Welcome to this week’s edition of To Do Tuesday where, once again, I will be linking up with Carol at Quilt Schmilt. Please check out her blog and all the cool projects!
What Got Done This Week
I just realized when I was searching for photos that there was one day I didn’t take any photos in my sewing stuidos. Sorry about that! I am very excited about getting not one but two whole 6 hour days in the sewing studio this week. So lots done:
- Not pictured, I machine appliqued green on both my Gnome is Where the Heart Is AND Year in Words – Christmas. Whew, there is a lot of green. I only have red left for the Gnome and it will be ready to bind and hang.
- Not pictured, I finished prepping the binding for the teal tablerunner. We are finally ready to attach
- SuperBowl Sunday found me at my sisters where I worked on Queen of Diamonds Block 2-2. Finished my end units, stitched all the stripes together and began making cubes. I also was able to attach all my eyes to the center hexagon. Super productive day!
- Yesterday was a Zoom Quilt day where I finished more temperature HST up through 75F, which then allowed me to finish my January Cottage. I love it!!!!
- Continued working on my leaders’s and ender’s project. Finished all the twosies, so started on the four patches.
- Finished piecing blocks 71-73 this week. I was pretty positive I had cut block 74, but I am not sure where I put it. 🙄
- Started sewing another Magic 8 triangles for my Sweet Childhood Memories pieced border.
- I organized my workstation and replaced my needle yesterday as well. Ready for another full day of sewing.
UFO Resolution 2024
I haven’t done anything on my February projects. I am still too focused on my January. I need to switch NOW!
Quilt List for 2024 and Current Status
- 2015 Dorothy’s Double Slice Quilt – Center assembled (rows)
- 2017 Rainbow Log Cabin – Needs Top & Bottom Border
- 2021 Sunshine Quilt – Working on Pieced outer border
- 2022 Tula Pink Tiny Beast quilt – needs borders
- 2022 Bring Home the Christmas Tree – Tree Only blocks done
- 2018 100 Days 100 Blocks – blocks done
- 2019 100 Days 100 Blocks (FEB) – center assembled; find a backing
- 2024 FQS Temp Cottage Quilt (JAN) – Roofs & tree trunks completed; HST 0-75 done; January Cottage DONE!
- 2020 Meadowland Quilt – blocks done
- 2023 100 Days 100 Blocks – 73 out 100 blocks completed
- 2017 Halifax Temperature Quilt – On Sept 21, 2018
- 2019 Tula Pink Zuma Charm Squared Quilt
Quilty Project List for 2024 and Current Status
- Table Runner – Teacup runners is ready to quilt; Teal Batik runner quilted, binding ready
- 2023 Gnome is Where the Heart Is – Started appliquing December only red thread left to do
- Blooming Series – Dec, Jan, Apr left; started appliquing Dec with yellow and white thread
- A Year in Words Series – Feb, Mar, Jun, & Dec left; started appliquing Dec with yellow, red and white thread
- Backdoor Banners – found kits for Feb, Sep, & Oct; August finished
- Ruby’s Garden (English Paper Piecing) – On Block 23
- 1920 Farmers Wife (English Paper Piecing) (FEB) – On Block 45
- 2023 Queen of Diamonds (English Paper Piecing) (JAN) – Finished Block 2-1; Working on Block 2-2
- Lost & Found (English Paper Piecing) – Blocks done, Time to add Sashing
- 2023 On Wander Lane – Series started with March which is done; April blocks sewn, need to fuse house block
- Placemats – New start
- Potholders – New Start
List of Possibilities for the Week of February 13th
While my team lost in OT it was great time for sewing and family on Super Bowl Sunday. Let’s take a look at what’s next for my current WIPs.
- Continue working on #100days100blocks2023. My goal is finish through block 75
- Continue working on #365blockchallenge. My goal is to cut 8/30 & 8/31
- December Gnome Is Where The Heart Is – applique with red
- Sew more HST for Sweet Childhood Memories border
- Add borders to Patriotic Table Runner
- Cut large wheel block for Butterfly 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 2-2 (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 – applique red areas
- Blooming Pointsettas – applique red areas
- Make angled pieces for pieced border for Sunshine quilt
- Bind Teal Batik Tablerunner
- Finish first round of temperature HST blocks for 2024 Temperature Cottage
- Quilts to be Quilted solution post on PROJECT:DONE 2024
- Fuse House block for On Wander Lane: Bunny Knoll
- Find backing and binding for the 2019 100 blocks 100 days quilt
- Pull out and replace missing pieces for Farmers Wife block 45
Afterthoughts
This weekend will be President’s Day Weekend and I hoping the weather holds so I can take a quick road trip to Seattle. I have to go through one pass between Oregon and California on the way to Seattle so if it is storming, then I have to abort trip. I am currently getting mixed weather reports. So we shall see.
My grandson finished league play last weekend. His team finished 2nd and will be in the States playoffs in March. This coming weekend they are doing a tournament in LA. His mom is taking him so I can go see my daughter.
I haven’t decided what to do with last week’s happy mail yet, but I continue petting it because it is so pretty.
Everyone have a great productive week. Enjoy!
Peggy Stockwell in San Jose, California
Peggy that teal batik table runner is SO pretty, is there a pattern you could direct me to? I was the only one in my family rooting for the 49ers and was disappointed for them. Good luck on getting to drive to Seattle!