To-Do-List Tuesday 12-3-24

Good morning everyone. Can you believe it’s December? I hope it doesn’t fly by like November did. I need time to get things done! Last week’s progress was mediocre. Probably because I didn’t look at my list all week and just sort of winged it. 

1) Women of the bible quilt progress. Yes. I got the Elizabeth blocks done. 

The contrast on these is not great, but they are done, and I won’t re-do them. It’s two colors of green and dark purple. The hardest part for me is picking the colors for the blocks. I am working on Mary now, and blue was an easy choice for those, but I am trying to make sure I have different colors in adjacent blocks. 

2) Put some borders on this 

     Yes. 

This one is finished and can be put on the to-be-quilted shelf.

3) Start wrapping gifts. No.

4) Finish sewing those hearts for Gloria. No. 

5) Start on some mug rugs. Yes. I got three done. 

I hope I can focus more this week, and get some things finished.

1) Bind three quilts.

2) Work on Women of the Bible blocks.

3) A Quilting Life BOM.

4) Gloria’s hearts.

5) Wrap some gifts.

6) Sew some fleece caps.

I was hoping for some unscheduled days to work on all this, but I have some commitments this week including doctors appointments. Today is our WELCA Christmas party and also decorating the church. I made a cake last night for the party, and it cracked when I removed it from the pan. I should have let it cool longer, but I was in a hurry. I covered the crack with a glaze and some pecans.

Well, it’s mostly covered. We’ll see what happens when I cut it! I am linking this post to Quilt Schmilt. 

Mug Rugs and More

Thanksgiving has come and gone, and it’s time to put away the fall decorations and get out the Christmas ones. I need to do quite a bit of cleaning and dusting before I get anything out. Every time I get started, I think of something else I want to work on. 

I got out the kits I bought on the mug run shop hop and read all the instructions. I ended up staying up late a couple of nights and working on them. This is the one from Seams Like Home in Yorktown:

I like the backing fabric that was in the kit.

There was no binding fabric, so I sewed it together with right sides facing, then turned it right side out and top stitched it. I also stitched around the bulb to anchor it a little. 

I got three kits from Quilter’s Patch in Victoria. The first one didn’t have enough background fabric so I put it aside, and used the instructions to make one with my own fabrics.

I didn’t follow the instructions exactly, and mine was a little big; I think it’s around 6” by 12”. I also got two gingerbread house patterns. One with a tea towel and one to make a potholder. I got the tea towel finished last night, but I was too tired to do the potholder. Maybe tonight.

So that’s three done, and three more to go. My goal is to get all done before Christmas, and that shouldn’t be a problem if I can keep the momentum going. 

I also dug out a quilt kit I had ordered online and got that made. It’s a Villa Rosa pattern called Puppy Love that uses a panel and a charm pack.

I took the picture at night on the floor of my den, and the color really didn’t photograph well. The border colors are more intense in person. 

I ate a Thanksgiving lunch with the kids on Friday. My mom and stepdad were there too. I felt bad for the kids as it was their third thanksgiving meal of the week. My grandson informed us he really doesn’t like thanksgiving food. I can imagine he’s tired of it by now. I left most of the leftovers at my daughter’s house and just brought home enough for a few meals for me, so I’m sure they will all be tired of it soon.