To-Do Tuesday 3/7/2023

 It's time once again to share how I did on last Tuesday's to-do list, then figure out what I'd like to get done in the week ahead. The To-Do Tuesday link-up is hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric.

I did plenty of quilting last week, but didn't follow my list very well. I was successful on three goals, but didn't make any progress on two projects with deadlines.

To-Do List for 2/28 - 3/6/23

1. Dust Off a Quilt Book project--begin machine quilting   not done

I didn't touch this quilt last week, and the deadline is very close (Friday.)

2. Project Quilting 14.5: Sew Not a Square--make something by Sunday that doesn't have any squares in it and doesn't finish as a square ✔done

I made a fun Migrating Geese placemat. More info in THIS POST.

3. Rainbow Scrap Challenge--pull out scraps in March color of the month  ✔done  

Our color for March is green.

4. Stay at Home Round Robin--add flying geese and pinwheel blocks not done 

This is another project that wasn't touched and has a deadline (next Monday.)

5. Quilt guild BOM--start on border #4  ✔done

Border 4 is almost done. I shared my progress on this quilt in yesterday's post, but I'm going to post the photo again here.

The two deadline projects are at the top of the list and can't be ignored this week!

To-Do List for 3/7 - 3/13/23

1. Dust Off a Quilt Book project--finish quilt & write blog post for Friday

2. Stay at Home Round Robin--add flying geese and pinwheel blocks; link up blog post by Monday  

3. Quilt guild BOM--finish border #4, add border #5

4. Rainbow Scrap Challenge--begin green blocks

That's the plan for the week ahead. I'll report on my progress next Tuesday, and post a new set of goals too. I'm linking up with other To-Do Tuesday lists at Quilt Schmilt.

 

Happy quilting!

Julie in GA 

Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop has begun!

It's time for the annual Dust Off a Quilt Book blog hop, hosted by Bea at Beaquilter. Participants were instructed to pull out one of their old quilt books and make a project from it. Here's the schedule for the entire week. 

March 6th
Quilting at the Farm
Lemon Tree Snippets
Creatin in the sticks
Natalie (on Beaquilter)

March 7th
Quilting Gail
Thrift Shop Commando
High Road Quilter
Moosestashquilting

The Morning Latte

March 8th
Kathleen McMusing
Words & Stitches
Isabella's Whimsy
DesertSky Quilting
 
March 9th
LC's Cottage
Cynthia's Ark
Ms P Designs USA
Just Let Me Quilt
 
March 10th
Beaquilter
Karrin's Crazy World
Quilting Patchwork Applique
Julie's Quilts and Costumes--that's me!

Check out the blog posts, and maybe you will get inspired to make something from one of your old quilt books too!

Happy quilting everyone,

Julie in GA 

 

Design Wall Monday 3/6/2023

There are definitely too many projects happening in my sewing room these days. Most of the time I prefer to have a few quilts in the works so that I can choose what to work on each day depending on my mood, but at the moment, it has gotten a little overwhelming.

There were other projects needing to be worked on last week, but this is the one that I wanted to play with. I've been making the next border for our quilt guild's BOM project.

Unfortunately, I have nearly run out of the background fabric for this border. The lower left corner shows a different fabric that will probably be used to finish off all four of the corners. It's a little darker than the other background fabric, but I don't think that will be a problem.

This project is based on a free pattern from the National Quilt Museum (scroll down the page until you get to 2020 Quilt Along.)

Check out what other quilters are working on this week at Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts. 

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA 

Project Quilting 14.5: Sew Not a Square

This week's Project Quilting Challenge 14.5 turned out to be one of the quicker challenges for me. The theme for this week is "Sew Not a Square" and here are the basic rules: "do anything in the whole wide world you can imagine – but use no square shapes in doing it, and don’t end up with a square."

I looked through some options and quickly settled on a design I've wanted to try for awhile. This is Migrating Geese, based on a Deb Tucker tutorial. There's not a square in sight; it is made entirely from triangles. I love the background fabric with the bird tracks!

Migrating Geese placemat, 12.25" x 18.5"

I used a favorite rainbow print on the back. The quilting is stitch-in-the-ditch around the geese.

This placemat will join the others I've been making since the beginning of the year to be donated to Meals on Wheels through our quilt guild.

Linking up with:

Project Quilting 14.5 at Persimon Dreams

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA 

To-Do Tuesday 2/28/2023

It's time once again to share how I did on last Tuesday's to-do list, then figure out what I'd like to get done in the week ahead. The To-Do Tuesday link-up is hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric.

It has been a struggle to get back into my quilting routine again after being out of town for several days. Only two items from last week's list were finished.

To-Do List for 2/21 - 2/27/23

1. Dust Off a Quilt Book--finish quilt top and prep for quilting   ✔done 

The quilt top is together and has been layered with the batting and backing, all ready for quilting.

2. ABC Table Scraps Challenge and Rainbow Scrap Challenge--make a placemat from pink scraps and featuring something with the letters M and V   ✔done 

One pink scrappy placemat made and blogged HERE.

3. Stay at Home Round Robin--add flying geese blocks   not done

4. Quilt guild BOM--start on border #4                          not done

5. Free-Motion Quilting Sampler--begin quilting              not done

I'm hoping to be more productive in the week ahead and get through more of the list.

To-Do List for 2/28 - 3/6/23

1. Dust Off a Quilt Book project--begin machine quilting

2. Project Quilting 14.5: Sew Not a Square--make something by Sunday that doesn't have any squares in it and doesn't finish as a square. Here's what I've produced so far.

3. Rainbow Scrap Challenge--pull out scraps in March color of the month

4. Stay at Home Round Robin--add flying geese and pinwheel blocks  

5. Quilt guild BOM--start on border #4

That's the plan for the week ahead. I'll report on my progress next Tuesday, and post a new set of goals too. I'm linking up with other To-Do Tuesday lists at Quilt Schmilt.

 

Happy quilting!

Julie in GA 

February One Monthly Goal Completed!

It's time for me to share the results of my One Monthly Goal (OMG) for February, but there isn't much that I can show just yet.

I am scheduled to participate in the "Dust Off a Quilt Book" blog hop at Beaquilter, running March 6 - 10. My date for the hop is March 10th. My One Monthly Goal for the month of February was to choose a pattern in one of my old quilt books and make a quilt top for the hop by the end of the month. Getting it quilted was the bonus goal.

The quilt top is complete, but I can't share it until the blog hop date. For now I will give you a little sneak peek at a couple of the blocks that were used in the quilt top. That fabric with the little birdies just makes me smile!

Check out the "Dust Off a Quilt Book" blog hop starting March 6th at beaquilter.com. There's going to be a little contest to see who has the oldest quilting book too!

Linking up with:

One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts

Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts

Happy quilting!

Julie in GA

Stash Report and Stitching Time 2/26/2023

My stash report shows a sizable change to the total amount of fabric added for the year. My recent trip to visit family in Wisconsin included stops at a quilt shop and at JoAnn's, and I bought fabric at both of them.

The fabric at the top is a flannel which will be used to back a baby quilt. The purple batik at center will become the background of my Pickle Dish project, and the circle print at the bottom is an old favorite that I've used on a couple of earlier quilts. It was on sale, and I couldn't resist restocking it in my stash.

My only fabric usage for the week was 1/2 yard for the pink strings placemat shared in yesterday's RSC/ABC Scraps Challenge.

2023 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                     0.5 yards

Used year to date:            15.875 yards

Added last week:                   7.5 yards

Added year to date:               9.5 yards

Net used in 2023            6.375 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. I missed one day again for the second week in a row. I was just too busy enjoying time with the family!

15 Minute Challenge for 2023: 

2/19 - 2/25         6  of 7 days

2023 Total        54 of 56 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

February RSC/ABC Scraps Challenge

It is amazing to me how quickly the month of February has flown by! I know it's a short month, but this one really went quickly. I guess that means we've been busy.

One thing I was busy with this week was finishing my project for the 2023 ABC Table Scraps Challenge. My plan for the year is to continue making at least one placemat each month using the Rainbow Scrap Challenge color of the month along with the letters for this challenge. This month our letters were M and V. I'd hoped to use colors that start with those letters, and had no trouble coming up with M colors: magenta, mauve, medium pink. I didn't have as much luck with V letters, but since this placemat was made in February, I'm going to consider it a late Valentine.

I started by pulling out my bag of pink crumbs and strings. That was where I discovered all the little bits that were pieced together for the center strip. Those were leftovers from a layer cake I'd used for two different baby quilts in the past (see them HERE and HERE.) I added a variety of strips and strings to get the placemat to the right size, about 14" x 18".

I used the same fabric on the back as the outermost strips on the front. The quilting is very simple, stitch-in-the-ditch along the horizontal seams.

One reason I don't have much to show of my own quilting is because we spent the day at QuiltCon yesterday. It was a great day with many amazing and inspiring quilts to see. Here are a couple of favorites that feature pink.

Forward X Quilt by Jessica Plunkett, Waukee, Iowa

This quilt was part of the Modern X Challenge.

River Gone Green by Paola Machetta, Trieste, Italy

This quilt was in the Improvisation category.

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

Happy quilting everyone!

Julie in GA

 

To-Do Tuesday 2/21/2023

It's time  to share how I did on last Tuesday's to-do list, then figure out what I'd like to get done in the week ahead. The To-Do Tuesday link-up is hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric.

I finished three out of five tasks from last week's list, which feels pretty good because I was home for only three days before going out of town.

To-Do List for 2/14 - 2/20/23

1. Dust Off a Quilt Book--continue making blocks    ✔done 

I've finished making all of the blocks for this project, but can't show anything yet.

2. Rainbow Scrap Challenge--finish Jabberwocky blocks in pink  ✔done 

These blocks were shared in Saturday's post.

3. Stay at Home Round Robin--add flying geese blocks  not done

4. Prep a new hand stitching project for an upcoming trip   not done

I pulled out my appliqued hearts blocks instead.  

5. Project Quilting 14.4 "A Novel Project"   ✔done 

I made a placemat inspired by the novel The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb.

I'm returning home today after being away for a long weekend, but I will be jumping right back into my to-do list tomorrow.

To-Do List for 2/21 - 2/27/23

1. Dust Off a Quilt Book--finish quilt top and prep for quilting

I found a great flannel fabric for the backing of this quilt. You can see the fabrics for the quilt top in THIS POST.

2. ABC Table Scraps Challenge and Rainbow Scrap Challenge--make a placemat from pink scraps and featuring something with the letters M and V

3. Stay at Home Round Robin--add flying geese blocks  

4. Quilt guild BOM--start on border #4

5. Free-Motion Quilting Sampler--begin quilting

That's the plan for the week ahead. I'll report on my progress next Tuesday, and post a new set of goals too. I'm linking up with other To-Do Tuesday lists at Quilt Schmilt.

 

Happy quilting!

Julie in GA 

Stash Report and Stitching Time 2/19/2023

It has been a busy week, including a variety of quilting projects. One of them was my Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR) quilt. The prompt for the next border to be added is flying geese. I haven't figured out a plan for that border yet, but I did finish off the corners of my hourglass border with spinning striped squares.

My stash usage for the week came to a total of 1.125 yards. That included fabric used in 3 pink Jabberwocky blocks, the corners of the SAHRR quilt shown above, and the violin placemat made for Project Quilting 14.4: A Novel Project.

2023 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:                  1.125 yards

Used year to date:            15.375 yards

Added last week:                   0.0 yards

Added year to date:               2.0 yards

Net used in 2023          13.375 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. I missed one day this week (unless you count the time I spent fabric shopping that day!) That puts an end to my 100% record for 2023.

15 Minute Challenge for 2023: 

2/12 - 2/18        6  of 7 days

2023 Total        48 of 49 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