Monday Meanderings 3 - 7 - 2016

For several days this week I had the pedal to the floor working on quilts.  I am making some progress on my OMG project.  After cutting several strips the wrong size I found more fabric and cut new strips and sewed half blocks.  I will decide after I finish the units how I want to sew them together.  I'm thinking of finding an appliqué of some sort to go on this quilt to jazz it up a bit.  We'll see if I do that or not. 

My "boy" charity quilt is also coming along well. (It's on the top and right of the OMG blocks.)   This block takes thinking on my part to get it sewn together correctly.  I try to keep one block always ready to sew as the ender of the other projects I'm working on.  I have 9 blocks done.  I plan to continue to make blocks until I run out of the beige fabric I'm using for the four squares.  

I've moved ahead on the Slide Show quilt.  The dog photos have been ordered and shipped.  I'm waiting for them to arrive.  Although there is a lot of strip sewing for this quilt it isn't particularly hard.  I'll keep sewing those strips together until I have all the sub units I need.  

I won't be starting anything new in the studio until I've finished these three tops.  I may pull out a quilt or two from my "to be quilted" pile.  I have several smaller size quilts I could get finished fairly easily. 

I did fabulously well on my goals last week.  By mid week I had either finished everything on the list or I had moved projects forward.  

February 28, 2016

Put border on antique quilt √

Start “Slide Show” dog quilt√

Order pictures for Slide Show√

Work on next OMG quilt√

Continue to work on “boy” challenge quilt√

Send out info on my FCQ Equilter Block on 3/1√

And this week I'll be working on these goals. 

March 7, 2016

Quilt 2 charity quilts

Finish the 5 strip pieces for Slide Show

Continue to work on “boy” challenge quilt

Continue to work on OMG quilt

Prep backing for antique quilt

Quilt Antique quilt 

Today I'm linking up with Monday Making and Main Crush Monday.  Check out what people are working on across the Internet.

Happy Quilting All! 

Stashbusting Report - February

Here's some good news for me:  I used more fabric than I acquired this month.  And, I brought the whole year into the used more category.  YEA! 

2016	Fabric In Month	Fabric in Year	Fabric Out Month	Fabric Out Year	Total In or Out Year
FEB	.25	7.75	6.00	9.00	1.25

Now to see if I can continue this wonderful trend. 

Yesterday I went to a sewing day at a friend's house.  I figured I could bring one project along with a leader/ender project and focus on getting a lot done on the main project.  Good plan, except I forgot to bring the background fabric for the leader/ender project. It wasn't the end of the world by any means but it did mean I made no project on my OMG which I'd hoped to move forward a little. 

I did get 30 units made for my new project:  a dog quilt I am going to donate to MAESSR for a fund raiser.  (For those of you who don't know, I volunteer for Mid-Atlantic English Springer Spaniel Rescue.  Raggs is an official ESS but, honestly, he's a cocker spaniel...)  I am using Atkinson Designs' pattern, Slide Show. It isn't going to be fast and easy but it is going to be wonderful.  Remember the dog fabrics from this post? I've cut most of the fabrics and started sewing yesterday.  Hum, I forgot the bigger squares I was going to include in the 8 x 8" squares.  I need to readdress those as I have some photos being transferred to fabric of springers from the rescue group.  

That's it from me today. Time for me to head to the studio.  I'm linking up with Let's Be Social and Needle and Thread Thursday.  Take a look! 

Happy Quilting All! 

One Monthly Goal -- March

I've been very successful on my One Monthly Goal.  So, I'm signing up for March.  When I choose a project I go to my UFO list and specifically look at quilts that can be totally finished within the allotted time.  This month I'm pulling out an easy quilt.  I've got several pinwheel style blocks.  My goal is to make a baby quilt.  (Hum, that block in the upper right corner was put together wrong.) 

And here is what I've pulled to go with this project.

That big hunk of purple on the left seems a bit too blue for what I have so far.  Hopefully, I won't have to buy anything to finish this quilt.  I'll have to see if it needs a border or not.  That might cause a trip to a store.  

Are you joining in the OMG?  It sure is working for me so far.  

I'm connecting up with Red Letter Quilts and Freemotion by the River. 

Happy Quilting All!