The last two rows of tiny Tuesday sampler are finished and I can begin to assemble the top. This quilt makes me smile as I look at the different blocks and happy colors. I was able to finish this at Friday quilt group. I have missed several weeks due to illness and it was great to visit with my quilting friends again. However, the library carpet is really ugly. I am already thinking about the borders.
Number 2 on my 5 quilt list for 2025, is peppermint candy. I found this in quiltmaker magazine and cut it out, in 2018, while I was cleaning up Christmas fabrics. That is all the farther I got, before it landed in the ufo closet. I hope to start working on it in January, while there is snow and memories of the holidays. The plan is to finish it and not let it return to the ufo closet. Luckily, I really like red and white quilts.
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I am digging through buried boxes of fabric. I am sorting, and folding, and shelving, or donating, as I go through them. I hope I find hidden corners of my fabric room again. I hope I will be doing this throughout 2025. I have decided to give these to our guild store at our quilt show this year. I like the children's quilts but don't want to spend the time, if someone would actually make them.
stash report January 5 , 2025
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2025: 0 yards
fabric used: 8 yards donated
fabric used year to date for 2025: 8 yards
8 yards used more than bought in 2025
I sewed 5 days last week.
With the new year, I am restarting an applique project - across the wide missourri- an older ufo quilt, for slow Sunday stitching. Applique is really not my thing. Hubby bought this for me for Christmas, a few years ago. I think I have 4 blocks done and have started 3 or 4 times. I tried starting it again in 2024 as part of the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy. It didn't work well with rsc. I am hoping to use this as a travel project, and maybe see more progress.
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My one monthly goal for January 2025 is to assemble my squared away quilt. I made these blocks in 2018 as part of the rainbow scrap challenge. I thought I would start 2025 fresh with a rainbow scrap quilt. I have the blocks made and I want an on point layout. I will travel this month, and think this would make a great motel project with Florence, my featherweight. Everything I need for the quilt fits in a zip lock bag. I will still use my 5 quilt goal plan for the year. It makes sense to me and appears to work for me. Although, I might be a little less concerned with the time I take on each project. I have randomly chosen 29 ufos that I can pick and choose. Last year I finished 41. I never dreamed I could do that. So, we will see. Life can be challenging at my age.
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| pink is the color for January |
I am still trying to finish an older ufo from the rainbow scrap challenge called tiny Tuesday. I have the green row done. Most of the blocks were designed by the academic quilter but I have been adding orphan blocks to make it a bit bigger.
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| library carpet |
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I try to work on these 5 quilts until they are done. Their turn in the UFO closet is over, and, they need to be finished one way or another.
This report finishes 2024. I will have 3 quilts I will carry over into 2025. But, I will rearrange them to feel like I am starting fresh with the new year. My goal is to quilt each finish each ufo - quilted and bound before I move to the next quilt. But, I will have 5 quilts again that I can work on as I have opportunity. The variety helps keep it interesting while not overwhelming.
3. tiny tuesday -I am making 8 rows
4. charming stars - I gave the blocks away to guild
5. kaleidoscope quilt- border- This was missing and is now found again
I am ready to start fresh with all new projects for 2025. I used a random number generator and chose 26 ufos from my list. I added the last 3 of 2024 ufos that were not finished to list as well.
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| 28 over my goal of 12 for the year |
Looking forward to January:
1. squared away - This is my one monthly goal for January. I want to assemble the top.
2. peppermint candy - I need to make the blocks
3. kaleidoscope - I need to make the outer border
4. scrappy twirl - I need to join the blocks with the border
5. tiny tuesday - finish the rows
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I am still sorting through a buried box in my fabric room. The box contained hunks and chunks that had not been folded and sorted by size. This batch was the 1/4 yard or less size and I added these to my scrap bins by color.
stash report December 29, 2024
fabric added this week: 0 yards
fabric added year to date for 2024: 102 yards
fabric used: 25 yards midnight flight finish
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| 84 x 84 = 25 yards |
fabric used year to date for 2024: 698 yards -I can't believe I have used that much
596 yards used more than bought in 2024
I sewed 6 days last week.
I have tried to add a few strips of wool every day, to my Christmas rug, hoping that it will eventually help finish this wonderful rug. I am chugging along with the background.
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I am still working on my tiny Tuesday sampler from 2019. I started this as a quilt along with the Rainbow scrap challenge group. As I move along, I fall in love with it again. I have also added some orphan blocks to fill out the rows by color. The blocks were designed by the academic quilter
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| I could spread it out at the library |
