Progress on Several Projects

        I have a quilt sandwich waiting for quilting. Instead of quilting it, I pulled several other UFOs to work on.   I made 6 red stars for week 2 assignment for Alycia's QOV Quilt Along and cut the strips needed for week 3.

     Then I used my scrap system of 3 ½ “ by 6 ½ “ pieces to create the border for the Scrap Dance Waltz. I found a great fabric in my stash for the backing so that is also ready for the next step.

      I also pulled fabric and pieced a backing for the Broken Lemoyne stars top. This week I hope to get both sandwiched for quilting.

      I recently read The Quilt Walk by Sandra Dallas. (I read the digital copy through Libby.) I really enjoyed it even though classified as a Juvenile chapter book of about 200 pages. It is about a 10 year old girl, her caring family and quilting. The story is based on a real family's wagon train journey west to Golden, Colorado in 1863. I recommend it especially for a quilter and her daughter or granddaughter about age 9 to 12.

Stash Report for 2025

  this past week - Used: 10.175 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 42.475 yds Added: 0 yds

Net decrease 42.475 yds

Have a great week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.

QOV Top Finished

      Last week I added borders to the Scrappy QOV for a finished top and I also made the binding. I plan to take it to my sister's QOV group to finish and present.  I'm very happy I was able to use those orphan units and all stash fabric. 

      I finished the week 1 assignment for Alycia's QOV Quilt Along Sunday afternoon and should be able to get week 2 done soon. 

 My guild has also started a QOV Mystery I hope to start; however, it looks a lot more complicated. 

      I am excited with progress toward my quilting goals for this year. I have finished 9, many of which were UFOs, and made progress on a few others. I have used only stash fabric so far. I hope to use more of my scraps in coming months. I am looking for more creative ways to use my scraps for quilting projects.

Stash Report for 2025

this past week - Used: 2.31 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 32.3 yds Added: 0 yds

    Net decrease 32.3 yds

Have a great week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.

Progress on UFOs

    This past week I worked on several different orphan or UFO projects . I found two 14” blocks from a class I taught years ago. I decided to make them into simple placemats by adding side strips. They will go to Meals on Wheels clients.

     In the same bag as those blocks there was a collection of HSTs and some bricks in similar fabrics except the HSTs would finish at 4”. There were enough matching units to make a couple of Monkey Wrench blocks; however, the biggest pile did not have enough matching units. So I decided to make all scrappy blocks. The result is 12 scrappy monkey wrench blocks in red, blue and cream.

I have a plan to make alternate blocks which will make the quilt large enough for a QOV.

     Next I pulled a bag of bright kid fabric crumbs. There were a couple of 6 1/2” blocks and 2 orphan simple NY Beauty blocks. I made a plan and spent Friday piecing crumb blocks. I now have 40 crumb blocks 6 1/2” by 12 1/2”. The bag of scraps is much smaller now.

Stash Report for 2025

this past week - Used: 7.61 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year - Used: 29.18 yds Added: 0 yds

   Net decrease 29.18 yds

Have a great week and enjoy sewing, quilting and creating.