Good thing that quilt shops don’t give out tickets!!! I would have a plethora of them!

Monthly Colour Challenge

December’s colour is Gold. 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 are all my blocks:

Remember when I was on holidays and sewing on my hand-crank in the 5th wheel?

I was working on the border and sashing in the above video. I actually pieced the whole top while we were dry camping!

The quilt was quilted using a HUGE variety of Silly Moon rulers (Drop 3, Twinkle, Jelly, Rocket, Cupid, Beanie and Turkey was used in the sashing/border). I went to my bin of left-over binding and pulled out a variety of colours that were used in the quilt … it was fun to use them (and I still have lots left-over!)

Thank you, Jen for the great inspiration and fun BOM!!!

Quilt Stats:

• Size: 47″ x 62″
• Fabric: Island Batik: Assortment, with solid light grey and solid black for the sashing & border.
• Hobbs Batting Heirloom: 80/20
• Aurifil Thread: Piecing and Quilting: #2600 (Dove Grey)
• Quilting: All ruler quilted on my domestic sewing machine: Janome M7. Rulers used were Silly Moon’s 6″ Beanie, Rocket, Cupid, Drop, Jelly & Turkey.

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 – November:  295 / 335 days
• December: 10 / 10 days
• 40 missed days since January 1
• Total: 296 / 336 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:

• SAHRR ’25: working on Prompt #6
• Test Quilt: SSB

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!

In the past week, I have posted about the following finishes. I estimate that the round table topper used about 1 yard of fabric total (check it out HERE). I’m not going to count the fabric in the clam-up bags since Jennifer sent it to me recently for the purpose of making the bags (see THIS POST). The block of the month (above) used over 9 yards … so a total of 10 yards this week.

• Fabric Used in the last week:  10 yards
• Fabric Used in 2024:     202 yards  from non-IB: 85
• Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
• Fabric Added this year:     32 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              170 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last report:

1. Finish quilting Floral Fusion. √   DONE
2. 2025 SAHRR Work on Prompt 6. NOT DONE
3. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind. √   DONE
4. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! √   DONE. 
5. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes. √   DONE. 

To Do for next week:

Keeping the list small!

1. Bind Floral Fusion.
2. 2025 SAHRR Work on Prompt 6.
3. Work on Test Quilt: SSB – block #1
4. Monthly Colour Challenge – need to sandwich, quilt and bind.
5. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
6. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Don’t Forget

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 

Linking to:  

• So Scrappy @ Scrap Happy
• Frédérique  @ Quilting Patchwork Applique
• Sunday Stash @  quiltpaintcreate
• Oh Scrap @  Quilting is More Fun than Housework
• 15 Minutes to Stitch @ Life in Pieces
• Design Wall Monday @  Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• Monday Musing @ Songbird Designs
• Sew and Tell @ Melva Loves Scraps
• To Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmitt