
- Continue working on #100days100blocks2023. My goal is finish through block 74
- Continue working on #365blockchallenge. My goal is to cut 8/30 & 8/31
- Bind the Welcome Friends applique wall hanging
- December Gnome Is Where The Heart Is – pick out threads
- Assemble Section 3 of the Sweet Childhood Memories QAL
- Add borders to Patriotic Table Runner
- Cut large wheel block for Butterfly quilt
- Attach rows 7 & 8 to Dorothy’s quilt
- Cut borders for Rainbow Log Cabin quilt
- Cut borders for Tiny Beast quilt
- Cut & Sew Scrappiness is Happiness next block (only 7 left)
- Schedule long arm maintenance
- Organize pink, purple, & gray threads
- Continue working on March Block of the Day as leaders/enders project
- Finish Queen of Diamonds block 2-1 (EPP)
- Layer and quilt rainbow angles into placemats
- Trim down and layer Big Sur Coastal landscape
- Make flower units from Hummingbird class
- Christmas Year in Words – pick out threads
- Blooming Pointsettas – pick out threads
- Make angled pieces for pieced border for Sunshine quilt
- Assemble last row of my AG Christmas #100days100blocks2019
- Cut one Bring Home the Christmas Tree car/tree block.
- Work on APQ Resolution 2024 list.
Afterthoughts
I typically love this next couple of weeks – reflecting on the past year and making plans for the upcoming year. It is when you discover that you did so much more than you realize in the moment. While I have not finished any quilts to the point of binding them, I did finish assembling about 14 quilt tops this year, picked backing for the majority of them, and even made the binding for several.
I forgot that I would be attending a hockey tournament this week so my hope of whipping out those tops on my long arm has been muted a bit. We will see if I can at least finish quilting one or two this week…..after I go on You Tube to figure out how to rethread my machine. Simba was kind of enough to pull the thread all over the sewing room while I was gone. One of my cat sitters must have opened the door for him. He can be very convincing when he wants to be.
My plan is to start with gold thread and quilt as many quilts that use that. I think there is at least four that would normally be quilted with this gorgeous shade of gold that I have. I am hoping to finish my sunshine quilt in time to be quilted as well. So I got to get cracking baby!
Time to also put together my 2024 APQ list. Last year was mostly tops that needed to have borders added. This year will feature mostly blocks that need to be assembled into a quilt top. I can’t wait to comb through my wip list to pick the future projects.
I also have decided I will be starting a couple of new quilts even though I should not be doing that. Oh well. I am most excited about starting a 2024 Cottage Temperature quilt. The free pattern is on Fat Quarter Shops website if you are interested. I am hoping that by working on this one, that it will inspire me to finish the Halifax, Nova Scotia one that I started for my daughter when she moved there almost 6 years ago. It was a simple column of half square triangles that lead to me getting bored.
Well I spent more time selecting pictures than sharing this week. Until next time!
Peggy Stockwell back in San Jose, CA
Silly Simba! My cat has never tried to get up on my longarm that I know of, thankfully. I think she’s partly afraid of it but she will sit under it. What shade (and brand) is that gold? Just curious.
I too love this next week or so when I re-visit what I’ve done and think about all the fun things I want to do!
Oh that Simba! 😀 Glad you had a good trip. That cottage temperature quilt is a cute pattern. I know what you mean about the half square triangles that seemed to be typical of temperature quilts. The newer versions look like much more fun.