Design Wall for Week 8 - 02-23-15

COMPLETED!!!

The Mini Twister- this will go to a friend Peggy.

BINDING NEEDED! (probably will have to wait a tad - maybe not!)

Log Cabin quilt is back home!
Wendy did a BEAUTIFUL job quilting it -
not sure you can see all the feathers or the baskets of flowers and so on with this picture!
but they're there - and boy are they gorgeous!
Now to put the Binding on - and - ta da - it will be DONE!

TO BE QUILTED THIS WEEK

My Passover Table Runner - also my first experience FMQ.
The Walking Foot part was fine!  But OMG the FMQ!
Going to work on the vine - and may remove at least part of that blasted flower
 and re do it in a different thread!

Buckeye Beauty -
will be straight Walking Foot - at least until the borders!

LEADER ENDER

Am going to be adding on the corners LE style -
at least until I get done with other projects!
I would like to get this to the flimsy point.
Don't have enough black though.

PIECING

Wendy's Stars
This will become the Medallion for a QOV - as soon as I add the borders, et al.
Hoping to bring this to a flimsy status this month

Odds and ends from a VERY OLD Swap that I totally flubbed on!
Want to finish up the last of these - today I think.  And because the fabrics got separated from the envelopes and the directions when I moved, the blocks that I do not specifically recognize I will post pix on both to that email list as well as to the individuals.  Some were already sent to the individuals in that swap - including one block that I inadvertently left the embroidered antennae OFF of the butterfly.  Those folks who do not reply after a month or who indicate this will have their block added to a quilt for a charity.

This is one of the blocks

I have to re-sew part of this - but this is another block.
Unfortunately, it apparently doesn't belong to the Louise I thought it did!

HAND PIECING

Hand Piecing is on hold until after all the Bindings are done, done, DONE!

Goals for Week 19 - WB 05-11-14

Rhubarb.
Although mine right now is up and looking lovely - I did transplant it from this location (too shady!).
Have planted 2 more plants this year!

GO AND DO

• DONE Post office
• Canceled Hair appt (cancel?)
• DONE appointment
• DONE Lawn mowing (MUST be home for this!)
• DONE Dr. appt
• DONE Go to Vet and get diabetic kitty food - wet and dry
• DONE Ice Cream and cake with Lynn, Nathan and Sherry
• Worked on it Stashbusters quilt retreat (a Stay at Home retreat!) that begins Thurs or Fri and continues over the weekend (I extended mine through the following Monday!)
• NO Landlord meeting????
• DONE 3 meals a day
• DONE 3 snacks (part of each meal) - and mention

HOUSE - springtime decluttering - and freecycling

• PAPERWORK - a mountain of it! work on at least a half hour a day
• DONE 1 hour - Things to do
• DONE T
• DONE R
• DONE F
• DONE Sa
• ZONE 1
• Front porch
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• Side Porch 
• DONE Zone
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• Entrance
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• Back Stairs
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• Zone 2
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• Dining Area
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• ZONE 3 
• Bath
• DONE Zone 3
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• Laundry Room
• DONE Zone 3
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• Sewing Room
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• Study 
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• ZONE 4 
• BR - 
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri
• ZONE 5 
• LR - 
• DONE WHB for LAST Fri

GARDEN - 

• Rake lawn
• DONE S - front and W side house.  Prepare seed beds - W. side house.
• DONESeed inventory - Complete this Sunday
• DONE Seeds ready to order - 

STUDIES - (NOTE - will work on week's assignments - Mon AM to update from weekend frenzy)

• RELIGION
• DONE Work on "Counting Omer" lapbooks 
• DONE Work on lapbooks (Thurs)
• THE EARTH
• TOL 
• DONE pp. 72-75
• EH - 
• DONE  31-34
• DONE Lapbook
• EXERCISE - week 5 (increase times and add a routine - date/3 + R)
• Yoga A wk 5 (date/3 +1)
• DONE 05/13
• Yoga B wk 5  (date/3 +2)
• DONE 05/14
• Yoga C (date/3 + 0)
• DONE 05/15
• MATH
• DONE 88
• DONE 89
• DONE 90
• RUSSIAN
• Continue Daily review
• DONE Lesson 8
• DONE Lesson 9
• HANDWRITING
• Book A
• DONE M
• DONE T
• DONE W
• DONE R
• DONE F
• CREATIVE WRITING
• Writing Strands 
• DONE 12-6
• LIFE SKILLS
• DONE Paperwork 

KITCHEN

• SOUPS (serving kept out for Monday - freeze the rest)
• DONE Garden Vegetable soup - Version 1.
• BREAD
• DONE Challah
• DONE Whole Wheat
• DONE Apple fritters
• MAIN DISHES
• DONE Cheese and refried bean burritos
• DONE Deviled eggs
• DONE Fish croquettes
• DONE Pasta Mezzalune with Eggplant
• DESSERTS and SALADS
• DONE Tuna salad

QUILT  (Depending on what I finish today - I may add other projects!)

DONE STASH REPORT (Sunday)

DONE DESIGN WALL (Monday)

DONE BONNIE H. ARCHIVE NIGHT (Tues)

DONE STASHBUSTER RETREAT (THURS, FRI, SAT, SUN, MON - I extended the times by 3 days!)

PIECE 

• More ARE DONE LE - Jamestown Landing - String  blocks
• Piecing
• Celtic Solstice
• DONE Borders!!!
• DONE Underground Railroad - Pieced sashing for quilt

Somewhere in the World Begins a Retreat Today....

BECAUSE I haven't done diddly squat this past week - other than straightening the sewing room (VITAL!), slicing and dicing the leftover blocks, fabrics, strings (VITAL), and sewing up both strings and then crumb blocks (NOT VITAL at THIS point!), I decided to declare this my retreat weekend (along with any other retreat weekends around!).

Celtic Solstice - needs borders - and it's time is TODAY!!!!
Yeehaw!

For today I want to focus on my Celtic Solstice and get that flimsy DONE DONE DONE! (but NOT quilted!)  I also would like to get my table runner backings ready to go (some piecing required!) and batting and backing put on the blocks so they are ready to quilt tomorrow!

STILL haven't decided on what I want to do - probably SID and echo that in the larger squares.
Sure would like SOMETHING that would remind me of cinnamon sticks -
although that would be more than a bit obvious, ya think?

Halloween comes early this year - LOL!
Would still like to do Witches Hats - (I'm biting the bullet with FMQ!)
and may do that on the border although with FMQ (I definitely need the practice!)
while the center would use the walking foot with some Stitch in the Ditch around the white part -
or maybe just X it!  Not sure yet!

Center I want to do snow whirlies (FMQ) and on the border I think something like snowflakes all around
(probably FMQ as well tho probably can do with Walking Foot)

Mind you - this is with all the other stuff I want to get done today!

Anyway - THIS weekend or at least Saturday I am focusing on these runners.

Sunday is get it together day for this quiltlet.
IF I have time (doubtful) I will X through each of the squares.
It just seems to beg for it!  Although I COULD change my mind!  LOL  (I seem to do that a lot these days!)

Along with this - on Sunday I would like to get the Nines and Dashes quilt done.  I think I am going with the touch of yellow (the lemon - not the golden) and the rose fabric.  Binding will be the darker purple.  I tried the darker for borders and it is just too dark for me.

The Improv placemats - I did NOT like the way I had them - so am re-doing the applique - and think it will be cute, cute, cute!  Hopefully!  Will work on these tonight (AFTER I finish Celtic Solstice and getting table runners ready!  Otherwise - it is evening in front of Netflix work!)

And as per usual (and hopefully to be FINISHED soon!) my Leader Ender project is from Bow-Da-cious by Bonnie Hunter

Wow! Wednesday - the Middle of the week ALREADY!!!! WAIWO 10-06-13

I do NOT like the way the colors showed up on here.
In reality - the "burgundy" is more brown, and the green is actually lighter -
and it looks NICE together - which is more than I can say for this picture!

Whew!  Almost have all the damage cleared up from the dysfunctional dishwasher (yup!  I have one!  Dishes are NOT my favorite thing! But I think it takes more energy - mine - to rinse the dishes, even wash them - before putting them in the dishwasher!)

GO AND DO

• DONE Post Office
• DONE Library (books and DVDs return)
• He will come over and get them Take over Nathan's food storage containers (later!)

HOUSE - 

• ZONE 2 - 
• Kitchen
• DONE Refrigerator

GARDEN

• HARVEST
• DONE Greens
• CLEAR
• FERTILIZE
• OTHER

STUDIES - This is over-stretched.  Mostly it depends on what gets done on Sunday.

• RELIGION
• Shabbat -
• DONE BJL
• DONE Songs
• 32, 66
• SCIENCE
• WOP
• Lesson 2
• DONE ID plants
• THE EARTH
• DONE Thread of Life
• p. 35-39
• DONE Update Narration
• YOGA
• DONE Week 1
• MATH
• DONE 62
• LIFE SKILLS 
• TO - 
• DONE Ch. 29. p 191-209
• Conf
• DONE Goal Setting, p. 12-28
• CREATIVE WRITING 
• DONE 10-5, 
• RUSSIAN
• Lesson 16
• DONE W
• ART - 
• MUSIC

KITCHEN

• DEHYDRATE
• DONE Tomatoes
• DONE tomatillos
• DONE beans
• DONE eggplant
• DONE peppers (sweet)
• DONE peppers (hot) 
• FREEZE 
• SOUPS
• DONE tomato
• BREAD
• DONE whole wheat bread 

QUILT

• PIECE 
• DONE - well, still working on the Hexies!!!! Hexies

MENUES

DONE B: Fried potatoes 'n'eggs, toast, black pepper, tea

DONE L: Grilled cheese sandwich, tomato soup, tea

DONE D: tuna casserole, yellow tomato salad (2nd one all year!!!!),tea 

And......... once again Monday rolls around!!!! WAIWO - 09-23-13

Sorry - no partridge in a pear tree!  All fruit has been picked!  YUM!

Did NOT do a lot of anything!  DID sleep almost all day.  Late afternoon turned funny and heard (and felt) a big POP - think I must have popped back in place whatever it was I popped OUT of place Fri night when I slept!  STILL sore and swollen - so not pushing my luck!

GO AND DO
DONE Potty Radio doggy
DONE Feed Radio and L and N's kitties

HOUSE

GARDEN

• HARVEST

STUDIES - on hold until Oct. 1

KITCHEN

• DEHYDRATE
• FREEZE 
• SOUPS
• BREAD

QUILT

• DONE DESIGN WALL
• MACHINE QUILT 
• PIECE 
• QOV

SEWING 

Design Wall for Week 38 - 09-23-13 (so what if I post on my blog a day ahead of time!!!!)

Due to my NEEDING (desperately) new clothes, I am adding sewing back in again - and limiting that to one area only.  Also I have several swaps/QOVs and various other projects - hmmm - one at a time!

ALMOST done were the 2 machine quilt items - those will be done FIRST this week!

AND I definitely have some waiting time (yay for Hexies!) this week as well!

MACHINE QUILTING

Baby quilt #1 - back needs to be extended THEN quilted - easy peasy quilting!

Need more batting - I THINK it will be easy peasy quilting

  SWAPS

Eons old swap - will work on this on right after the machine quilting!

QOV

Alycia's Big Block Drive - This is for week 1 - except 1 of these is still in the machine!
I want to get 10 more this week - maybe same pattern -
 maybe just all blues for half and the red and white stripes for other half - no starred fabric.  We'll see

BOM

Judy's medallion quilt - I need to make sure # 5 is the correct size then will do #6 which will add to all sides of this medallion

HAND PIECING 

Hexies - I have some definite waiting time this week - so will be working on this!

SEWING

• Slacks I need to go through ALL my slacks, mend, update, re-home, restyle, remake my slacks and know I need to finish up one pair and make 2 other pair.
• Skirts I doubt I will get to this this week - however, one never knows!  Same deal- go through  all skirts and mend, update, re-home, restyle, remake and sew 2 or 3 new - Fall

I'm linking up with Judy L's http://www.patchworktimes.com/2013/09/23/design-wall-september-23-2013/.  Go there to see all the truly lovely quilts!

WHEW! Finally! It's Saturday again!!!! WAIWO 09-21-13

Big Blocks for Big Block Drive (Alycia's QOV Big Block Drive) - FIRST installment!
Needs only one more stripe on 3 of them and trimming for them to be done -
would then be 12 instead of 10 (either short term memory is shot! or I can't count!)
Aaack!  That would be 9 instead of the 12 I mentioned - and for sure I can't count!
(Personally I was a LOT happier when I thought I would have 12 ready!)

GO AND DO

• DONE Library (books and CDs return)
• DONE Potty Lynn and N's dog
• Ongoing observance through part of next week Holidays - Succot 
• DONE Tylenol

HOUSE

• ZONE 1 
• Side Porch
• Declutter
• Zone clean
• ZONE 2
• Kitchen
• Zone Clean
• Dining Area
• Declutter
• Zone Clean
• ZONE 3
• Bath
• Zone clean
• Laundry Room
• WHB
• Sewing Room
• WHB
• Study
• Declutter
• Zone clean
• ZONE 4 
• BR - 
• WHB
• ZONE 5 
• LR
• WHB

GARDEN

• HARVEST (Sun and Fri DONE, ) 
• only a few need harvesting now - but moisture content still to high Beans (dried)
• not sure - don't think they are ready butterpeas
• checked - ALMOST but not quite ready Squash
• DONE tomatillos
• FALL PROTECTION
• Romas almost done for year.  Brandywine and others still going for tomatoes
• for Okra
• leaves are falling off - it's fall! for beans (new crop)
• FERTILIZE FOR NEXT YEAR
• Sweet corn bed (next year - potatoes)
• Squash bed (next year - root crops)
• STRAWBERRY GARDEN
• See below - I want to set up another bed AND give away a bunch Weed
• See below - I want to set up another bed AND give away a bunch Plant in grid
• We need to move herbs - replace soil - next to house? Set up new bed
• ASSESS vegetables - each bed, each variety

STUDIES - on hold until Oct. 1

KITCHEN

• DEHYDRATE
• Tomatoes
• beans
• peppers (sweet)
• peppers (hot) 
• greens (turnip)
• greens (mustard)
• FREEZE
• SOUPS
• Split pea
• homemade chili
• corn chowder (Mon?)
• BREAD
• Sour dough starter
• Challah
• pancake/waffle mix
• snack cake mix
• Biscuit/muffin mix
• MAKE MENUES

QUILT

• MACHINE QUILT
• Fri NOT DONE - need more batting Hurricane Sandy
• Fri NOT DONE- tried to pin this - need to add additional pieces to backing to make larger Baby Quilt #1
• Summer Breeze
• PIECE
• Improv - still needs one plus centerpiece to be finished and applique done
• Back to Square One - Step 5 (finish) 
• Back to Square One - Step 6
• Hexie flowers
• SWAPS
• Pumpkin fall block swap (with or without faces?) - Quilter's Newsletter magazine 2011 (free! at quilt group last night!) has several of the pumpkin blocks in it
• Christmas Block (ornaments and stockings - Santa claus?)
• Sampler blocks (eons old)
• QOV
•  almost DONE! 1 to go! Big Block Drive - 10 blocks

Wow - This Week went REALLY fast - it's Friday again! WAIWO 09-20-13

September's swap with Wendy (another 50) - mailed today!

GO AND DO

• DONE Take Nathan to Airport
• DONE Post office
• DONE Open Sew
• DONE Mail Wendy's Swaps

HOUSE

GARDEN

• HARVEST (Sun and Friday DONE, ) 
• DONE tomatoes
• DONE Peppers
• DONE Hot Peppers (Mole and Poblano)
• DONE Beans (green)
• DONE Crowder Peas
• DONE Okra - all one of them!  :(
• FALL PROTECTION
• FERTILIZE FOR NEXT YEAR
• STRAWBERRY GARDEN
• ASSESS vegetables - each bed, each variety

STUDIES - on hold until Oct. 1

KITCHEN

• DEHYDRATE
• FREEZE
• SOUPS
• BREAD
• MAKE MENUES

QUILT

• MACHINE QUILT
• DONE Pin Baby Quilt #1 - need to do this again - need to make larger backing
• PIECE
• NOT DONE - but ALMOST done Improv placemats - need to finish one then applique all.
• Back to Square One - Step 6
• Back to Square One - Step 7
• working on them - waiting room time!!! Hexie flowers
• SWAPS
• DONE Mail Wendy's Swap
• QOV
• DONE Big Block Drive - 10 blocks

Thursday's chores!!! WAIWO

NOT a good picture - 2 non-leafy squares are beige.
This was for Wendy's 2.0 4-patch for July.  The one for Sept I will show probably tomorrow.
Alternate squares are different

GO AND DO

• DONE Help Nathan get car from brake center
• DONE Help Nathan get tire fixed

HOUSE

• ZONE 2
• ZONE 3

GARDEN

• HARVEST

STUDIES - on hold until Oct. 1

KITCHEN

• DEHYDRATE - 
• FREEZE
• SOUPS
• BREAD
• MAKE MENUES

QUILT

• MACHINE QUILT
• PIECE
• SWAPS
• DONE Wendy Swap
• QOV
• DONE - rather, working on it Big Block Drive - 10 blocks

And Wednesday's Chores Are...... ??? WAIWO

GO AND DO

• DONE Radiology - 2 tests

HOUSE

GARDEN

• HARVEST (Sun DONE, )

STUDIES - on hold until Oct. 1

KITCHEN

• DEHYDRATE - continue dehydrating - not there yet
• DONE Tomatoes 
• DONE tomatillos
• DONE eggplant
• DONE peppers (sweet)
• FREEZE
• SOUPS
• BREAD
• MAKE MENUES

QUILT

• MACHINE QUILT
• PIECE
• great project for waiting rooms! Hexie flowers
• SWAPS
• DONE Deliver SH 4 patch swap
• DONE almost! Wendy Swap
• QOV

Tuesday - it's Tuesday! And my machine WORKS!!! WAIWO

Yay!  I have a working machine again!!!!  This is great!  Now I can sew up all my swaps, blocks and other stuff! (In addition to the OTHER stuff I HAVEN'T done - like clean house, put up tomatoes)


AND I can listen to my audio books I borrowed (that are overdue!!!!) from the library!

GO AND DO

• DONE SH Quilts - machine

HOUSE

• ZONE 3
• DONE Bath
• Zone clean
• DONE Laundry Room
• WHB
• DONE Sewing Room
• WHB
• ZONE 4 
• DONE BR - 
• WHB
• ZONE 5 
• DONE LR
• Zone clean

GARDEN

• HARVEST

STUDIES - on hold until Oct. 1

KITCHEN

• DEHYDRATE
• DONE Tomatoes
• DONE tomatillos
• DONE eggplant
• DONE peppers (sweet)
• 
  
• FREEZE
• DONE Okra
• DONE Rhubarb
• SOUPS
• 
  
• BREAD
• DONE whole wheat bread

QUILT

• DONE Get machine fixed and operational!

• MACHINE QUILT
• PIECE
• SWAPS
• DONE SH 4 patch swap
• WORKING ON IT Wendy Swap
• QOV

And once again it's ..... (gasp!) MONDAY - all over again!!!! WAIWO

GO AND DO

• DONE Dr. office - call and make appt and go see (N. goes with)
• DONE Post Office

HOUSE

KITCHEN

QUILT

• DONE DESIGN WALL
• worked on them PIECE
• Hexie flowers
• QOV

Design Wall for Week 37 - 09 -16-13

FIRST priority- get the machine FIXED!!!!

MACHINE QUILT

Baby Quilt #1

Hurricane Sandy quilt

 PIECING

Hexie flowers - this I can do even if my machine is having fits!

Also - I hope to get at least 10 (definitely more - but 10 to start with) of the Big Block Drive blocks ready to sew for Alicia's QOV Big Block Drive.  My goal is 10 a week.  so far I have a sick machine!  But that's my goal!

 (PIECING, INCLUDING SWAPS!)

August swap with SH Quilts  - Sept is ready to go IF the machine gets fixed!!!

Wendy's July swap - sent 50 for August, need 50 more to go in Sept.

Sampler blocks - eons old

There are at least 2 more swaps - one is Fall Pumpkins and the other is Christmas-fabric blocks - would be nice to get these out of the way this week as well - but I'm not holding my breath!