Tuesday, February 28, 2017

February

February Accomplishments

Quilty Fun - January Book it & OMG
Valentines Post Cards - 3
Lana Football quilt
Stashbuster Jan# - T-shirt Quilt
Equessense Shirts
QOV quilted
Solstice block
Sea Foam Green Sparkling Sampler Block Q
Sea Foam Green Sparkling Sampler Block O
Jan Get it Done - Jo's Club - Blue
Cut out second test quilt
Quilt HST Quilt
Feb OMG - HST
HST Pillow/table topper

Stashbuster Numbers

#7 Is a Turtle Toy that I have not been able to get the concept through my head.
I will try again. 
#21 Is a Car organizer that turned out to be a pain to actually put together.
I will make this happen.
I love it, so it should be done and maybe DD can take it to college with her.

Progress

I worked on the FROG quilt and it is where it is going to be.
Colors in this are not accurate.
It is much lighter than this shows. 
Made a pillow or it could be used as a table topper from the leftovers from the HST wedding quilt.

Book It

This is the leftover block from the quilt that is on my bed. 
It is now on the nightstand on my side of the bed. 
FROG quilt on step further.
I'll put one larger border on and call it done.

Monday, February 27, 2017

Motivational Monday

20 - 26 Feb 17 

1. 3-4 WITB 
 
DONE 2. Jo's Club made into pillow

3. Make headphone pouch
4. Work on Animal Applique
Working on it. Left it at home today.
5. Work on FROG Quilt
working on it and made adecision
6. Work on Book It Orphan block nightstand runner
Have a plan
8. Quilt HST Wedding Quilt
9. Winter Solstice from last week
10. Winter Solstice from this week.
11. Work on Music Quilt
Worked on the quilt, but have much more to go.

27 February - 5 March 2017
1 WITB 
Make headphone pouch
Work on Animal Applique
Work on FROG Quilt
Work on Book It Orphan block nightstand runner
Winter Solstice block from last week
Winter solstice from this week
Work on Music Quilt

design wall

The music quilt will be a courthouse steps with different colord in the project.
It is a masculine quilt, so it is more difficult for me. 
These are my BOM/W projects.
I'm testing the one on the right and have the directions to finish it.
I'll be working on that this week to see if I can have another finish. 
FROG needs to be done.
I don't like any of the flowers I made, so it will just have to add different borders to make it happen and be done with it.

Check out other design walls at Judy's site.

OMG Done

Stayed up and finished the binding last night.
My OMG is done.
I have a few squares left, so I have a pillow to make.

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Stash Report

Used this Week:                                            3.20 yards
Used year to Date:                                      37.10 yards
Total out of stash this Month (Febuary)      24.93 yards
Added this Week:                                          0.00 yards
Added Year to Date:                                      4.00 yards
Goal:                                                         100.00 yards
Yards to goal:                                              62.90 yards

Net Used in quilts 2017:                             40.94 yards 
A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks:                 145
Perimeter in inches                               1560
Number of UFOs finished this year:        5
UFO Yardage Used                              34.43
Amount of yardage used in UFOs              84%
Number of Spools Used this week           1
Number of Spools Used this year            2

I wish I would have more time and focus to quilt more.
Seems I am too busy and then too tired.
I need to see about balancing things better this coming week.

Organization Challenge

Prairie Moon is Challenging us to pick some items from A Quilting Life Organization listing.
I think it would be helpful to me to just start at the top of her list and do them in order.
So, the first two are:
Day One: Take a "before" picture and list your works in progress.
Here are my before photos
From the staircase side of the room.
I have one box there that needs to be done.
I am procrastinating because it is mostly papers.
My string containers need to be used and focused on. 
My pressing table is being used now, so it is a bit messy.
The under table looks messy, but it is organized with the things I have on lists to complete this year. 
My cutting table has those pieces of batting stacked behind it.
I with I had a better way to handling them, but this works.
I have not done enough quilting this year to use them up.

My listings of UFOs and things I want to get done each month are located on this blog.
I update them and a word document each time something changes.

Day Two:  Make a "to do" list of projects you want to make. 
My to do list is in the upper right hand corner of my blog.
I need to update it for March.

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Winter Solstice

This is last week's block.
It's a bog block, with borders, it would be a baby quilt size. 
My Winter Solstice blocks.
I still need to make the one for this week.

Today we are off to Texas State to check out the college for DD.

Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Motivational Monday

I'm late in getting this done, but it's been some sort of week with illness.

1. 3-4 WITB 
DONE 2. Work on Test blocks 7, 8
I can't show you the blocks, but I really like them.

3. Jo's Club made into pillow
4. Make headphone pouch
5. Work on Animal Applique
I started this, and have the green of the leaves and stems done.
6. Work on FROG Quilt
7. Work on Book It Orphan block nightstand runner
8. Quilt HST Wedding Quilt

9. Sparkling Sampler Block Q
Sparkling Sampler O
Here are the 4 blocks.
This is also the Rainbow Scrap challenge blocks.
10. Digitize Lana label
11. Digitize Cibolo label

20 - 26 Feb 17 

1. 3-4 WITB 
2. Jo's Club made into pillow
3. Make headphone pouch
4. Work on Animal Applique
5. Work on FROG Quilt
6. Work on Book It Orphan block nightstand runner

8. Quilt HST Wedding Quilt
9. Winter Solstice from last week
10. Winter Solstice from this week.
11. Work on Music Quilt

Jo's Club Pillow

This has been in top form for a week now.
I finally put it on the long arm and quilted it.
It will be a pillow when I get the larger pillow form.
Another UFO done.

Monday, February 20, 2017

Happiness is Quilting BOM

The first block for the BOM Happiness is Quilting is posted.

I'm doing mine in red, gray and white.
This is my block 1.




Wednesday, February 15, 2017

Sampler O Block

I really like this block. 
All 4 together.
I don't think I'll have another block for this month, so the next block will be another color.
I think this is going to be a pretty sampler.
these will be my sea blue blocks for February for Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Sparkling Sampler block Q

This was the previous block I didn't get done in time.
Block Q 
The 3 blocks we have done so far.
Now on to block O.

This is also the the Rainbow Color Challenge.
The color is sea blue.

Monday, February 13, 2017

Stash Report

Used this Week:                                          15.72 yards
Used year to Date:                                      33.90 yards
Total out of stash this Month (Febuary)      21.73 yards
Added this Week:                                          0.00 yards
Added Year to Date:                                      4.00 yards
Goal:                                                         100.00 yards
Yards to goal:                                             66.10 yards

Net Used in quilts 2017:                            37.90 yards 
A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks:                 144
Perimeter in inches                               1228
Number of UFOs finished this year:        4
UFO Yardage Used                              33.38
Amount of yardage used in UFOs              88%
Number of Spools Used this week           0
Number of Spools Used this year            1

Motivational Monday

To Do List for 6-12 Feb 17
1. 3-4 WITB 
First WITB for the week.
It is mostly DD's shoes and "stuff", but I did find a couple of FQs that needed to be put away.
2nd WITB 
3rd WITB
DONE 2. Make label for Test Quilt
I'm new to digitizing and DD likes to say lots on a label.
But, it is needing to be trimmed and sewn on the quilt to be delivered.
DONE 3. Quilt & Bind T-shirt Quilt

4. Work on Test blocks 6, 7, 8
Test Block 6 is DONE
Can't show a photo, but I like it.

DONE 5. Quilt QOV
  

6. Work on Jo's Club
Top is done.
I think I will make it into a 22" pillow.
7. Make headphone pouch
8. Work on Animal Applique
9. Work on FROG Quilt
10. Work on Book It Orphan block nightstand runner
DONE 11 Winter Solstice Block
  
12. Finish HST Wedding Quilt Top
working
Now I need to get the backing made and quilt it.

13. Sparkling Sampler Block Q

DONE 14. Digitize the music for towels
Digitize the Equessense shirts and embroider them.
  
I got some big things done this week, so I'm happy.

1. 3-4 WITB 
2. Work on Test blocks 7, 8
3. Jo's Club made into pillow
4. Make headphone pouch
5. Work on Animal Applique
6. Work on FROG Quilt
7. Work on Book It Orphan block nightstand runner
8. Quilt HST Wedding Quilt
9. Sparkling Sampler Block Q
10. Digitize Lana label
11. Digitize Cibolo label


Design Wall Monday

beginning of the music quilt
There are 4 more panels I could use and these are not all trimmed yet.
I'm not exactly sure what my plan was. 
Design curtains
I have not done any of the RSCs this month. 
I need to find some of the flowers to do and just get this quilt done.
Check out all the other design walls.

Saturday, February 11, 2017

Small Quilt Group

The wedding quilt is in top stage.
I have the backing fabric and binding fabric.
I will work on that tomorrow.
The QOV is on the long arm.
I'm doing a large leaf pattern on the outside border 
And a smaller swirl in the white.
About half way done.
Hoping to get it done tomorrow before the YOSA concert.
DD is playing at the Tobin Center, San Antonio.