Women of the Bible Progress

I had some free time Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning and decided to take advantage of it. I’m getting anxious to see some real progress on the Women of the Bible quilts. It’s been slow going on sewing all the blocks. I got a few done though. The Syro Phoenician woman

and Rebekah.

I try to keep extra pieces cut for the filler blocks so I can make at least a few during each sewing session, so those are coming along as well.

I got out the section A pieces I have assembled so I could make sure the colors in section B won’t be adjacent to the A blocks. 

The more I looked at it, the more I didn’t like where the four patches and pinwheels join.

I followed the pattern directions, but it looks awkward to me. Oh, I tried to tell myself “it’s okay. You’re being too picky.” I finally gave in and took it apart and realigned the four patches. 

Am I crazy? Maybe, but I like it so much better. I only did one section, so I still need to fix the other one. I will most likely put it off until I have a few hours free to work on it. 

The next step is to make about five more blocks for section B, plus more filler blocks. Then, I can start assembling it section B.

As you can see, I still have a lot more to do. I knew going in it would be a big commitment. So far, though, I have been motivated to keep going. I think the way they broke it up into sections helps make it a little easier to stay on track. For me at least. I’ve already invested a good deal of time and fabric into this, and I don’t want it to become a UFO. I was looking at old posts, and I started this in early October, and I’m happy with my progress. 

To-Do-List Tuesday 11-26-24

This is the last to-do list for November. It has been busy, and of course, that will continue through Christmas. I am grateful for the busyness as it keeps me from being too sad or lonely. The flip side of that is that I have to be mindful of not over-scheduling myself and getting completely overwhelmed. I had a lot of activities this past week, but I only had put three things on my to-do list, so it wasn't too bad.

1) Continue working on Women of the Bible quilt. Yes. I am continuing to enjoy doing these blocks, although the Hannah block was a little tedious. 

Hannah

Jephthah's Daughter

I had actually forgotten about the story of Jephthah's daughter, so it was good to go back and read the scriptures about her.

2) Make some hearts for Gloria. I'm not finished, but the got the remainder cut out of the clothing and fused to interfacing. I hope to have them done by Friday.

3) Quilt as many customer quilts as I can. My goal is 3-4. Yes. I got three done. I posted one on November 22nd. Here are the other two.

This one still needs to be trimmed. Probably later today.

I am looking at my planner, and the next three weeks are nuts. I have appointments, church stuff, and the kids have school performances. But, this continues to be a hard time of year for me, and busy is best. Here's a list of things I'd like to get done.

1) Women of the bible quilt progress.

2) Put some borders on this quilt. 

I bought some yellow and some gray that will work for borders. 

3) Start wrapping gifts.

4) Finish sewing those hearts for Gloria.

5) Start on some mug rugs.

Not a very long list, but it will do. I need to keep working on customer quilts too. I don't want anything carrying over from 2024 to 2025. I started 2024 with some lingering projects that needed to be finished, and I didn't like that. I think I have 9 or 10 on the intake rack right now, but I think a couple of more are getting delivered this week. 

I am linking this post to Quilt Schmilt. I hope you have a great week and a great Thanksgiving if you celebrate it!

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!

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. 

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. 

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. 

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!

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!