Holiday Goals

    I hope you enjoyed a happy Thanksgiving holiday.  I enjoyed a wonderful holiday with family. Three sisters and my brother got together with a few nieces, nephews, spouses and young children. 

How I did last week:
1. Bake desserts for Thanksgiving. Done I fixed all the food I was taking plus I put an extra pie in my freezer. It is good I did not take it because we had PLENTY of dessert.
2. Finish piecing red, black and white crumb top. Done Center is pieced but I plan to add a border.

3. Start quilting on another comfort quilt. Done It has been quilted, trimmed and passed to someone for binding.

    Now it is back to some sewing and quilting projects for Christmas and hopefully finish another UFO on my list before the end of the year. We will see. My church quilt group has been asked to make 100 pocket prayer squares by Dec. 10^th to go in bags for the homeless.  Shabby Fabrics has free directions and a YouTube video.  Finishing 40 will be a priority for me.

Goals for the week:
1. Finish making 40 prayer pocket squares.
2. Quilt a UFO.
3. Cut scraps into units with Accuquilt dies.

     I have been working hard this year to reduce my stash; however, great sale prices have been too much of a temptation and I did need backing in certain colors. Yesterday and today JoAnn Fabrics has their Quilter's Showcase Fabrics for $2.49 a yard. I found 4 pieces for backing.

Stash fabric used or added the past week- Used: 2 yds Added: 18.75 yds
         So far this year- Used: 106.75 yds Added: 46.25 yds

Stay safe and healthy while enjoying some time sewing and quilting.

Progress and Weekly Goals

     Well, my week did not go as I expected. I was disappointed that I did not get to visit with granddaughters but we can visit another time. I did get a lot of sewing done and made progress on several projects.

How I did on Goals for the past week:

1. Sew Fiddlesticks top together. Done

For now the top will finish at 48 by 60” and I am considering whether to add a border.

2. Quilt another comfort quilt. Done

This top was pieced by Martha. I quilted and then passed to Joan for binding. It was definitely a group effort.

 3. Use Go Me and dies to cut scraps into units. Not done

Instead, I decided to start quilting on one of my UFOs. I chose a sampler probably started in 2015. It is not special, but it is finished.

  I practiced a new swirl hook chain in the wide border. When practicing it is good that it does not show up much and I like it enough to do it again.

      I also pulled a bag of red, black and white scraps with a few finished crumb blocks. It is now 12 blocks and I started adding sashing.

4. Enjoy time with granddaughters. Not done.

I did not get to visit because my younger granddaughter tested positive for Covid.  Thankfully she is during better. 

Stash fabric used or added the past week- Used: 2 yds Added: 0 yds

                            So far this year- Used: 104.75 yds Added: 27.5 yds

Goals for the week of Nov. 22:

1. Bake desserts for Thanksgiving.

2. Finish piecing red, black and white crumb top.

3. Start quilting on another comfort quilt.

Stay safe and healthy while enjoying some time sewing and quilting.

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving.

Weekly Progress and Goals

    What a wonderful week.  Our weather has been cool in the mornings but warming enough later to enjoy being outdoors and I did.  I also stayed busy inside sewing and quilting.

How I did this past week:

1. Work in the yard: rake pine straw and reset some bearded iris. Done

I did get a couple of areas of bearded iris reset and started raking pine straw. I spent most of my yard time picking up sticks and pinecones and then collecting oak leaves off the lawn for my compost pile.

2. Quilt a comfort quilt. Done

I finished the quilting and the person binding has finished so it is ready to gift.

3. Finish placemats for a housewarming gift. Done

They are even wrapped and ready to give.

Photos of the finishes are on Friday's post.

     After finishing projects, I pulled out a couple of UFOs to work on. I pieced crumb strips to insert into “Fiddlesticks” blocks. My strips are wider than Mary's of Zippy Quilts who shares how she made her blocks. I hardly made a dent in this pile of crumbs. 

Here are 16 on my design wall. 

Sunday afternoon I finished piecing 20 blocks squared to 12 ½” which will make a lap quilt 48 by 60” or it could be larger by adding a border. I have enough crumbs but don't want the quilt to be the next size up (60 by 72”) if I made 10 more blocks.

My Goals for the week of November 15^th:

1. Sew Fiddlesticks top together.

2. Quilt another comfort quilt.

3. Use Go Me and dies to cut scraps into units.

4. Enjoy time with granddaughters.

Stash fabric used or added the past week- Used: ? (scraps) yds Added: 0 yds

          So far this year- Used: 102.75 yds Added: 27.5 yds

Stay safe and healthy while enjoying some time sewing and quilting.