One Block at a Time

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Last weeks plans

• Quilt my BOM A Quilting Life 2022 – just a bit every day, mostly going to do stitch in the ditch and something in borders. I’ve made a start and doing a block or so a day. Nothing fancy, stitching in the ditch – and I want a fairly soft feel to it. 
• Make sewcialites blocks when they are published. Done. Didn’t do the 3 inch for this one. This is number 12 I so we are about half way through.  Designed by. Barbara Groves of Me & My Sister Designs.  
• Make BOM Mystery quilt from FQS block that arrived last, about six or seven I think. Done.
• Whatever takes my fancy.     And as well I sewed together the blocks of No. 2 BOM from A Quilting Life 2022. This was a very scrappy one, made mostly from half square triangles I had left from other projects. Will leave it now, want to put a border on it but I don’t have any fabric to work in with it at present. I also made one more block in the scrappy Irish Chain, so now I have three. I can now make one more block and then I have to wait a few weeks for the accent fabric to arrive.
• I also stitched together and put on the inner border on the Chilhowie Bonnie Hunter QAL.Now there will only be the outer border.

Finally my calendar arrived from Snapfish, I was about to email them when it dropped at my door today!  NZ Post is very very slow! 

This Week’s Plans

• I am going to work on the final border for the Chilhowie top and then I can call that part of it finished.
• Sewcialites block of course when it publishes.
• Continue to quilt to BOM from A Quilting Life 2022
• Anything that takes my fancy.

And Another Sew Along Sighted!

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Last weeks plans

• Continue to work on Chilhowie Bonnie Hunter mystery on the sashing.  I put the sashing in and sewed the main part of the top together. Now I have two rows of borders to do which involves doing some piecing. I have put it away for a little while to have a rest from it.
• Next Sewcialites block   Done. In three of the fabrics I am working with for three different quilts.  Two 6 inch finished and one 3 inch blocks finished.

  

  

  

  
  
• Finish backing for 12″ blocks A Quilting Life BOM 2022 Done and I got it sandwiched and ready to quilt.
• Whatever takes my eye!  Well you all know how our eyes can rove! I got hooked by Corey Yoders sew along for a double Irish Chain quilt. They are 18 inch blocks and it appealed to me because it uses scraps! I was just ready for her video on piecing the block A so it was great.

  

  

  
  

  

  
  

I also washed three quilts which felt good.

Week of 17th of January.

• Quilt my BOM A Quilting Life 2022 – just a bit every day, mostly going to do stitch in the ditch and something in borders.
• Make sewcialites blocks when they are published.
• Make BOM Mystery quilt from FQS block that arrived last, about six or seven I think
• Whatever takes my fancy.

To Do Tuesday #50. Last Tuesday of 2022.

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Thank you Linda for hosting this year. I have enjoyed joining in.

Week of 20th December.

• make the third and final pillowslip. Has to be done!!  Done. And I wrapped the three pillowslips around books as gifts. Mr. 9 year old used it that night as he slept outside in a tent with his Dad and said it was great. So thumbs up for that!  
• Continue with Chilhowie clue #4 of Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt. Clue  No. 4 posted and it was sewing some of the previous pieces together. I am in process.
• Sew binding on Magnolia quilt.  I have sewed on the machine part and just need to sew down the hand part at the back.k.

So what’s in the plan for Week December 27th.

Not too much, this is a lazy hot time of the year for me, and the room becomes too warm to sew but lets see.

• Finish Chilhowie blocks #4 and see what the next clue is on Saturday.
• Sew the Designer Mystery BOM block 6 together, pieces are cut out, ready.
• The next Sewcialites block will post on Friday, so I’ll do that I hope.

There are other things I could easily do, like tidying and sorting. Finishing off another top with sashing.. I shall see.

To Do Tuesday #49 Christmas in the Wings.

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Last weeks plans.

• Finish quilting the Magnolia quilt and maybe machine sew on the binding to the front ready for hand sewing the back.  I finished the quilting but still need to machine sew on the binding.  
• Make pillowslip #3 and the final one I want to make.. I did make the final one but somehow it just didn’t turn out right. Will need to make another.
• Continue making the Chilhowie – Bonnie Hunter blocks and make a start on the Sewcialites block #8 when it comes out.  I finished up clue #3 and this week it’s #4. As I am making the quilt 3/4 the size of the actual one I have to make 12 sets of 8 half square triangles and 4 quarter square triangles to go with each. 3 sets done.  
• I also made the Sewcialites 2 # 8 block. Was quite challenging to make. I decided to simplify this week and didn’t do the 3 1/2″ version.  Designed by Shereece Nicole and named Interwoven.

I also went to beach with one of my sisters to try to photograph a couple of quilts for my yearly calendar I like to make but… it was extremely windy. So not very successful and we now have had so much wet weather can’t photograph outside yet. Will have to wait.

Edyta Sitar Pattern that I did, Mystery Quilt ’20 I think.

And my Riley Blake Challenge ’22 quilt. Really need to improve on this photo! Although the beach is pleasant!

Week of 20th December.

• make the third and final pillowslip. Has to be done!!
• Continue with Chilhowie clue #4 of Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.
• Sew binding on Magnolia quilt.

And possibles if works out but could be a bit busier than usual!

• Make next Sewcialites 2 block.

To Do #46 A Mystery Quilt Along and Mourning the Quilt and Tell Podcast loss.

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I was really upset to hear the Quilt and Tell podcast has been canned by the bosses. Tracy, Lori and Ginger really entertained me with their warm friendship  shared among them and great quilting discussions. I hope they do something under their own steam. They are @SewSupportive, @gstquiltandsews and @loribake on Instagram.

I love good quilting podcasts and the above one was one of my top. favourites.

I also went down under another mystery quilt along. This time with Bonnie K. Hunter’s Chilhowie Quilt  No I wasn’t going to do it, but even though I have projects, the call of something different was too much. I am only using what I have in my stash though, no buying. I am using purple, orange and green. Green instead of aqua as I don’t have much aqua but lots of green.  I don’t intend rushing to keep up, I’ll just stroll along as I feel like it.

Plans for week of November 22nd.

Complete hand sewing of binding on Riley Blake Challenge Quilt.  Done. Here is a back view of it as I want to get out when the weather fines up to take a front view.  I made a really scrappy backing for this quilt.

Do some quilting on the Magnolia quilt.  Yes I am moving along and planning what do do to it next.

Make the 3 inch Sewcialites 1 block instead of the one in Sewcialites 2. Block 29. 

Yes I want for this option and it was easier than the S2 option. However not my finest but just going to keep it and put it in.

Plan for Week of 29th Nov into December!

• Continue with the quilting of the Magnolia quilt.
• Make a Sewcialite 2 block 6 I think.
• Try to figure how to make a pillowslip  with Christmas fabric. I want to make it with a flap but am bamboozled by the variety of tutorials on You Tube but aim to try and combine two that just may help me.
• Make some Chilhowie blocks here and there!

To Do #45

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Plans for Week of 15th November Were

Make binding and machine sew one side on to the Riley Blake quilt.  Done. I now need to do the hand sewing on it. I have started but still some way to go.

Make Sewcialites Block 5 in a couple of fabrics. I did the 6 inch blocks. The 3 inch will be too difficult for me with this pattern so will choose the one suggested from Sewcialites 1. This block is called Empower, designed by Carrie Nelson.

Pick out what I will quilt next and organise backing and batting and pin together. I chose Magnolia a pattern by Chelsi Stratton. The top was all sewn and in the same Anne of Green Gables fabric as I used for the Riley Blake. I did pin it together and its now sitting ready for quilting. I am mainly going to stitch in the ditch with a bit of fmq here and there.

Plans for week of November 22nd.

Complete hand sewing of binding on Riley Blake Challenge Quilt.

Do some quilting on the Magnolia quilt.

Make the 3 inch Sewcialites 1 block instead of the one in Sewcialites 2. Block 29. 

To Do #44

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Plans for the past week were:

Finish Quilting Riley Blake Block Challenge.

Done. 

Make the Designer Mystery Block of the Month using Nantucket Summer.  Done.  Vanessa Goertzen was the designer for Block 5. 

Work on the Sewcialites next block – 4. In at least one of the fabrics I’m doing it in.

Six and half inch block. Flirty designed by Chelsi Stratton, done in Nantucket Summer by Camille. And the three inch block in Seashore Drive fabric by Sherri and Chelsi.

Plans for Week of 15th November.

Make binding and machine sew one side on to the Riley Blake quilt.

Make Sewcialites Block 5 in a couple of fabrics.

Pick out what I will quilt next and organise backing and batting and pin together.

To Do Tuesday #42

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Week of 25th October Plans

Pin my Riley Blake Challenge top was done.

Make Sewcialites Block 2 in the three versions I am doing. Two 6″ blocks and one 3″ one when finished.  This one was called Tussy Mussy and was designed by Susan Ache.
And my last goal was a free play.  I mucked around a bit with Pat Sloan’s design of All My Stars with a Cosy Up 5″ stackers by Corey Yoder and a bit of green I had left over from the Riley Blake Challenge. No rush on it, just when I feel like putting a few bits together.

To Do Week of November 1st.

• Quilt the Riley Blake Challenge quilt each day or most days
• Make the Block 3 Sewcialites blocks.
• Make A Quilting Life BOM for November.