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

• Island Batik: Adventurous Appliqué: my day is September 10
• Just let Me Quilt: Bee Kind: September 26
• Twilight Blog Hop – for Create with Claudia : October 15
• Moose Stash Quilting: Something Wicked: October 22

Adventurous Appliqué Blog Hop

Week 1:

September 3:

Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts

Sarah Pitcher ~ Pitcher’s Boutique

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September 4:

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Denise Looney ~ A Quiltery

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September 5:

Brittany Fisher ~ Bobbin with Brittany

Connie Kresin Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Lana Russel ~ Lana Quilts

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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!

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
• Yvonne, Favourite Finish of the Month @ Quilting Jetgirl
• Sew and Tell @ Melva Loves Scraps
• Design Wall Monday @  Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Monday Musing @ Songbird Designs
• To Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmitt