
Have a great last week of November...can you believe it?
... where I ramble on about my love of quilting with my work in progress, share some of my day's doings, and offer some sewing tips along the way... You can find my completed projects on my web page at www.kwiltnkats.com. Comments make me smile =^.^=...
I finished sewing up these two blocks that are the November BOM. I really like how they turned out. I'll definitely put my name in the drawing to be the winner at Sunshine December Meeting. Thanks Pam for such a fun block.I purchased this fabric for the binding of my Christmas truck tree skirt. I will be cutting on the bias to give it the perfect look.
Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 148.25 yards
Purchased this week: 1 yard
Purchased YTD: 86.5 yards
Net used in 2023: 61.75 yards
Hope your Thanksgiving was a fabulous event!
Month 8 of the Lucky Stars was taken to stitch at the meeting since no one wanted to volunteer to take it on. It was the last of 12 months that needed someone to assemble. I like foundation piecing and what's not to like about making a star. The project is the next Sunshine Opportunity Quilt for the membership year 2024 - 2025.
I got Kasper (Boo! project) finished. Since the 2 1/2" squares were all randomly stitched together a few needed to be changed out for another. With all the variety one would not think two same fabric units would end up right next to one another. I had at least three that needed to be changed out. I am happy with the result =^.^= The black print used in the ghosts eyes will be used for the binding. Before next Halloween I will have three new projects to display. I have another three Halloween projects that are waiting for me. Oh how I love sewing for Halloween.
I thought for certain this all too cute acorn fabric would be a perfect addition as a background for the Kork, my Acorn Soup project, that is waiting its turn under the needle. As it turns out all the fabrics are in brown, rust, tan, orange, and cream colors; green acorns just won't work. I only purchased a yard, but it just may work for the back since the completed project is just 33" by 39". (Good idea Mom!)
Used this week: 4.25 yards
Used YTD: 148.25 yards
Purchased this week: 1 yard
Purchased YTD: 85.5 yards
Net used in 2023: 62.75 yards
Don't spend all your time in the kitchen this week!
This doesn't look like much, but it is about to! This is Month 9 of the project Lucky Stars. It will become nine blocks of three different designs. The project is the next Sunshine Opportunity Quilt for the membership year 2024 - 2025 (I hope I have this right =^.^=) Of course I will be sharing when there is something more to see from my efforts.Kauldron came back to me from Kerry. I just love the quilting design called Tangled for this project. Looks like wind whipping across the quilt. I have the sleeve and binding in place. This will be the next to hand sew.
I am working towards having the Lucky Stars Month 9 finished for Tuesday's November Sunshine Quilt Guild meeting. Guess you know then what I will be doing tonight!
Enjoy your week.
My Little Red Truck tree skirt whipped up pretty fast. The slit and hole to get it around the tree will be done after quilting. I have eight black circles to applique in place yet for the tires. The pattern called for buttons as the tires. On discussion with Kerry it seemed a good idea to just applique them. So while I watch the game today that will happen. I hope to have this in the mail to Kerry tomorrow morning.
So for this week I'm still going to claim the yardage for this project even though there was a swap and a purchase for the binding yet to come.
Used this week: 3.5 yards
Used YTD: 144 yards
Purchased this week: 1.5 yards
Purchased YTD: 84.5 yards
Net used in 2023: 59.5 yards
Enjoy your week =^.^=
I will need to find something for the binding and the back. I don't have anything that will work like I want. The truck and tree blocks are paper pieced. Units are all cut and it is now time to sew =^.^= That time is of course something I am finding quite difficult to find!
Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 140.5 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 83 yards
Net used in 2023: 57.5 yards
Have a fun Halloween tomorrow. =^.^=
Nothing to change my stash count this week. The piecing for the Connector block looks to have lots of pieces so they may take a bit of time to stitch up. In the meantime though I will be starting another older project. Come back tomorrow to see what I am up to next.
Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 140.5 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 83 yards
Net used in 2023: 57.5 yards
So with the completion of Kauldron I have something to change in my stash count this week!
Used this week: 15 yards
Used YTD: 140.5 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 83 yards
Net used in 2023: 57.5 yards
I hope to cut out Boo! I have found that it is such a pleasure to have projects cut and waiting to be sewn. Kerry taught me this and am I happy she did. So anyone plan to do the Bonnie Hunter Star of Hope Sew-Along? The Intro and Part 1 are available now. Part 2 will be available in about two weeks. I plan to make it. Paper foundations have been printed...fabrics pulled...sewing time not quite! And by the way her Winter Mystery Intro comes out on 10/31 with Part 1 posted on 11/24. A very busy time for Bonnie.
Enjoy your week ahead.
Nothing to claim this week, but perhaps next week as this project looks pretty close to done. Just a bunch of long seams to go. It gets outer borders of the same background fabric. Getting anxious now!
Used this week: 0 yards
Used YTD: 140.5 yards
Purchased this week: 0 yards
Purchased YTD: 83 yards
Net used in 2023: 57.5 yards
I learned from Kerry a way to store embroidery floss that I though ingenious. In the back you can see how I had been storing my collection of floss. I had floss from Lilly, American Thread Company, Coats and Clark, and DMC. This collection came mostly from my grandma and a bit from my mom. My grandma was quite the cross stitcher in her day. Anyway, today you can purchase plastic bags with a hole in the bottom corner and loop them through a key chain. I sorted everything by color into several key chains. When a project is started it is easy to identify if you have the design color and put all the project's floss on a separate key chain. This allows for a portable way to keep the floss you are using right at your finger tips and store partially used threads in an organized manner. There is also a white label to use a marker and pen in the color code if you wish. My sorting is all done now and ready for the next cross stitch design that interests me. I sure ended up with a lot of brown American Thread Company #1047. I wonder what grandma had in mind...
Tomorrow is October Sunshine Quilt Guild monthly meeting. I will be coordinating the October BOM and a scribe for the question to the members, "What was your best quilt-related gift?" There are also challenges to sign up for since I missed the September meeting. It will be a busy night for me for certain =^.^=
Take care friends and have a wonderful week.