We've had a few weather hints that mean fall isn't far off. First one I noted -- overnight temps went into the 60s. Then, day time temps stayed in the 80s instead of moving on to the 90s. A few days had low humidity. This doesn't mean we will actually slide into fall yet. There will continue to be hot days but they will be interspersed with less hot days. I, for one, am happy to see the hot temps cool down a bit. We even walked out side this evening (around 8:30) but it is still almost 80 degrees. No wonder I feel overheated!
Let's take a look at last week's goals see how I did. I didn't get everything done but I did get a LOT done.
8/14/24
✅Quilt Happy Blocks Top — done and bound and sent off to PA to begin its journey to Romania
✅Load and quilt Va Star charity quilt — done
✅Finish 30 Something top — done
Work on misc blocks: FCQ Equilter blocks, retreat blocks, red and yellow RSC blocks — worked a little on RSC blocks but lots to finish
For some reason, the color looks a little dark to me. I was asked to use a big, loose flower. I decided I didn't like the few flower designs I owned so I bought a new one from Urban Elementz. It's called Sunshine and was designed by Melonie Caldwell. I really like it except it took over 15 minutes to stitch the row. Eek. It took longer than I had hoped but I really love the design.
8/21/23
Work on misc blocks: FCQ Equilter blocks, retreat blocks, red and yellow RSC blocks
Take out Tee shirt quilt and plan it out
Buy background to finish cutting Malted Mystery
Clean up the front of the cutting table
I threw in the clean up because I've been trying to clear out a bunch of fabric left overs. I did quite a bit of cutting and tossing small scraps this week. "I" can see the difference but I doubt anyone else can. I've been using my dies and AccuQuilt Go to do the hard work. I have soooo many HSTs that will make 2" finished units. And 2" finished squares. And 3" fin. squares. And... you get the picture. I think I'll have to find a pattern to use some of those half square triangles. (But, not yet I've got things I really need to work on.)
My big distraction this week was a cutting session for Malted Mystery. It's not too late to join in the fun. Check it out at Meadow Mist Designs blog. Sharon and I are working on this mystery together. She gave me until this week to figure out my fabric. Today we Face Timed and chatted as we cut our fabrics. I chose most of the fabric from my stash until I started cutting things out. I got the first 3 fabrics cut but I made quite a bit of miscuts along the way. Some of my fabric were leftovers from wide backs, of fat quarters with a few pieces cut out. You get the idea. It wasn't yardage. I'm going to buy a background because I seriously doubt I have enough of my chosen fabric to cut all the background pieces. And it's doubtful I can still get it.
It's time to pull out the tee shirt quilt and see if I can make some progress on it. I'll keep you posted if I have success or not.
Here's a picture of my favorite quilt holder. Unfortunately he was looking directly into the sun.
That's it for now. Please take some time to visit these Linky parties and see what quilters are doing this week. (I apologize for not remembering to link up to some of the blogs last week. I was so into finishing a quilt that I forgot all about it.)
