Wednesday Workings, June 18, 2025

I finished the snake and started the eleventh block, panda.  The next two blocks are pretty much all #310 black floss.  I have one full skein left.  Fingers crossed I don't run out before I can get through the last, twelfth block, the zebra.  

Once Children's Zoo is finished I plan to get back to the hand sewing portions of Autumn Love.  I have the scarecrow done which was the fifth part.  I have to refresh myself with just where I left off.

As for machine sewing Garnets and Lilies is under the needle.  I have to make 36 of these units.

I have four done today before I start in to sewing.  Just finished Aqua Fit class, my Starbucks Venti Iced Latte, and a trip to the U.S. Post Office.  It is the second time this week to mail goodies out.  Tiffany and Mom are the recipients of these packages.  We are going for City Tacos today and I have about 48 minutes left in my Audible book, Fragile Designs by Colleen Coble.

Have a great day everyone and stay safe my friends =^.^=

 

Design Wall Monday, June 16, 2025

This is the charity project I was working on trying to match up the stripes.  I started off trying to use up leftovers of the signature blocks.  More signature blocks were added along with scraps from two projects made years ago.  At the time the salt and pepper fabrics was a fabric find that was awesome.  Vivian at the time had a huge collection of the shakers.  I made a quilt for her from this fabric.  I think she has a smaller collection these days, but I hope she still has her quilt.

Since I made this into a quilt top already, blue painters tape has been put on the back of the where the community will adorn them to keep the fabric stable.  The actual signing part will determine if this was a good idea or not =^.^=  I hope to meet up with Lorna for choosing a back and more fabrics with a bug or picnic theme to use up the rest of the 12 signature blocks also leftovers from previous charity quilts with an add or two.

I will be using these fabrics, plus a few more yet to be located in my stash, for another Lattice Baby quilt.  These 5" squares come from my mom's stash.  I don't know what project she was working on, but these are too cute not to use up and the peacock solid will work well with them.

That's it for me on my Design Wall this week.  What's on yours?

Sunday Stash Report, June 15, 2025

Kerry shared this pattern with me recently.  It is called Lattice Baby Quilt by Amy Smart.  All of this is from my scraps.  I used the playful 5" squares as a back in a previous project.  The blue pulled it altogether and there was just a few inches left of the stripe.  I will be sending it off tomorrow for quilting along with many other projects.  I will be making another one of these designs with some fun 5" squares that came from my mom's stash.

The last part of this week has been going through my garage stash looking for novelty fabric that measured 3/4 yard.  My mom likes making pillowcases so I made her a bunch.  The used count this week is primarily from pillowcase kits.

I have another charity quilt in the works.  I am painstakingly matching up stripes.  There were a few signature blocks left from the charity quilts shared with you on Wednesday's post.  I certainly didn't want them to not have a home.  Come back tomorrow when I will have photos to share.

The Finishing Kit arrived yesterday for the 2025 Liberty Box project called Gleaming.  I haven't worked on this project yet, but gathered all that is needed to make the quilt.

Used this week: 25 yards 
Used YTD: 180.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 4.25 yards
Purchased YTD: 78.25 yards
Net used in 2025: 102.5 yards

Happy Father's Day!  This also is the day DH and I celebrate our Anniversary; now 40 years together.

 

Wednesday Workings, June 11, 2025

My Children's Zoo project has another block finish with the monkey.  The next block is the snake that will be green with the yellow diamonds on it's back.  I like how the designer made it less scary by including a baseball cap.  Can you guess what color the cap will be?

Tuesday at guild I won the $10 prize for having completed one of the UFO goals.  Happily that is the second time I have won the prize.  I also picked up two UFO kits that our San Diego Fair coordinators can be done in time for our booth on July 2 and July 3.  Well of course they would be done.  With Christy's help in quilting; a piece of cake!  I have a Hungry Caterpillar fabric to hunt down for this one's back. 

I changed part of the back that came with this kit.  The butterfly green with a fleck of blue worked better with the main part of the back and with the top.  The snowman strip will go back to Lorna to be used in some other kit.

The rest of my day will be ironing the many tops and backs before the package goes together to mail to Kerry.  Have I mentioned previously how much the task of ironing is the last of my most favorite activities?  Right up there with dusting!  Enjoy your Wednesday.  Oh, if you happen to see my brother, nephew, or sister-in-law extend them a very Happy Birthday.

Design Wall Monday, June 9, 2025

On my design wall today is the back being laid out for Kiki, Bonnie Hunter's Double Delight.  I had pulled a bunch of 10" neutrals and pinks out of bins last week.  When my design wall was empty of project these went up to see how many more I would need.  Kiki is a large quilt and I knew more would be needed, but just how many?

I need somewhere around 30 or so more.  Nine by eleven 10" squares is the goal.  These fabrics will be enough to fill that need.  Guess what I will be doing today =^.^=

Tomorrow is the last Sunshine guild meeting.  It is a potluck and I will be off to the grocery store to get what I need to make a crockpot tortellini dish.  A one pot dish is just the ticket for a potluck.  Speaking of tickets, reach out to me for your last chance on Sunshine's 2024-2025 Opportunity Quilt.  The drawing is tomorrow evening on the beautiful Lucky Stars.

Enjoy your Monday!

Sunday Stash Report, June 8, 2025

 

Kiki is complete.  I am putting together a back for it today.  I picked up the two fabrics from Rosie's on Friday that were needed to finish it.  But that's not all the fabric purchase!  Fortunately, I can set it off by some finishes.  By the way, Kiki means in French and Japanese "double happiness".  Imagine my surprise when I went searching for possible names.

A few weeks ago I mentioned a pattern called Moonflower by Bonnie Hunter.  Well this fabric will go nicely with it not to mention that it was in the Sale Room at Rossie's.  I have a few Kim Diehl projects ahead of yet another Bonnie Hunter project even though I am already thinking about all the gray fabrics that will be used.

I also had to have another Sale Room fabric in the multi color circular print.  These three fabrics (plus another yet to be determined) will be perfect for my cross stitch project Children's Zoo.  I only have three more blocks to stitch.  The stripe was just the right one for the binding and the turquoise will be for one of the two frames that make the cross stitch stand out.

The made for charity Millie's Dresses finished too.  I have some parts and pieces left should Jean, Christy, and/or Lorna have leftovers for another similar project.

The back made with 10" squares was assembled and stitched for my Cats in Pajamas quilt.  Lots of left over cat prints made their way into this primarily gray back.  I am still undecided on a "K" name for this project.  Kids or Kiddies comes to mind, but still working on something else better.

Fat Quarters Quilt Shop delivery on Saturday brought me their 2025 Liberty Box.  The pattern called Gleaming is nice with a FQ bundle of 12 with background, border, and binding suggestions.  The last three are usually available in a Finishing Kit.  I think I pre-ordered it, but a call to them on Monday will confirm.  The Finishing Kit usually comes after receipt of the Liberty Box.  Also in the box are other Patriotic themed items that include a cooler, cutting mat, charm, and thread.  

So this was one full week of sewing, shopping, and mystery.

Used this week: 31 yards 
Used YTD: 155.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 15.5 yards
Purchased YTD: 74 yards
Net used in 2025: 81.75 yards

Wednesday Workings, June 4, 2025

The seal was finished this week.  Came close to using up all the teal floss.  I know it is rather easy to come by, but having a little bit more feels a bit safer.  Only four more to stitch in this project.

The monkey is being worked on now.  Some of these zoo animals are stitched in floss to more of their natural coloring and then there are others not quite so much.  It will be fun no matter =^.^=

Last to show today is the charity Millie's Dresses that I am making with leftover units from Pam and my projects.  I only have the pieced border to finish before this one comes off the design wall.

Let me know if you have any interest in Sunshine's Opportunity Quilt.  The winner will be drawn next Tuesday.  Hope your Wednesday was terrific.  
 

Design Wall Monday, June 2, 2025

 

Double Delight is an assembled top.  I will be taking it with me on Friday to Rosie's to find a cheddar for the inner border and a darker pink on pink (double pink) for an outer border.  Wish I had enough in my stash to accommodate, but no =^.^=

I used my Accuquilt 10" square to cut squares for the back of the Cats In Pajamas project.  I still have not figured out a name for this project.  Maybe "Katniss"?  Katniss is the cat featured this month in my calendar.  I like the name; how about it?

These are all the squares I plan to use.  This one should be way bigger than the top! I started the second Millie's Dresses that will be for charity.  One dress made and 15 more to go.  I am going to be trying a scalloped edge on this one.  I saw it done on a project Jennifer was working on during the retreat.  Maybe there will be more progress on this one to share with you on Wednesday Workings.  First up is putting these blocks together for Cats In Pajamas. 

Still not back to the pool for aqua fit; I sure miss it while it is closed for some ceiling repairs above the pool.  So I have been walking, and walking, and walking.  It has been so humid here which is quite unusual.  Hope your week goes well.  

Sunday Stash Report, June 1, 2025

 

Happy June!  I have Krushed to share with you.  I ended up with the black being the binding.  It took quite a while to get around this big quilt.  Krushed is Bonnie Hunter's Orange Crush.  I used all her suggested colors, but ended my project with the pieced border.  I like the way it has turned out.

I finished the Sunshine May BOM coordinated by Marilyn.  Marilyn provided the background fabric for all the boats in the kits she made up.  I wish I could take credit for having selected my background, but that was all Marilyn.  My small sail seems to be smaller than others who have posted photos of their boats.  I wanted to get that full bird into the project!

I am still working on Double Delight.  I have the blocks sewn together into rows.  Need some time in my sewing room without distractions to sew the rows together.  Maybe later today =^.^=  No change to my stash count this week.

Used this week: 0 yards 
Used YTD: 124.75 yards 
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 58.5 yards
Net used in 2025: 66.25 yards