Welcome Back! Once again I will be linking this post with Carol over at Quilt Schmilt. Thank you Carol for hosting To Do Tuesday! If you have not already, come join us or just take a look around at all the great projects. While most of the projects are quilty, they can be anything.
What Was Under the Needle This Week
While I didn’t have a whole day of quilting this week, I did some intentional sewing this week. I felt good and I accomplished several things on my List.
- Finished the March Cottage for my 2024 SJ Temperature Cottage Quilt.
- I assembled the first three months into my first row of the Temperature quilt
- I finished assembling my final strip set that I will be using for the piano border on my Zuma Charm quilt.
- Finished appliquing and quilting my December Gnome from Gnome is Where the Heart Is
- Cut the binding strips and hanging sleeves for the December Gnome
- Layered and up and prepped the Spring coasters
Finishes
Whoo Hoo! I finally finished my Shamrock Potholders this week. I was experimenting with two different finishing techniques than I usually do. Once definitely didn’t work well and the other was okay. Not sure if I will use again. Just super excited to have finished these.
Action List for the Week of April 16th
This section has been an ongoing next step for all my active wips for a while. Before that I called it my to do list. In May I am going to try something a little different and see how that works, but for now, it is still an action list.
- Fuse House block for On Wander Lane: Bunny Knoll
- December Gnome Is Where The Heart Is – Finish
- Finish Queen of Diamonds block 2-2 (EPP)
- Layer and quilt Spring placemats
- Bind placemats
- Finish spring coasters
- Sew Spring napkins
- Assemble Zuma Charm pieced border
- Add inner border to Zuma Charm quilt
- Find backing and binding for the 2019 100 blocks 100 days quilt
- Pull out and replace missing pieces for Farmers Wife block 45
- Add borders to Patriotic Table Runner
- Take color drawing and actually put fabrics in EQ8 for Petit 4 (Venti 12) Quilt
- Start assembling HST for Sweet Childhood Memories side borders
- Cut & Sew Scrappiness is Happiness next block (only 7 left)
- Schedule long arm maintenance
- Organize pink, purple, & gray threads
- Continue working on 2023 March Block of the Day as leaders/enders project
- 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
- Continue working on #100days100blocks2023. My goal is finish through block 80
- Continue working on #365blockchallenge. My goal is to cut 8/30 & 8/31
- Start working on Halifax Temperature Quilt
Afterthoughts
I am always changing it up with my crafting / hobbies. One technique works for awhile until it doesn’t. So this week I decided to do what I call intentional sewing. I went into the sewing room with a goal in mind. Honestly, most of the time I sew because I am stressed not because I want to finish anything. So this intentional sewing meant I was a bit more mindful what I was working on and doing.
Why?
I have a number of projects that are close to finishing. While finishing is definitely satisfying, it is not what I find the most pleasure doing nor is it stress reducing. So now I have a backlog of WIPS that are only one or two steps away from being finished. This week I am going to make an actual list of all those wips and REALLY look at them.
I am thinking I could easily knock out at least two more projects to the completed stage – Spring Coasters and Spring Placemats. But I am wondering 🤔 ~ How many more are close?
LOL! My favorite parts of quilting is planning the project and making the bits and pieces. Now that I am retired, I don’t have any pressing deadlines whether that be in my work life or personal life. There is literally never a sense of urgency anymore. This is why I do these UFO challenges in hopes that will help. That is not working either. I know everyone gets stuck. We just got to push through. I am just sharing some of my thought process of how I am getting unstuck.
Meanwhile, enjoy all the pretty colors and varied projects that I am currently working on. Have a great week everyone and happy quilting!!!!!
Peggy Stockwell in San Jose, California
Nala is so sweet. My kitties all take a turn snoozing on the longarm, so when the quilts are quilted, their furs are part of the quilt – lol! Love the potholders, they look so pretty in your kitchen. I really enjoy the progress on your temperature cottages. I’ve been organizing and getting my priorities laid out in the sewing room – guess that is intentional. I just wish more hours in the day for sewing plus housework plus gardening plus errands!