2021 Monthly Challenges

 2021 Challenges 

All People Quilt 2021 Challenge

February 2. Oasis Cover

April 4. Tree genealogy

6. Fish Bowl

Oct 8. Football Pillow

Nov 3. Scooter bag

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

September #182 Tiny Christmas Stocking

October # 99 Love panel

November #141 Purple Triangle in a Square

Stashbuster

February #60 Flower Shop Quilt

March #10 August Table Topper

March #28 Christmas Card Caddy

April #7 Artic Wolf

May #32 Christmas Stocking

May #1 1" HST misc

June #8 Ashley T-shirt Quilt

June #56 Fish Bowl

July #3 A Heritage Quilt

August #11 Bee-u-ti-ful Applique

August #88 Jacob's Ladder

September #5 Adorn It Quilt

September #17 Braided Twist Table Topper

October #6 Arrowheads

October #49 This one has been purged from my list

November #12 Bench Pillows

November #26 Chili Pepper HST

One Monthly Goal

August/September/October - #103/104 - Memory Pillow and Bear

 

Finally done
November - Kolache Test Quilt

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.

April 8. Tree Genealogy

May 11. Paris

June 9. Quilters Wall Hanging

  August 7. Snowman Ornaments

 September 2. Iron caddy

October 5. Christmas - Nature Gift

November 10. Rob Peter 

Happy Halloween

 Halloween used to be a time Jon and I would go out to eat and away from the trick or treaters.

Jon didn't like candy and never wanted to dress up, so we had Mother/Son time.

Then, along came Ashley.

She loved to trick or treat because she loved candy.

She loved to dress up and all the scary things.

She got her brother to dress up a little because she was so excited.

2006

2007

2009

2010

2011

There I am dressed up as a witch. LOL

2012

Then on Halloween 2013, my wonderful Dad passed away.

Here are some photos of him along the way.

 

with Jon

 Mom and Dad

At Randy & my wedding

 

Mom and Dad.

Halloween hasn't been the same since.

2021

We have finally figured out it is OK to celebrate without Dad.

That is a good thing.

Happy Halloween!

Stash Report #43

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	Used this Week:	1.67 yards
	Used year to Date:	185.37 yards
	Net Stash used in October	12.03 yards
	Added this Week:	0.00 yards
	Added Year to Date:	53.58 yards
	New Goal:	200.00 yards
	Yards to the goal:	36.71 yards
	Net Used in 2021:	163.29 yards

 

 I made two chicken blocks for the guild Storybook Quilts project. 

This is a memory pillow out of my Mom's clothing.

 

These are from bonus triangles from the Moda quilt my Secret Quilter gave me.

It is made by Christina Cameli called Sonora.

A postcard swap has us doing an Austrailan Christmas.

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 block challenge:

	Total Number of equivalent blocks:	1148
	Perimeter in inches:	116069
	Numer of UFOs completed UFO Yardage Used	39 106.74
	Percentage of yardage used in UFOs:	58%
	Number of Bobbins Used this week:	1
	Number of Bobbins Used this year:	96
	Number of Spools Used this week: Number of Spools Used this year:	3 38

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

Days of Stitching                                     91%

Number of Days this week                          7/7

Number of Days this year                   277/303

Days Organizing                                      89%

Number of Days this week                         7/7

Number of Days this year                   269/303

I did some handwork on two days because of how I was feeling this week.

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

  I used up the embroidery and made Christmas PCs.

 

Week's progress

 

I worked on postcards.

These are from the Christmas embroidery I had from my UFO listing.

I also did an Australian postcard.

This is a little mug rug from the bonus HST from the Moda Quilt.

 

This is a pillow from my Mom's clothing.

I still have a bear to make.

 

Studio Update

  I still have work to do in the studio, but it is a start. 

But, I continue to make some progress, even if sometimes it looks worse.

It's been a difficult couple of weeks.

We are having some home repair done, which messes things up.

 

 

I have two QOVs to bind, so they are sitting on the window seat ready for me to make the binding.

Do you see the light in the corner?

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My daughter loves it so much, she wants a social work one.

  

 

I made some changes and put my books from the little bookshelf on the corner.

The containers went in the corner cabinet.

It is lots cleaner now.

 

 

I think this area is my area that gets out of control quickly.

I need to work on it and see if I can unclutter the area any.

 

 

It's a little messy because I'm using everything around there.

The basket needs to be emptied and will be this week.

 

 

Still much the same.

I do think I finished one UFO and a box left.

 

 

The bags to the side are projects next in line, so they will stay there.

I'm working on the T-shirt quilt, so two of the bags will slowly dwindle as I stabilize the shirts.

I can't show this photo because of test quilts.

   

  

I can't show the area because of a test quilt.

 

I've used some of the batting.

I need to put containers back after I had to get to one in the bottom area.

 

 

I had to use something and it wouldn't go back, so now I need to figure out that area again.

 

 

I made a mess emptying bags.

What a mess.

I've had a rough couple of weeks, so less is being done, but something is.

Thanks for helping me stay accountable.