Monday Meanderings

Happy September.  We had a roaring thunderstorm Friday night. From what we could find out we got 3+" of rain which we definitely needed.  The lightening was almost nonstop.  The thunder for a while was breaking over the house or so it seemed.  I think the power went out three times.  I haven't talked to anyone to see if they had any damage.  In previous bad storms neighbors have lost several electronics from the lightening strikes.  I always unplug my sewing machines -- at least two of them stay unplugged unless I'm using them. My last one is my Bernina that I use every day, or just about. I unplug it when I know a storm may be coming. 

With all that wild weather you would think I wouldn't get much done on my goals. But I have been dedicated and made progress on everything. Here's how I did. 

8/26/24

✅Quilt pink & turquoise Picket Fence top — I quilted and bound my Benny Quilt. 

✅Finish sewing snowballs together — sewn together, measured and stashed in my top closet. 

✅Get sides of panel cut and sewn on — first border is on. 

✅Keep working on grands’ ornaments — head done on the first animal, body started.  

✅Cut out another quilt kit — done! 

I didn't take as many photos as I usually do so not many pictures to show my progress.  But I did take a picture of my finished Benny quilt.  You can find the directions to make one at Michelle's Romantic Tangle blog.  See her directions here.

This is an old post (2013) but I really liked the idea of using up some of my 2.5" squares. I made mine one row bigger than Michelle shows. 

I used a light aqua solid in the centers. I used So Fine thread #518. It's called barely green. (I thought it was a light aqua.) It worked well. 

The quilting design is called Busy Bees by My Creative Stitching. Here's a close up.  There is a flower on the left with the bee on the right. 

Busy Bees by My Creative Stitches

I made a little bit of progress on the panel.  I'll be adding to it over the next few weeks.  I'm not motivated to finish it in a hurry. 

Next up I plan to put one or two rows of 2.5" squares around it. We'll see how far I get on this one over this week. 

On to what I'll be doing this week. 

9/2/24

Keep working on grands’ ornaments 

Finish seaside top 

Fill out panel sides with 2.5” squares

Border old purple top

Make blocks, if needed & lay out happy quilt blocks

Quilt another top if I have time

I did have another great week of stitching every day. 

W/ending 9/1 — 245 days in to 2024. 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Aug = 31/31 days
• 15 minute days/Sept = 1/1
• 15 minute days/2024 = 236/245 days
• Success rate = 96.3% 

I did make another foray to JoAnns to buy more fabrics. I got backings for two more tops.  I tend to only shop for backings when JoAnns has the Keepsake fabric on sale at $4.99. I also was able to buy some Kona fabric at $2.99/yard. Yep, you read that right.  I bought the end of two different turquoise Kona cottons - Ice Frappe and Aruba. One had nearly 3 yards on it and the other had 1.5 yards.  I'm not sure what I'll be using them for but I wasn't turning that price down.   As you might guess I watch the ads carefully. I've got several tops with backing ready to quilt. 

I'm linking up with these parties: Stitching Stuff, Oh Scrap, Design Wall Monday and Monday Musings. 

That's it for me this week.  

Happy Quilting All! Bonnie