Monday Meanderings 9 - 26 - 2021

Another successful week has come to a close.  Let's jump right in and see how I've done on my goals this past week.  It was a pretty darn good week, if I do say so myself. 

9/20/2021

✅Finish orange table runner (see it here.) 

Start sashing UFO --  this might be going with me on retreat.

✅If parts arrive, fix Ruthie

✅Finish quilt on Ruthie

✅Put border on curved 9 patch

This was made with the Accuquilt Go! Glorified Nine Patch.  I'm not sure I would have tried this block without having the die.  It was so EASY to cut and sew those curves.  My mind is wondering what other colors I can make these blocks in.  As to the borders, I'm not so sure about them.  When Sharon visited earlier this summer we auditioned all sorts of fabric from my stash. This is the one we thought looked the best. Um, I'm not so sure now. I'm going to take it on retreat this weekend and see what folks say. I might be buying new fabric for the border. (Click on the picture to see it a little bigger.) 

Yea! The parts for Ruthie finally arrived late Thursday afternoon. After dinner I went down and put the new items on her and got rid of the old pieces. I got 3 of the 5 rows done on one of my small quilts. The next morning I finished it up. I put a charity quilt on Ruthie Saturday and got it finished first thing on Sunday.  Hopefully Tuesday I'll put another one on and get it done so I can pass all 3 quilts off to MB to take to FCQ in Maryland. 

Let's look at this week's goals list.  It's loaded with all sorts of things! 

9/27/2021

Quilt 1 charity quilt

Take Bernina in for spa treatment and do a little fabric shopping 

Prep one last kit, 

Attend Retreat! 

Sew 16 patch sawtooth star blocks 

Sew the turquoise strip blocks 

Start on economy blocks

Short post today. You know the drill:  Check out these linky parties to find lots of blogs to read! 

Oh Scrap!

Monday Making 

Design Wall Monday

To Do Tuesday

Hum, I'll be back to link up the other locations. (Did you notice I even succeeded with To Do Tuesday last week?) 

I'm looking forward to retreat this week.  If I can I'll post something on Friday.  If not come back Monday to see what I was able to do on retreat. 

Happy Quilting!  Bonnie 

Monday Meandering 7- 18 - 2016

What a great weekend I just had!  I sewed quite a bit.  I made some progress on my red, white and blue quilt.  And I went to a terrific class by Vicki Pignatelli. I don't usually try to go for a more arty feel to my work -- I like traditional piecing.  Once my moving plans were settled I decided that a weekend away and taking a class on curves would be wonderful break from the work.  That it was 2 weeks after the move-in date didn't really hit me until I tried to gather supplies for the class after the move.  I found a box of hand dyes -- some I had done and some I had purchased and I found most of my batiks.  I don't have big collections of either styles but that's what I decided to work with. I still haven't found my good fabric scissors so I made do with a small pair I use for snipping threads.  It was all fine and great fun. Vicki is a great teacher and very encouraging.    

Here's my attempt at a water lily done with Vicki's pattern.  

I was totally thrilled with my background fabric and how I was able to manipulate the dots to advantage.  I wasn't thrilled with the lily pad fabric I used in the next picture. 

I changed one of the pieces for a darker and more yellow green piece of hand dyed to have more contrast.  I don't remember changing the other lily pad but it sure looks lighter in the picture below than in the picture above. Sunday morning I left Sharon's  around 10:30, after I got all the pieces sewn down. I will be working on the border next. 

Sharon continued to work on hers. The pattern was the flame shape in the middle.  She added the two circular shapes on top left and mid-right.  

By 7:30 pm or so she had her whole piece finished.  (On the other hand, I got to celebrate Natalie's BD.  And, then had the great joy of driving home down I 95 with a ridiculous amount of traffic!) Here's Sharon's finished piece. Hopefully her finish will motivate me to finish mine this month -- especially since I have finishing this piece as my OMG this month! 

Since life is mostly back to normal it is time to come up with goals again.

July 18, 2016

Put borders on my lily piece from class

Get top of cutting table set up with rulers, trash baskets, scissors and cutters. (Where are all of my cutters???)

Continue piecing R, W & Blue quilt.

Yep, I can't find but one of my rotary cutters.  Nor can I find most of my scissors.  That's a problem that I'm not really happy with waiting to discover once my shelving arrives.  So I may be doing some more box diving this week. 

I'm linking up with Monday Makings and Main Crush Monday.  Take some time to visit blogs around the world using either (or both) of these linky parties as your starting point.  It's lots of fun to be inspired by viewing these blogs. I'm happy to be back to a more normal life although there is a lot still to do.  I plan to putter in the studio this afternoon.

Happy Quilting All! 

Design Wall Monday 4-21-2014

Here's the Throw Me a Curve challenge today. I added some plain squares.   I'm thinking I'll make each of these blocks smaller.  They are currently 6 1/2" which was the only size templates I had.  I've never used these templates yet I've had them for YEARS! Think 10+ years.  I am tickled to actually be using them and surprised at how easy it is to cut out the fabric using a small rotary cutter.  And, the sewing is just as easy.  I may have to do something else with these templates! I would like to get these blocks to a top stage before I have my week in Maryland.  They are due at the Country Piecemaker's May meeting right after I get back from Maryland.  

I'm also in the middle of quilting a QOV quilt for Country Piecemakers.  Here it is on Ruthie with a row and a half done. This block works well as a group project.  It is made as a disappearing 9 patch to begin with and then  sew and flip squares are added to make the star points.  We used donated fabric and purchased background fabric.  The blocks need to be cut to size after they are made which is why it works so well for a group!   

I will be demonstrating this block at the Faithful Circle Quilters show on Friday, May 2nd.  If you are anywhere near Columbia, Maryland during the show stop in and enjoy.  Nearly 300 quilts will be hung. And there will be vendors, silent auction, $10 and under table and Peddler's table. You can read more about it at the Faithful Circle Quilters web site. 

Here's what's been happening with my goals.

Week of April 14, 2014

Border sail boat quilt

Begin quilting QOV quilt√

Embroider shirt and pants for Sophie√

Clean off cutting table√

Make progress on A Tisket, A Tasket blocks

Clean House√

Sing multiple Easter Week services√

And what I must get done this week.

Week of April 21, 2014

Finish quilting QOV quilt

Embroider shirt for Sophia

Make parts for demo for quilt show

Border Sail Boat Quilt

Go see Wicked!

Plan next BOM and write directions

Work on Throw Me a Curve Quilt

Don't forget to visit Patchwork Times for links to design walls across the Internet.  

Happy Quilting All!