This is so true!!!

Stitching Stuff

Kate, from Life in Pieces, is hosting “Stitching Stuff” and the goal is to sew for at least 15 minutes a day. I use Kate’s guideline, but my personal goal is to sew for 30 minutes a day. On those “blah” days, it does motivate me to sit at my machine and 30 minutes often turns into several hours. Thank you Kate for the motivation!

I had some wonderful company this past few weeks and missed one day of sewing! Oh, but it was a ton of fun catching up!!

• Jan – Feb: 1-28: 51 / 60 days
• Mar 1 – 24: 23 / 24 days
• Total: 74 / 84 88%

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “What’s on your Design Wall” every week.

Piecing projects:

• Island Batik May project.
• April Showers: blog hop
• Canuck Quilter: Mystery Project. I’m using a 10″ stack of Island Batik “Constellations” and the light fabric is “Fondant.” Visit Canuck Quilter HERE and shoot her an email if you want to join in the fun!
• Piecing the Lone Star Left-overs (you can see details of the Lone Star HERE)

Here’s the start of the clues for Canuck Quilter’s 2 colour mystery.

And some of the Lone Star Left-overs up on the design wall

Quilting:

• 2023 Fall Mystery Quilt. I have started quilting this!
• Finish Quilting “Gardenia“

Sunday Stash

Donna at Quilt Paint Create hosts a weekly linky party where you can display your stash numbers. This has really kept my stash from growing (somewhat!) Before I buy anything, I am always mindful of the fact that I need to report it on my blog … That sometimes stops me in my tracks!

These 3 quilts were posted this past week. The purple/blue one was for the Villa Rosa blog hop (see THIS POST), the middle one is from the SAHRR ’24 (see HERE) and the 3rd one is Pinwheels for the Give it a Whirl blog hop (see THIS POST).

• Fabric Used in the past 2 weeks:   12 yards
• Fabric Used in 2023:     57 yards  from non-IB: 25
• Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
• Fabric Added this year:     8 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              49 yards

To Do

Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.

To Do from the last report:

1. Quilt and Bind “2023 Fall Mystery Quilt” in progress.
2. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
3. Finish Fast and More Fun: blog hop project. √   DONE
4. Finish Give it a Whirl: blog hop project. √   DONE
5. Work on IB April project in progress.
6. Make a decision on April Showers: blog hop project √   DONE decision made!
7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

1. Finish quilting “2023 Fall Mystery Quilt”
2. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
3. Finish IB April project
4. Finish piecing Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
5. Work on Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt
6. Start April Showers: blog hop project
7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

• Moose Stash Quilting: April Showers : April 22
• Island Batik: Holiday Paper Piecing: May 15
• Just let Me Quilt: On the Road Again: May 22
• Moose Stash Quilting: For the Birds: June

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

Linking to:  

• So Scrappy @ Scrap Happy
• Sunday Stash @  quiltpaintcreate
• Oh Scrap @  Quilting is More Fun than Housework
• Frédérique  @ Quilting Patchwork Applique
• 15 Minutes to Stitch @ Life in Pieces
• Sew and Tell @ Melva Loves Scraps
• Design Wall Monday @  Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Monday This and That @ Days Filled With Joy
• Monday Musing @ Songbird Designs
• To Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmitt