Tuesday, March 26, 2024

To Do Tuesday For the Week of 3/26/2024

It was a good week.  I've gotten a handle on the leg issues, physical therapy and anti-inflammatories are keeping the pain at bay. I do have to be careful on the stairs, getting in and out of the car and changing direction when walking.  But that's not been too hard to manage.  So I was able to spend a lot of time in the sewing room, which means really good progress on last week's to do list. 


To Do List for 3/19/2024

1.  Stay at Home Round Robin: Finish border # 6 ✔

2.  Guild BOM: Finish March block 

3.  Malted Mystery: Finish Feb, start Mar clues 

4.  Wild and Goosey: Make purple blocks 

5.  Indigo Way: Continue making blocks as leaders and enders 


For the first time in several weeks, all the to do list is checked off. Definitely a good week.  

The first quarter of 2024 has been dedicated to three quilt alongs with deadlines.  Two of those are quilt tops now and the focus UFO is also finished.  That creates a couple of slots on the in progress list.  Rather than finish off the two new quilt tops, I'm going to pull out some older projects and work on moving those to finished first.    


To Do List for 3/26/2024

1. Malted Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish quilt top




The February clue is finally finished and the March clue has been started.  Just three more pieced border strips and a final border of the dark blue is all that is left to do.  I should be able to get that finished this week.  

2. 2023 SAHRR (Quilting Gail): Assemble quilt back




I considered finishing this year's SAHRR first, but last year's already has backing fabric selected. I need to think on options for this year's quilt top.  I'd like to get this one finished before Father's Day as this quilt is intended for My Guy.  

3. Rhododendron (Bonnie Hunter): Add next to last border




This quilt just needs two borders and it will be a finished quilt top. Once that's done it can go hang in the closet till I figure out a backing fabric.  

4. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make purple blocks




There's been good progress with the purple blocks this month.  I'm hoping to finish a total of 8 before it's time to switch colors for April. 

5. Indigo Way (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making blocks as leaders and enders




Almost finished with the last two A blocks.  Just one full B block and  four setting pieced B setting triangles left to make after that.  

This is the last to do list for March, next week's list will be the first one for April.  I'm hoping to focus on finishes for the next few weeks. We'll see how that goes.  Linking up with The Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for To Do Tuesday

Sunday, March 24, 2024

The 2024 SAHRR Quilt Top

I don't usually post twice in one day, but today is the last day to link up with the quilt parade for the 2024 Stay At Home Round Robin over at Quilting Gail's.  The last border strip was added late yesterday afternoon. Last year I didn't finish the 2023 SAHRR quilt top till June. I'm very happy to have a finished quilt top before the end of March this year. 

The prompt for border #6 was a letter or a number.  I decided to go with an hourglass block, which looks like the letter X.  



 

My end blocks for each row are partial hourglass blocks, but they look like V's. So two letters represented in that last border.  

I'm really happy with how this year's SAHRR worked out. 




The intent was to make an orange and black quilt for Grad Girl (Oklahoma State school colors), but that ended up becoming a Halloween quilt. She's thrilled with the outcome, that's the most important point. I also made a small dent in my Halloween fabrics.  The finished quilt top is 66" x 69".  So a nice cuddle on the couch size.  The inspiration for the quilt center is Queenie, Grad Girl's kitty cat. 




Now I need to raid the stash for a backing fabric and I'll need to get Grad Girl's input on a name.  The plan is to finish it up before Halloween so she can enjoy it sooner rather than later.  

Linking up with the SAHRR Quilt Parade, Patchwork & Quilts and Design Wall Monday.  

Stitching Stuff: Week 12 of 2024


It looks like spring outside, but it was still pretty nippy on Saturday.  We have another cool front and a chance of storms this evening. It's definitely spring in Oklahoma.  It's been windy and smokey, which means it's just more fun to stay in and play in the sewing room. Which I mostly did this week as my stitching time shows. 


  • 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
  • 15 minute days/Mar =23/23 days
  • 15 minute days/2024 = 83/83 days
  • Success rate = 100%

I've done well at getting in my stitching time this year.  Some days it's still hard to climb the stairs, but I usually make it to the sewing room for at least an hour each day.  All the sewing time is paying off, though it's not obvious on the blog as yet.  

How are you doing with your spring stitching?  


Saturday, March 23, 2024

Week 107 Photo Challenge: Statue(s)

This week's photo challenge had both My Guy and I debating if a trip to Tulsa was necessary as we weren't sure there were many of these in town. 



We did make the trip to Tulsa, but I found my image in town on one of my rambles.  


Kate: Where the Buffalo Roam?


Oklahoma is one of the places where the buffalo used to roam. So it's not surprising that our community decided to put bison statues all over town.  This one is called "Tree of Life", it's in front of the Presbyterian Church downtown. As this street isn't really one of my habi-trails when I'm downtown, I hadn't really looked at it. It definitely has a lot of painted detail on it. I loved all the birds.  You can read more about the bison and see photos of several of the other bison statues here.  

My Guy decided Tulsa offered better opportunities and found his photo at Woodard Park.  


My Guy: Contemplation


There is a small sculpture garden in one corner of the park.  The tulips, azaleas, and dogwoods were blooming.  He took lots of photos of those in addition to the statues.  This one captured both. 

Grad Girl would have been in a good location for statues if she was home last week, but she was in New Orleans for a conference.


Grad Girl: Sun Baked

 


She had lots of options there as well.  This was her favorite from the trip.  I'm not sure where she took this one.  They certainly don't make buildings like this anymore.  

I pulled this week's card from the deck.  




My Guy definitely has an advantage this week. This is one of his specialties, he has the lens for it. I'm sure I can come up with something. Hopefully we will have a few days where I can get out and walk. It's supposed to be a wet week here.   

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

To Do List for the Week of 3/19/2024

It was a good week on the progress front, not such a great week for getting things checked off the to do list. 


To Do List for 3/12/2024

1. Stay at Home Round Robin: Finish border #6 - progress

2. Scrappy Butterflies: Finish binding ✔

3. Guild BOM: Fix February block, make March block - progress

4. Malted Mystery: Finish Feb clue, start March clue - no progress

5. Wild and Goosey: Continue making purple blocks ✔

6. Indigo Way: Continue as leaders and enders ✔


Three check marks out of six, with progress on two others really isn't a bad week. I've really got too many items on my list. Hopefully my time constrained items will be finished soon and I can go back to a much shorter list. 


To Do List for 3/19/2024

1. Stay at Home Round Robin (Quilting Gail): Finish border #6




Just one more pieced border to assemble, but I need to make the square in a square corner stones before the last two borders will be ready to attach.  The final parade linky party over at Quilting Gail's will close this weekend. The plan is to get the last border on before that ends.  

2. Guild BOM: Finish the March block




I fixed the piecing error in the February block, cut all the pieces and started assembly for the March block.  If I work on it today, it should be ready for the guild meeting tonight. 

3.  Malted Mystery (Meadow Mist Designs): Finish February clue, start on March clue. 




I've really stalled on this project the last few weeks.  It's the one project I just haven't gotten too. The final quilt parade is open for this quilt along and I'd like to finish the top before that closes.   

4. Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Continue making purple blocks

I've finished 4 blocks so far this month and have 2 more in the works.  I'll need a lot more purple to finish this quilt, but any progress is good.  

5. Indigo Way (Bonnie Hunter): Continue as leaders and enders




I cut enough fabric to make half the blocks. To get a 4 by 5 setting, I need 2 more A blocks, plus more B blocks and partial B blocks for the setting triangles.  I just need two hourglass blocks to finish off the A blocks.  I need to paper piece 6 or so square in a square blocks to finish the B blocks, plus more of the triangle in a square and the corner components.  So still quite a bit more to do there.  

So that's my list for the week.  I doubt everything will get checked off, but progress counts too.  Linking up with The Quilt Schmilt: For the Love of Fabric for To Do Tuesday