Sunday Summary: February 2, 2025

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Can you guess what I’ve been doing a LOT of this week? Yup, lots of staring!!!

SAHRR is in progress!

We’ve had the Centre Blocks and 2 rounds so far. Tomorrow, Round #3 will be hosted by ME. Here’s where you can find each of my rounds, along with links to the co-hosts!

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: 31 / 31 days
  • February: 2 / 2 days
  • Total: 33 / 33 100 %

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:

  • Blue Blocks: This month’s rainbow scrap colour is BLUE … so I’ll be starting that this week! See this post.
  • Meadow Hues: a lap sized quilt for a blog hop hosted by Claudia Porter of Create with Claudia. It is using her newest signature collection.
  • IB March Project: as leaders & enders … and no picture!

Quilting projects:

  • Test Quilt: SSB
  • IB February Project: sorry, no picture, except for the Studio 180 tool and the fabric!
  • Sunlit Garden: a small lap quilt for a blog hop hosted by Jennifer of Curlicue Creations
  • Need to sandwich the Pink Blocks

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 made it through January without buying any fabric!!! I’m very happy about that! I did finish 2 projects since my last summary. The pink baby quilt (details HERE) and the small zipper pouch (see THIS POST).

I find it interesting that no matter how I put these 2 items into the ‘gallery’ the zipper pouch (6 1/2” x 12″) looks bigger than the quilt (35″ x 35″)!

  • Fabric used in the last 2 weeks: 4.5 yards
  • Fabric Used in 2025:     5 yards. {1.5 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
  • Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
  • Fabric Added this year:    0 yards 
  • Net Fabric used:              5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

  1. 2025 SAHRR – bind it XX Not Done XX
  2. Bind Glorified 9 patch. √   DONE. 
  3. Work on “Pink Blocks“. in progress
  4. Work on IB February Project. in progress
  5. Do IB March Project as leaders and enders … for now. in progress
  6. Get Sunlit Garden to flimsy stage √   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:

  1. Work on Blue Blocks
  2. 2025 SAHRR – bind it
  3. Sandwich and Quilt “Pink Blocks“
  4. Sandwich and Quilt IB February Project
  5. Work on IB March Project
  6. Sandwich and Quilt Sunlit Garden
  7. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
  8. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

Island Batik’s Runner Up Blog Hop

This blog hop starts tomorrow!!! Be sure to follow along, I promise lots of eye candy! Here’s a list of the fabrics and ambassadors:

WEEK 1

February 4:

February 5:

February 6:

November 7:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway

WEEK 2

February 10:

February 11:

February 12:

February 13:

February 14:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 2 and Giveaway

WEEK 3

February 17:

February 18:

February 19:

February 20:

February 21:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 3 and Final Giveaway

WEEK 4

February 24:

February 25:

February 26:

End of Blog Hop + Final Round Up

Visit Lumin’s blog (Island Batik) for your opportunity to win one of the two fabulous Fat Quarter bundles of collections by our very own Jerry Khiev – Botanical Dreams or Fall Flair.

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 

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12 thoughts on “Sunday Summary: February 2, 2025”

  1. Trying again – my first comment could not be posted. If the other one came through, just delete this! Maybe this one will! I love your two finishes. The Glorified Nine Patch is so cute. I think I have both a die and a ruler for that block…in a safe place! LOL

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    • Thanks, Brenda!! This was the only post that made it to my ‘comments’ board. Anyhow … you need to find that Glorified 9 patch die … it’s a very effective die! Hopefully that ‘safe place’ reveals itself! 🙂

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  4. I’m working on sewing (or sewing related tasks) every day, but I’ve given myself permission to allow it to be 15 minutes if I don’t have enough time. I’m on roll since January 1.

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    • When I was working full time (sometimes 12 hour shifts with up to 1 hour commutes) I would make myself sew for 15 minutes. It was a great way to de-stress and I actually got a lot done with the little bits of time!

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  6. I am itching to see what you are going to give us for the next round of the SAHRR. Since I will be staying with Mom For a couple of nights, I may have to be satisfied with thinking about how I will use your round for a couple of days.

    I love those upcoming Island Batik fabrics. I think those will be my “squirrels” for February. I don’t know that I would be able to pick a favorite….. But I really like Petal Poetry a lot at this moment.

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    • Hi Gene, I hope you have fun dreaming about what you’ll do with the next round. My post will go live around 1 am (pacific time). I know the upcoming batiks are fantastic!! I did a quilt for the catalogue using Petal Poetry … I’ll be sharing it later this month!!!
      Hope you have a good visit with your Mom! Happy Quilting / Dreaming! 🙂

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