I did finish the Raggedy Andy doll for the “Show your Stripes” Blog Hop. Thank you everyone for your kind comments! He was a fun finish! You can read more about him HERE.
Unfinished UFO
I’ve got a lot of T-shirts cut and interfacing on them. They are temporarily laid out on the bed. I hope to get sewing them together soon! There are lots of small spaces that I will use bits and pieces of the T-shirts to fill in.
Carla, from Creatin’ in the Sticks has organized this blog hop. Here’s what she said: “Add a stripe, or two, or three to your project.It can be striped fabric, striped binding (a favorite of mine), or strips of fabric to make stripes.It’s your interpretation of a striped project. Anything with a stripe. You decide.Just “Show Your Stripes!“
I finished a Raggedy Andy doll that was started by a friend of mine. When she was first diagnosed with cancer, she knew that she would not be able to sew again. She asked if I could make one for her newest great nephew. Of course, I said “yes.” In mid-January, I obtained the box that was to contain the supplies for the doll.
There was lots of fabric for a Raggedy Anne, but not Andy. However, the body parts were made and the face had been embroidered by my friend. Bonus!! Here are the unstuffed body parts lying on the floor.
I have a stash and found a white and red gingham for the shirt and the navy fabric for the pants and hat. It was strange to be making clothes with 5/8″ seams and pressing them open. When I was making the clothes, I thought that Raggedy Andy, with his striped legs, would be perfect for this blog hop!
Well, Raggedy Andy just had to go climbing the apple tree!
Blog Hoppers
Here is a list of all the “Show Your Stripes” blog hoppers. Make sure you visit them all and see what they have made!
Today is the day that Susan told us to add Log Cabin blocks. Again, I’m rebelling! I am not going to do the blocks all around the quilt. Just in the middle of the next round. This quilt is getting bigger than I had planned and this will keep the size down. The logs started out at 1.5″ wide strips and finished at 1″ wide. As you can see, I paired the colours with the white fabric.
Again, I continued to use a variety of fabrics from Island Batik’s Ohana collection.
Next week will be our final round!!! I’m loving the variety of quilts that are being made!!! Aren’t they wonderful? MARK you calendars for March 29th !!! I will have a linky party for everyone to show their final quilts or tops!
Make sure to visit all of the other co-leaders and link up to Susan’s linky party to show us your blocks! HERE
Island Batik’s blog hop “Create for a Cause” is over. I hope you enjoyed it!!! If you want a lot of wonderful eye candy – you can go HERE to see all of the quilts in one place!
As well, one of our ambassadors has put together a wonderful video that shows all of the beautiful quilts. You can view it HERE.
AND … just in case you forgot – I had a giveaway on my blog when I posted my “Create for a Cause” quilt (see HERE.) And the winner is …. drum roll … Donna H. She has sent me her address and I hope to get it in the mail soon!!!
Design Wall
Piecing:
I’ve started the Echo Lake t-shirt quilt that has been on my UFO list for … well, um … ah … yes … well … It’s about time I started on it!!!!
There’s a huge pile of t-shirts. I’ve cut some and I’ve learned 2 things.
Use a pressing cloth when ironing the interfacing on. Fortunately, I realized that the interfacing would stick to my iron if I didn’t use a pressing cloth!!!
It’s best to iron on the interfacing right after the shirt is cut. When I didn’t, the edges started to curl in. I’m cutting the shirts much larger than the logos so that when I lay it out, I can trim them down.
Quilting:
I’m working on my March Island Batik project. Sorry, no pictures yet!
Stash Report
I finished the guild’s Jan / Feb mystery quilt. I used Island Batik fabrics for the top, but I did back it with flannel from my stash. So that fabric will be included as “used this week.”
Fabric Added this year: 9 yards (my husbands amounts as well)
Net Fabric used – 2.5 yards
Husband’s purchases: 0 yards (which are added into my total amount of Fabric added this year). For those of you who don’t know … my husband often buys more fabric than I do … so, I’m keeping track! Unfortunately, he doesn’t sew!
Stitchin’ Time
I’m aiming for at least 30 minutes a day.
I have stitched for over 30 minutes each day
January – 31 / 31
February – 21 / 21
Percentage = 100 %
For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces
TO DO
Chris from ChrisKnits is hosting it “To Do” every week. You can check out her blog HERE.
Last week:
Well, I worked on everything that didn’t get done, but I was successful with a few things! And, even a little progress is moving forward!
Work on final round of SAHRRpartially done
Start quilting Moorewood Mysterynot done
Work on March Island Batik challenge √ done
Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! √ done
Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes√ done
This week’s list:
Complete final round of SAHRR
Finish March’s Island Batik challenge
Start quilting Moorewood Mystery
Cut all the t-shirts and iron on interfacing for the Echo Lake t-shirt quilt.
Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder!
I organize the mystery quilts for the quilt guild (Boundary Bay Quilt Guild). Of course, I HAVE to make each mystery prior to presenting it to the guild. Our latest mystery was designed by Sue Pontifex (of Piece Arch Quilters) and I originally made it around 2013.
Here it is! It is an alternate layout to Sue’s original. And yes, I used Island Batik fabrics, Aurifil thread and Hobbs fusible 80/20 batting. The free motion quilting is a simple hook with flower petals around it.
Here’s the original one I made in 2013, following the directions!
Members of the guild that have made this quilt will be forwarding me their finished tops and I’ll put them all here on the blog. From what I’ve seen, there’s going to be some pretty fantastic quilts!
Today is the day that Wendy told us to add wonky stars. I’m a rebel … and I did friendship stars instead! I used the Accuquilt to cut the half-square triangles. Do I ever enjoy using it for those!
However, I didn’t do the math very well and I have extra stars left over. I wanted to leave the cornerstone as a plain white block, so … who knows what will happen with those extra stars?
Again, I continued to use a variety of fabrics from Island Batik’s Ohana collection.
Make sure to visit all of the other co-leaders and link up toWendy’s linky party to show us your blocks! HERE
I’m working on my March Island Batik project. Sorry, no pictures yet!
Quilting:
I took a Silly Moon Ruler Quilting class on Saturday by Zoom. It was fun and I learned some things. Believe it or not – the fabric is dark blue and the thread is light grey . Obviously, my phone did not pick up the true colours!
Stash Report
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No change from last week!
Fabric Used this week 0 yards
Fabric Used this year: 5 yards
Fabric Bought this week: 0 yards
Fabric Added this year: 9 yards (my husbands amounts as well)
Net Fabric used – 4 yards
Husband’s purchases: 0 yards (which are added into my total amount of Fabric added this year). For those of you who don’t know … my husband often buys more fabric than I do … so, I’m keeping track! Unfortunately, he doesn’t sew!
Stitchin’ Time
I’m aiming for at least 30 minutes a day.
I have stitched for over 30 minutes each day
January – 31 / 31
February – 14 / 14
Percentage = 100 %
For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces
TO DO
Roseanne & Sue’s “TO DO” Tuesday is no longer. However, Chris from ChrisKnits is going to be hosting it from now on. Her blog is HERE.
Last week:
Total success this week!
Work on next round of SAHRR√ done
Sandwich Moorewood Mystery√ done
Work on March Island Batik challenge √ done
Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! √ done
Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes √ done
This week’s list:
Work on final round of SAHRR
Start quilting Moorewood Mystery
Work on March Island Batik challenge
Do NOT be distracted by any SQUIRRELS! I NEED this continual reminder!
The Island Batik “Create for a Cause” Blog Hop was this week. Are you following the blog hop? Did you see my quilt? You can read about it HERE, but I’ll also show you a picture. This is going to my guild’s “Comfort Quilt” committee. When Covid is over, it will be delivered to a cancer agency and gifted to someone in the midst of dealing with their diagnosis / treatment.
If you want to see all of the other quilts in this week’s hop, visit Island Batik’s blog … Plus, you have an opportunity to win a 10″ stack or a 2.5″ strip set of Mystery, the awesome fabric I used in this quilt!
I donate a LOT of quilts through the guild (Boundary Bay Quilt Guild): Baby Quilts, Comfort Quilts for Cancer patients and Quilts of Valour. The quilt that I made for this blog hop is going to be a comfort quilt. There’s not a scrap of red in this beautiful collection … and I’ve already got several baby quilts ready to donate. So a Comfort Quilt it is. This has double meaning for me as I lost a friend of 48 years to cancer last week.
Aren’t these fabrics wonderful? So rich!!! I love the purples and greens with a touch of blue! This collection will be shipping to your favourite quilt store this month.
I started out by making a design in EQ. I absolutely LOVE using the Island Batik fabrics in EQ as I plan my design.
I really like using quarter square triangles. I used the same technique (although MUCH smaller) and using the Accuquilt GO!Me when I made the Christmas tree wall hangings last year. You can read about them HERE.
Once I had decided on my design, I cut 9″ squares, using my ShapeCut Ruler.
Marked the centre line and sewed a ¼”seam on each side of the line.
After that, the squares were cut in half and with right sides together, nesting the seams. they sewn together with another set of half-square triangles. Again, a centre line was marked. Seams were sewn on each side of the centre line.
The centre line was cut, resulting in quarter square triangles. These were then trimmed to 8″ square. On the design wall, they were rearranged until their final position was decided upon.
Custard is the lovely neutral that was used for the background.
The squares were webbed together (you can see how to web a quilt HERE.
Once the quilt was a flimsy and sandwiched together … I started quilting, using the 3″, 4″ and 5″ Silly Moon Cupid rulers (the 5/3 and the 6/3). After I finished one of the hearts, I back-tracked along the ruler and made a heart of a different size, going in all different directions.
I used the Hobbs Poly-Down batting. I’m in LOVE!!!! This batting is awesome!!! It’s light. It’s easy, easy to quilt and it has a fantastic loft!!! You must give it a try!!!
This was quilted with Aurifil #5003 – wine on top and #2000 – light stand in the bobbin.
The binding is “Square Circle Mardig” from the Mystery collection. I love how it changes colour from purple to blue to green. The binding was sewn on with Aurifil #2370 … sandstone that blends in nicely!!!
Make sure you visit Michelle @ Creative Blonde today. She is my blog hop partner and is using the same fabrics! I’m eager to see her Create for a Cause quilt!
There are 2 Give-aways!
Island Batik is offering a 10″stack or a 2.5″ strip set of Mystery. There are 20 different fabric designs.
Today is the day that Roseanne & Sue instructed us to add checkerboards … These took me forever to make. I used scraps, 1.5″ squares, no strip piecing … uggg … it took forever! But I like it! Here it is … !
Again, I continued to use a variety of fabrics from Island Batik’s Ohana collection.
Make sure to visit all of the other co-leaders and link up to Roseanne’s linky party to show us your blocks!
#1 I’m working on my March Island Batik project. Sorry, no pictures yet!
#2 Moorewood Mystery: You can find out more about the mystery and all the clues HERE at Meadow Mist designs. I have the top pieced together. I like it!!! Now to decide how I’m going to quilt it!
Quilting:
I finished quilting the current guild mystery quilt. Sorry, but until the guild members have the final clue, I can’t show it to you.
Stash Report
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Nothing finished, nothing bought! No change from last week!
Fabric Used this week 0 yards
Fabric Used this year: 5 yards
Fabric Bought this week: 0 yards
Fabric Added this year: 9 yards (my husbands amounts as well)
Net Fabric used – 4 yards
Husband’s purchases: 0 yards (which are added into my total amount of Fabric added this year). For those of you who don’t know … my husband often buys more fabric than I do … so, I’m keeping track! Unfortunately, he doesn’t sew!
Stitchin’ Time
I’m aiming for at least 30 minutes a day.
I have stitched for over 30 minutes each day
January – 31 / 31
February – 7 / 7
Percentage = 100 %
For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces
TO DO
I’m linking up to Roseanne & Sue’s “TO DO” Tuesday. Their blog is “Home Sewn by Us.”
Last week:
Total success this week!
Finish piecing the current round of Stay at Home Round Robin√ done
Start on the next round of Stay at Home Round Robin not done
This week you have an opportunity to win a 2.5″ strip set (20 fabric designs, 2 of each) and a 10″ x 10″ stack (20 designs, 2 of each). The fabric collection is MYSTERY by Claudia Pfeil!!!
Yup, I was distracted from my focus of working on, um … er … 5 quilts at once. And just HAD to start something new.
If you’re not familiar with “Squirrel” when it comes to quilt projects, check out THIS BLOG POST, where I explain it.
I like having various containers to hold things, clips, pieces of blocks, and a zillion other things. I saw the Petit Four Baskets byAnnie. It’s a FREE pattern and you can get it HERE (look under free patterns).
SEW … of course, I HAD to make one (or two) just so that I have more baskets!!!
I started looking through my Island Batik scraps. Voila! In no time at all, I had with 2 pieces of Primo, designed by Ebony Love for one basket and Opalescence (light mauve) paired with a nameless Island Batik fabric in soft pastels with turtles and seahorses on it for the other.
If you have extra 10″ squares, you can use them for this bag!
After, picking out the fabric and cutting what I needed … I was an extremely good girl and re-folded the scraps and put them neatly back where they belong! MIRACLE!!! It was obvious that this squirrel was meant to be!!!
In a very short time, I had my 2 little baskets … aren’t they cute?
TGIFF
The linky party will open in another window. Show us your Finished (or not) project
Today is the day that Anja told us to add Flying Geese to as our 3rd Round
Here they are … And again, I left the corner square as a plain white block. As well, I continued to use a variety of fabrics from Island Batik’s Ohana collection.
Make sure to visit all of the other co-leaders and link up to Anja’s linky party to show us your blocks!
The first blog hop of the year for Island Batik. SEW many beautiful new fabric collections! It promises to be a fantastic blog hop, full of tons of eye candy!!!
Mania Hatziioannidi @ Mania for QuiltsSorry, Mania’s Island Batik boxes have not arrived at her home in Greece, so she will be posting at a later date. She’s a very talented quilter, so I’ll be sure to let you know when she has her quilt ready!!!
How are you doing with your PHD in 2021? So far I have 3 UFOs completed, but I feel like I’m cheating. Two of them (the Holiday Seclusion Mysteries) were started in December and were easy finishes. The Winnie the Pooh panel was a quick finish as well. I’m trying to go through my panels and get them quilted and gone. All of my New Starts, except for the March Island Batik project are completed. So, there isn’t any new UFOs developing in that area!
My 2021 UFO finishes. You can read about them HERE, HERE and HERE.
Spirit Bear Quilts is using a technique called Kanban to help her focus. I had not heard of Kanban prior to Spirit Bear blogging about it. Visit THIS BLOG POST to read about how she is using it and also see the link for further explanation.
Sharon @ Ms. P. Designs has a colourful task list spreadsheet … it’s free for you to download! I know in the past, several people have found this spreadsheet very useful.
NOW … what I want you to do …. follow the questions below:
If you answered “YES” to any of the questions – give yourself a cheer “Well done!“
If you answer “YES” in the orange, Great! You are making progress!
If you answered “NO” in theorange block … I want you to do some analysis. Answer the following questions as honestly as you can. This is just for YOU … you don’t have to tell me what’s happening. I just want YOU to know why the UFOs are sitting there, not touched.
Why didn’t I work on an UFO?
Do I hate them all?
Do I really want to decrease my UFOs?
Would I be happy if I gave some of my UFOs away (for someone else to finish)?
Did I start too many new projects?
Have I been to ill (mentally or physically) to work on them?
Answering the above questions MAY help you to understand why you’re not working on UFOs.
Rainbow Scrap Table Topper
January’s colour is pink. I do not decorate with pink. Nothing even close to pink. Ever. So, to fulfil this months Table Topper challenge, I used my embroidery machine and made a pretty mug rug. It is a free pattern from Kreative Kiwi. The pattern has “Happy Mother’s Day” written on it, but I obviously skipped the saying. This was such a quick little project that it didn’t even make it to my “New Start” list!
I used scraps of Island Batik fabric and Hobbs 80/20 batting for this project.
Design Wall
Piecing:
#1 I’m still working on the SAHRR but can’t show you any current pictures. Want to know more about the SAHRR? check it out HERE. We started the reveal of our centre blocks last week. See my centre block and the centre blocks that many others have made HERE! Tomorrow, we’re showing the 3rd round! There will be a link on Anja’s blog for everyone showing their 3rd row!. Be sure to check out all of the bloggers that are co-hosting with me! Here’s the list:
#2 I’m working on my March Island Batik project. Sorry, no pictures yet!
#3 Moorewood Mystery: Block A are all pieced. The final clue comes out on Thursday … and I hope to work on it! You can learn more about the Moorewood mystery quilt HERE.
Quilting:
I’m quilting the current guild mystery quilt. Sorry, but until the guild members have the final clue, I can’t show it to you. I don’t want to ruin their surprise!
Stash Report
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Nothing finished, nothing bought!
Fabric Used this week 0 yards
Fabric Used this year: 5 yards
Fabric Bought this week: 0 yards
Fabric Added this year: 9 yards (my husbands amounts as well)
Net Fabric used – 4 yards
Husband’s purchases: 0 yards (which are added into my total amount of Fabric added this year). For those of you who don’t know … my husband often buys more fabric than I do … so, I’m keeping track! Unfortunately, he doesn’t sew!
Stitchin’ Time
I’m aiming for at least 30 minutes a day.
I have stitched for over 30 minutes each day
January – 31 / 31
Percentage = 100 %
For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces
TO DO
I’m linking up to Roseanne & Sue’s “TO DO” Tuesday. Their blog is “Home Sewn by Us.”
Last week:
Total success this week!
Finish piecing the current round of Stay at Home Round Robin√ done
Start on the next round of Stay at Home Round Robin√ done
Finish Piecing Moorewood Mystery Block A√ done
Make the PINK table topper√ done
Web the top for February’s Island Batik Challenge! √ done
Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes√ done
This week’s list:
Finish piecing the current round of Stay at Home Round Robin
Start on the next round of Stay at Home Round Robin
My husband is a great supporter of my quilting passion (AKA addiction or obsession!) Except when Fabric dust ends up all over the house. And I mean ALL over. I do my best (sort-of) to contain these little bits of cut offs and put them in the garbage. Sorry Sally Manke! I know Sally would save ALL of these and use them in a future project. If she lived closer to me, she’d get them ALL!
Anyhow, they end up EVERYWHERE!!! I cleaned the bathroom and there was a little purple piece behind the toilet. I climbed into bed and there was a blue piece on my pillow. I swept the kitchen floor … and I don’t know how many pieces were there. I got in the car, and yup, there was a piece of yellow on the passenger’s seat. I answered the front door and there was a small green piece on the outside mat. GROAN!!!
And, I’ve been trying to tame my Island Batik scraps … 2″ squares, 2.5″ squares, and triangles (not shown). So there are even more fabric dust possibilities!
Now … my goal today is to do a thorough vacuum and clear up all the fabric dust from my studio and the rest of the house!
Another Holiday Seclusion Mystery
This quilt was made by Judy. Aren’t those purples lovely? And the border is perfect for them!
Unboxing Video
Did you see my Unboxing Video of all the goodies I received from Island Batik and Industry partners? You can see the video and all the wonderful goodies HERE.
This is my 3rd year as an Island Batik ambassador! I’m honoured and privileged to be chosen again as an ambassador for 2021. We receive 2 shipments of boxes a year. One in January and the other in July. Here is a video of what I received in my January 2021 boxes.
And to recap the amazing products in the video – here are pictures …
That’s the name of this bundle of 1/2 yard cuts. Designed by Claudia Pfeil. And there are 2 yards of “Scrolling Grape” and 2 yards of “Nautilus Floral-Baja.” I’m in LOVE with these fabrics … I’ll be sharing what I make with them during our blog hop in February.
Surprise!
The wrapped package contains fabric for a blog hop in May. Look at the beautiful coordinating fabrics! There are 2 yards of “Wheat-Dusk” and 2 yards of “Pinecone-Dark Teal.” Mmmm … wonder what I’ll be making with these?
Neutral
6 yards of “Custard.” This is a wonderful neutral and goes with almost everything!
Schmetz Needles
Awesome needles!!! What else can I say? Chrome needles in 3 different sizes: Microtex 70/10, Microtex 80/12 and Quilting 90/14. As well, they sent the colour coding charts, a luggage tag (for when we can travel again!), a cleaning cloth, a pocket guide and a notepad! (I think I’m spoiled!) Schmetz
Stashbuilders
These are wonderful!!! A good variety of fabrics! Each roll contains four 5″ Width of Fabric strips!
Buttons!
Pre-cut #1
This is Harvest Blue! Designed by Kathy Engle. Lovely yellow and Blue 2.5″ strips (40 pieces, 20 fabric designs) along with 2 yards of “Ogee Petal-Sunshine” (from the Blender’s collection) and 2 yards of “Universe” from the Basic’s collection. (Blenders and Basics are available all the time.)
Pre-cut #2
Starry Night!!! Oh be still my beating heart!!! Look at those blues!!! This pre-cut is 10″ squares, 42 pieces and 20 fabric designs, designed by Kathy Engle. To coordinate with this stack of fabric, I have 2 yards of “Ravine” and the light blue (on the right) has the elegant name of BE34-EI.
1/2 Yard Cuts
Solids
Blenders
Basics
Pink
Forest
Cherio-Iris
Lime Green
Dandelion-Crumbs
Bubbles – Copper
Amethyst
Baja
Branch Blue
Dark Grey
Lavender
Indigo
Solids
4 yards of black, white and grey. Lovely, lovely solids!!! I use them a LOT! I love them a LOT!
Accuquilt Die
This is the Maple Leaf die! As a Canadian, I’m sure I’ll be using this die for sure!!! I LOVE Accuquilt dies!
Hobbs Batting
My favourite Batting!!!! Hobbs!! I received 4 queen size batts:
Heirloom black batting – perfect for quilts with lots of black fabric!
Heirloom Premium Cotton Batting – LOVE this!!!
Poly-Down Premium Polyester Haven’t used this yet – but am eager to try it!
Heirloom Natural Cotton Batting. This is a wonderful batting that quilts very nicely!
Thank you!
To Island Batik and the Industry partners for choosing me to represent YOU this year!
Today is the day that Emily @ The Darling Dogwood told us to add Plus signs our 2nd round.
Here it is … My plus signs are 3″ x 3″ once the next border is added. And leaving the corner square as a plain white block might be my theme throughout this round robin!
Again, I continued to use a variety of fabrics from Island Batik’s Ohana collection.
Make sure to visit all of the other co-leaders and link up to Emily’s linky partyto show us your piano key and plus borders!!
Last week I said that the Winnie the Pooh quilt needed some more quilting, specifically Winnie, Eeyore and the moon. A loving friend told me that if I left it, they would pop. So, I’m going with her advice and am considering this a UFO finish! That made for a super quick finish!!! This will be another donation quilt for the guild. It was a fun quilt to quilt. There is Hobbs 80/20 batting in it. It was quilted with CanSew beige thread.
Another Holiday Seclusion Quilt
Somehow, I missed putting Valda’s quilt on my blog last week. It’s a beauty!!! You can see all the other ones from my guild HERE.
Design Wall
Piecing:
#1 I’m still working on the SAHRR but can’t show you any current pictures. Want to know more about the SAHRR? check it out HERE. We started the reveal of our centre blocks last week. See my centre block and the centre blocks that many others have made HERE! Tomorrow, we’re showing the 2nd round! Be sure to check out all of the bloggers that are co-hosting with me! We’re taking turns hosting and having a linky party. It’s Emily’s turn this week!… here’s the list:
#2 The fabric is stilled pulled for the RSC21 Table Scraps Challengetable runner. I have an idea of what I’m making, but I haven’t gotten any further than that!!
#3 The February Island Batik challenge is up on my design wall. I’m using some wonderful fabrics and they are all so pretty!!!
#4 Moorewood Mystery : Half of Block A are pieced. I’m doing them as leaders and enders … so they will be done before the next clue comes out on Feb 4.
Quilting:
Nothing being quilted at the moment …
Stash Report
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Winnie the Pooh was 2 yards of fabric
Fabric Used this week 2 yards
Fabric Used this year: 5 yards
Fabric Bought this week: 0 yards
Fabric Added this year: 9 yards (my husbands amounts as well)
Net Fabric used – 4 yards
Husband’s purchases: 0 yards (which are added into my total amount of Fabric added this year). For those of you who don’t know … my husband often buys more fabric than I do … so, I’m keeping track! Unfortunately, he doesn’t sew!
Stitchin’ Time
I’m aiming for at least 30 minutes a day.
I have stitched for over 30 minutes each day
January – 24 / 24
Percentage = 100 %
For more Stitchin’ Time, you can check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces
TO DO
I’m linking up to Roseanne & Sue’s “TO DO” Tuesday. Their blog is “Home Sewn by Us.”
Last week:
Even with sewing a LOT this past week, I didn’t get much on my list completed. But I’m fine with what I DID get done!!
Finish current round of Stay at Home Round Robin√ done
Finish next round of Stay at Home Round Robinpartially done
Piece Moorewood Mystery Block A partially done
Make the PINK table toppernot done
Start cutting for February’s Island Batik Challenge! √ done
Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutesnot done !!! I have been doing SEW well with this – except for this week!! And this week I was Zoom sewing with other Island Batik ambassadors and we showed our studios … mine was a total mess!
This week’s list:
Finish piecing the current round of Stay at Home Round Robin
Start on the next round of Stay at Home Round Robin
Finish Piecing Moorewood Mystery Block A
Make the PINK table topper
Web the top for February’s Island Batik Challenge!
Tidy & clean studio for 30 minutes
OK … the Winnie the Pooh quilt was a quick finish this week. All it took was a decision! (grin)
I KNOW that not all my UFOs will be finished this quickly. But it is nice to have 3 considered done!
Here are my 2 quilts, the 2 colour quilt and the scrappy quilt!
Here are some of the quilts that members of my guild made.
First up is Heather’s … She made this as a pattern tester …
And then she decided to change the pattern and make some lime green blocks along with the purple! I LOVE it when people take a pattern and make it their own!
And here’s Barb’s, also one of my pattern testers … all scrappy and quilted. And, I really like the bright colours and the scrappy binding!
Donna chose to do the 2 colour version. SEW pretty! I like the 2 borders!
Patricia’s: used scrappy for both the background and the “coloured.” But she chose a totally different colour for the 4 1/2″ squares. It looks great! All the music fabric and the different borders! Love it!
Here’s Alice’s quilt … scrappy blues … well blue is my favourite colour … I love how this one turned out!
Yvonne’s is a bright scrappy with a crisp white background …
This is Fran’s creative quilt. Here’s what she had to say, “I had to improvise a bit as I discovered when I had finished cutting the background fabric that I was short approximately 3 inches, hence the red blocks. I used a red inner border to tie the red blocks together with the rest of the quilt. “
Here’s Susan’s … Christmas fabric with snow flakes.
Here is Ioleen Kimmel’s. You can follow her on Instagram ioleen.kimmel A 2 colour quilt with that pretty teal!
And Pat’s. It’s got a LOT of extra blocks for a bed sized quilt! She’s going to bind it with chocolate brown. Won’t it look fantastic?
Robin made her’s bigger and has her hubby holding it for her! Such pretty colours!
Hearts on Fire Blog Hop
Have you been following this week’s blog hop?
You can see the entire schedule HERE. There is a huge variety of heart quilts … no two are alike! If you want some heart eye candy, it’s well worth visiting each of the blogs.
My quilt is below and you can read more about it HERE.
And the blogs that are up for today are listed below!
Carol, from Just Let Me Quilt, posted about this blog hop way back in December. I figured I had lots of time and signed up right away.
Here’s what she said about the challenge: Make something with a heart in any color, BUT NOT RED…get creative! It can be big or small, in a quilt, a bag, or whatever.
SEW … what to do? I knew I wanted to make a donation baby quilt. I had a pattern in mind I went through my stash and nothing was talking to me … until, I pulled this panel from the bin and it clearly said, “Cut me up.”
This had become a “What was I thinking?” panel. A good one to cut into. I needed (20) 6″ squares and (10) half-square triangles … should be easy … right? Well, when you’re thinking it’s 10 squares … it can become a problem. But, I managed, even if the squares and HST are not all fussy cut to my liking … it’s good. It’s cut!
And this is the result! I used a ruler from Silly Moon called Cupid and made 3″ and 6″ hearts all over the quilt. It was fun to make … and I enjoyed practicing my ruler quilting.
Blog Hop Bloggers
Many bloggers have already posted … make sure you visit them and see what “heart” they came up with!
If you missed the previous posts about this year’s SAHRR – you can see it HERE and HERE.
Today is the day that Chris @ Chrisknitssews told us to add piano keys for our first round.
Here’s my Centre Block with the first round added. As you can see, I didn’t add them in the corners. With the skinny border added, it made my block 11″ x 11″ … my piano keys were cut at 2.5″ x 1.5″ and will end up as 2″ x 1″ when the next round is added. I continued to use a variety of fabrics from Island Batik’s Ohana collection.
Make sure to visit all of the other co-leaders and link up to Chris’s linky party to show us your blocks!
