2021 Challenges

  2021 Challenges 

All People Quilt 2021 Challenge

February 2. Oasis Cover

April 4. Tree genealogy

I finished zigzagging the tree.

Now to get my parent's clothing out and cut out the leaves.

May 9. Patriotic Coasters

I cut some fabric and some batting this month.

June 5. Stonehenge Pillow

July 12. Memory Pillow for Jon and Bear for Ashley

6. Fish Bowl

8. Football Pillow

August 10. Jo's Club Blue HST

HCMQG

February # 80 Hive Mind

March #44 Crumb Fabric Totes

April #8 Ashley T-shirt quilt

May #20 Car Organizer

June #114 Mount Rushmore

July #189 Small Mesh Tote

August #170 Stonehenge pillow

Stashbuster

February # 4 A Little Bit Shorter Tree 

The top and backing are done.

I need to quilt it.

February #60 Flower Shop Quilt

March #10 August Table Topper

March #28 Christmas Card Caddy

April #7 Artic Wolf

April #73 Heart Embroidery

May #32 Christmas Stocking

May #1 1" HST misc

June #8 Ashley T-shirt Quilt

June #56 Fish Bowl

July #3 A Heritage Quilt

July #21 Carol Flower

The top and backing are done.

I need to quilt it

August #11 Bee-u-ti-ful Applique

August #88 Jacob's Ladder

One Monthly Goal

July - R.O.A.Ds Quilt Top

This is made from guild patriotic blocks and panels.

It is done, but I forgot to take a photo before it went to the quilter

August - #103/104 - Memory Pillow and Bear

Quilting Gail PhD

This is a new one for me. 

She suggests listing 12 items and being able to change them if you want.

My list, as of now, is as follows:

January 1. Orphan blocks  

I have made many pillows and table toppers with the Orphan blocks, but there are still more.

February 4. A Little Bit Shorter Tree

March 12. Patriotic Coasters

I am cutting backing and 5" squares to make these.

I had some done, but need lots more.

April 8. Tree Genealogy

May 11. Paris

June 9. Quilters Wall Hanging

July 6. Christmas Embroidery

 

 

I didn't like these all in one quilt, so I made postcards.

There are still a few left, but this was the majority of the embroidery stitch-outs.

2. Iron caddy

5. Christmas - Nature Gift

  August 7. Snowman Ornaments

10. Rob Peter

Vacation

 I was gone on vacation until Saturday evening.

It was a beautiful place at Lake Conroe, TX.

I'm still recovering, so it was difficult at times for me.

But we had fun. DD and DH went fishing while I sewed.

They explored, and we went out to eat once.

I was allowed to wander through Wal-Mart, and there was a new Quilt Shop.

While we were driving by, we saw a sign, "Quilt Shop," and DH stopped on the way back to Lake Conroe.

That was my day out, and I was exhausted when we got home.

This will be a "family tree" using my parent's closing as leaves.

I've been working on this, or more like putting this away, for many years.

 

This is a crochet pouch with a loop embroidery stitch on the zipper to start it.

The hardest part is the beginning stitch on the zipper.

I made two on vacation.

I also started crocheting Santa belly ornaments. 

I don't have one finished, so I don't have a photo.

The link above shows the finished ornament.

 

 

I had embroidery stitch-outs.

This is another long-ago UFO.

I didn't know what to do with them.

I decided to use them as postcards.

I finished up the postcards while at Lake Conroe.

This is my sewing area.

There were other places to eat in the apartment, and my family is generous in letting me take over this space.

I had 1.5 design walls. 

The one on the right was half a design wall for little things.

It was very useful.

Carol moved and left me some of her UFOs.

These were 5" squares of Christmas fabric.

I love these little quilts for cuddle quilts at Christmas.

This is probably going to my son.

This was all paper pieced.

Some of the angles were very weird.

But, I finally (after 4 years) got this one together.

I think I might just quilt it on the DSM.

Carol left this wonky flower.

There was a portion of the orange and purples with it.

I had some batik fabric that I used to make the pieces large enough to frame the flower.

I'll quilt this on the DSM.

This Sunbonnet Sue is an older quilt.

I just did the binding on it for Habitat for Humanity.

This 10-minute table runner is 54" long.

It took me more than 10 minutes.

I had trouble with the points.

I'm blaming it on the COVID brain. LOL

I also worked on my guild mystery.

I trimmed all the HST but found out I need about 30 more.

Why didn't I count right?

I was hoping they would be here when I got back, but they are not.

So, that is a chore to make more HST and trim them.

It was a productive vacation with lots of fun time with the family.

Hopefully, I will be posting more regularly.

Sharing the computer is tough. LOL

Design Wall Monday

  I'm linking to 

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts Design Wall Monday and Monday Making.

My Secret Quilter from the HCMQG gave me the "Scrappy Square" FQ bundle.

It uses Bella Solids in Pinks.

I'm using them as leaders/enders for the Patriotic Quilt

This quilt is for the ROAD Foundation in Cibolo.

They will be raffling this quilt to earn money for their program.

I've been gone for a week and want to get this finished quickly.

I need to frame the panel pieces and then sew them together.

Someone else is going to quilt it for us.

Design Wall Monday

  I'm linking to 

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts Design Wall Monday and Monday Making.

This is the Grannies Mystery from Scrappy Quilter.

I have one row on the sewing machine ready to attach.

The final row of sashing in on the wall.

After that, the fabric to the left is the border fabric.

It is almost a top.

My Secret Quilter from the HCMQG gave me the "Scrappy Square" FQ bundle.

It uses Bella Solids in Pinks.

I have the outside pieces made and placed.

The rest of the pieces are being pressed and bonus HST cut off.

I'm using them as leader/enders for the Grannies Mystery.

Stash Report #28

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	Used this Week:	1.67 yards
	Used year to Date:	115.07 yards
	Net stash used in July	1.67 yards
	Added this Week:	0.00 yards
	Added Year to Date:	48.83 yards
	New Goal:	200.00 yards
	Yards to the goal:	111.26 yards
	Net Used in 2021:	88.74 yards

 

I made a smaller bag for DD to share at her work

I'm waiting to see if they would like some of these for prizes.

I also made a bandana with the dog's name embroidered on it.

Next time, the name placement is lower.

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 block challenge:

	Total Number of equivalent blocks:	547
	Perimeter in inches:	45869
	Numer of UFOs completed UFO Yardage Used	25 76.76
	Percentage of yardage used in UFOs:	67%
	Number of Bobbins Used this week:	1
	Number of Bobbins Used this year:	59
	Number of Spools Used this week: Number of Spools Used this year:	0 21

Kate at Life in Pieces is doing the challenge of 15 minutes of sewing.

Days of Stitching                                      88%

Number of Days this week                          6/7

Number of Days this year                    168/191

Days Organizing                                      82%

Number of Days this week                         7/7

Number of Days this year                   157/191

I had one day of adventure.

My first trip out of the house since the first of May.

I delivered the three quilts I made for graduation.

I was too tired to come home and sew.

DD always puts together a meaningful label.

She had so many words that I was not able to do an embroidery label, so I printed them on fabric.

While I waited for DD to arrive on my outing day, I cleared some scraps and paper clutter.

Quilting is more fun than Housework has us working on scraps.

The block was too small, so I added a red border.

Monday

I needed to make a Diesel Bandana with her name on it.

  

This is a smaller tote to see if DD could use it as a prize in the rehab center where she is working.

The inside has a pocket.

It might even need to be a bit smaller.

I'll let them tell me what they would like.

 

Design Wall Monday

   I'm linking to 

Small Quilts and Doll Quilts Design Wall Monday and Monday Making.

  

This is the Grannies Mystery from Scrappy Quilter.

I have the hexagons sewn together and now need to put them onto the background.

After that, I'll be making the sashing for this quilt.

I'm closing in on the finish.

My Secret Quilter from the HCMQG gave me the "Scrappy Square" FQ bundle.

It uses Bella Solids in Pinks.

Judy cut it out for me.

I'm so thankful for her help.

I am working on the alternate blocks.

When they are finished, it is just sewing it together.

There aren't any borders.

June summary

 I'm late in doing this, but here is my accounting of the month of June.

Completed items

Cat Embroidery postcards

Ice cream postcards

Anniversary postcard

Ashley Floor Pillow

Fox postcards

Cat postcards

Red postcards

Sunflower postcards

Dog bandanas

Ashley bandanas

Cheyenne bandanas

May/Jun OMG Bobcat Coaster

Shark Postcards

Beach Postcards

Grannies block

Cheyenne Tote Bag

Gus Tote Bag

Barry Tote Bag

Grannie Block #12

UFOs completed in June

(19) Kitty Embroidery postcards

(20) Ashley floor pillow

(21) Graduation Tote Bags

Blocks completed

Jun - 152

These were equivalent blocks from making coasters.

Happy 4th of July

 For all in the United States, Happy Independence Day!

For everyone else, I hope you enjoy your day.

Stash Report #27

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	Used this Week:	0.05 yards
	Used year to Date:	113.40 yards
	Net stash used in June	36.44 yards
	Added this Week:	0.00 yards
	Added Year to Date:	48.83 yards
	New Goal:	200.00 yards
	Yards to the goal:	112.93 yards
	Net Used in 2021:	86.60 yards

 

I made two stockings, but the materials were provided.

I had to use my own fabric for the binding on the top.

I've been embroidering instead of completing other things.

I embroidered these twelve stockings.

I've had no usage in July yet, so this is my last June 2021 report.

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 block challenge:

	Total Number of equivalent blocks:	543
	Perimeter in inches:	45587
	Numer of UFOs completed UFO Yardage Used	24 76.56
	Percentage of yardage used in UFOs:	68%
	Number of Bobbins Used this week:	3
	Number of Bobbins Used this year:	58
	Number of Spools Used this week: Number of Spools Used this year:	1 21

Kate at Life in Pieces is doing the challenge of 15 minutes of sewing.

Days of Stitching                                      88%

Number of Days this week                          7/7

Number of Days this year                    162/184

Days Organizing                                      82%

Number of Days this week                         7/7

Number of Days this year                   150/184

I have worked in the studio every day for a number of hours.

It feels wonderful!

I have also started decluttering the rest of the house.

It is not a fast process, but it is doing something.

I have goodwill items to deliver. 

Quilting is more fun than Housework has us working on scraps.

I found these pieces in my patriotic UFO bag.

I'm making a block for a sampler quilt.