Mel's quilting blog: August 2016

Sunday, August 28, 2016

To Do List

It has been a crazy week, so not much was accomplished

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt (this might just wait until it cools a little so I can spray baste outside)

Quilty Fun Blocks

Started Shutterfly

You Can Digitize (Daily)

Work on Dark Blue UFO

~~Make backing for Maple Leaf~~

Make backing for Chinese Coins

Patriotic UFOs (there are 3 that I'm going to try and use together)

~~Quilt Lana’s quilt~~

~~Quilt Maple Leaf~~

3 QOVs to quilt

Work on Kailey’s quilt

I think I need to be much more realistic for the coming week.

You Can Digitize (Daily)

Work on Kailey’s quilt

Quilt Lana's gray quilt

Bind Maple Leaf

Cut out test quilt

Started Shutterfly

Friday, August 26, 2016

Not such a good sewing week

Well, I guess it was a great week for getting back into the swing of things.

but, it was a not so great week for the sewing machine.

I fixed a purse that was coming apart.

I did finish one applique block while waiting for DD.

I started another, but my hands began to complain, so I stopped.

I quilted Lana's Tumbler quilt.

I love it laid out like this.

I tried to show the close up of the quilting, but I guess the thread blends too good.

I did get to practice my digitizing, but no time to stitch them out.

Other than that, none of the machines were run this week.

This weekend looks no better.

Girl Scouts Saturday and YOSA Sunday.

I plan to load a little at a time and maybe I can get a quilt ready for next week.

Monday, August 22, 2016

Monthly goals

So, I know I won't get these done this week, but I would like to get them done with month.

Not sure if that is possible, but I will give it a try.

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt (this might just wait until it cools a little so I can spray baste outside)

Quilty Fun Blocks (2 new ones)

Test quilt cut out

Started Shutterfly

You Can Digitize (Daily)

Work on Dark Blue UFO

Make backing for Maple Leaf

Make backing for Chinese Coins

Patriotic UFOs (there are 3 that I'm going to try and use together)

Quilt Lana’s quilt

3 QOVs to quilt

Work on Kailey’s quilt

Thursday, August 18, 2016

Crazy Week

Well, not much got done.

Little bits and pieces were accomplished, but nothing big.

I did make another lanyard.

I am now needing to clean up after lots of paperwork activities.

I would like to come home to a nice area to work.

Leaving tomorrow afternoon for Mo Ranch for a YOSA Band Camp that I'm chaperoning.

No sewing this weekend, unless I get something to work on by hand.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Design Wall

Working the T-shirt quilt.

All the shirts are cut out.

Now to start the design of colors.

DD helped to arrange the shirts.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Progress

Well, I didn't get lots done today.

I fought with the embroidery machine :(

I did get all the digitizing things done, but did not get the stitch out on one of the designs.

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Started Shutterfly

~~You Can Digitize (Daily)~~

Work on Dark Blue UFO

~~Make backing for Maple Leaf~~

Make backing for Chinese Coins

Patriotic UFOs (there are 3 that I'm going to try and use together)

Started Stabilizer came in, so T-shirt quilt is added.

Stash REport

Judy has us keep track of what our stash is doing.

Used this Week: 0.17 yards

Used year to Date: 161.42 yards

Total out of stash this Month (Aug) 3.22 yards

Added this Week: 0.00 yards
Added Year to Date: 39.00 yards
Goal: 200.00 yards

Yards to goal: 38.58 yards

Net Used in quilts 2016: 114.24 yards

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks: 436

Perimeter in inches 7852

Number of UFOs finished this year: 42.16

UFO Yardage Used 100.42

Amount of yardage used in UFOs 88%

Saturday, August 13, 2016

More To Do List

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Started Shutterfly

You Can Digitize (Daily)

Work on Dark Blue UFO

Make backing for Maple Leaf

Make backing for Chinese Coins

Patriotic UFOs (there are 3 that I'm going to try and use together)

Stabilizer came in, so T-shirt quilt is added.

UPdate

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt (this might just wait until it cools a little so I can spray baste outside)

~~Quilty Fun Blocks (I am taking this with me Saturday)~~

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Started Shutterfly

~~You Can Digitize (Daily)~~

Work on Dark Blue UFO

Make backing for Maple Leaf

Make backing for Chinese Coins

Patriotic UFOs (there are 3 that I'm going to try and use together)

~~Marianne's star pattern test~~

It was a good day.

Played around with two of my blocks.

Put together another UFO block.

Cleaned up somethings

Did laundry

Had fun.

Small Quilt group

I worked on my Quilty Fun blocks - butterflies and spools at the top of the photo.

We call this star Marianne's star.

Ann Smith figured it out without templates.

I like the way it came out.

Now to figure out what to do with it.

I might use it in the Gypsy Wife quilt.

Friday, August 12, 2016

Weekend To Do List

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt (this might just wait until it cools a little so I can spray baste outside)

Quilty Fun Blocks (I am taking this with me Saturday)

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Started Shutterfly

You Can Digitize (Daily)

Work on Dark Blue UFO

Make backing for Maple Leaf

Make backing for Chinese Coins

Patriotic UFOs (there are 3 that I'm going to try and use together)

I've had a few crazy days.

My friend, Lorena, came by and helped with the embroidery machine.

It is stitching better, but....it still needs some help.

She said she would come back next week and spend more time on it with me.

I'm up to date on the You Can Digitize course, so that is good.

I imagine tomorrow is going to be sending in another design.

I have my small quilt group meeting tomorrow.

I do have a massage scheduled in the middle of that, and I'm going.

What are your weekend plans?

Scoop bag

DD did not want her face in the photo, but the scoop bag is done.

It was quick and easy.

All from my scraps.

Tuesday, August 9, 2016

To Do LIst

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Started Shutterfly

You Can Quilt

Make Scoop purse

work on Dark Blue UFO

Find backing for Maple Leaf

Find backing for Chinese Coins

Tuesday happenings

~~Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top.~~
~~Make needed phone calls~~

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Started Shutterfly

Started Start on Kailey's T-shirt quilt. Ran out of stabilizer, so waiting for it to arrive.

~~You Can Quilt~~

Well , I got my lesson done today, but with lots of heartache.

Not from the digitizing, but from the embroidery machine.

I'm not sure that I fixed it, but it is stitching and i can stitch out my design.

My first digitized design.

I am looking forward to learning what I did wrong and being able to correct the problems.

Then, I watched a YouTube on a scoop purse, and decided to make one.

DD picked out the fabrics from my scrap bins.

She found some fairly large pieces.

I'll work on this tomorrow.

In-between all this, I had to deal with the cable company.

Our phone will not give us a dial tone.

tomorrow they are supposed to be out.

Guess that means tomorrow morning I pick up so they can get in here.

Oh, DD and I did the T25 exercise routine with a friend - lower body workout.

I can barely move and I did not do the intensity of my DD.

Maple Leaf top complete

Finally got the Maple leaf UFO top completed.

I need to find the backing and quilt it.

Continuing To Do List

Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top.
~~Make needed phone calls~~

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Shutterfly

Start on Kailey's T-shirt quilt.

You Can Quilt

I am having trouble with the embroidery machine breaking stitches.

I imagine there is a little piece of thread somewhere that I need to clean out better.

Will trouble shoot that when DH gets up.

Monday, August 8, 2016

Prairie Moon Organization Challenge

Change your rotary cutter blade

and/or

Clean off and back up your computer files

Well, this is a good challenge.

I just backed everything up last night, so I guess I can count that as done.

I have noticed my rotary cutter is not cutting in one spot, so I'll try sharpening it and then if it is not good, I'll replace it.

Design Walls

Judy keeps us accountable with displaying our design walls.

I worked on the maple leaf yesterday, but didn't get it finished.

I'll add another top and bottom green border and then a fall print border.

Decided I was not using some of the other leftover fabrics for this one.

Not even sure about the yellow and orange right now.

Sunday, August 7, 2016

Weekly to do List

Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top.
I didn't get it finished, but 2 of the borders are on it.
One more green and then a fall print and it will be good to go.

Working Make needed phone calls

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Shutterfly

Start on Kailey's T-shirt quilt.

To Do List

Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top.
I didn't get it finished, but 2 of the borders are on it.
One more green and then a fall print and it will be good to go.

Working Make needed phone calls

~~Quilt QOV~~

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

~~You Can Digitize~~

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

QOV Quilted

Bad start to the day.

Hate it when things go wrong in the household. :(

Anyway, I went ahead and quilted the QOV.

It was loaded and didn't take lots of positive thoughts to work on it.

Stash report

Judy has us keep track of what our stash is doing.

Used this Week: 3.06 yards

Used year to Date: 161.25 yards

Total out of stash this Month (Aug) 3.06 yards

Added this Week: 0.00 yards
Added Year to Date: 39.00 yards
Goal: 200.00 yards

Yards to goal: 38.75 yards

Net Used in quilts 2016: 1114.07 yards

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks: 435

Perimeter in inches 7820

Number of UFOs finished this year: 42.16

UFO Yardage Used 100.42

Amount of yardage used in UFOs 88%

Strange week.

But, I did get some QOV quilting done.

Maybe I can focus on sewing up a top today.

Saturday, August 6, 2016

Sunday to do list

This worked so well on Saturday, lets see how I do on Sunday.....

Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top

Working Make needed phone calls

Quilt QOV

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

You Can Digitize

Take care of banking items

Work a little on the Stress Management Class

Update on To Do LIst

I need some accountability, so this is what I need to accomplish this weekend.

Started Normal household chores

~~Pick out fabric for test quilt~~

~~Filing~~

~~Clean off Desk~~

Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top

Working Make needed phone calls

~~Load QOV~~

Quilt QOV

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

You Can Digitize

Well, I'm happy with my progress.
I can see wood on my desk. The question is "How long will it stay that way?"
The QOV is loaded and I can quilt it tomorrow.
I have the fabric picked out for the test quilt.
I filed everything, but I'm sure more will show up at some early point.
I also got lots of household things done that I've been putting off.
All in All, it's been a good day.

Whoop Whoop

I decided to do a whoop whoop post . Check out the others.
I have not done lots this week. WE started an exercise program that has worn me out.

I did make a hedgehog pincushion for all those long arm needles.

I quilted a QOV

I started loading another QOV

We made pillows with the Special Reach kiddos.

I will take it, even though I had hoped to accomplish more.

Weekend To Do List

I need some accountability, so this is what I need to accomplish this weekend.

Started Normal household chores

Pick out fabric for test quilt

Started Filing

Clean off Desk

Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top

Working Make needed phone calls

Load QOV

Quilt QOV

Baste Girl Scout Patriotic quilt

Quilty Fun Blocks

This is a little aggressive, but I don't have a car to go anywhere, so maybe I can make some headway.

Friday, August 5, 2016

Hedgehog Pincushion

I needed a little lightness today.

My life kicked me in the teeth and I wanted something fun.

Sooooo, I decided to make a hedgehog pincushion.

Hunters design Studio has this cute tutorial.

So, it says it takes 2 hours, but I think it took less than an hour.

I enlisted DD to put the old pins in for me.

My hedgehog.

To Do list update

I need some accountability, so this is what I need to accomplish this week.

DONE 8/3/16 1. ~~Load QOV~~

DONE 8/3/16 2. ~~Quilt QOV~~

3. Pick out fabric for test quilt

4. Finish the Maple Leaf quilt top

Working 5. Make needed phone calls

DONE 8/4/16 6. ~~Finish matching socks~~

Started 7. Normal household chores

Started 8. Filing

9. Plan for Home Economics Class for DD

DD is finally interested in exercising, so I'm doing it with her.

We did Callenetics Evolution and oh my are my shoulders complaining.

Then, a friend asked DD is she would do T25 with her because she doesn't drive, I have to go with her. I can't just sit and watch, so I'm trying to do T25, but the intensity is above my capability.

So, I didn't do much else yesterday.

I did pull out the last QOV to start it being loaded.