Sew Stylish Challenge with byAnnie

My bag is finished and I’m in LOVE ♥️ . You can read about it HERE.

Christmas Train

The borders are going on the Christmas train that Simina from Essem convinced me that I needed to make. I’m figuring out the who or what the driver of the train will be …

Laundry Basket Mystery Quilt Progress

There is a bit of progress on the quilt … Week 1 – 4 are done. Week 5 is in progress! For Week 6, I need to make 96 small flying geese. Below is the current progress showing some of Week 5. You can access the Mystery HERE

Magnificent Mystery Progress

September and October Clues are done. You can access the mystery 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 – August: 269 / 279 days
• Oct: 12 / 12 days
• Total: 279 / 289 96 %

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:

• Laundry Basket Mystery: Weeks 5, 6 & 7
• Christmas Train: need to finish piecing the top
• Piecing scraps of Splish Splash (see here) for something.
• Starting Island Batik November Challenge
• Work on a Test quilt for Songbird Designs

Quilting projects: none – unless I get the train quilt sandwiched.

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 byAnnie bag used a total of 3 yards!

• Fabric used in the last week: 3 yards
• Fabric Used in 2025:     198.5 yards. {64.5 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
• Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
• Fabric Added this year:    28.5 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              165 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the a few weeks ago:

1. October Island Batik Challenge. … it’s in progress, but it’s SLOW going!!! VERY SLOW!!! This needs to be a priority for me!! √   DONE
2. Magnificent Mystery: Finish trimming September clue, work on October’s clue √   DONE
3. Work on Laundry Basket Quilt Mystery: Weeks 5, & 6 in progress
4. Work on Christmas Train quilt √   DONE
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 this week:

1. Laundry Basket Mystery: Weeks 5, 6 & 7
2. Christmas Train: need to finish borders and “driver”, sandwich and quilt.
3. Piecing scraps of Splish Splash (see here) for something.
4. Starting Island Batik November Challenge
5. Work on a Test quilt for Songbird Designs
6. Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder! 
7. Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes.

WIPS-B-GONE

So far, I’m doing good!! My picture shows an orange petal each day that I clean for 15 minutes and the rest of the time is spent sewing … (the petals do not represent the exact time … but when I clean, I set my timer for 15 minutes and I stop when it goes off! [Leanne of Devoted Quilter has a fun way to track your progress. This is for October and November. You can download a form to colour in each day as you work your way through. You can go to Instagram and click on her post HERE ]

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
• Craftastic Monday @ Sew Can Do
• Oh Scrap @  Quilting is More Fun than Housework
• To Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmitt