Hello Everyone! Today is the beginning of a predicted week long heat wave 🥵 so I am currently in my local Starbucks staying cool watching the blue sky slowly become hazy with the heat. I am thankful that I actually have AC which was not the case before this house. #thankful
We will be linking up with Carol over at Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.
UFO Update
Let’s take a look at May UFO’s
May UFO Quilt: 2021 Sunshine Quilt by Cozy Quilts
My May Quilt UFO was the 2021 Sunshine Quilt from a long ago strip club project. I love this project and am thinking that NO ONE is going to want to steal this one because it is so bright and cheery. I have been wrong before. Last week I tried to work on it but with all the fabrics I had pulled and/or purchased, none actually went well with my pieced units that I finished. I took a step back to figure out what color was going to work. I tried aqua, teal, breen, orange, yellow and white. Nothing really worked. Then I noticed that there was a salmony red in the quilt. I had an aha moment. That is Alison Glass’s favorite shade of red, so I pulled my Alison Glass red bin. Found the perfect fabric but only had a yard. I needed two!
I placed my order (along with another five yards for another UFO quilt). It came this week! I was thrilled and then started cutting my 7 yards of fabric in the required increments for my two quilts. I was so excited, I started cutting 6.5 inch strips to work on my pieced border. I finished the side borders and attached. I love it! I still need to finish top and bottom borders. I did decided that this color would be a perfect binding as well.
My helpers did a through inspection this week and had an undercover meeting which ended in a unanimous approval.
May UFO Quilty Project: Blooming Series by Shabby Fabrics
I did not finish the applique on this project but I did get five of the flowers appliqued this month. Seven to go. When I finish stitching these intense little flowers, it will be time to quilt and finish. Very close. Looking forward to finishing.
June UFO Quilt: 2022 Bringing Home the Tree by Lori Holt
Well this quilt was a quilt a long with Pat Sloan back in 2022 but I never got very far. This popped for June to work on. I am not feeling super ambitious with this quilt so I am going small with my monthly goal. I want to finish a car block.
June UFO Quilty Project: Sept Backdoor Banner by Cottage Creek Quilts
This was my random pull for the quilty projects. My goal is to start this project. There is a lot going on with this project. There is the 3 piano borders, the hand stitched wording at the bottom and then the main pieced with the appliqued picture. Looking forward to starting this.
Under the Needle Last Week
While it didn’t feel like I did much this week, those 15 minutes here and there actually paid off and I got a couple of hours here and there as well.
- Three more pointsettas appliqued on Blooming Pointsettas
- #100days100blocks2023 Blocks 84-87 and 88 under construction
- More Magic 8 HST for the temperature quilt
- Finished May Cottage & Tree
- Assembled April & May
- Finished the side border for Sunshine Quilt and attached
- Pieced units and strips cut for Top & Bottom borders for Sunshine Quilt
Not a bad week at all 😁
Results of May’s Goals
I am pleased with the results of what I wanted to accomplish and what got done. I had 26 projects/goals I wanted to work on. I finished 9 of the 26 and worked on 9 more. Totally happy with that kind of progress.
June’s Goal List: Week of June 4th
Yesterday I worked a little on what I would like to do during June. As always the list is very ambitious just the way I like it. It helps me not wonder what I should do when I am in my sewing room.
- Start June Cottage for 2024 Temperature quilt
- Finish June Monthly Color Challenge block
- #365blockchallenge Sept 1st & 2nd blocks
- Cut #100days100blocks2023 blocks 89-92. I pulled fabrics already
- Sew #100days100blocks2023 blocks 88-92.
- Cut Scrappiness is Happiness blocks: Quick Broken Dishes & Sewing Machine
- 2023 Sweet Childhood Memories assemble two side borders
- Continue working on Leaders & Enders blocks Daydreamer.
- Make 1 Churn Dash block
- Tula Pink Butterfly Quilt – make so half square triangles for Section 1
- Cut Queen of Diamonds blocks 3-1, 3-2, 3-3
- EPP Ruby’s Garden finish block 23
- EPP 1920’s Farmers Wife recut and baste missing pieces for block 45
- EPP 2021 Lost & Found ~ sash one block
- Assemble backing for #100days100blocks2019 quilt
- 2019 Zuma charm quilt make one side border
- 2017 Halifax Temperature quilt ~ finish September 2018
- 2021 Sunshine Quilt ~ finish assembling top
- 2022 Bringing Home the Tree – cut one car block
- Start January Gnome is Where the Heart Is
- Blooming Pointsettas ~ finish red applique
- A Year in Words Christmas ~ finish brown applique
- Start September Back Door Wall Hanging
- Bunny Knoll on Wander Lane – assemble top
- Spring Placemats – Layer and quilt
- Batik Placemats – Layer and quilt
- Design boards – finish 2
- Add borders to Patriotic Table Runner
- *Organize pink threads
- *Sew 4 coordinating spring napkins
- *Build Foundation Paper Piecing quilt in EQ8. I downloaded fabric swatches to be imported to EQ8.
*Things not a part of monthly goals that I still want to remember to do.
Afterthoughts
The number of quilts that need to be quilted is growing. I am at the point where I feel like I should have a seperate list for them 😂 Until my long arm is serviced, I am not going to worry about it.
I have a week before me and my friend Mary Elizabeth head off to the Reno Quilt Show for a couple of classes and to meet up with our quilty friends Toni & Teri. I am looking forward to our little trip. They always are fun when the four of us get together.
Good luck on all your quilty projects this week. Hope you found something to help you. A big thanks for stopping by and checking out my craziness.
Peggy Stockwell in San Jose, California
Hi Peggy. I’m sorry I’m so late to your party but it’s always a joy to see your progress and what great progress you made. Love the appliquéd flowers and I am impressed with how cheerful your Sunshine Quilt is. Thank you for joining ToDo Tuesday. I hope this week was as productive and the heat was bearable. 🤗
Nala and Simba really did a masterful job on quilt inspection. That is such a pretty quilt! I love the look of the Back Door project, and your appliqued poinsettias are gorgeous. Hope the hot week isn’t too icky and yay on looking forward to a little trip!