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Friday, March 28, 2025

Tiny Tuesday sampler finish

I decided to make tiny Tuesday quilt my one monthly goal for March. It was part of the 5 quilt project last year. I didn't get it done in 2024, so I added it to this year's ufo projects. This was a QAL with the rainbow scrap challenge in 2019. It was so much fun to make the the blocks each week and use up the scraps at the same time. The blocks were designed by the academic quilter. After the blocks were done, those participating were on their own for how to finish it. I used a few orphan blocks to make it a little bigger and to fill out the rows. I used a scrappy white with pink rosebuds for the backing and the background fabric for the binding.

60 x 63 =14 yards

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Monday, March 24, 2025

tiny tuesday borders

I have added the first border and I am prepping the rest. It was scarey, but they are all cut, and so far, nothing bad has happened to them. The border fit, and, I have decided to do square in a square corners. I am happy to see the end of this older ufo. I may meet my one monthly goal of a finish for March. Tulips are up and the forsythia is starting to bloom, We've had a lot of wind here lately. The top half of a tall pine tree broke off and landed in 1 piece. I've seen the whole tree fall many times but not just the whole top.

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Sunday, March 23, 2025

stash report March 23, 2025

I decided to donate an older ufo kit with all the pieces to the guild. I am still digging through piles. We have a guild quilt show in April and I want to unload some projects I will never get to making.

stash report March 23, 2025

fabric added this week: 0 yards

fabric added year to date for 2025: 14 yards

fabric used: 2 yards

fabric used year to date for 2025: 46 1/2 yards

32 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025

I sewed 6 days last week. includes an open sew - Maybe I will get back in the groove

With the new year, I am restarting an applique project - across the wide missourri- This is the second daisy. I am working on the third. Note to self don't applique with wovens. They are thready and the stitches show more. The fabrics are part of the kit.

good thing it is supposed to look primitive

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Saturday, March 22, 2025

zipper progress

I had time to make a few more foursies with my zipper blocks. I could catch up blue and yellow centers for the rainbow scrap challenge. These are large hunks ready to be assembled when the colors are finished this year

I cut and finished the yellow zig zag blocks and noticed there wasn't any blue in the drawer and made them as well. Now the drawer looks right.

I may regret not ironing them each month.

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Friday, March 21, 2025

yellow and blue skies

I am reexamining my string blocks for blue skies which was originally made for the quilt blue skies from Bonnie Hunter book string fling. I made the string blocks during a string basket cleaning in 2016. I was string piecing anything in the book I might want to make while I was playing with strings. At some point, I decided I would not want to cut and make 2,376 hsts for the quilt. I found another quilt that I could make instead.

I didn't get any of this quilt done during February and the blue color for the rainbow scrap challenge. The color for March is yellow, so, I didn't have to put it away again. I don't think I will get it finished this year. It isn't a 5 quilt ufo project. It is a rsc project. But, I can certainly continue through March. I cut all the 7 1/2 inch squares in white that I would need to make larger hsts with the string blocks.

I laid the color square and the white squares right side together and sliced them diagonally.

I am using the yellow hsts as leader/ enders as I work on other projects. Any that I finish now, will move the project forward and be a bonus later.

I like making string blocks, and I like string quilts= a perfect match for this project

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Monday, March 17, 2025

tiny tuesday borders

I have made 4 long enough borders for tiny Tuesday. Now, I have to figure how I want to do the corners. I plan on trimming the long sides to 1/4 inch which is scary. I think that will leave a 3 1/2 inch strip. This is my one monthly goal for March, and if, I don't move along, it won't be finished in time. If this wasn't one of my 5 quilt projects, this is where I would have stopped and put it aside. That is the reason, I have so many older ufos

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Sunday, March 16, 2025

stash report March16, 2025

I restarted sorting through fabric. I donated 1 yard and found some great neutrals that were buried.

stash report March16, 2025

fabric added this week: 0 yards

fabric added year to date for 2025: 14 yards

fabric used: 16 yards- quilt finish

fabric used year to date for 2025: 44 1/2 yards

30 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025

I sewed 4 days last week. includes a friday group sew

With the new year, I am restarting an applique project - across the wide missourri- I added another daisy and a leaf

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Saturday, March 15, 2025

rsc windmill

I am still trying to get my groove with the rainbow scrap challenge and quilting in general. I caught up February blue windmills and this month's yellow windmills. I made this last year as part of rsc and really liked how it looked. This year I am using a light gray background. And I will not live long enough to use all my 2 1/2 inch strips. They just keep multiplying.

And some yellow zippers were joined with their friends in foursies.

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Friday, March 14, 2025

new finish

This older ufo from 2014 is finished. I have avoided typing the name, because, when I do I get all kinds of hits from robots LOL So, I left the picture of the pattern, and you will see why. I hope this works better. This a 5 quilt project finish.

72 x 72 I believe I cut the pieces in 2014 and sewed quadrant blocks in 2021. It looks like All the blocks are ready for assembly.

66 x 80 = 15 yards

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Monday, March 10, 2025

cutting scraps

One of my monthly goals for the 5 quilt project is to spend one day a month cutting scraps. My pile of scraps has grown, and I need to reclaim the fabric and space. I decided to take it with me to my Friday quilt group and play with the scraps with social, fun, company. I also thought it would be easier than hauling my sewing machine. Nope, the scraps were just as heavy as my machine. I took a 10 in square template and a 5 x 14 inch template. I took all the littler ones as well - 4 1/2, 3 1/2, 2 1/2 x 14, 2, and 1 1/2. Many of my scraps are gifted to me, each one is a surprise.

Sometimes, I didn't cut charm squares and left them the whole length. The same with the 3 1/2 inch. If a 2 1/2 inch strip was less than 10, I cut squares. I gave away a hunk of floral and a piece of vintage. And I threw away a few - gasp. The bag was almost empty when I left.

What I brought home weighed 2 pounds and 13 ounces = 8 1/2 yards of useable scrappy fabric. The hard part is putting it away in the proper containers...sigh

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Sunday, March 9, 2025

stash report March 9, 2025

While I was away, a missourri star box was delivered. It was a delicious surprise in snowy Indiana. I love snowflake/ white on white and use it all year long. The thread was on sale, too.

3 yards

stash report March 9, 2025

fabric added this week: 3 yards

fabric added year to date for 2025: 14 yards

fabric used: 14 yards- squared away finish

fabric used year to date for 2025: 28 1/2 yards

14 1/2 yards used more than bought in 2025

I sewed 4 days last week. Trying to get back in my groove.

With the new year, I am restarting an applique project - across the wide missourri- I decided to start on the daisies. I hope I get better at this. My fingers are not as nimble as they used to be. Now that I am home, I hope to add something every day and just keep going. Every little bit helps and I might see the finish of this quilt that has spent a lot of time in the the ufo closet.

and a leaf

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Saturday, March 8, 2025

rsc zipper

I dug into my 1 1/2 inch strip bin for yellow. This year, I am sewing the color with a neutral in strips. I cut them at 2 1/2 inches and have a zig zag idea in my head. I am planning to use 3 strips each month and see how far that gets me at years end. I was able to make 52 blocks in yellow.

I took the pink centered twosies of zipper blocks from January and pulled all the blocks with blue to catch up February foursies. I didn't get all the way through them. And I still have yellow to go. I want to add different color blocks to them as we move through the year. I made the zipper blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge in 2022.

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Friday, March 7, 2025

squared away quilt finish

I have my first finish for the year.

I was excited to start the year with a new Ufo called squared away. The blocks were already done in

2018 as part of the rainbow scrap challenge BOM. I like everything about this finish. The lovely scrappy rainbow colors, the on point settting, the borders, and especially the location of my sewing on vacation. I quilted it when I got home. Now, I am officially ready to work through my ufos for the year with my 5 quilt challenge. It is great to get the first one done. I am out of practice taking pictures.

72 x 72 = 14 yards

I used a flannel backing and a bubble free form quilting.

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