Found postcards

I found two postcards that I apparently received awhile back.

Wonky houses from Doni 

Spring landscape from Shelli.

Thank you for such fun postcards.

Sorry they were lost in my mess.

Postcards

Hot Glue Gun Stencil that was a flop.

Cardinals

Angels

Lana's Table Topper

I did lots of straight lines.

Used my new piece of equipment and rulers.

Had fun and one of her 5 small items are done.

Motivational Monday

30 April - 6 May 2018

1. Unstitch bad stitching on CIL
Started this, but it  not easy to unstitch, so it will take some time.

2. Keep working on studio

Found some leftover scraps :(

Put them away.

3. Post Cards
a. Under Tulle

b. April Showers & College students

c. Hot Glue

d. Birthday

Every Stamp Tells a Story

4. Organization Challenge - clean out under my desk

The mess before, with the hole punches moved. 

why do I need 4 hole punches?

The small white one is a Franklin Time Management hole punch

A two hole punch.

The big gray one is my Dad's and I don't want to get rid of it.

The black one works well.

So, I suppose I will keep them all. 

All vacuumed and organized.

A few things found new homes, but all the dust is out of there and the cords are in the back.

So, maybe it will be better.

The cords on the green container are for the mouse.

5. Re-trace on background fabric and fuse states to the Map Quilt

I wish I had not used those light fabrics

I'm goign to look at it for a bit and see if I want to change them out.

I need this done this week.

I ended up change Oregon, but left the others.

Now the two borders are going on and then quilting with organic lines

6. WITB
Lots of fun things I forgot to take a photo of.
I found a set of yoyos that I can use in my bag I always have in the car.

After cleaning out from under the desk, I decided to do a bag that had lots of miscellaneous stuff that didn't belong  in the studio.

7. Start preparing for vacation

Have the travel notebook together with all the reservations, etc.
That helps with the planning.
I need to get the expenses spreadsheet put together so we know what we are spending.
I've pulled things like my bathing suit and stuff I won't be using for the next 10 days.
Yes, I'm an early packer and I need to go through the standard stuff so we don't bring anything we don't need.
I have an idea of things I'm bringing with me.
I think the smaller items I have with me I can do things like bindings.

7 - 13 May 2018

1. Keep unstitching bad stitching on CIL

2. Keep working on studio to be vacation ready

3. Post Cards

a. Blue Work

b. Birthday (June)

c. Hot Glue

d. Song Birds
e. Angels

4. Organization Challenge - Clean out under sewing machine.

5. WITB

6. Keep preparing for vacation

7. Quilt Lana's table topper.

Design Wall Monday

Linking to Design Wall Monday.

T-shirt pillows are the focus this week. 

I have the iris pillow on the left.

The long term project using 2" bonus HST in the middle.

The Hummingbird blocks on the right.

There are 2 more Hummingbird blocks to finish. 

Those tiny stockings were to be used for something, but I'm not sure what.

Bread and Butter stars are on the right top.

Lana's envelope quilt is on the bottom.

I'm trying to figure out how to quilt it because those envelopes are open.

I don't know that I'll get much done this week because of vacation planning, but I should be able to clean and do a little.

Stash Report

quilt paint create links to all our stash reports

Used this Week:                                           14.28 yards

Used year to Date:                                     144.82 yards

Total out of stash this Month (May)                 10.43 yards

Added this Week:                                           0.00 yards
Added Year to Date:                                     10.50 yards
Goal:                                                         200.00 yards

Yards to goal:                                               55.18 yards

Net Used in quilts 2018:                              93.07 yards 

A couple of other fun facts are:

Prairie Moon is doing a 350 blocks challenge this year:
Number of equivalent blocks:                  338

Perimeter in inches                               4302

Number of UFOs finished this year:            18

UFO Yardage Used                                74.41

Amount of yardage used in UFOs              80%

Number of Bobbins Used this week          5
Number of Bobbins Used this year          85

Number of Spools Used this week            3

Number of Spools Used this year            23

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

Days of Stitching                                      96%

Number of Days this week                       7/7

Number of Days this year                       120/125

Days Organizing                                       94%

Number of Days this week                       7/7

Number of Days this year                        118/125

Coughing is less and less daily. YEAH
Finished up a couple of long term projects, and they were not small, so the yardage was great this week.

Next week might not be as much because of vacation planning and appointments.

But, I'm happy.

I'll be taking some hand projects on the trip, so I doubt I have some finishes, but I'll be closer to them when I return.

Christmas Stocking

A Christmas Stocking for my son

Made from his leftover quilt pieces.