Something Fun

Last week I attended a class on rope bowl making!!! It was a LOT of fun!!! It was inspiring to see the plethora of bowls that Sandra and Doris showed us!!! So inspiring!!!

Photo Credit: Dawn F.

I ended up making a bowl with a braid on the rim. It’s not finished yet, as I need to decide what to do with the 3 strands from the braid. If I can find some beads with wide holes, I’ll use them … otherwise, I might end up doing 3 coils on the side.

Now, this could easily become an addiction … and with all the quilting I do, I don’t need a crafty addiction!

Some Exciting News!!

I am now a Silly Moon affiliate! So what does that mean? When you use my affiliate code Quiltinggail2024 at Silly Moon, you will receive 10% off your order and I may receive a small commission.

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!

• January – July:  194 / 212 days
• August: 11 / 11 days
• Total: 205/ 231 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 October project. This is a byAnnie bag called “Payday.”
• Fall ’24 mystery quilt. Some progress made
• 2025 SAHRR. I’ve started …
• Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout (Jen has posted the sashing and border blocks for this challenge. You can access it HERE.). I’ll be doing this as a leader and ender.
• Twilight Blog Hop – for Create with Claudia – in progress

Quilting:

• “Stash Yardage” I took 2 pieces of stash and sandwiched them.

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 my Marvellous Mini for Island Batik, and I made 2 of them. I estimate that they used about 2 yards each. You can read about them HERE.

No shopping

• Fabric Used in the last week:   4 yards
• Fabric Used in 2024:     140.5 yards  from non-IB: 57
• Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
• Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              96 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

A little bit of this and a little bit of that was done, but nothing finished from the list this week.

1. Work on Island Batik October project. … I’ve read through the pattern again, and printed out the labels, does that count? in progress
2. Work on Fall Mystery Quilt and writing directions. in progress
3. 2025 SAHRR. get centre block done in progress
4. Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout (Jen has posted the sashing and border blocks for this challenge. You can access it HERE.). I’ll be doing this as a leader and ender. in progress
5. Twilight Blog Hop — get blocks made and webbed blocks are made, need to be squared up and then webbed in progress
6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE
7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

1. Work on Island Batik October project
2. Finish the Fall Mystery Quilt flimsy and writing directions
3. 2025 SAHRR. get centre block done
4. Monthly Colour Challenge: Layout (Jen has posted the sashing and border blocks for this challenge. You can access it HERE.). I’ll be doing this as a leader and ender.
5. Twilight Blog Hop — square up the blocks and web the quilt
6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

• Moose Stash Quilting: It’s a Jungle: August 20
• Island Batik: September 11
• Just let Me Quilt: Bee Kind. September 26
• Twilight Blog Hop – for Create with Claudia : October 15

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail If you order over $50 from Missouri Star, you will get 20% off your order and I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support!

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