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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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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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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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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tiny tuesday sampler one monthly goal

 I have decided to make tiny Tuesday quilt my one monthly goal for March. The top is together, and I am making the borders. I started this in 2019 as a QAL for the rainbow scrap challenge. I made all the blocks and put it away in the ufo closet. As part of the 5 quilt project last year, I brought it out to finish it. I added more blocks to make it bigger. I decided on a border that I am currently working to complete. I hope by the end of March, I will have it finished. I'm sorry these are not new pictures but there has not been any new other than the mess I am making LOL. Wish me luck

borders

The blocks were designed by the academic quilter

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squared away top

I added an inner border to squared away. We changed locations, so, I wasn't sure I would get the border finished. but I did.

We found a park and were able to lay it flat -ish. I look forward to quilting it when I get home.

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tiny tuesday border

This is the border I plan to add to my tiny Tuesday quilt. Maybe, I can use up a few more 2 1/2 strips. It is simple and quick to sew, and I will have a few bonus triangles as a bonus.

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tiny Tuesday rows

 Before we left Indiana, I had joined a few rows for  tiny Tuesday.  I didn't bring it with me, but I figured out the border I want to make for it. So I have something back home that I can look forward to doing. Although, I am bringing uncompleted projects, too.

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We had a magical airboat ride Saturday. We saw gators and the birds were amazing.

squared away flimsy

squared away top is ready for borders. I did bring my ideas for border fabrics with me on vacation, I might have them done yet this month. I have made a few dresden plates blades as leader/ enders. It has been cold here, and, yesterday, it rained all day. Still an adventure.

florida bedspread

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squared away progress

We are busy exploring our new snow-less location for vacation. I have had occasion to sew a bit. Florence the featherweight has been a trooper. I threw out the blocks for squared away to get an idea and play with colors. It was easy to piece the first two rows in an on point layout. If I am not too tuckered out in the evenings, I will try to sew a row together. I don't miss the dreary back home.

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all rows for tiny tuesday

After, all the rows were made, last week, I laid out the tiny Tuesday rows to decide the layout. So cute. It may not need a border, although I like a bigger quilt. The seams in the rows will be easy to match and assemble. I am slowly making progress. 

I am off on an adventure and my Nelly nolting longarm will take a rest from last year and be ready when I am back home. She deserves it.

My quilt may or may not look a lot like diann @ little penguin quilts tiny tuesday quilt. I find her work very inspiring.

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last rows tiny tuesday

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. 

Most of the blocks were designed by the academic quilter

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squared away challenge

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.

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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tiny tuesday orange row

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

I could spread it out at the library

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yellow tiny tuesday row

I was short 2 blocks for the yellow row for my tiny Tuesday sampler. This an older Rainbow scrap challenge sampler from 2019. I attended a guild open sew Saturday for a couple of hours, and, I was able to finish the row. Yellow is my favorite color in general, but not always in quilting. I do think it is a bit of sunshine in a scrappy quilt. I have 3 rows done, and 4 or 5 to go before assembly. If I could just focus a little better, I could get it done. Sewing has stalled on my midnight flight ufo, since, it looks like I don't have enough border pieces.

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red tiny tuesday sampler

I had one block to finish for the red row for my tiny Tuesday sampler. I started this in 2019 as part of the rainbow scrap challenge. I had a few blocks that were not finished.  I pulled this older ufo out of the closet as part of my 5 quilt project. Here is the pink row.

As part of light the world I have been thinking more about how to be more aware of others at this time of year. I donated canned goods to a food bank, and made muffins for the really great ladies at my radiation treatments. 

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pink tiny tuesday sampler

As part of my 5 quilt project, I am ready to start an older Rainbow scrap challenge sampler from 2019. Last week, I started making the dark blocks that I had not made before putting the project away. I plan to make the dark blocks the 4 corners of the quilt. I had enough pink blocks finished to make the first row. I think it is sew cute.  and makes me smile. I am thinking the red row will be next. Meanwhile, I am pinning rows together for midnight flight

yes, a pig

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tiny Tuesday sampler restart

In September, I started planning my Tiny Tuesday adventure. I still have a main ufo I am concentrating on, but, I thought I would take this little rainbow scrap challenge sampler with me to open sew for comedic relief. I started this in 2019 and I have most of the blocks finished. I realized I had not made any of the dark blocks. Dark colors are usually the last months of the challenge, and, by then, I tend to lose interest. As a reward for making progress on midnight flight, I would make a dark block for the sampler - or eat a treat. The center blocks are 4 1/2 inches. In the sampler, the borders are either straight or diagonal. I still can't be sure if all the blocks are done, until I start joining the blocks into rows. I may have to fill in with more blocks that I discover are missing. It's a start.

Imagine my surprise when over the weekend, this happened in my sewing room. My poor Christmas cactus has a timing problem but is beautiful.

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tiny tuesday

I opened a new ufo project box to look ahead to what I might need to do to finish this quilt from 2019.

It was a sampler quilt as a QAL for the rainbow scrap challenge group. It looks like I did not make the blocks from october, november, and december of that year. And, I haven't framed all of the blocks. I look forward to playing with this project. I will have to go back to all the directions to see what I was doing. I am pulling this out since my big piecing project ( midnight flight) is a little boring. The rest of the 5 quilts are either at borders or quilting and waiting their turn. 

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A new goal for October

About 5 years ago, my daughter and a friend, Lucy, and I swapped baskets made from scraps for Bonnie Hunter's quilt called Lucy's baskets. I have a total of 230. They have been in a project box all this time. I am not sure I want to set them the same way that Bonnie Hunter did. I want to make this my One monthly goal for October. I would like to make it to a top, but I will be happy if I can figure out a plan and make a decent start with them. There is a lot of time invested in these and happy swapping memories. I had included this as one of my goals at the beginning of the year hoping I would not let another year pass without making a plan.

They are very small at just 3 1/2 inches. The basket handles are hand appliqued.

Bonnie set hers with a plain square in between. The pattern is in her book More adventures with leaders and enders. I have 9 out of the 12 quilts in the book started and, I finished 2 of the them, Easy street and lazy Sunday. I actually saw this quilt in person at one of her lectures. It was lovely.

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