Month: September 2024

Sunday Summary: September 29

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Ain’t this the truth!

We were Away

I was away for most of this month. First I had a quilt retreat at Loon Lake. Retreats are always lots of fun! Then we made a quick trip to the interior to try out our new (to us) 5th wheel. It was good that we were just doing a trial run. The water pump in the 5th wheel broke and needed replacing, so we were home for several days while handy hubby fixed it.

Our next trip took us to the east. We were dry camping. (That means no electricity!). This can be a hardship for a die-hard, must sew EVERY day quilter!! But, I took along my hand crank! Here I am, at the Kettle Valley Provincial Park, working on the sashing strips for the monthly colour challenge.

Here are some pictures of my set up and view. Although I didn’t get a picture of one, I was able to occasionally watch deer!

Floral Fusion Blocks

Denise at A Quiltery is doing “Floral Fusion” – a Sew Along with new blocks each Monday. This promises to be beautiful!!! Hurry and get this week’s block while it’s still free! (See HERE).

While we were glamping, I was able to cut out some appliqué flowers and glue them onto background squares. Then, there is a picture of my flower blocks to date. I’m using a variety of Island Batik scraps.

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 got lots of sewing done while I was at a retreat, but not a lot while we were dry camping. However, I did count the time I spent cutting out appliqué pieces as sewing time.

  • January – August:  225 / 243 days
  • September: 23 / 29 days
  • 27 missed days since January 1
  • Total: 237/ 272 87 %

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:

  • Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks
  • Rope bowl
  • Twilight blog hop project
  • SAHRR ’25: working on Prompt #3

Quilting:

  • “5 fat quarter” quilt is partially quilted.

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 figure that the tissue holders used up about 1.5 yards of fabric. Yes, I used bits and pieces, but they all came from my Island Batik stash.

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   1.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     153 yards  from non-IB: 63.5
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              108.5 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. Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks. in progress
  2. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 3 done in progress
  3. Working on sashing and borders for Monthly Colour Challenge. √   DONE. I finished this on my hand crank sewing machine, but no pictures until December after the final block is revealed!
  4. Twilight Blog Hop project in progress
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

  1. Get Jelly Roll Mystery blog post ready!
  2. Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks
  3. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 3 done
  4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind
  5. Twilight blog hop project
  6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Jelly Roll Mystery Quilt

On Tuesday, October 1, the fabric requirements will be given. Each following week the clues will be published on Tuesdays. I hope you will join this mystery quilt!

Upcoming Blog Hops

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail 

PLEASE NOTE: Missouri Star is having a ton of promotions in September to celebrate their birthday! You will NOT receive 20% off these. Although, I may still receive a small commission! Thank you for your support!

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 will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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Winners for National Jelly Roll Giveaway!

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There are 2 winners!!!

Congratulations!

hkusch has won the Island Batik Tranquil strip pack and madeinterrace has won the baby Riley Blake Rollie Pollie. Both winners have been notified!

Both winners follow myself and MSQC @missouriquiltco. (I have a screenshot for proof on the private account).

I’d like to thank MSQC for providing these for the National (International?) Jelly Roll Day celebration!

#msqcshowandtell, #msqcpartner #msqcshowandtell @missouriquiltco #quiltinggail @Quiltinggail #islandbatikambassador #islandbatik #iloveislandbatik

A NEW Mystery Quilt

On Tuesday, October 1st, I will give the fabric requirements. On the following Tuesdays, I will provide the clues. This will be a fantastic way to use one of your Jelly Rolls (from Moda) or one of the following:

  • “Strip-pies” or “Strippies” from Benartex
  • “Strip Roll” from QT Fabrics
  • Stripz and Spirals from unnamed brands
  • Design Rolls are from Free Spirit Fabrics
  • Roll Ups from Robert Kaufman
  • Pops or Bali Pops are from Hoffman Fabrics
  • Rollie Pollie from Riley Blake
  • Strip Set is from Island Batik

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!

PLEASE NOTE: Missouri Star is having a ton of promotions in September to celebrate their birthday! You will NOT receive 20% off these. Although, I may still receive a small commission! Thank you for your support!

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 will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Be Kind: Blog Hop

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Joan, from Moose Stash Quilting is hosting this month’s blog hop: Bee Kind

Challenge: September is the time to remember that a little kindness goes a long way. Share your “kind” projects. Your favorite charity project, a free online pattern or anything that shows you spread a little kindness, everywhere you go. The Bee’s are an important part of life as well, and we all need to be kind to them too!

I thought it would be cute to make a quilt with a bee on it. But “NO” was my mind’s response to that thought. I’m allergic to bees (their stings) and I generally don’t like them. Yes, I know they are good for growing things and are necessary, but honestly, I don’t want them anywhere near me. And not close-up in a quilt!

I do a LOT of donation quilts for numerous charities (see below), but I wanted to do something different.

So what to do???

I was thinking about what to do as I was making a ton of tissue holders. I was getting ready for a retreat and making them for every attendee. Tissues are something that we all use and need at one time or another. The holders are quick and easy to make. But making over 20 of them takes time. And yes, I was doing it as a kindness to everyone!

Here’s how to make them:

Step #1: Take a 6″ x 6″ square and an 6″ x 8″ rectangle. Sew them together on the long ends of the 8″ rectangle, wrong sides together, using a 1/4” seam.

Step #2: Turn it right side out and ensure the ends of the 8″ rectangle form a small ‘border’ on each end. (I don’t measure, I just estimate that they are close to the same width).

Step #3: Fold over one of the edges, measuring 1 3/4” up. Overlap the second side, folding down 1 1/2“. Clip into place and sew the ends. (Yes, they will overlap).

Step #4: Sew the ends, using a 1/4” seam.

Step #5: Make boxed corners. Fold as in the picture and sew a line 1/2” from the corner. Trim boxed corners and turn right side out.

I used tissues from Dollarama.

Quilt Stats:

Other Kindnesses

Boundary Bay Quilting Guild accepts donations for baby quilts, comfort quilts and Quilts of Valour. I regularly donate to the baby quilt and comfort quilt committees. I make a lot of quilts and it’s nice to know that they are going someplace where they are loved. Here are a few that I’ve made in the last while:

At Christmas time, the guild collects placemats for meals on wheels. I make these throughout the year, using left-overs from quilts. I simply put some Christmas fabric on the back and the recipient will have a reversible placemat. Sorry, no pictures.

Bee Kind Blog Hoppers

Bee sure to see all the Kindness of other bloggers

Monday Sept 23

Tuesday Sept 24

Wednesday Sept 25

Thursday Sept 26th

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail 

For September, there is no 20% off an order of $50 or more. However, MSQC is having fantastic sales this month and if you use my Affiliate link, I will still receive a small commission.

Thank you for your support!

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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National Jelly Roll Giveaway

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Well, it’s almost National Jelly Roll Day in the US – on September 21 … but I live in Canada … so can we call it INTERNATIONAL Jelly Roll Day???

And no, I’m not talking about cake, or Swiss rolls!

And, while I’m being a bit cheeky … as an ambassador for Island Batik, their Jelly rolls are called Strip Sets.

“Jelly Roll” is actually a trademark for Moda. All other fabric companies have to name the strips differently to avoid copyright infringement. They all have a collection of 2 1/2” Strips. Some are full collections of 40 – 42 strips and some are ‘baby’ collections of 20 strips.

Here is just a few of the alternate names for “Jelly Roll”:

  • “Strip-pies” or “Strippies” from Benartex
  • “Strip Roll” from QT Fabrics
  • Stripz and Spirals from an unnamed brand
  • Design Rolls are from Free Spirit Fabrics
  • Roll Ups from Robert Kaufman
  • Pops or Bali Pops are from Hoffman Fabrics
  • Rollie Pollie from Riley Blake
  • Strip Set is from Island Batik

So, I know you’re wondering what the giveaway is? Well, I received 2 Jelly Rolls an Island Batik Strip Set (Tranquil) and a baby Riley Blake Rollie Pollie (Handpicked Produce – a variety of solid greens) from Missouri Star. The idea is that I’m to keep one of them and give the other away.

If you know me, you know that I’d automatically pick the Island Batik Strip Set and give the other away. However, I’m going to be a rebel and give BOTH of them away! Sew, in order to win one of these, you must follow both Missouri Star (@missouriquiltco) and myself (@quiltinggail) on Instagram. On the Instagram post, you must tell me which one you would like. I will be choosing the winner on Sept. 27 and the fabric will be sent out on Sept. 30.

** For those of you that are complaining that you don’t ‘do’ Instagram, I’m sorry. These are the guidelines provided by Missouri Star. And … if you want to get lots of quilting eye candy – join Instagram!

So, hurry over to Instagram and let me know which one you’d like to receive.

A NEW Mystery Quilt

On Tuesday, October 1st, I will give the fabric requirements. On the following Tuesdays, I will provide the clues.

Don’t Forget!

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail 

PLEASE NOTE: Missouri Star is having a ton of promotions in September to celebrate their birthday! You will NOT receive 20% off these. Although, I may still receive a small commission! Thank you for your support!

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 will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

Sunday Summary, September 15

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Do you have Fabracadabra happening in your sewing studio? I do … and it’s often hiding in sight where I can see it!

Monthly Colour Challenge

September’s colour is Brown. Visit Jen at Patterns by Jen to get your free pattern for this month. It’s free for the month and after that you’ll need to pay a small fee for it.

I’m using Island Batik fabrics for my blocks. 

Here’s all my blocks to date:

Floral Fusion Blocks

Denise at A Quiltery is doing “Floral Fusion” – a Sew Along with new blocks each Monday. This promises to be beautiful!!! Hurry and get this week’s block while it’s still free! (See HERE).

The pink and purple flowers on the left are all appliquéd on. I used batting as the stabilizer and will trim around all the stitching to give them a trapunto look. The 2 columns on the right have been glued into place and need stitching.

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 got lots of sewing done while I was at a retreat, but not a lot while we were dry camping. However, I did count the time I spent cutting out appliqué pieces as sewing time.

  • January – August:  225 / 243 days
  • September: 12 / 15 days
  • 22 missed days since January 1
  • Total: 237/ 259 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:

  • Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks
  • A Mini for Quilt Market
  • Working on sashing and borders for Monthly Colour Challenge
  • Twilight blog hop project
  • Work on Prompt #3 for SAHRR ’25

Quilting:

  • “5 fat quarter” quilt is partially quilted.

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 shared my Adventurous Appliqué Quilt this week … it used approximately 10 yards of fabric and a ton of thread! You can read about my process and this fun technique HERE.

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   10 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     151.5 yards  from non-IB: 63.5
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              117 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. Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks. in progress
  2. Make Rope bowl √   DONE
  3. Working on sashing and borders for Monthly Colour Challenge. not done
  4. Twilight Blog Hop project in progress
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

I won’t be home a lot in the next couple of weeks, so my list is limited, and likely beyond reasonable expectations.

  1. Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks
  2. 2025 SAHRR get prompt 3 done
  3. Work on sashing and borders for Monthly Colour Challenge
  4. Twilight blog hop project
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop

The last week of this fantastic Blog Hop promises to be wonderful!

Week 3:

September 16:

Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt.

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations.

September 17:

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts.

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood.

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights.

September 18:

Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels.

Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio

September 19:

Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine.

September 20:

Visit Island Batik Blog for an opportunity to win some awesome fabric and see a recap of this week’s blog hop quilts!n some awesome fabric and see a recap of this week’s blog hop quilts!

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail 

PLEASE NOTE: Missouri Star is having a ton of promotions in September to celebrate their birthday! You will NOT receive 20% off these. Although, I may still receive a small commission! Thank you for your support!

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 will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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Island Batik: Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop

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For this challenge, we were encouraged to use an edge-painting technique that was used for a quilt called Full Bloom. A great youtube tutorial was the inspiration. (Click HERE). The basic premise is to appliqué the pieces using the edge painting technique.

This is the fantastic fabric I received, along with 5 spools of 40 weight Aurifil thread. The collection is called Poetic Bouquet, designed by Kathy Engle for Heidi Pridemore of The Whimsical Workshop.

I decided to use the Garden Party quilt pattern by Laura Heine. You can get the pattern HERE. I wanted a pattern that had some fairly large pieces and this fit pattern with flowers and butterflies fit my purpose!

I traced out the pattern onto six 22″ background squares of Frosting – an Island Batik neutral that is available year round. The individual pattern pieces were cut out using 19 of the 20 fabrics in the collection. (The 20th fabric was used for the binding.). The design board was handy for pinning each of the fabrics on the main squares. I was able to ensure that the purple petals and the light petals were in different positions.

Then I started to glue each piece into place, using Acorn Seam Align glue. (You can get the glue HERE). I had this glue in a “Precision Piecing” kit that has been sitting in a drawer for a LONG time. I had never used the kit because I don’t see the point in gluing each and every seam that I sew. ANYHOW, I decided to try it for gluing the pieces onto the background. It worked like a charm!!!! Especially with the Oliso Iron, to press it into place.

When the 6 squares had the individual pieces ironed on them, it was time to audition the layout. The first was an attempt at alternating the butterflies. The 2nd had all the squares in the same orientation and the 3rd had the 3/4 flowers. The 3rd layout won!

I decided that I would appliqué each square on it’s own. Since it would be easier to manipulate a 22″ square than a whole quilt. I chose to use Hobbs Batting Heirloom Cotton with scrim as I knew that it would appliqué nicely on my machine and not get caught up in the feed dogs. (Yes, it required frequent cleaning, but it worked). I was able to cut several layers of the batting easily with the Missouri Star Amelia Scissors as the rotary cutter would not cut through the layers. A test sample was made to make sure I was on the right path.

I was using the 40 weight Aurifil Thread I had received in my July box and quickly realized that I shouldn’t (or didn’t need to) use the 40 weight in the bobbin or I would run out of thread for the top. I used a lot of various Aurifil Thread 50 weight bobbins in colours close to what I was using on the top. Here is what the stitches looked like on the back of the batting. I used a few different Appliqué stitches on my Janome M7 to thread paint the sides of the pieces. #18 was used the most, #17 was used occasionally and a simple zig zag was used once in a while (on the stems and leaf centres).

Here are some close-ups of the stitching from the front.

Once each of the squares was appliquéd, they were sashed together with Island Batik‘s solid grey and a backing applied. The background was free-motion quilted around each of the appliqué pieces. The sashing and borders were quilted using the same appliqué stitch that was used for the edge stitching.

Quilt Stats:

  • Size: 48″ x 70″
  • Fabric: Island Batik: Poetic Bouquet, Solid Black (butterfly centres), Amber (flower centres, from Opulent Orange), Frosting (Background) and Solid Grey (sashing and borders).
  • Hobbs Batting Heirloom with scrim binder: 80/20
  • Aurifil Thread: 40 weight
    • 2745: Midnight
    • 2545: Medium Purple
    • 5005: Bright Turquoise
    • 1128: Light Blue Violet
    • 2515: Light Orchid
    • 4661: Mint Julep (Variegated)
  • Aurifil Thread: 50 weight
    • 2140: Orange Mustard 
    • 2600: Dove Grey
    • 2692: Black
  • Quilting: Aurifil Thread 50 weight: #2600, Dove Grey (a cone that I received from Missouri Star Quilt Co.)
  • Schmetz Needles: Microtex 70/10 and Microtex 80/12

Make sure you visit Megan Best‘s blog! She has the same collection as me!!! And, I also heard that she used some of the same appliqué stitches as me!! I can’t wait to see her quilt!!

Where can you find Poetic Bouquet?

There are several stores throughout the USA that sell Poetic Bouquet, here are a few:

Thank you

The following, Island Batik and Industry partners, made this project possible. They supplied the products for free as my role as an Island Batik Ambassador! Island Batik, Aurifil Thread, Hobbs Batting, Schmetz Needles, Oliso Iron.

Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop

Week 1: Visit Island Batik’s blog for a recap of Week 1: HERE.

Week 2:

September 9:

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs.

Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion

September 10:

Gail Sheppard: Quilting Gail you are here!

Megan Best ~ BestQuilter

September 11:

Kim Jamieson-Hirst ~ Chatterbox Quilts

Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch by Stitch Custom Quilting.

September 12:

Carol Stanek ~ Stitch with Color

Julia Schweri ~ Inflorescence Designs.

Victoria Johnson ~ Forever Quilting for You.

September 13:

Visit Island Batik Blog for an opportunity to win some awesome fabric and see a recap of this week’s blog hop quilts!

Week 3:

September 16:

Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt.

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations.

September 17:

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts.

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood.

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights.

September 18:

Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels.

Susan Deshensky ~ Lady Blue Quilts Studio

September 19:

Pamela Boatright ~ PamelaQuilts

Renee Atkinson ~ Pink Tulip Quilting

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine.

September 20:

Visit Island Batik Blog for an opportunity to win some awesome fabric and see a recap of this week’s blog hop quilts!

Don’t Forget

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail 

PLEASE NOTE: Missouri Star is having a ton of promotions in September to celebrate their birthday! You will NOT receive 20% off these. Although, I may still receive a small commission!

Thank you for your support!

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 will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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TGIFF

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I’m hosting TGIFF this week!! TGIFF stands for “Thank Goodness it’s FINISHED Friday.”

This week I finished a very simple dog placemat. It’s in the shape of a bone. Sorry, I don’t have a pattern. Most of the patterns I found were to big, so, I made my own. Using my “dog” fabric stash, I found this blue and red fabric. The placemat is reversible.

I put the 2 bone pieces, right sides together with a layer of Hobbs 80/20 batting and sewed around the bone with a 1/4” seam. Then it was turned right side out. The rounded corners were clipped and the mat was given a good press with my Oliso iron. The quilting was simple: 1/8” and 3/4” from the edge, with 2 hearts made with Silly Moon‘s Cupid ruler!

Now, our grand-dog has her own placemat!

TGIFF Link Party

Link your FINISHED project!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter
https://fresh.inlinkz.com/js/widget/load.js?id=c0efdbe6b4add43dd7ef

Don’t Forget!

Here is my Affiliate link: https://glnk.io/mzmmj/quiltinggail 

PLEASE NOTE: Missouri Star is having a ton of promotions in September to celebrate their birthday! You will NOT receive 20% off these by using my affiliate link. Although, I may still receive a small commission! Thank you for your support!

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 will receive a small commission.

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail 

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Sunday Summary September 1

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Oh Ya!!! I’m off to a retreat tomorrow!!!

So I have a few projects to keep my busy:

  • Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks
  • Rope bowl
  • Working on sashing and borders for Monthly Colour Challenge
  • Twilight blog hop project

Floral Fusion Blocks

Denise at A Quiltery is starting “Floral Fusion” a Sew Along with new blocks each Monday. This promises to be beautiful!!! Hurry and get this week’s block while it’s still free! (See HERE).

I guess I didn’t read the instructions … we needed to make 8 of the first block and I only made 1. However, I’ve caught up and made 7 more (on the right) Then last Monday there were 5 blocks to make (on the left). I’m making these with Island Batik scraps.

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 – August:  225 / 243 days
  • September: 1 / 1 days
  • Total: 226/ 244 92%

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:

  • Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks
  • Rope bowl
  • Working on sashing and borders for Monthly Colour Challenge
  • Twilight blog hop project

Quilting:

  • “5 fat quarter” quilt is sandwiched … need to decide how to 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!

Nothing was finished this week and no fabric shopping! So no change from last week!

  • Fabric Used in the last week:   0 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2024:     151.5 yards  from non-IB: 63.5
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:     29.5 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              107 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. Plan what to take to a retreat. Pack everything that I will need. in progress
  2. Work on Island Batik October project. Try to finish the Small one. √   DONE
  3. Finish the Fall Mystery Quilt flimsy and finish writing directions. in progress
  4. 2025 SAHRR. get prompt 2 done. √   DONE
  5. 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. √   DONE
  6. Twilight Blog Hop — sandwich and quilt. not done
  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:

My list is limited since I will be at a retreat and I don’t want to share some of the projects, yet.

  1. Appliquéing Floral Fusion blocks
  2. Make Rope bowl
  3. Working on sashing and borders for Monthly Colour Challenge
  4. Twilight blog hop project
  5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Favourite Finish of the Month

Yvonne, from Quilting Jetgirl hosts a Link party for people to share their Favourite Finish. There’s always a lot of wonderful eye candy! Well worth checking it out! This month, my favourite finish is the Mini I made for Island Batik’s August challenge. You can read more about “Tessa’s Turkey” HERE.

Upcoming Blog Hops

Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop

Week 1:

September 3:

Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique

September 4:

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery

September 5:

Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany

Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Lana Russel ~ Lana Quilts

September 6: Visit Island Batik Blog for an opportunity to win some awesome fabric and see a recap of this week’s blog hop quilts!

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One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting! 
Gail 

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