Monday Meanderings 7 - 7 - 25

Another week has zoomed by. I didn't think I'd done very much on my list but looking over it I did have some some successes. I also got a book read.  Here's my less than complete goals list from last week. 

6/30/25
✅Quilt one of my quilts — Done! 
Make trip around the world quilt(?)—nope. Don’t have enough of the chosen fabrics to make a TAW. 
✅Cut out popsicle quilt — done. Ready and waiting for retreat to sew it. 
✅Finish knitting a hat — done. And I made pompoms for it and the previous hat. 
Start on July’s UFO — didn’t even look at it.

This is a soccer quilt I made at last fall's retreat. You can see it here after the border was put on.  I used Lynne's Soccer Ball pants. The pattern is from More Quilts for Babies Easy as ABC  by Ursula Reikes. I own all three of her books and I keep turning to them for quick easy quilts. They are also easy to add or take a rows or columns. (ThriftBooks.com has some of her books at a really reasonable price if you are interested.) Here's a close up of the quilting.

Below are two blocks for the popsicle quilt blocks I cut out this week. I'm using the same pattern, Pretty Please, as I used on the music quilt earlier this summer. You can see that finished quilt here. It is available as a down load purchase from Fabric Cafe. Yes, it is another 3 yard quilt. 

I also finished knitting the current hat for From the Heart.  I used a lighter yellow yarn and a periwinkle and made it in the child size.  When the knitting was done I made pompoms for the two hats.  The pink is a really cool self striping hat. I'm hoping Michaels, that has purchased JoAnn's intellectual property rights, will be selling these self striping yarns soon. 

When I looked at the Trip Around the World I thought I could make a small baby quilt with 5 fat quarters. After doing a lot of calculations I realized five  fat quarters wouldn't make a 36" quilt. So that project is shelved for the time being.  Here's what I cut out instead of the Trip Around the World.  

I wish I could remember who offered these free directions. I read a lot of blogs and this came from one of the blogs. Sigh. Maybe whoever passed it on to me will see this post and let us know.  Good news. Vicki and an annonymous commenter both came up with the correct blog. Check out The Colorful Fabricholic's charity patterns. I see some other ones I might want to make.  Thanks Jan for offering these free patterns for charity work.

Here's what I've cut out so far. I'll be cutting the sashing pieces this week. I think I'm going to use a cream color.  The white of the design wall seems a bit stark so that reinforces my color choice and I have a yard of it. I sure hope I have enough for this smaller size. 

 

Here's a closeup of some of the blocks.  I'm calling this one Dinos and Friends. I have a bunch of Dino fabrics that I've cut up.  Plus a bunch of friends - Snowmen, cats, dogs, even geckos along with some filler colors.  It should be fun to sew together. I may work on it before retreat and finish it at retreat.  Time will tell. 

I've cut back on how much I'm putting on my next goal's list because of a large customer quilt.

7/7/25
Load and quilt customer’s quilt -- this is my priority
Cut sashing for child quilt 
Make FCQ EQuilter blocks
Put some fabric away/ clean up a bit 

I've kept up my 15 minutes of stitching. 

W/ending 7/6/25. 187 days of 2025

• 15 minute days/June = 30/30 
• 15 minute days/July = 6/6
• 15 minute days/2024 = 187/187 days
• Success rate = 100%

Some days it was an all day sewing day. Somedays it was 15 minutes to an hour of knitting.  But I've done really well keeping up on stitching. I hope to continue. 

I hope you have time to visit some of these Linky Parties.  You can see what quilters around the world are up to.  Hum, maybe like me, you'll get way too many great ideas.  

Stitching Stuff

Oh Scrap

Design Wall Monday 

Monday Musing 

I'm done. I need a good night's sleep to get all these things done this week! 

Happy Quilting All! Bonnie