An online friend sent me this picture! I love taking vitamins and these look so good! I think I’ll switch to this brand!
She also said, “I think it’s great if you’re looking for colour combos.” Ioleen has lots of IG posts and does very well with colour … you can follow her @ioleen.kimmel
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!
- Jan – Apr: 124 / 134 days
- May 1 – 19: 18/ 19 days
- Total: 114 / 125 91%
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:
- Prisms Blog Hop (a secret for now!)
- Island Batik June project using a 10″ stack of Deb Tucker’s fabric line, Squiggles, Dots and Lines and the Tucker Trimmer ruler.
- St Paddy’s Quilt. A sew-along by Denise of A Quiltery. see (HERE).
- Island Batik FW Catalogue quilt using a brand new line: Petal Poetry
Quilting: to do
- On the Road Again, blog hop
- Canuck Quilter: Mystery Project. I’m using a 10″ stack of Island Batik “Constellations” and the light fabric is “Fondant.” Borders are on … need to pick a backing ….
- Quilting “Gardenia“
- Lone Star Left-overs (you can see details of the Lone Star HERE). I need to figure out the backing and then quilt it.
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!
I finished the May Island Batik challenge: this lovely tree skirt. It used 10 yards of fabric. You can read all about it HERE.
- Fabric Used in the last week: 10 yards
- Fabric Used in 2023: 72.5 yards from non-IB: 31.5
- Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
- Fabric Added this year: 21.5 yards
- Net Fabric used: 51 yards
To Do
Carol from Quilt Schmilt is hosting “To Do” every week.
I have a bit of progress on many things … but nothing completed …
To Do from the last report:
- Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
- Make on “On the Road Again” block hop project – it’s due on the 22nd! in progress It’s almost done!
- Finish Prisms blog hop project in progress
- Finish IB June project in progress
- Finish IB FW Catalogue project in progress
- Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star not done.
- Sandwich and Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt in progress
- Pull fabric for Luminous Layers. See HERE. not done.
- Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE in progress
- Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √ DONE
- Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √ DONE.
To Do for next week: I know I’m dreaming, but this is my list for the next week!
- Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
- Finish “On the Road Again” block hop project
- Finish Prisms blog hop project
- Finish IB June project
- Finish IB FW Catalogue project
- Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
- Sandwich and Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt
- Pull fabric for Luminous Layers. See HERE.
- Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE
- Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder!
- Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.
Upcoming Blog Hops
- Island Batik: Holiday Paper Piecing: May 15
- Just let Me Quilt: On the Road Again: May 22
- Moose Stash Quilting: For the Birds: June 20
- Create with Claudia: Prisms: June 19
Island Batik Blog Hop: Week 3
For the second giveaway there are two Fat Quarter bundles of complete 20-SKU collections by Kathy Engle that will be shown off this week – The Grove and Prisms!
Go to the Island Batik Blog (HERE) and follow the Rafflecopter prompts for your opportunity to win!
May 20:
May 21:
May 22:
May 23:
On the Road Again Blog Hop
Here is the Blog Hop Schedule for this week:
MAY 20
MAY 21
MAY 22
- Ms P Designs USA
- Scrapdash
- Quilting Gail This is me!
MAY 23
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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 Musing @ Songbird Designs
- To Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmitt
Quilting Gail 
Love the tree skirt! It doesn’t scream Christmas. Put a dish over the middle and you could use it as a table topper through the winter.
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Oh, you are so correct!!! It would make a lovely table topper! Thanks for the idea!
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Love your tree skirt so much, Gail! I think I’ll be using that same 10″ stack for my June project too! Fun. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings!
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Thanks, Brenda! I can’t wait to see what you create in June!
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Great stitching time and fabric usage metrics this year. You have some fun projects in the works. Good luck with this week’s to do list.
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Thanks, Kate!! I’ll be lucky if I accomplish half of my to-do list … but it’s still my to-do list!
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Your tree skirt is gorgeous, I love the red and blue version of trees!
Fun upcoming blog hops, I will visit again when it happens to be your turn 😉
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Thanks, Frédérique! All of the blog hops keep me hopping! LOL!!!
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Thanks for mentioning me in your post. I’m doing the Pieces of my Life qal with Melva loves scraps but am unable to post pictures, any suggestions you can offer would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi Ioleen!
I’ve emailed you a response!
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