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.