I think I need to put this up on the door of my sewing studio!

Monthly Colour Challenge

June’s colour is Raspberry!!! Here is my June block. Visit Jen at Patterns by Jen to get your free pattern for this month. It’s free for the month and then you’ll need to pay a small fee for it.

I’m using Island Batik fabrics for my blocks. 

Doesn’t raspberry make your mouth water with it’s yummy goodness?

And a picture of all my 2024 blocks to date.

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 – May:  143 / 152 days
• June: 2 / 2
• Total: 145 / 154 94%

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:

• Just a few leaders & enders … nothing major, at the moment!

Quilting: to do … a long list, but it’ll get done, one stitch at a time!

• Island Batik June project using a 10″ stack of Deb Tucker’s fabric line, Squiggles, Dots and Lines and the Tucker Trimmer ruler.
• 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.
• Luminous Layers a quilt-a-long from MMM quilts (see HERE for details and links to instructions)
• St Paddy’s Quilt. A sew-along by Denise of A Quiltery. see (HERE)

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 Half & Half Mystery by Canuck Quilter It used 6.5 yards of fabric. You can read all about it HERE.

• Fabric Used in the last week:   6.5 yards
• Fabric Used in 2023:     84 yards  from non-IB: 36.5
• Fabric Added this week: 0 yards
• Fabric Added this year:     21.5 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              62.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“ not done
2. Finish Prisms blog hop project √   DONE. You’ll see it in June!
3. Finish IB June project not done. top is done, just waiting for further direction
4. Finish IB FW Catalogue √   DONE need to get it ready to ship to California
5. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star not done.
6. Quilt Canuck Quilter Mystery Quilt √   DONE.
7. Work on Luminous Layers. See HERE. √   DONE.
8. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE. √   DONE.
9. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
10. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

1. Finish Quilting “Gardenia“
2. Finish IB June project
3. Sandwich and Quilt Lone Star Left-overs from Pin Dot Floral lone star
4. Work on Luminous Layers. See HERE.
5. Keep working on St Paddy’s quilt HERE
6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

• Create with Claudia: Prisms: June 19
• Moose Stash Quilting: For the Birds: June 20
• Just let Me Quilt: Something Smells Fishy: July 24

Don’t Forget

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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