Progress and Goals

      I love this time of year when the mornings are cooler so it is a wonderful time spend in the yard doing fall maintenance. I still have some flower beds and vegetable garden chores to be done. Then I can rest and work on quilt projects in the afternoons. That is what I plan to do as much as I can this week.

Here is how I did on last week's goals.

1. Quilt more on “Celtic Fantasy”. Done.

I quilted on it a couple of afternoons. There is still a lot to do.

2. Make progress on a UFO. Done.

I pulled a comfort/ charity quilt top that was ready for quilting. I did a simple meander on the center panel and stitch-in-the-ditch for borders. Right now it doesn't lay very flat but hope it will lay better after more quilting.

 

3. Work on fall theme mug rugs for homebound. Done.

I have 14 in various stages of almost done with 3 totally finished. On mug rugs I prefer to finish them with the pillowcase technique so no binding.

Stash Report for 2023

this past week-    Used:     1.3 yds    Added: 0 yds

So far this year- Used: 80.51 yds   Added: 40 yds

             Net decrease 41.51 yds

Goals for this week:

1. Quilt more on “Celtic Fantasy”.

2. Finish quilting charity/ comfort quilt.

3. Finish all fall theme mug rugs for homebound.

      On a regular basis I am tempted by lovely fall quilting patterns.  Recently I have resisted starting a new project.  I hope I can continue and make much more progress on finishing UFOs and using my stash of fabrics. 

Have a great week and enjoy some time for quilting.

A Finish for Fall

      I did lots of prep work, sewing and quilting this week. The weather has been cooler and I spent a few mornings working in the yard. Of course, there is always plenty to do.  I made an unplanned trip to the mountains to help my sister with her Fiber art group's booth Saturday at “Art on the Mountain” in West Jefferson, NC. It was a fun day.

     In the sewing room I cut and prepared 4 charity quilt kits. The fabric was donated and only one piece came from my stash so most is not counted in my Stash Report. One morning Joan and I met to sew and stuff shelter cat beds. We finished 8 and several more are in progress. We have plenty of scraps to stuff many more when we take time to cut and sew the covers.

How I did on my goals for last week:

1. Quilt more on “Celtic Fantasy”. Done.

Quilting is progressing.

2. Make progress on a UFO. Finished.

I chose my “Fall Memories -2” wall-hanging to work on. It is #2 because I used the same pattern to make one for my son and DIL.  I would even like to make a tablerunner to go with it. The top was ready to be quilted. It is a Laundry Basket Quilts pattern and all fusible applique. I did FM straight stitch along the edge of each piece and then added veins on leaves, etc. I quilted swirls in the background and finished hand sewing the binding Sunday evening.

3. Work on fall theme mug rugs for homebound. Done. I have 8 tops made.

Stash Report for 2023

this past week- Used: 2 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year- Used: 79.21 yds Added: 40 yds

Net decrease 40.21 yds

Goals for this week are the same as last except I will choose another UFO to work on.

1. Quilt more on “Celtic Fantasy”.

2. Make progress on a UFO.

3. Work on fall theme mug rugs for homebound.

I've linked up with Alycia's Finished or Not Friday. Check out the inspiration.

Have a great week and enjoy some time for quilting.

Modern Quilt Finish

      I only had one goal for last week so besides making a few quick mug rugs for gifts, I spent the rest of my quilting time on my Quilt Con fabric challenge quilt.

This is how I did:

* Start quilting my Quilt Con fabric challenge quilt. Done and Finished

This was my priority. I was excited to receive a the fat quarter bundle of Windham Artisan Cotton for the Fabric Challenge. I bought yardage of the White-Aqua for the background. The improvisational piecing of this quilt was inspired by the Slice and Insert technique of Jacquie Gering and the quilts of Irene Roderick. After piecing a collection of units, my sister Irene encouraged me to make connections between the units and "Twisted Transistor" was created. It is machine quilted with a walking foot on my home machine.  The deadline for entry is not until October 31, however, I did not want to be working on it at the last minute. This is my first time submitting an entry. Now I wait until December to hear if they accept it to hang in the show. 

Here is “Twisted Transistor”.

Stash Report for 2023

this past week- Used: 3yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year- Used: 77.21 yds Added: 40 yds

             Net decrease 38.21 yds

Sunday I started working on this week's goals.

Goals for this week:

1. Quilt more on “Celtic Fantasy”.     

I expect the quilting to take a while.  I am echoing the Celtic motifs and have to pause the quilting, jump over so as not to stitch across them and then go back to clip all the jump threads.  

2. Make progress on a UFO- I chose to quilt the “Fall Memories” wall-hanging

3. Work on fall theme mug rugs for homebound.

Have a great week and enjoy some time for quilting.