Happy Father's Day -- at least here in America. We were able to spend part of it with our son and his family. I hate to complain about the weather so I'll say we've had some wonderful days with low humidity and reasonable summer temps. We may have a lot of rain this week. My weather saying is wait a few days it will change! Do you say that about weather where you live?
Here's what I got done this week. It was satisfying to move forward on all of these goals.
6/15/26
✅Bind 1 quilt — Done.
✅Cut one quilt kit — Done.
✅Make more ✔️Veronica blocks and ✔️✔️Hollow 9 patches — 3 blocks were made. Another two are started. All the blocks for Hollow 9 patches are finished.
✅Baste Fall Blocks top (June ufo challenge project)— Done.
✅Check a couple of project boxes, empty, and put away fabric if project is finished — One zippered pouch was liberated.
Here's the finished quilt with binding. My grands helped me out with holding the quilt. You can read more about it here.
Before we left for our son's house I was able to finish pin basting the fall quilt.👇The blocks are old -- 10 or 12 years old. Last year I put the finished blocks into a quilt. And then I let it sit for a while. I did put it on my 2026 UFO Challenge I do with Sharon. Its number came up for June.
At one point I was thinking of doing some more applique blocks but decided I probably couldn't do the hand appliqué as nicely as I did the original blocks. And, we have a quilt hanger over the fireplace where this would fit beautifully. It's about 38" square. I will be quilting it with my domestic machine and a walking foot. My preliminary plan is to stitch around each square but in the black and gold fabric. I'll stitch in the ditch on the outside of the small gold border. I will probably do something in the middle of the black border. You might notice I'm not talking about the rust rectangles.
Well, lazy me says stitch in the ditch and call it done. The more artistic me says, maybe some parallel lines 1" or so apart. Or a checkerboard on the diagonal. I will probably do some parallel lines using whatever size masking tape I have to mark them. But it is going to take way more time than this last week of June! I'll try to keep you posted on my progress.
I have way too many projects started and am using way too many project boxes and plastic zippered bags. I did check one of the boxes and found it full of fabrics with an ocean theme. I know I've made one quilt from the fabric but there is a lot more. The quilt kit I cut was made from 5" squares of the same fabric. It will stay in the box until I make some more quilts out of it. It's going to take a while! Plus there is another project in the box that I didn't even look at but I think it is also ocean scenes. Oh my!
Here are my goals for this week. Wait, how did I get sooooo many items on the list?
6/22/26
Start quilting Fall Blocks (June ufo challenge project)
Finish two more Veronica blocks that are already started
Keep checking project boxes and/or zippered pouches to free them up for other projects
Work on Snowman #2
Knit a beanie
Start table runner for retreat
I may not get to everything but I hope I can get some of each of these projects done.
I did sew everyday this week including spending some time this morning finishing the pin basting before we left for our son's house. I'm glad I did as we stayed later than planned and I was unmotivated* when we got home. (*I admit I fell asleep on the couch while trying to read!)
So I was successful on sewing every day this week.
Week ending 6/21/26: 172 days of 2026.
172 stitching days out of 172 days. 100%
I notice I often make mistakes on the info regarding sewing every day. Last week was a big one when I said I'd stitch 158 of 165 days. OOPS! I'll try to proofread better but don't hold your breath!
Now another quilt my friend Sharon quilted while here last week.
This is her version of Cheryl Brickey's Magnificent Mystery. You can see my top here. It's amazing how differently they look but they are the same pattern. I'll get around to quilting mine someday!
Please spend some time checking out these Linky Parties. Lots of fun pics and info about what quilters around the world are doing.
Stitching Time
Oh Scrap
Quilting Patchwork Applique
Design Wall Monday
Monday Musings
I've got 3 more weeks to get ready for retreat with friends. We rent a house in the Shenandoah mountains and sew for 6 days. So, lots of projects need to be readied. I generally take about 6. I think I have two or three ready so far. I think I'll check some of my projects that are sitting around waiting to be worked on. That's better than starting new projects for sure. We also need to plan a dinner with another attendee. I have it easy as I usually do dessert and a salad while a friend does the main dinner. Dinners are very good. We bring our own breakfasts and lunches. It is a great week to spend sewing times with good friends I don't see as often.
How is your quilting going? Do you keep a goals list or just tackle what ever you feel like each week? I hope you get a lot of stitching done this week.
Happy Quilting All! Bonnie
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