First Start-to-Finish for 2023

      Last week was a busy week for quilting with great progress and finishes. The best was finishing my GD Mattie's new quilt. In January she was updating her bedroom and asked me to make her a new quilt. She picked out the colors to go with her new green walls and hardwood floor. Here is the finish.

I did a different FM motif in each color zigzag.

     In 2022 I pieced a QOV top for guild following Alycia's QOV Mystery Stop Tossing. After a guild member quilted it, I was given it back for binding.  Now it goes back to guild for a presentation. 

Goals for last week and stash report:

1. Stitch down appliques on 4 more Celtic units Not done. I did not get very far on this because of prioritizing other projects.

2. Choose backing and sandwich GD's quilt. Done and as noted above Finished.

3. Sew binding on QOV Done

Stash Report for 2023

I donated a large piece that can be used for backing a charity quilt so that increased my used amount.

this past week-   Used:  9.75 yds     Added:  0 yds 

So far this year- Used: 23.195 yds  Added: 21 yds

         Net decrease 2 yds

      I quilted the center of my kaleidoscope quilt and just need to quilt the border so that is on the list for this week as well as getting back to doing the triple blanket stitch on the Celtic Fantasy units. These dragons take a lot of time.

Goals for this week:

1. Stitch down appliques on Celtic units

2. Quilt border on kaleidoscope quilt and bind.

Have a great week with some time for quilting.

“When Life gives you scraps, make quilts. “

Weekly Progress and Goals

     It is Monday again and time to take stock and set weekly goals. Because I was spending more time with GDs last week, I did not plan a lot of quilting but I feel great about what was accomplished. My goals were to -

1. make progress on GD Mattie's quilt. Done. I corrected the twisted block on Mattie's quilt top and am looking for a backing fabric.

2. Work on comfort quilts. Done. I already had the blocks for a scrappy 16 patch ready to sew and finished piecing that top also. This may get a simple border to make it a little larger for a comfort quilt.

     After those projects went as far as they could for the week, I pulled out a UFO. GD Mattie helped layout the Dogtooth Star blocks and Wednesday I sewed the top together. It will get a simple blue border added.

     I used an orphan LOVE block, a drawing of hers and scrap 2 ½” strips to make a placemat for GD Lily with quilting by stitching in the ditch.

I made 2 Valentine bargello placemats. They were very easy. I cut a 2 ½” WOF strip of 9 fabrics and sewed a strip set. (9 fat quarters with strips cut lengthwise should also work to make 6 placemat tops. I will have to check that out.) Then pressed seams and sewed into a tube. I cut 14 2 ½” strips (7 for each placemat). Unpick the seam of each strip progressing between a different set of fabrics for the 7 strips. After piecing the tops, I sewed and turned them pillowcase style. I quilted with a walking foot using the serpentine stitch.

   After half day school Thursday and Friday GD Lily made progress sewing blocks for her quilt. She has half the blocks sewn and several rows together.

Goals for this week and stash report:

1. Stitch down appliques on 4 more Celtic units

2. Choose backing and sandwich GD's quilt.

3. Sew binding on QOV

Stash Report for 2023

this past week-   Used:   1.125 yds   Added: 0.625 yds

So far this year- Used: 13.445 yds Added: 21 yds

Net decrease -7.545 yds

Have a great week with some time for quilting.

“When Life gives you scraps, make quilts. “

Ending January with Progress

     Last week was a very productive week in my sewing room although I don't have lots of photos to share. Check out how I did on my goals.

1. make progress on Celtic Fantasy Done. I finished the blanket stitching on 4 more units so that makes 9 of 21 appliqued. Sorry no photo.

2. finish quilting charity/comfort quilt Done. I finished quilting the split 9 patch and passed it Wednesday to another church quilter to add binding. I shared photos of that quilt in Friday's post. Then I quilted another comfort quilt and finished it; even adding the binding. This was pieced with simple large squares on-point using a striped fabric for the alternate squares.

      It felt so good to finish 2 comfort quilts. We have a stack of tops at church waiting to be quilting. Wednesday we sandwiched the kaleidoscope top so it is next in line for quilting.

      Last week I finished piecing GD Mattie's top and shared a photo on Friday. After I posted it, I saw a block turned the wrong way so it got unsewn and fixed.

       

  Then I saw my GD's new bed frame and it is very low to the floor which got me worried because I had planned for more drop. So last night a column was taken off the side and a row will probably come off the length so the quilt will not hang on the floor.

  Stash Report for 2023

this past week- Used: 1.5 yds Added: 0 yds

So far this year- Used: 12.33 yds Added: 21 yd 

Net decrease -8.67 yds

    I expect some of this week to be GD/family time so don't know how much sewing time I will have.

Weekly Goals for Jan. 29th:

1. make progress on GD Mattie's quilt

2. Work on comfort quilts

Have a great week with some time for quilting.  

“When Life gives you scraps, make quilts. “