Monday Meanderings 1 - 20 - 2024

I'm looking forward to the first "spring" rehearsal of the Spotsylvanians on Monday. Once again I am going to be the lead for the soprano section. No, that doesn't mean I'm the best singer or know all that much about singing... it's an administrative and a social job. Or that is how I see it.  We'll be going to rehearsals early for the next couple of weeks to meet and greet the new singers as well as those who are continuing.  If you live in the greater Fredericksburg community please consider joining us singing or coming to our spring concert. I'll share details once I learn them. 

I have been fairly negligent at getting my goals completed recently.  It looks like I'm being successful but I really haven't had all that many completely finished goals recently. So, let's see how I did this week. 

1/13/25

✔️Finish 3.5 rail blocks to top stage — close to finished. 

✅Load and quilt a top — finished.

✅Cut out and begin sewing new top — top is finished which is all I planned to do.

✅Find something else that strikes my fancy—organized rectangles for more potato chip blocks. One was made. 

So, actually I finished 3 projects of my goals. One is partially finished.  Wow. I guess I'm doing better than I thought. 

Here's the top I quilted this week (actually Sunday, just under the wire, so to speak.) 

This is another 3 yard quilt from Fabric Cafe. It's called Stepping Stones. It was really easy to make. I bought the green fabric specifically to go with the grapes which I already owned.  And, luckily the purple fabric was left over backing fabric. I have enough of the green fabric for the binding. The quilting design is called Ariana.

I've put binding this quilt on my goals list for this week. 

Here's what I'll be finishing and/or starting this week. 

1/20/25

Bind grape quilt

Finish 3.5 rail blocks to top

Make a couple of potato chip blocks

Quilt another top 

Keep cutting up scraps and putting fabric away

Start new mystery quilt with Sharon, choose & prep fabric for it

Here's a quilt I finished last year.  I've been playing with string quilts a bit as they are a great way to use up a lot of leftovers.  I used a navy blue fabric in the center of the blocks to create the linear look. If you look carefully at an actual block you'll see half of the block I used dark/medium strings and half I used very light strings. 

I used a basic stipple pattern for the quilting. I use stipple a lot as it is pretty fast and creates nice curves on the quilt. Apparently I used either a white/beige thread or possibly a light grey.  

I gave this to my local quilt guild last week.  I'm not sure where it will end up but it will go to someone in my community who will be happy to have it. 

For several years Sharon and I have made a mystery quilt while we visited over FaceTime. Last year I wasn't interested in any of the mysteries so we just sewed what we felt like when we got together.  This year we are going to do Cali & Co. Mystery BOM presented by Coriander Quilts. We both are planning to use scraps along with whatever background fabrics is required. I will be using a white on white I already have. I won't worry about border fabric until later in the year. 

I have done a great job on my 15 Minutes to Stitch this week. 

W/ending 1/19/25. 19 days of 2025

• 15 minute days/Jan = 7/7 days
• 15 minute days/2024 = 19/19 days
• Success rate = 100%

I'm hoping to keep this up for several months.  

These are the Linky Parties I'll be joining. I hope you take a few minutes to visit some of the bloggers who are partying too. 

Stitching Stuff

Oh Scrap

Design Wall Monday

Monday Musing 

Hopefully I'll remember to link up the other two parties tomorrow! 

Happy Quilting All! Bonnie