One Monthly Goal--September, 2021

It's hard to believe that we are already a few days into September. This year is going by so quickly, and I know the pace will only seem faster in the months ahead. It will be Christmas before we know it!

It is easy for me to decide on a One Monthly Goal for September. The Volcano quilt top was finished last month, and my goal for this month is to get it quilted and bound. 

This quilt top currently measures 42.75" x 54". I have the back and the batting all ready to go. I just need to get it layered and pin basted, then figure out how I want to quilt it. I better keep it simple if I want to meet my goal.

You can see what other quilters are hoping to get done this month at the One Monthly Goal link-up at Elm Street Quilts.

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA 

To-Do Tuesday 8/31/2021

Another Tuesday means it's time to update my to-do list for the week ahead and share how I did with last week's list. I'm linking up with the  To-Do Tuesday Weekly Link-up hosted by Chris at Chris Knits.

I got through all the goals on last week's list except one, and I'm okay with that. Not every week is going to be perfect, and I did end up with yet another squirrel invading the sewing room last week--more on that in a few days!

To-Do List for 8/24 - 8/30

1. Bowties 365--make one Bowtie block each day   ✔done

I made 14 Bowtie blocks last week.

2. Hearts Applique--stitch at least one block     ✔done

I stitched a couple hearts last week, ending up with 8 for the month.

3. Glorified 9Patch--prep turquoise/teal blocks   not done

4. Volcano 9-Patch--take photos, piece back   ✔done

You can see the photos in yesterday's post.

5. Positivity QAL--finish quilt top, take photos, and write OMG post  ✔done

The quilt top is done and the blog post is here.

6. Scrooge coat--make progress   ✔done

Some of my goals will be on hold until September's color of the month is announced for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, but I'm sure I can find plenty to fill the time.

To-Do List for 8/31 - 9/6

1. Bowties 365--make one Bowtie block each day

2. Hearts Applique--stitch at least one block/week

3. Glorified 9Patch--prep one set of blocks

4. Rainbow Scrap Challenge--make one set of blocks once the color for September is announced

5. Volcano 9-Patch--layer and pin baste for quilting

6. Scrooge coat--make progress

I'll report on my progress and post a new set of goals next Tuesday. I'm linking up with other To-Do Tuesday lists at Chris Knits.

Julie in GA  

Volcano Quilt Top Finished!

Some refer to them as "squirrels." Sandra at mmm quilts came up with the acronym "DrEAMi" which stands for "Drop Everything And Make It." Whichever name you like, it refers to a totally unplanned project that completely takes over your time and your brain, leaving you unable to focus on anything else. That's what happened with my recent squirrel, the Volcano 9-Patch quilt. I shared the beginning of this quilt two weeks ago in this post, and now I have a finished quilt top to share!

Volcano 9-Patch, 42.75" x 54"

This quilt was made from the leftovers of a Blooming 9-Patch quilt that I made in 2000-2001. I had run across a Zip-loc bag of scraps, strips and strip sets, and couldn't resist playing with them again. I was lucky to have extra of most of the same fabrics and added in a couple of others to complete the flow of colors. Instead of the Blooming 9-Patch layout that alternates 9P blocks with larger squares, this quilt is made up entirely of 9-patches, 111 of them total. Here's a closer look at the fabrics and some of the piecing.

I decided to use this crazy tie-dye style flannel for the quilt backing. It only needed one seam to make it big enough. I'm hoping to get this little quilt finished sooner rather than later.

Linking up with:

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt

Midweek Makers at Quilt Fabrication

Needle & Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation

Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

DrEAMi #55 at mmm quilts

Favorite Finish at Meadow Mist Designs

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA 

Stitching and DeStashing--Week 35, 2021

My stash report shows a significant change this week, mostly due to the completion of another Positivity quilt top that I finished recently. I used 5.25 yards of fabric, all of it from my stash, for the top. I'm so happy with the way the background gradation worked out that I can't resist sharing this photo again.

My other usage for the week was 1.25 yards for 23 Kaleidoscope blocks made from my collection of 30's fabrics. Twelve of these blocks were made from fabrics sent to me by my sister Karen. I love the bright limey green at the bottom right!

2021 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                            6.50 yards

Used year to date:                     139.75 yards

Added last week:                            0.0 yards

Added year to date:                   101.50 yards

Net used year to date              38.25 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. Besides the two projects shared above, I also started yet another new project. There has been plenty of quilting time happening every single day!

15 Minute Challenge for 2021: 

8/22 - 8/28               7 of 7 days

2021 Total          238 of 240 days

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch challenge at Life in Pieces. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Positivity Quilt Top is Finished!

My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for August was to finish piecing the top for my grey and turquoise Positivity quilt, and I am very happy to report that it is done! 

Positivity, 60" x 80"

This quilt was started as part of the Positivity QAL hosted by Preeti, with the quilts going to Mercyful Quilts in California. I struggled with deciding on my color palette, then I decided to go with the scrappy grey background and a variety of turquoise, teal and lime green fabrics for the plus signs. I liked the colors together so much that I decided to make another version to send in for the QAL so that I could keep this one for myself. 

You can see how others did with their August goals at Elm Street Quilts. 

Linking up with:

Needle & Thread Thursday at My Quilt Infatuation

Finished or Not Friday at Alycia Quilts

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop at Confessions of a Fabric Addict

One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts

Oh, Scrap! at Quilting is more fun than Housework

This quilt wasn't made as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, but since our RSC colors for August are teal, turquoise and aqua, I'm going to link up there too.

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

To-Do Tuesday 8/24/2021

Another Tuesday means it's time to update my to-do list for the week ahead and share how I did with last week's list. I'm linking up with the  To-Do Tuesday Weekly Link-up hosted by Chris at Chris Knits.

Much to my surprise, I managed to complete every goal on my list from last Tuesday. I'm hoping the next week will be equally successful.

To-Do List for 8/17 - 8/23

1. Bowties 365--make one Bowtie block each day  ✔done

2. Hearts Applique--stitch at least one block  ✔done

I've lost track of how many bowties I made last week, but I have a total of 26 so far this month, along with one little heart block.

3. 30's Kaleidoscope--make multicolored blocks  ✔done

I made 11 blocks and shared them in Saturday's post.

4. Volcano 9-Patch--finish top  ✔done

This quilt top is done, but I need to get some photos and write up a blog post.

5. Positivity QAL--make the last 6 blocks  ✔done

I finally finished the last group of blocks!

6. Make progress on Scrooge coat  ✔done

Progress has been made, but there's not much to show right now.

As usual, many of my projects will carry over into next week. The main goal is to finish the Positivity quilt top, since that is my One Monthly Goal for August.

To-Do List for 8/24 - 8/30

1. Bowties 365--make one Bowtie block each day

2. Hearts Applique--stitch at least one block

3. Glorified 9Patch--prep turquoise/teal blocks

4. Volcano 9-Patch--take photos, piece back

5. Positivity QAL--finish assembly of quilt top, take photos, and write OMG post

6. Scrooge coat--make progress

I'll report on my progress and post a new set of goals next Tuesday. I'm linking up with other To-Do Tuesday lists at Chris Knits.

Julie in GA  

Design Wall Monday 8/23/2021

Half of my Positivity quilt has been hanging on the design wall, waiting for me to get inspired to make the last batch of blocks and join them together. Yesterday was finally the time to do it. Here are the final six blocks for my quilt.

After those were done, I started joining the blocks for the second half into rows, and here they are.

All that's left is to join these rows together, then stitch them to the first half of the quilt, which was completed more than two weeks ago. I hope to have a finished quilt top before the end of the week!

Check out what other quilters are working on this week:

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA 

Stitching and DeStashing--Week 34, 2021

My main quilting project over the past week and a half has been the Volcano 9Patch, which is now a finished top! I don't have any photos of the quilt ready to share yet, but here are the fabrics included in the quilt. I used 3.125 yards, all from the stash, for this quilt top. I hope to have photos ready to show by the end of the week--stay tuned!

2021 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                          3.125 yards

Used year to date:                     133.25 yards

Added last week:                            0.0 yards

Added year to date:                   101.50 yards

Net used year to date              31.75 yards

Kate's 15 Minutes to Stitch Challenge at Life in Pieces has us tracking how many days each week we get in at least 15 minutes of quilting time. After finishing the Volcano quilt top earlier in the week, I worked on a variety of other projects, getting in at least 15 minutes every day.

15 Minute Challenge for 2021: 

8/15 - 8/21               7 of 7 days

2021 Total          231 of 233 days

Check out more stash reports at quiltpaintcreate and join the 15 Minutes to Stitch challenge at Life in Pieces. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

Scrappy Rainbow Saturday--Week 34, 2021

One of my on-going projects for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this year has been making kaleidoscope blocks using my collection of 30's fabrics. Each month I have made a set of blocks with our assigned color of the month. This month's color assignment is the blue-green family (aqua, teal, turquoise.) I love these colors, but I have only one piece of turquoise in my whole box of 30's fabrics, and I made a block with that fabric a few months ago along with the light blues.

What I do still have to use in the 30's collection are several multicolor prints, so I went ahead and made blocks from them this week. Some of them may end up being too pale to go into the quilt, but I might as well make blocks from all of my 30's fabrics. I will figure out later which blocks made the final cut.

Be sure to check out all of the wonderful scrappy projects at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge every Saturday and at Oh Scrap! over at Quilting is more fun than Housework on Sunday.

Julie in GA

To-Do Tuesday 8/17/2021

It's a very rainy Tuesday morning here in Georgia, thanks to Tropical Depression Fred.  It's the perfect time to update my Tuesday To-Do List. I will look back at my list from last week, see how I did on accomplishing those goals, then post a new list for the week ahead. I'm linking up with the  To-Do Tuesday Weekly Link-up hosted by Chris at Chris Knits. 

I got through most of the items on my list last week. Fortunately, I worked on them early in the week before getting completely obsessed with distracted by a new project, the Volcano 9-Patch that I blogged about in yesterday's post.

To-Do List for 8/10 - 8/16

1. Bowties 365--make one Bowtie block each day   ✔done

2. Hearts Applique--stitch at least one block   ✔done

I ended up with 10 turquoise Bowtie blocks and 1 cute teal heart.

3. Sew Colorful Stars--make 1 teal/turquoise block   ✔done

4. Positivity QAL--make the last 6 blocks   not done

I didn't touch this project at all. This is my OMG for August, so I need to get back to it soon.

5. Make progress on Scrooge cot   ✔done

I worked on this a little last week, but need to do more next week.

My to-do list for the next week includes most of the same projects, plus I'm hoping to finish the quilt top from last week's squirrel project, the Volcano 9-Patch.

To-Do List for 8/17 - 8/23

1. Bowties 365--make one Bowtie block each day

2. Hearts Applique--stitch at least one block

3. 30's Kaleidoscope--make multicolored blocks

4. Volcano 9-Patch--finish top

5. Positivity QAL--make the last 6 blocks

6. Make progress on Scrooge coat

I'll report on my progress and post a new set of goals next Tuesday. I'm linking up with other To-Do Tuesday lists at Chris Knits.

Julie in GA