To-Do-List Tuesday 11-19-2024

We got some rain yesterday. Not a lot, but we are so grateful for anything that’s wet. I pray we get more this week. I’m doing okay on my to-do list. Not setting any records, but making some steady progress. Yesterday and Sunday were totally unproductive. I was lazy and unmotivated, but other than that, I did okay.

1) Continue to work on Women of the Bible quilt. Yes. I got Section “A” put together and worked a little on Section “B”. 

2) Work on Gloria's hearts. No on this one.

3) A Quilting Life BOM. Yes. 

I am ready for December so I can finish all the blocks and get everything put together.

4) Put together a Villa Rosa quilt top. Yes, I actually did two. 

5) Spend 30 min per day on the sewing room. No, not quite. I worked about 30 minutes one day, and about 10 minutes another day.

6) Finish some quilts for North Carolina. Yes, I did these two 

and found two more that were already quilted and bound that I will deliver on Wednesday.

I would like to be as productive this week, but things are getting busy with the holidays approaching. I have church today, plus cooking for a church activity tomorrow. Thursday is quilt guild plus a Friendsgiving party in the evening, and there is a shop hop Friday and Saturday that a friend and I are going to do. With all that in mind, here’s my list.

1) Continue working on Women of the Bible quilt.

2) Make some hearts for Gloria.

3) Quilt as many customer quilts as I can. My goal is 3-4.

That’s about all I can handle right now. I may edit the list later if I think of something that has to be done this week.

I am linking this post to Quilt Schmilt. Have a great week!

Happy Weekend

 

So far, so good. There’s nothing going on here with no commitments other than church, and I’m enjoying all the free time.

I got two quilts quilted, but one isn’t trimmed yet. This one is trimmed and ready to be picked up. 

I worked on a Women of the Bible block, but I think the measurements are off on this one. 

It’s the Hannah block, and the darker color is way too large. I made one, and I don’t like it. 

I cut the dark squares down some—all 64 of them—and started over. 

I definitely like this better. Now to get the rest done. It’s only a 10” block, but it’s the hardest one I’ve done so far. 

I also made a few more of the fill-in blocks. The black and white ones. I need a bunch of them. I got the extra black and white I ordered, so I’m good to go on that.

I cut out two Villa Rosa patterns earlier in the week, and I got those put together.

This one is Shilo. They were giving out this pattern free at the Houston Quilt Festival.

Happy Child is the pattern. I’ve done this one before in different colors. It’s 43” x 56”, and I’m thinking about a border, but I don’t have anything in my stash that will work, so it may not get one. I will look one more time before I decide. 

I was hoping for a nap yesterday, but it was already 4:00 before I slowed down. Too late for a nap, but I did lie down and close my eyes for about 20 minutes. I hope I can walk the dogs today, or at least get some more physical activity. 

Pretty in Pink

It's no secret I love pink, and this one is too pretty not to post on the blog. 

It's fairly large, around 94" x 104". It's not mine--I quilted it for a customer. I like the back as well as the front. It's one of my favorite Kaffe prints. 

I just love the big, pink roses. 

I have been staying busy, but it doesn't always seem like I'm making progress. It helps if I make myself sit down and list on here what I have actually done. Yes, I need to clean house, work on the flower beds, do some purging in my closets, but all in all, things are mostly getting done.

I did get two quilts quilted for the North Carolina hurricane relief. I haven't heard how many they need, but I have another pieced that I can quilt and bind if I need to. Here are the two I got quilted.

I have a customer quilt on the frame right now. I'm trying to get things finished and out the door. Janice dropped off another top yesterday, but so far that's the only thing I have taken in this week. I have a quilt guild board meeting today, and I plan to spend the rest of the day working on customer quilts, and hopefully all day Friday. That should help some.

To-Do-List Tuesday 11-12-2024

 So much for thinking most of my days would be free to sew and quilt! My granddaughter's volleyball playoffs changed all of that. I'm sorry to say they didn't win the regional match, although they played well.

They played five sets, and lost by one. It was the same team they lost the regional match to last year, so that was doubly disappointing. 

I got a little bit done on my "to-do" list, but not as much as I had hoped.

1) Get section "A" of the Women of the Bible quilt put together. Make some of the section "B" blocks, if possible. Not quite. I did get the last block(s) made for the A section, but I haven't taken the time to sit down and sew it all together.

Potipher's wife.

2) Work on Gloria's hearts. No, I need to get that done this week.

3) Bind Dallas Cowboys quilt. Yes. 

4) November BOM from A Quilting Life. No. I got the pattern printed, but that's as far is it got.

5) Spend 30 minutes a day cleaning my sewing room. No.

6) Find 10 fat quarters for a Villa Rosa quilt. Yes, I had ten that I bought on sale at JoAnn's that all will go together. 

So, some of the the things from last week's list will need to trickle over and get done this week.

1) Continue to work on Women of the Bible quilt.

2) Work on Gloria's hearts.

3) A Quilting Life BOM.

4) Put together a Villa Rosa quilt top.

5) Spend 30 min per day on the sewing room.

6) Finish some quilts for North Carolina.

I'm not sure what's on tap for this week. I know I have church today, so there won't be too much sewing done, unless I feel like it this evening. And, I know volleyball is over for this season, so that frees up a little time. Here's a picture of all of us after the regional game:

Taken at our favorite barbecue spot. 

I am linking this post to Quilt Schmilt. I hope everyone has a wonderful week. 

Quilting and Volleyball

That pretty much sums up my life right now. I’m happy to say I got the binding put on JoNell’s Dallas Cowboys quilt. 

That’s one thing off my list. 

I’ve been trying to finish up some tops that were started by a customer that passed away, and this is one of them.

She had put the side borders on but not the top and bottom. Her niece brought me all the extra fabric, and I was able to cut more of the stripe fabric for the top and bottom border. Unfortunately, I don’t like the way the corners look. It needs to be mitered, but the sides had already been cut off, so not enough for a miter. I fussy cut some of the floral to see if I can make a cornerstone. 

Another option is to add a small piece of the solid in the corner. 

I also fussy cut a different floral to see how it would work for the corners,

I think this one is too busy. I can see why the original owner got stuck and didn’t finish this top. I’m certainly stuck. I need to figure it out.

My granddaughter’s volleyball team won their district match, and last night they played The Woodlands Area Christian Academy.

Serenity’s season is over, so she went with me to watch Kat play.

Kathryn and Serenity 

Our girls won, so there will be another game on Saturday. I don’t know yet who they will play or where it will be. 

To-Do-List Tuesday 11-5-2024

Hello, Tuesday friends. I had a good week, but it was busy with not a lot of time for hands-on work. My list was pretty short, so I made reasonably good progress.

1) Another Women of the Bible block and more connector blocks. Yes. 

I am almost ready to put these two sections together (after I make one more block), and then I can move on the the "B" section.

2) Cut some more shirts for the Journey quilt. Yes. Unfortunately, I still need more. 

3) Do some embroidery or crochet during my Houston stay. A little bit of embroidery.

 

I only worked on it one night, and the next night, I was looking at videos on my Ipad.

4) Make some more hearts for Gloria. No. I need to work on that this week.

I'm pretty sure what I want to work on this week.

1) Get section "A" of the Women of the Bible quilt put together. Make some of the section "B" blocks, if possible.

2) Work on Gloria's hearts.

3) Bind Dallas Cowboys quilt.

4) November BOM from A Quilting Life.

5) Spend 30 minutes a day cleaning my sewing room.

6) Find 10 fat quarters for a Villa Rosa quilt.

We'll see how much of this gets done. Especially number 5. 

Most of my days are free this week except for today. We have a luncheon at church, and I need to vote. I think it will be a productive week. I am linking this post to Quilt Schmilt. I hope everyone has a wonderful week. 

Busy Weekend

I’m back from Houston, and we had a great time there. I dropped the dogs off at 7am on Thursday morning, picked up Betty, and we hit the road. Our hotel was about a half a mile from the convention center. It was a nice walk with lots to look at. 

Church of the Annunciation 

Minute Maid Park

At the festival, we saw lots of quilts,

and lots of vendors.

Fran from Fabric Cafe

I didn’t buy much—I don’t really need anything, but I did buy all twelve of the festival shop hop blocks. 

It’s like a typical shop hop where you get a passport with a list of the participating vendors and visit each one and buy their block. Once  the passport is complete, you turn it in to get entered in a drawing. I never did find out what the drawing prizes were, since I don’t think I will win. I mean, there were a lot of people there, and a lot of them were buying the blocks. I’m anxious to get started on the quilt, but I have a few things to finish first.

We came back Saturday evening, and I met some friends at the Dia de Muertos celebration. 

There were vendors, 

food trucks, 

A DJ, 

and plenty of costumes.

I didn’t stay very late; I was pretty tired and wanted to go to bed early.

Of course, Sunday was the time change. I went to church, and after I came home, I finally gave out. Nothing got done Sunday afternoon except a 2 mile walk with the dog. Even then, my legs were starting to hurt, and I came home and sat in the recliner for the rest of the day. I wanted to do some sewing, but I just couldn’t do it. Another early-to-bed night. I’m hoping to get back in the groove today.