SAHRR 2023 Husband Doug's Block Center

 This will be the second year for dear hubby to work on a round robin quilt.  He enjoyed the challenge last year.  He selected a simple block to start with.... Will be fun to watch him on this adventure!

SAHRR 2023

 SAHRR 2023

The Stay-at-Home-Round Robin challenge is starting today.    I had so much fun participating last year.  I am ready to go for this year's round robin.  I have picked out this Christmas tree for my round robin center.  Leftover block from my Bonnie Hunter Scrappy Christmas tree quilt.  This will be a fun center for the focus of this year's Stay-at-Home-Round-Robin.

Fabric Postcards

 Just having fun creating fabric postcards.  Tiny 4" x 6" postcard quilts!

SAHRR Stay at home Round Robin, round 4

 Round 4, checkerboard, or easy four patches.   I have attached two sides of checker board.  Top may or may not get wonky flying geese added.  I will wait to see what challenge round 5 brings next week.

Elf Round Robin

Now I am off to get my green Irish chain blocks together and moved to the flimsy stage.

Round Robin update

 Doing just one border of scrapppy, wonky flying geese border.  May or may not add other borders of wonky flying geese.  This could turn out quite big if I add on all sides.  So this is where it sits on the design wall until the next clue. 

Wondeful, Sunny Wednesday, Round Robin Progress

 Sunny Wednesday here in Michigan.  33 degrees outside, but feels so good to see the sun shining on the snow.  We are normally in Florida at this time of the year.  We are staying home to stay safe and stay healthy.  Allows for more sewing time.

SAHRR update:  Worked on round three of the round robin challenge.  I will be adding wonky flying geese blocks to my center work.  At this time I am thinking I may only add to one side due to four more rounds to still complete.  

Enjoy your Wednesday.

Terrific Thursday

Yes, a terrific Thursday to be in the sewing studio.   Working on Stay at Home Round Robin (SAHRR).  I am on the second round, making wonky plus signs.  Want to be finished by dinner time. 

I puttered and moved things around as I contiue to improve the stash/sorting/easy-to-get-at system of my material.  Too many different containers of crumbs, strings, triangles and pieces of odd material.  In addition, several bags of unsorted scraps that other folks have given to me,

Well, back to my sewing oasis.....

Planning for Tuesday

 Concentrating on these tasks for week of January 25 - January 31

• Stay-at-home round robin.  Round two is being released tomorrow for this 7 week challenge
• Irish Chain cutting background and continue creating green four patches
• Sandwich Shelby Jelly Roll  and get on the long arm
• Empty moving box and continue organizing "stuff" on shelves

Think I will get the jelly roll on the long arm first.  A good size top to warm up and practice my long arm quilting skills.  Been doodling the design that I will  use on this quilt.   I have so much to learn on the long arm.   But if I don't get the tops on the machine, there will no learning going on.

Ready for Tuesday!

Monday update:

Wonderful week end of sewing.  I participated in a stay-at-home quilting retreat with online, Stashbuster group.  Good motivation to concentrate on several UFO's.  Borders have been added to complete two quilt tops.  Then prepared a backing and binding for Pine Tree Point, now to get that flimsy onto long arm.   In between this work, I cut more strips for my green Irish chain quilt top in progress.  Another Bonnie Hunter project I have been dreaming about and started doing four-patches as leader/enders back in December.

Renew, Refresh

 Wow, time to move forward on my blog adventure.  Been too busy with grandchildren, moving and sewing to keep at conversations.  

Renewing my intentions to chat about quilting.  New sewing studio has motivated me to get more organized and working hard to get some of these projects completed.  Last count 101...

New start this week, Stay at Home Round Robin.  Actually got my husband to participate in this adventure.  He has a small block leftover from his postage stamp quilt that he is going to use for his center.

I dug into my orphan block container and found several choices.  The block I selected was actually given to me in a large bag of scraps.  It is a small, pre-printed picture of an elf.  So squared it up with coping strips and added the first round.   Small piano keys.  

With that finished I can get to work on adding the final border on Flurry, a quilt guild block exchange challenge.  Then next on my list is to get borders on Pumpkin Patch.  All pieces ready to be sewn together.  

Going to be a nice, stay at home retreat week-end.

Quilting, quilting

The joys of cutting fabric up into various pieces and then rejoining them into a quilt top is pure joy to me.   Today I am cutting up large pieces of fabric for a ruler class tomorrow. Need to have some quilt sandwiches to practice on.   Learning to use a ruler with my domestic machine will be so interesting.   I enjoy free motion quilting and ruler quilting will be an additional technique.

Here is one of my current tops coming together.  Took two classes in November at the Shipshewana Quilter's Retreat and started two tops, Narragansett Blues and Sand Castles, both Bonnie Hunter patterns.  So working now to get the rows all together so this will be ready to quilt.

Now I off to put another row (column) together.

Quiltin' in Michigan
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UFO finished

Happy July! and Happy to have another UFO quilt top completed!  Milky Way was a free pattern from Fons & Porter. 

Time flies when you are having quilting fun!   Several quilt finishes, several ready to be quilted and of course several more have been started.  Quilting is an endless activity of finishes and beginnings.

Wednesday Wondering

Just visited Bonnie Hunter's post for the day and love this quote:  "And suddenly you know - It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings."   This is why I enjoy quilting, working on projects I have started, but then something sparks a new start.   Worked hard today, not to start anything new.  Mystery on Ringo Lake units are being put together.  Still have a ways to go but love how the pieces are going together.  Two small Halloween quilts will be ready to quilt tomorrow.  Working to get a finish or two and then the magic of a new start will happen.

Wonky Halloween top

Halloween back becomes a new top!

77 UFO's on 2018 List

This is the year to get more finishes.  My list is all set up in excel.  I have committed to the Stashbuster 2018 UFO challenge.  77 UFO's in various stages of development.   I reported my first finish yesterday.  Second finish is close behind, as the binding was put on today!  I am feeling motivated to "git 'em done!"

Then of course today, I found four more partial projects hiding on the sewing shelves!   Hidden in plastic containers with UFO's already on the list.  So that takes me to 81.   I have reduced another project from the list by putting the material back on the shelves and filed the pattern away.  I am not committed to completing it.   This allows me to use the project brown material in Bonnie's mystery quilt, On Ringo Lake.

Sister's Choice, number 8 on list, is actively calling me to get it done.  Today, I spread the 19 completed blocks out in the spare bedroom.  Yes, this top needs to be completed.   Target date:  February 28. 

Here are nine Sister Choice blocks completed last spring!  This quilt has traveled to three quilt retreats!  I can see why it is calling to be completed.

2018 quilt top finish

I can do this...get more of my UFO's finished.  I'm off to a good start.  This was a recent start in November and an actual finish today!  My first for 2018. 

Working on a finish or two!

I have too many quilts too close to a finish.   Working to get three projects completed before the Lighthouse Quilt Guild Show which starts at the end of the month.

Project one:  Thread Painting of a Flower
Project two:  Bird Collage with some thread painting
Project three:  Round Robin Challenge Quilt needs to be quilted!

Let's see what I can get done this week.  I am off to add flowers to the bird collage.

Happy Sewing.

Going to be a beautiful day!  Rain has passed through last night. Sun is out drying up the wet surfaces.  Plants in yard will be so happy as the temperature climbs to 80 degrees today.
Time to get sewing and creating.  I have two tops finished ready for the long arm and binding!

The Scrappy Heart Quilt is also ready to quilt and finish.  This was a free pattern from Craftsy.  Loads of fun to make.

Tuesday, Sewing news!

Chunky Churndash is moving along.  Blocks are completed and time to connect together!  Enjoyed making this quilt top.  Free Pattern at Bonnie Hunter's webpage,  Quiltville.com

January Hearts for February

Been a busy January, working on heart blocks for a February quilt.   New baby was to arrive in february but decided to arrive early.  So quilt will be finished soon, for the new mom.  Baby has already reciever purple pinwheel gift earlier.

Heart Block is a free block pattern from craftsy.  Fun to make.