Weather is still a major issue here. It has continued to be much colder than usual and we had a little extra snow this week. That means I stayed in the house most of the time and sewed! And, I got a lot done this week!
Here's my goal list. Most everything is checked off. YEA!
2/2/26
✅Work on the spools quilt — top is finished.
✅Work on snowman block — little bits of progress made.
✅Start new knitted hat — about 3” are done.
✅Work on outline stitching on zippered bag — left section done.
Make 4 more dash blocks✔️✔️✔️ — 3 out of 4 done.
Mail quilt blocks MB, Joan, and Many Hands and Many Hearts — Oops, they aren’t even packaged!
I finished the spool top. And, I really like it. I've got to find (or buy) something for the backing. But, am I'm actually done with this? Does it need a border? It can't be very big because I want to use it on an existing hanger that isn't much bigger than the top is now. Maybe it just needs a binding in that same blue? What do you think?
Here's what I've done on the zippered bag. I've finished about a third of the backstitching. I should have finished it but instead worked on the other hand stitched items on my list. I'll be showing them once I have enough done to actually see. I plan on using this bag for my knitting projects.
Here's what I'm working on this coming week. (Hopefully I'll actually mail out the packages!)
2/9/26
Mail quilt blocks to MB, Joan, and Many Hands and Many Hearts
Begin planning for Feb UFO Challenge
Finish stitching on zippered bag, add buttons
Work on snowman block
Continue knitting on hat
Continue putting Magnificent Mystery blocks together
I had another week of sewing every day. I went back to last week's statement and I realized I had the wrong number of days -- one too many. So this number is correct.
Week ending 2/8/2026 -- 39 days of 2026
39 Of 39 days 100%.
Sunday I spent the afternoon off list! Sharon is back from a trip and we decided to work on our Magnificent Mystery quilts together on FaceTime. Evidently the February instructions are for the rest of the quilt. But first there are a lot of units to be sewn into blocks and half blocks. I laid out the two main blocks and took photos. (I had them on design boards one with turquoise edge, the other with a red and white check edge.)
I am going to need to remake some units in the half blocks as I switched up the placement of some colors. It won't take much to make the correct blocks. I like what's been done so far. I finished 7 blocks of 13 like the top block and just the one of the bottom one. We'll get together again to have another try at finishing these blocks.
I hope you can spend some time surfing these Linky parties to keep up with what quilters are doing around the world.
Happy Quilting All! Bonnie
These two blocks look great--it's fun to FT sew with a friend!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on maintaining the 100% on the stitching time. Your Magnificent blocks are looking good. Your version is going to be really pretty. Hope you see a bit of a warm up soon, we hit 70 yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI am so behind on reading blogs, eventually I will get caught up(I think). If your hanger isn't much bigger than this quilt I would just bind it and be done. It's really cute!
ReplyDeleteGreat sewing quilt! I personally think you need a border to show off the spools just a small neutral one. But I love the sewing machine in the center!
ReplyDeleteWhat a neat idea to have the sewing machine surrounded by spools.
ReplyDeleteLOVE your spool quilt, Bonnie! A border would be nice - and show off the round of spools, but if it's the right size a blue binding will work nicely too! I look forward to seeing what you decide to do with it. Thanks for sharing with us at Monday Musings. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteI'm wanting to see that spool/sewing machine quilt quilted! I would skip the border and use the solid blue for binding--you could make the binding wider than usual, for a faux border look. Here's the "chunky binding" tutorial I refer to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lea_zNEXu5s
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