What I’m Working On

Oh my goodness, what a busy couple of days. I got a quilt quilted, 

and then, I got another one quilted.

I will need to put the binding on this one. I got the binding made yesterday; I just need to get it on the quilt, and then this one is ready to go. 

I dropped off quilts, receiving blankets, burp pads, and diaper bags our guild members made for Gabriel Project. 

They were so happy to get all these items. 

I spent most of yesterday trying to get ready for my trip to Houston. I will only be gone three days, but I have to board the dogs, so I got dog food, bagged it up in individual portions, did laundry, bought some snacks, put gas in the car, etc. It all seems like a lot of effort for a three day trip. When I was younger, I could just roll up a pair of jeans with some clean underwear and a toothbrush, and I was good to go. Now it takes a separate bag just for my skin care and medications. 

My daughter will feed the cats while I am gone. Cheeto and his friend.

I don’t know if the big gray one has a name or not. I call him Gordon. I was actually calling him Gordo (Spanish for fat boy),  but I didn’t want to be insulting, so I changed it to Gordon. 

I know I will be tired when I get back from Houston, but I hope to have all kinds of inspirations for new projects.

To-Do-List Tuesday 10-29-24

It's hard to believe October is almost over. It has passed pretty fast, but then again, the whole year has just zoomed by. I got a lot done this last week compared to the weeks when I have a lot of appointments or travel.

1) Bind Karen's Christmas quilt. Yes.

2) Make Gloria some hearts from her husband's shirts. Yes.

He was a painter, and there is no shortage of the Sherwin Williams shirts. I still need to make some more from some other shirts she brought me.

3) Make samples for guild workshop. Yes. 

4) Spend 30 minutes a day cleaning up the sewing room. LOL. No. Not even one day did this happen.

5) Cut some squares for my Journey quilt. Yes.

6) Make another Women of the Bible quilt block. Yes. 

I'm still enjoying these, and I am almost ready to sew the first section together. I just need to make four more blocks plus a bunch of connector blocks.

I'm not sure what to put on my next list; I will be in Houston Thursday through Saturday for the International Quilt festival, so needless to say, I won't have time to do much. I do have a few things in mind for tomorrow and maybe Sunday afternoon that I want to get done.

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

2) Cut some more shirts for the Journey quilt.

3) Do some embroidery or crochet during my Houston stay.

4) Make some more hearts for Gloria.

This may be a little ambitious; I'll have to see how many days it takes me to recover from Houston. I expect I will be tired, so if not everything gets done, I'm okay with it.

I am linking this post to Quilt Schmilt. I hope everyone has a happy, productive week. 

Weekend Update

I don’t have much of an update since I didn’t do a lot over the weekend. I walked a lot and rested a lot, but not too many projects were worked on. I did get a quilt quilted, and I worked a little on binding another one.

I think this pattern is very effective, and it would be great for scraps, so I will keep it in mind for charity quilts. 

There was a soccer game Saturday. It started out with a lot of cloud cover, but the sun came out and heated things up pretty quickly.

I love the green shoes; they make it easy to identify him on the field. 

I came home and took a nap, and then I worked a little on the Women of the Bible blocks. I got Hagar done. 

I have the next one cut out, but I haven’t gotten it sewn yet. I also need to make some more connector blocks.

Fri-Yay

Another week has flown by. I’m ready for the weekend so I can rest. Although I probably won’t. I need to mow grass and clean my house. I taught the bargello workshop at the quilt guild meeting yesterday. And, yes, I got my sample done.

That’s not the one we did in the workshop. We did this one:

I didn’t get mine finished, and neither did anyone else, but we disbanded early, so there really wasn’t time to finish. I’m going to Yorktown today to pick up some fabric I ordered, and I will take both bargello quilts along to see if I can find some border fabric.

Serenity had a volleyball game Tuesday night, and I went, but I didn’t take any pictures. It wasn’t a very exciting game, and they lost by a lot of points. I went to Kathryn’s game last night, and it was senior night.

It was a good game with close scores, but they won. I’m sad to think it’s Kat’s last year to play, but they grow up fast. Thank goodness Serenity still has quite a few years to play. 

To-Do-List Tuesday 10-22-24

It's been another hectic week. I think I underestimated how much time I was going to need to spend on Lutherfest; not to mention, how tired I would be afterwards. It was pretty much all day Saturday and Sunday. The rest of the week was broken up by doctor appointments plus volleyball and soccer games, so not a lot got done on my list. 

1) Women of the Bible block plus some filler blocks. Yes. 

This one is Delilah. I also got some of the filler blocks done. 

Four patches plus some flying geese. Once the hst's are trimmed, they will become pinwheels. I can already see I will need to order some more black and white. I think I got two yards of each, and it is getting used up quickly.

2) Bind Karen’s Christmas quilt. No.

3) Make samples for guild workshop. No.

4) Spend 30 minutes a day cleaning up the sewing room. No. 

5) Put the fall decorations out. Yes. 

My list didn't get much attention...I will make a new one and hope for the best. 

1) Bind Karen's Christmas quilt.

2) Make Gloria some hearts from her husband's shirts.

3) Make samples for guild workshop.

4) Spend 30 minutes a day cleaning up the sewing room.

5) Cut some squares for my Journey quilt.

6) Make another Women of the Bible quilt block.

That's enough for now. I may edit the list later if I think of something else. I want to see what I have on the shelf already quilted that I can donate to hurricane relief. There may be a few I could let go since it is a good cause. 

We have quilt guild Thursday, and I am teaching the workshop on bargello quilts. It should be fun. There are volleyball games tonight and Thursday night and soccer games on Saturday. I am happy to be busy. 

I am linking this to Quilt Schmit. Have a wonderful, productive week and good luck on your to-do list!

I haven’t figured out what to do with the strips I posted last time, although I appreciate the suggestions. I think Chantal is right that up the third strip needs to be moved. Sigh. Whatever I do will involve some deconstruction, and I’m not looking forward to doing it, so I put it away for now. I ordered a new pattern from Etsy. 

I plan to use men’s shirts for the squares, and I got some denim blue colored cotton for the background when I was in Corpus, so that’s my plan for now. I’m working on cutting up the shirts.

I’m getting there, but it’s not fast. No worries, though. 

We have our fall festival today at church. Oh Lord, I will be glad when it’s over. It’s a lot of work. Money has been tight since Covid, and this is our major fundraiser and helps support our local charities . I was at the church all morning yesterday bagging bread (and onions and pickles, and cookies). I went home and took a pretty good nap, and then I got started on baking cakes for the cake wheel. I committed to bring four, but I actually made five. 

The weather has been a little cooler this week. Two mornings were in the 50’s which was a nice change. The dogs got a little extra frisky and tore up one of their beds.

I got out a new one to replace the destroyed one, and they have been jockeying to see who gets the new one.

Except for Ryder. He likes his orthopedic bed. 

Anyway, Reba apparently ate some of the stuffing (or something else, who knows, since she also got into the trash). I had to take her to the vet. She was obviously in pain and not putting weight on her back legs. I thought she had injured herself and took her for a X-ray. Turns out she was super constipated. They gave her two enemas, and I am giving her a laxative every evening in hopes she can get rid of whatever is stopping her up. None of this is fun.

The grandkids are busy with sports which means I’m also busy with sports. LOL. I didn’t get pictures of the soccer game, but I did get some of Kat’s volleyball game. 

Serenity got her volleyball pictures, and they’re great. 

She’s only in 7th grade, but she’s playing pretty well. 

They don’t play dedicated positions at this age; they still rotate through all the spots. 

Decisions

I bought a kit at the quilt show that consisted of seven fat quarters and a yard of background. They had a pattern to go with it, but I decided to add a fat quarter from my stash and use my own pattern. The fat quarters were Kaffe, or at least I thought they were. I’ve gotten them cut into strips and sewed the strips together.

The fourth strip sticks out like a sore thumb. It’s obviously not Kaffe. Why did they put it in the kit? And then I noticed the second strip is also not Kaffe. It’s Tula Pink. Now I’m stalled, and I don’t know what to do. I think the fourth strip needs to go away, but it does provide contrast. I have plenty of Kaffe I can use in its place. And, what about the Tula Pink? I just don’t know. Using a kit should make it easier, and this one is making it hard. What would you do?

To-Do-List Tuesday 10-15-24

What a week it’s been. I am sincerely glad it’s over. I lost a couple of important things, one of which I still haven’t found, and I got the dreaded call from the CPA to let me know how much I owe on my income tax. It was much more than I expected, which is never good news. I was able, though, to get some sewing done, and my list looks pretty good.

1) A Quilting Life October BOM. Yes. 

2) Make another Women of the Bible block. Yes. 

Since I am doing a duplicate quilt, I actually made two. 

3) Make samples for October guild workshop. I started, but I have a little ways to go on this one.

4) Make some potholders for Lutherfest gift basket. I ran out of time and ended up buying a couple of potholders. In my rush to get the gift basket delivered to church, I forgot to take a picture. I may be able to get one today.

5) Quilt three customer quilts. I’m pretty sure I did three, but I only had pictures of two in my camera roll.

6) Clean/purge sewing room for 30 minutes each day. No. I think this one may have lasted one day.

7) Put a binding on the cardinal quilt. Yes. 

Not bad progress, even though everything else was a challenge. I’m hoping I can get it pulled together this week and eliminate some of the chaos. I haven’t taken much time to think about what needs to be on my list, but here’s what I can come up with off the top of my head.

1) Women of the Bible block plus some filler blocks.

2) Bind Karen’s Christmas quilt.

3) Make samples for guild workshop.

4) Spend 30 minutes a day cleaning up the sewing room.

5) Put the fall decorations out.

I am linking this post to QuiltSchmilt. Today is my sewing group at church, and of course, there are volleyball games all week. With two granddaughters playing volleyball, I get to go to twice as many games this year. LOL. I plan to enjoy it while I can!

To-Do-List Tuesday 10-8-2024

This is an update to the list from a couple of weeks ago. I was on vacation after I made the list, and then we had the quilt show, which kept me from working on my usual stuff. I am pretty much back in the groove now, and this is where things ended up.

1) Quilt and bind the raffle quilt. Yes. 

It’s done and out of the shop.

2) Quilt three customer quilts. Yes, I did. Here's a Christmas panel:

I got Janice's Women of the Bible quilt done, and it's a big one. 

And, a fleece backed one for Penny.

I wish the Tim Holtz fabrics showed up better in my pictures. They are really nice. 

3) Finish sweatshirt binding. No, I worked on it a little, but I just can't stay motivated to finish. I also bought a pretty button to put on it if I decide it needs a closure. 

4) Work on borders for the June workshop quilt. No. This is one of the projects that got folded up and put away before I left for vacation, and I haven't taken it out yet.

5) Stuff some pumpkins. Yes. 

6) Have fun on my vacation. Yes I did. 

This all seems so long ago, and it’s time to make a more current list.

1) A Quilting Life October BOM.

2) Make another Women of the Bible block.

3) Make samples for October guild workshop.

4) Make some potholders for Lutherfest gift basket.

5) Quilt three customer quilts.

6) Clean/purge sewing room for 30 minutes each day. 

7) Put a binding on the cardinal quilt.

I think that that covers mostly everything. I have some new kits and new patterns that I am tempted to start, and I may ended up caving and working on one or more of them, but I really need to make the list a priority. 

I am going to Corpus today to finally pick up my car. It took them longer than expected to get the parts they had ordered. Every time I go is essentially a day shot, but of course, the car has to have the necessary work done. Maybe a trip to JoAnn's will make me feel better. There are also about three quilt shops there that I haven't visited in a while, so that's something else that might happen.

I am linking this post to QuiltSchmilt. Enjoy your week, and thanks for visiting!