It's Monday, Isn't It!!!

Forgot to post my Mon project list -

CLEANING/DECLUTTERING
FINALLY I got to the small white chest that holds all the patterns that I've ever bought - uh - or bought since 19--whatever it was when everything stored in my parent's basement FLOODED and turned to nasty paste!

 

 

I tossed all the can't stand 'ems, binned for re-homing all the kid stuff (by the time I finally adopt kids - this stuff will be well outmoded!). Unfortunately I didn't re-home all the patterns that are one size below me (on the top - not saying how much smaller on my lower half - state secret, that one!) 

 

 

I set up several pages (one per pattern grouping number) with pattern number, sizes of pattern, and check lists of what kinds of items I will have. I figure that if I want to make a blouse it will be easy enough to check out what patterns have blouses in them and go to the pattern number (filed numerically) and go from there. My OLD system had a separate notebook with pictures of the pattern. That's entirely too much for me! All I need to know is whether or not there is a blouse pattern available in my size - and then go check it out!

Also finished my fall cleaning of the Dining Room (inside of windows, and sills, dusting and dustmopping and cleaning floor) and my Zone work for my room!

Had green bean soup (think veggie soup - with beef broth - and only green beans instead of carrots and potatoes) - quite good!

Now on to sewing!

Today - I want to work on:
1) Quilting Sampler
2) Baby Quilt 2 - not a lot to finish up there - just want to get that done
3) Hurricane Sandy
4) the Hexie centerpiece for Lynn's table
5) IF I have time (doubtful) I'd like to work on the Charm Around Sampler

Pix later of each of these projects!

Design Wall - Week 46 - 11-19-12

Aaach!  November is marching on!!!!

For this week - some projects from last week - some of which are SOooooooooooo close to finishing! - and some new projects!

HAND STITCHING

Hexies - am doing this one for TGvng table center for dil.  Will be doing others as well just not yet (November CP)
 

LEADER/ENDERS PROJECT

LE project - this is Springtime Lilacs

 MACHINE QUILTING - WALKING FOOT

Quilting Sampler - am doing a block a day - should finish THIS one this week!

Fancy Flowers - am doing this Stitch in the Ditch and walking foot - a gift for a friend

Baby Blanket #3 - only needs a bit more walking foot.  Then on to borders and FMQ (next week)

Baby Blanket #1 - doing this one with walking foot only

 MACHINE QUILTING - FREE MOTION QUILTING

Not pictured here is the Free Motion Quilting Sampler - I have one started - just no picture.  AFTER I finish with the walking foot - again it will be one square a day with FMQ

FMQ in the rectangular green spaces - either a scroll type of thing, a feather (ha ha ha) or some such

PIECING

Twister Quilt - this week is press/slice and dice and re-sew it week!

Hurricane Sandy Log Cabin blocks - not much more to go!

Charm Around quilt - Square in a Square

Sampler blocks - am finishing this ancient swap UP - posting and what blocks aren't claimed go to charity quilts

 SEWING

Sewing - hoping to finish MOST this coming week!  May have 1 dress and one jacket left to do

Stash Report for Week 46, 11-18-12

Last day of the Quiltathon for November - and - man - I'm soooooooooooo close!!!!!  Wanted to get the Hurricane Sandy DONE!  However - I was at the point of making one mistake after another - so tomorrow will start afresh!  for now?  I'm tired!  (Sewed for almost 6 hours - yesterday I sewed only for 3 hours which is why I didn't get finished.  Drat it!)

46 Used This Week: 0 yards
Used This Month: 0 yards for November - but I'm ohhhhhhhhhh so close!!!!!!
Used Year to Date: 113.945 yards
Added This Week: 0 yards
Added This Month: 3.5 yards for November
Added Year to Date: 51.98 yards
Net Used for 2012: 61.965yards

Quiltathon - Day Four

Oh boy, this is really pouring the pressure on!  Day 4!  Already!

I think today I'm starting with my OTHER quilting projects.....

1) I'm behind (again!) on my sampler - so that's first - and I need to catch up!  May post (later) individual pictures of each of the 16 blocks.  Maybe!  That's a LOT of pictures!

2) Threadhead - DEFINITELY want to get this done!

3) LE - get the lilacs all ready and then to sew as LE today!

4) Twister - DEFINITELY want to get this done as well (class is a week from today!) - object here is to have it ready to slice and dice - then this coming week to do just that!

5) I really NEED to work on my sewing project as well. Sigh!  Not a lot to finish - so hopefully will be able to do that.

6) Hurricane Sandy project - uhm - finish this one up I think - debating - one more round? or 2?  one more round will make this 10.5 inches.  Two will make this 13.5 inches (which is why I'm have to put this one all together and so on - then take it either as flimsy or completed quilt - it needs to be 12.5 inches - not more, not less!  Ugh! I used the wrong size strips (forgot I had moved all the 2.5 strips to the drawer ABOVE the one that I used!)

Well - that's the game plan and I had best get my rear in gear!
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1) Walking foot Sampler is now caught up!  Pleased with MOST (not all - I am having problems with straight lines today!) of what I've done!  Will post pix later - possibly on a separate page one picture each block!

2) Threadhead Sampler Mini-quilt is ALMOST done - will take a picture (probably 2 - one front and one back) when it is.  However I will still have some FMQ to do - which will be later this week!

 

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Still to go - finish the TH sampler quilt - the walking foot part, Twister - getting it ready for slice and dice (ie, re-sewing 2 seams - they don't quite match - drat it!), then back to Hurricane Sandy for the next 2 rounds. IF there is time - work on Charm Around. And then later - in front of the TV - Hexies!
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This is later....
1) Finished the walking foot stuff on the TH mini-quilt - still a little bit of FMQ to go - and binding as well. 

Threadhead Mini Quilt Sampler - Finished the remaining 2 corners.

 

Not sure if you can see it - but this is the back - should show all the Stitch in the Ditch that I did

2) Restitched the Twister quilt - uhhhhh - looks about the same - the blocks don't quite match - ALMOST match - but not quite - at least on 2-3 of the rows.  Otherwise looks great.  Am POd tho - because all this will show up when I do the final slice and dice!

3) Hurricane Sandy - along with a little Frogging - because I seem to have a problem of darks staying dark and venture off into the wild unknown of mixing the lights and darks up!  All straight now - but have 1.5 rows left on each of the blocks.  Quit stitching when I realized I stitched the block to the wrong side of the strip!  :P 

Made it to Disk 7 on Cecilia Ahern's If You Could Only See Me Now.  LOVE that story!

For now - am fixing fake crab croquettes, smashed potatoes, beets, maybe some peas, cinnamon apples for dessert!  That and reading probably for the rest of the evening!  More tomorrow!

Oops! Forgot to post! Day tres - Quiltathon!

uh oh - I am in truuuuuubbble!!!!  I forgot to post yesterday!

Quick summary of yesterday - a leisurely breakfast (late getting up) - with making homemade bread that was GOOD!!!! It spread instead of rising! :/ - but then I'm not sure I had the right amount of flour in there - lost count somewhere after 2 cups flour! And it ACTS like it had ONLY 3.5 cups flour (bread machine - but THIS recipe makes a LOT of bread - I use 2 cookie sheets to bake it on - one loaf per sheet, to give you an idea!

 



 No chores to speak of - headed in to sew - but first I played on the computer - checked email and all that stuff! Then a friend called and we chatted while I finished up the last of my chores. After we hung up my dd called and we chatted for a bit and both of us fixed lunch about the same time (I fixed mine - ate it later!)

 



 All that to say I didn't start serious sewing until about 1230 AM - and worked on the Hurricane Sandy project for about 4 hours. 

By that time I was sleepy enough that I decided to take a nap. 

 

Note to self: DON'T take a nap late in the afternoon and above all, IF I DO take a nap in the afternoon - SET the alarm!  I woke shortly after midnight, said a few words, ate something, and went back to bed!

Quiltathon - Day Dos

While I didn't finish everything yesterday - I did make headway.  Triangles are done - as stated - and I showed the progress on both the hand sewing project as well as Hurricane Sandy project.

Today's Goals are.................

Hand Sewing - The Hexies again - hopefully to finish up the one for Lynn and Nathan. 

Machine Quilting - an hour's worth - on the Sampler (on going) and also with Stitch in the Ditch on the Threadhead Quilt (hopefully remembering to use invisible thread!)  Should finish this.

Piecing - Leader Ender - getting the Lilac quilt sliced and diced and underway on stitching the rows together LE style

Finishing the 3 seams needed on the Twister Quilt - prior to the re-slice and dice. Should finish this today to that point.

Hurricane Sandy Log Cabin - should finish this today as well. All 20 blocks. I may be a gibbering idiot when I'm done - but I WILL finish it!

 

Charm Around I hope to work on today - if only to prepare SOME of the charms for the Square in a Square blocks.

Quiltathon - day UNO!!!!

For today - My goals are....

November Swap Triangles - 3 sets
 

Slacks - 1 pair (already half done - just needs finishing!)

Leader-Ender project - current - need to slice and dice for connecting blocks

Quilting Sampler for Walking Foot - 30 minutes practice

Twister - need to restitch 2 rows, press all, sew 3 sets together and press

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Hurricane Sandy - am using DIFFERENT blocks - but don't have a current picture!  Log Cabins - make as many as possible (strips are pre-cut and I keep in bins! Just straight BORING sewing!)

And AFTER dinner out tonight - goal is to work on Hexies (no picture yet) in front of DVD or movie!

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HOW I'M DOING (more added as time goes on!!!!) .............................

Getting ready to head out. 

Finished November Triangles long ago - after a bit of trying to discover WHERE I had put the fabrics I had wanted for the light/darks!  Have been working on Hurricane Sandy Log Cabins - Hoping to finish sometime tonight.  Same with sewing the Twister together (3-4 seams only).  Also - hoping to do the slice and dice for the LE Lilac project!  The slacks, Walking Foot sampler will have to wait until tomorrow! 

More later!  (and will post pix later as well!)

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 AFTER THE MEETING...............

 

I came home - and worked on the Hurricane Sandy blocks - until I started having problems with the machine again!!!!  

These are the Hurricane Sandy Log Cabin blocks - well, at least some of them (others are by the machine waiting for the next strip!)  I still have to add quite a few strips - last one being a dark Navy or black strip - to end up with 12.5 inch blocks (unfinished)  Total will be 20 blocks

 This one is for Lynn and Nathan's Thanksgiving table - working on it.  Am working on something as well for Wendy and Vince (not shown - she checks my blog! LOL)  These are hexies (2.5 inch) in November's color Palette.

 

 

 

 

 



Design Wall Week 45 - 11-12-12

Last week I spent most of the time sneezing, coughing, and generally feeling like a herd of elephants had run over me!  Needless to say I not only was worth not a lot of much, but I didn't DO a lot of much either!  At least until Friday when I thought it would be nice to at least pick up the place and run the dishwasher before I made myself sick all over again!  (Why is it that when I'm ill I can't even think of my worst enemy to give my illness to???)

That being said, a lot of this week really is a replay of last week - but add to that a whole bunch of deadlines (not even counting the writing one on Wednesday that I haven't even started!)

First of all, I have triangles due at the quilt shop no later than the 21st - and they aren't even started!

Then - something else - Hurricane Sandy quilt thing - I have 20 wonky log cabin squares (12" finished) to make - and only 2 weeks to make them in!  Shouldn't be hard - but these are scrappy and some of those shown are really beautiful!

Next is my Quilt a Quarter class - the Twister quilt - that is due on the 25th of November - and I have 2 rows to frog! because the seams didn't line up - drat it! Fortunately it goes fast and all I intend this week is to sew it all together and get it ready for cutting!

Color palette is due on the 30th - and it isn't even started!

My UFO - Charm Around is also due on the 30th and I haven't even been working on it - although it shouldn't be too difficult to catch up (square in a square - a gazillion or so)

Add to that I want to work on the one that Judy is doing - I think she said it is a type of Bear Claw? This is going to be put aside while I work on all the others.

And then there is the machine quilting! and most definitely the walking foot machine quilting 

First here is the Quilting Sampler (I have 8 more squares to do and this picture doesn't show what I've done so far!)

Then the Threadhead Sampler!

And then there is the November Quiltathon!!!!!  And (hopefully) a whole bunch of new projects there to work on!

I sure hope I don't intend to sleep this week and that I can figure out how to turn 14 hours into 48 - because I surely need them!  LOL 

Seriously - some of these projects will be easy and simple.  Some won't.  First I'll do the easy and simple in hopes that the simple will outweigh the won't!