Christmas Train

The train is done! And Rudolph is the driver!

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. No further progress …

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 – September: 262 / 272 days
• Oct: 19 / 19 days
• Total: 281 / 291 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
• 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

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 ]

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: 2.5 yards
• Fabric Used in 2025:     201 yards. {67 yards of non Island Batik fabric}
• Fabric Added in the last week: 0 yards
• Fabric Added this year:    28.5 yards 
• Net Fabric used:              167.5 yards

To Do

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

To Do from the a few weeks ago:

1. Laundry Basket Mystery: Weeks 5, 6 & 7. XX not done XX
2. Christmas Train: need to finish borders and “driver”, sandwich and quilt. √   DONE
3. Piecing scraps of Splish Splash (see here) for something. in progress
4. Starting Island Batik November Challenge in progress
5. Work on a Test quilt for Songbird Designs in progress
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. Laundry Basket Mystery: Weeks 5, 6 & 7.
2. Piecing scraps of Splish Splash (see here) for something.
3. Continue working on Island Batik November Challenge
4. Continue to work on a Test quilt for Songbird Designs
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
• 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