Progress on Weekly Goals

     Last week flew by and I stayed busy. I worked in my yard 2 mornings to get weeds and bushes under control. The mornings have been cooler and feels like fall is getting close. Wednesday was spent working in the quilt room at church. Because rooms will be renovated, we are having to move out all our material and supplies before the work. We did sandwich 5 quilt tops so they are ready to be quilted plus put together a few quilt kits that can be sewn by members at home. I brought home a few boxes of smaller pieces to be cut for kits and spent another afternoon on them. Next Wednesday we have to finish moving the rest.
A couple of afternoons I made time to finish a couple of sunflower placemats which I shared Friday.

Stash fabric used or added the past week- Used: 2 yds Added: 0 yds.
So far this year- Used: 91.5 yds Added: 25 yds

Goals for the past week:
1. Sandwich a quilt top. Maybe start quilting. Done?
I sandwiched 5 comfort tops at church ( 2 of which I had pieced) but not one of the projects for myself and family.
2. Cut scraps into units with GO cutter. Done but not enough to make a dent in the scraps.
3. Make progress piecing on a UFO. Done.

My “Seeing Stars” blocks are all together for 72” by 81”.

 It still needs a good pressing. This was a free sew along from Butterfly Threads Quilting in 2019 and is still free. I love the design and used only fabric from my stash. There were lots of seams to nest or match and I did a pretty good job. There is one place in the middle where the same fabric touches but it is okay. This size will fit a twin bed. It was not designed to have a border; however, if I add a border I could use it on my guest full size bed. 

4. Finish the fall placemats. Done One has already been given away.

Goals for this week:
1. Sandwich one of my quilt tops.
2. Cut scraps into a comfort quilt kit.
3. Make progress on a different UFO.

Hope you stay safe and healthy while enjoying some time sewing and quilting.

H2H Challenge and Quarantine Quilt Along

   During this strange time of social distancing we are meeting some of our needs by gathering remotely.  Gudrun Erla of GE Designs provided her pattern "Elvira" free for the Quarantine Along on Sunday. I followed along and am excited that by the end of the sew along I had a pieced quilt top 49 by 63” which is a great comfort quilt size. I will definitely use the pattern again. 

I have enough of the large dark print that I can add a border but for now can't decide.  The pattern does not call for a border. 

    This week is sign up time for Hands2help Challenge hosted by Confessions of a Fabric Addict. There are six charities this year on the list. Hope you will check them out and sign up.  

     I am making progress on my 'Seeing Stars " quilt.  I sorted all my units for 12 panels so that no unit is repeated in a panel.

Here are 4 of the panels pieced together. 

I have now sewn 6 so have 6 more to go for a twin size quilt. 

     My old vanity license plate was pretty faded so just for fun I decided to paint my own. I cleaned an old plate and spray painted the background. I used model paint to fill in lettering. I love my new vanity plate.

Almost a Finish and a Finish

     I have almost finished quilting this “Hugs and Kisses” comfort quilt. The border is yet to be quilted. I am contemplating a special motif and would prefer to do the work at home on my regular machine. Since I am out of town and using a different machine, I simply quilted a large meander for the middle.

     This month I pieced the Step 7 final blocks for the Seeing Stars Sew Along. I found myself short of the background fabric I have been using. I could not cut 3 1/2” squares of background for 4 patches. I decided to make an alternate 6” block. When I made the 12” star blocks for step 6, I saved the corners and sewed bonus HSTs. I squared them to 2 1/2” and was able to piece enough “Friendship Stars” for alternate blocks. 

 Looking forward to assembling panels in April.

     GD Lily is ready for Easter in her finished dress. I am so glad I did the crazy piecing for the bodice and will do it again sometime.

Hope you stay healthy and have a great weekend. Enjoy some time sewing and quilting.
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Starting off 2020

    As the new year began I took time to make a list of projects I want to complete. It is a mix with some WIP (works in progress), a few are long time UFOs, a couple of dream quilts, and some charity/comfort quilts and QOV (quilts of valor). I have 20 quilts so far on my list. There will surely be some added and some pushed on to the back burner but at least I have a guide for the year.

     Wednesday at church sew day, I sandwiched a top for quilting and gathered backing pieces for a child's comfort quilt. At home I decided to catch up on piecing for the Seeing Stars Sew Along. I like Diane's concept of piecing panels made from a variety of blocks.  

You make the number of panels for the size quilt you want. I am working on a twin size quilt which needs 12 panels. Thursday I finished piecing the geese units for step 5. She gives you options, but I did not get creative for this step and only made geese units.

     Next I pulled units of a WIP and this is how far I got yesterday. About half the big blocks were left over from my Rainbow Scrap quilts year before last. Instead of making a lap quilt, I made some more blocks so they will make a full size bed quilt with borders. The first border will finish the stars.  

Have a great weekend and maybe enjoy some time sewing and quilting.

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