Monday Meanderings 1 -6 - 2025

 Welcome 2025 -- Let's Get Quilting! 

I've had a quiet week since the new year came in until tonight. Now snow is on the way.  Lots of snow is coming in the next 24 hours -- 10 to 12".  This is coming to an area that hasn't seen all that much snow over the last few years.  We've charged all of our devices, checked the food supplies, and made sure there is a lot of tp and tissues. We're ready. So now back to my normal blog writing.  

First up my goals for the past week.  I did pretty well but I didn't take many pictures. Sigh. 

12/30/24

✅Finish binding pinwheel quilt — finished.

✅Put borders on fall quilt — done.

✅Enjoy the Rose Bowl Parade - done although I wasn't as happy with the tv coverage. 

✅Work on UFO Challenge project -- plan figured out and ready to try with blocks. 

✅Spend 15 minutes a day cleaning up especially the front of my cutting table -- succeeded 5 out of 7 days, I can see a good portion of the front section. 

The only quilting picture I have to share is the finished fall applique top.  It's ready to be quilted. I plan to do it on my domestic machine as I don't want to use an all over design plus it will be easier to go around  the 3-D sunflower on the domestic.

Here's what I hope to do this week. 

1/6/25

Layout the 3.5” rail blocks

Load and quilt a top

Continue cleaning cutting table

Make 2 E quilter blocks for me

Start a new top

What I did do this week is figure out my fabric use statistics.  I had to figure Oct, Nov, and Dec ins and out.  So here are the results from the last 3 months of the year.  

2025	Yards in Month	Yards In Year	Yards Out Month	Yards Out Year	Total Yards In or Out Year
October	8.25	93.75	3.00	129.50	35.65
November	24.50	118.25	17.25	146.65	28.40
December	0.50	118.75	21.00	167.65	48.90

This was an amazing year!  I have been purchasing a lot of backing fabrics. And using them nearly as fast as I bought them.  I think I have 3 more to use. I have lots of finished quilts piled around my sewing space. I'm looking forward to going to the next guild meeting to unload some of my finishes and getting them into the hands of folks who can use them. 

Here's my end of 2024 15 Minutes to Stitch and the start for 2025. Yes, I'll continue to stitch for 15 minutes each day this year. I have determined stitching to mean I'm in the studio working -- it might be cutting out fabric, sewing it, planning and designing quilts, and any handwork I do including sewing, embroidery, or knitting.  This result looks fabulous! Here's hoping for a lot of 100% weeks in my future.

W/ending 1/5/25 

• 15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/Dec =2/2 days 
• 15 minute days/Jan = 5/5 days
• 15 minute days/2024 = 5/5 days
• Success rate = 100%

Please visit these Linky Parties.  It's fun to see what people are working on across the Internet! 

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I end this post with a new picture of Sunny. She got the orange ball for Christmas -- it's a perfect size for her.  She's getting better but she still has minor itching which means she still has a few spots of bare skin. A lot is growing in. We've added wiping her face and feet with water-downed apple cider vinegar after she has been walking on grass in the neighborhood.  It seems to help. But she still has a regime of pills to take and baths. We're looking forward to the day we can bathe her less than 3 times a week.  

Happy Quilting All! Bonnie