From the mess in my studio, you can bet there is a LOT of creativity happening!

A Special Finish!

This has been gifted – so I can show it off. It’s a bitter sweet quilt. The reason is bitter, the sweet is who it went to and the quilt itself! Read more about it HERE.

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 – April 119 / 120 days
• May: 18 / 18 days
• Total: 137 / 138 99 %

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:

• Canuck Quilter Colour Value Mystery. Putting the extra blocks together.
• MMM’s Glowing Hearts I’m using a fat quarter bundle that I bought from Chitterchatter Fabrics called “Bluebird” by Editya Sitar. I used a total of 7 fat quarters for the hearts and 3 different fat quarters for the ‘darks.’

Quilting projects:

• My priorities have shifted. I’m quilting (slowly) a beautiful quilt that a friend of mine made. I’ll show pictures when it’s done.
• Swan

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!

The finished quilt (above) used 10 yards. I did buy the fireside backing.

• Fabric used in the last week: 10 yards
• Fabric Used in 2025:     103 yards. {30 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
• Fabric Added in the last week: 4 yards
• Fabric Added this year:    13.5 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              89.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the last week:

1. Canuck Quilter Colour Value Mystery. Make the extra blocks to make the quilt bigger in progress
2. Sandwich Swan. XX NOT DONE XX
3. Island Batik May finish quilting and do the photoshoot. √   DONE.
4. Plan something for “Green” Rainbow Scrap Challenge. XX NOT DONE XX
5. Get MMM’s Glowing Heart’s quilt to flimsy stage. XX NOT DONE XX
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 this week:

1. Canuck Quilter Colour Value Mystery. Finish making the extra blocks to make the quilt bigger
2. Sandwich Swan
3. Plan something for “Green” Rainbow Scrap Challenge.
4. Get MMM’s Glowing Heart’s quilt to flimsy stage
5. Quilt Friend’s quilt
6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

An Opportunity to Win Fabulous Fabric

Visit Island Batik’s blog to WIN

• Enter to win a fat quarter bundle of Fusion or Spooktacular ! This Post

Blog Hop

WEEK 2 is over and you can see a recap of the beautiful and wonderful quilts HERE.

WEEK 3

May 19:

• Renee Atkinson, Pink Tulip Quilting
• Brenda Alburl, Songbird Designs

May 20:

• Tina Dillard, Quilting Affection Designs
• Carol Stanek, Stitch With Color

May 21:

• Susan Deshensky, Lady Blue Quilt Studio

May 22:

• Gail Sheppard, Quilting Gail. I’ll show you mine on Thursday – the 22^nd!
• Emily Leachman, The Darling Dogwood

May 23:

End of Blog Hop + Final Round Up

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
• 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