My Sewing Room
Thursday, April 25, 2024
RBD24 - block #13 and This 'n That
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Wednesday progress
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
To Do Tuesday
One more UFO has become a flimsy, and ready to quilt.
I did dig into the Big Grey Tote yesterday, and pulled several chunks that I could cut into useful blocks. There are 5 new Kitty blocks cut, and one Zipper block so far. And a bunch of rectangles for Potato Chip blocks.
All the cutting for the Beehive project has been completed. There are 6 blocks sewn out of the 35 needed for this quilt.
Monday, April 22, 2024
Design Wall Monday - April 22
Another week! Yikes, this month is just flying by!!
I'm using my "back-up" sewing machine for the near future as my main machine is heading to the repair shop. It needed a good cleaning and tune up, but when it began to make a weird little noise I knew it was time to stop putting it off. Sigh - I miss some of the features that aren't on my back-up, but I'm thankful that I actually have a back-up to use.
I've been trying to choose WIPs and UFOs laying around, and getting them at least one step closer to DONE. One of those UFOs was the God's Eye block that I made months ago - just one block. It is a pretty block and free at this link, but I decided it was a bit "fussy" to make, so I set it aside, along with the fabrics as I originally planned to make a whole quilt. Then the latest issue of Block magazine (Missouri Star) arrived in the mail last week, and I saw a project where they used bowtie blocks in a border. For some reason I immediately thought of that God's Eye block. So now I have a 38" square flimsy, but still without a final plan. Wall hanging? Baby quilt? Lap quilt? For now it's folded over a hanger in the closet just waiting for more inspiration.
I also chose one more PIG (projects in grocery sacks) to work on for April, and this one has a lot of yellow in it. The Beehive pattern and pack of 5" x 10" Jolly Bars were in a Sew Sampler box from Fat Quarter Shop. I had the note pinned to it to remind myself to buy background and something for the outer border. I found a pale grey that works nicely at The Pin Cushion a couple weeks ago, but will decide on a border later. This should make a good baby quilt. My goal this week is to get the 35 blocks made for this one.
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Sunday, April 21, 2024
Before and after
Seems like it was time to change out the quilts hanging up at the bottom of the basement stairs, next to my sewing room doorway.
Saturday, April 20, 2024
RSC24 - Week #16
There hasn't been a lot of focus on yellow this week, but there was still a lot of scrap usage going on around here.
I finished a couple of yellow mug rugs. There are 2 more like these but with the colors reversed. The other 2 still need to be quilted and bound.
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Friday, April 19, 2024
Spoolin' Around & more finishes
I have some finishes to show off this week, starting with the 2023 Saturday Sampler, called Spoolin' Around. This is going to hang on the wall near my sewing room doorway.