Making A Lather

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Saturday, June 21, 2025

more orange progress

I haven't been sewing much lately.

I will be forever catching up monkey wrench blocks. At least I made an orange one this month. I haven't counted lately.

Again, I am behind on my sugar grove blocks. I think I have 41 of 62 finished.

I sewed the 2 1/2 inch strip sets for my windmill project and have them sub cut and ready to sew.

I have 3 rows out of 5 sewn together for my spiderweb quilt.

And I cut more 1 1/2 inch strips for ditch lilies.

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Friday, June 20, 2025

zipper is finished

zipper blocks is a finished quilt. I started this quilt as part of the rainbow scrap challenge in 2022. I was able to use many of my solid scraps in this fun and easy scrap quilt. I saw it on sane, crazy crumby quilts, and, she referred to Klein meisje quilts. At the end of the year, I put it away. In 2025, as part of my 5 quilt project, I decided to finish it. I started piecing the blocks into twosies and then, foursies. In May, I began making rows

72 x 86 = 24 yards

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Monday, June 16, 2025

snowball progress

I made progress on my snowball quilt. I thought I had snowballed all the corners on all the charm squares. Hooray.

But, as I sewed them together in twosies, I could tell that I had missed a batch, somewhere. Bummer. It's a good thing I have enjoyed making these. The remaining, pesky little squares were hiding in the pile of 2 inch squares. They will be called to task. Aren't they cute? gotta love a scrappy quilt.

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Sunday, June 15, 2025

stash report June 15, 2025

I found these at a quilt sale. They came in a bigger bag of fat quarters that I still am investigating. I like enhancing my purple, orange, and yellow stash.

stash report June 15, 2025

fabric added this week: 1 1/2 yards

fabric added year to date for 2025: 40 yards

fabric used: 9 yards shirts gone

fabric used year to date for 2025: 112 1/2 yards

72 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025

I sewed 1 day last week -I count the time at my sewing machine, but I did some hand stitching.

This is the new block I am starting for the quilt.

block 7

this week

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Friday, June 13, 2025

orange progress

I used 3 wof 1 1/2 inch strips and made strip sets with a neutral. The orange zigzag units are all done for June.

I turned the twosies from orange spiderwebs into 5 rows with 6 blocks each. Here is my first post about this quilt in 2016

I sewed a few orange/neutral sets for ditch lilies that I had already cut. But, My numbers are wrong and will have to cut more.

I have an older shirt quilt ufo that I am slowly working on when social sewing. I really like shirt fabrics and making it has helped with my motivation to keep cutting the huuge box of shirt pieces. holy toledo is a quiltville pattern from the book scraps and shirttails 2

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cheddar jubilee was finished last year.

Monday, June 9, 2025

cutting scraps for June

One of my monthly goals for the 5 quilt project is to spend one day a month cutting scraps. This is the 4th month in a row. three of those months have been this box of shirts.

I found a box of scrappy leftovers of shirt fabric, that is my next project for scrap cutting. It weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces. I am trying to spend my time at Friday sew, once a month, to cut scraps.

I saw the bottom of the box this time. I had big pieces that I replaced in the box that I will cut with my accu-cut at home. There was an uncut shirt at the bottom of the box which is on it's way to the rescue mission.

This time the cut pieces weighed 3 pounds 6 ounces which is 10 1/2 yards of useable fabric. The total yardage for the box was 26 1/2 yards of useable fabric. For the year, the total is 35 yards of useable fabric. And I had fun socializing while I was doing it -bonus.

All the rest are cut into 10, 5, 3 1/2, 2 1/2, 2, 1 1/2 inches or strips

This is the trash I made.

And these are the string pieces for another day. By this time, I admit the strings are much bigger than usual. I was tired of cutting haha

I have made several shirt quilts from recycled shirts over the years. They are some of my favorirtes, and that keeps me motivated to keep cutting this huge box of shirt pieces.

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Sunday, June 8, 2025

stash report June 8, 2025

This wall hanging is one of my favorite finds at our guild sale. I know the quilter very well, and was thrilled to add it to my wall art. I thought it was pretty and very well made.

stash report June 8, 2025

fabric added this week: 0 yards

fabric added year to date for 2025: 38 1/2 yards

fabric used: 0 yards

fabric used year to date for 2025: 103 1/2 yards

65 yards used more than bought in 2025

I sewed 1 days last week I just wasn't feeling very well.

I'm starting a new block that looks much easier than the last one. I have everything traced and ironed. I am ready to go. The quilt has 12 block of the month sets. I have 7 completed.

block 7

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Saturday, June 7, 2025

orange spiderweb

Orange is the rainbow scrap challenge color for June.

I was pretty excited to change colors this month and finish an older Ufo called spiderweb. But, as I was taking pictures, I realized that last month's ufo was ditch lilies and it also has orange in it. I think I will work on both.

So far, I have made the whole spiderweb quilt with my people powered treadle machine. All the blocks are in twosies. I have had the treadle closed for a while now, and I think I might reopen it, just to finish this quilt this month. I really enjoy treadling in the evening. I put it away because it makes a terrible mess in my living room where it lives. But, it will only be a month, right?

The orange part of ditch lilies are small rail fence blocks made with scrappy oranges and neutrals.

1 1/2 inch strips

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Friday, June 6, 2025

5 quilt progress

I have decided on the border I want for my scrappy twirl quilt. I am not sure about the corners, yet.

While I was digging around, trying to find some wool for my rug hooking project, I found 2 missing quilts in a tub. I had given them up for lost. 1st is a quiltville pattern called oklahoma backroads. Which is in rows, and will need assembly.

The 2nd quilt is a top called chunky churndash. Also a quiltville pattern.

I have made more blocks for holy toledo

My zipper quilt is on the frame.

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Monday, June 2, 2025

snowball and one monthly goal

I have restarted an older ufo for my 5 quilt project. This is a scrappy snowball quilt from 2020. I used this pattern from suzies scraps I had all the squares in a bag and all the centers cut. I also had 2 blocks sewn. It looks like it will take for ever, but it uses 29 scrappy 2 inch squares per block. Finishing the top is my June one monthly goal.

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Sunday, June 1, 2025

stash report June 1, 2025

I have been attending quilters' garage sales, and buying fabric. I think the dam has burst. I was so careful last year, and, apparently, I can only be good for so long. It will take a while to sort, measure, and fold the new fabric. But, I like that part- Finding a place for it, not so much.

3 yds

stash report June 1, 2025

fabric added this week: 3 yards

fabric added year to date for 2025: 38 1/2 yards

fabric used: 0 yards

fabric used year to date for 2025: 103 1/2 yards

65 yards used more than bought in 2025

I sewed 2 days last week, not really feeling perky

Finally, this block is done. I started it the first part of the year on my way to Florida. I am thrilled I stuck with it.

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Saturday, May 31, 2025

green week 5 hsts ditch

It is the end of May and time to put away ditch lilies for the rainbow scrap challenge. In a month I have cut all the pieces for the quilt and I even had a chance to dig and find some 1 1/2 inch hsts. They will finish at 1 inch. I need 640 of them for the quilt.

While I am working on a snowball project, I can use the cut off pieces to make 1/12 inch hsts. And I am working on a basket quilt that uses 2 inch hsts. I can cut the ones that are too small down to 1 1/2.

all sewn

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last report April 28, 2025

Friday, May 30, 2025

5 quilt may 30, 2025

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.

I finished 2 ufos in May

kaleidoscope - is finished

74 x 74

fancy fox - My one monthly goal for May is finished

52 x 62

I worked on these older Ufos to finish them

scrappy twirl -all the borders are done, I need to trim it square and decide what I want for a border.

hollow nine - rainbow scrap challenge from 2023 that needs the border Which I intend to applique. fingers crossed.

broken dishes made with civil war fabrics I am not sure I am finishing this.

holy toledo

My May PHD report

scrap cutting

I have added another goal to the 5 quilts project. I want to take one day a month and cut scraps. I will have plenty to choose from since I really didn't cut any for 2024, and the bags of uncut scraps are piling up, all over the fabric room.

I cut a big scrap bag for May. The original box weighed 9 pounds 13 ounces of shirtings scraps. The cut pieces weighed 1 pound 4 ounces which is 4 yards of useable fabric. 2025- totals so far 16 1/2 yards of useable fabric

quilts to be quilted:

1. wedding ring I have had this ready for a few years, but, I am afraid to quilt it myself. I want it to be special and I don't do special. So I will work to talk my self into it..... some day

chunky churndash

Looking forward to May - finally adding a few new ufos to the list

scrappy twirl

hollow nine

broken dishes civil war

zipper blocks

holy toledo

halloween panel kit plan and beginning

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