Wednesday, May 10, 2023

floor mess

My strip bins overfloweth. The big problem is the floor around them is collecting strips as well. I don't like the mess of sorting into colors, so, I wait until the situation is urgent. I am trying to clean the floor in my sewing room. It has to be done.

1 1/2 inch strip bin

This is the 1 1/2 inch strip drawer unleashed. Hard to believe all this was in one drawer. 


The big pile of neutrals was a mess on the floor which prompted my attention. I sat on the floor making piles of color.



What to do with them?
 Their permanent home will not hold any more. I have tried to keep them in a smaller bin - it didn't fit

nope

I found this plastic container, and, I could get most of them here.



But, there were still a lot of neutrals with no home. I had an extra waste basket that I repurposed for them. It will be easier to dig through them, this way, than, an organized stack. I think it will work.  



Time to make 4 patches. 



or 9 patches ...or both



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Monday, May 8, 2023

floor disaster

This was my view from the door into my sewing room. I had to step over things to get to my sewing table. It was embarrassing and dangerous. I was focused on getting parts done, so, I would just set aside the maintenance, until, my projects were done. which is never.  I just couldn't take it anymore. Enough is enough. I decided, for April, I was going to take back my sewing room floor.

My first decision was to tackle the table next to my accuquilt. I cut and throw  the scraps into a pile for later. This is part of the floor cleaning, because, it spills onto the floor. My accuquilt is to the right, and, I almost couldn't run it to the left without knocking stuff over to the floor.


I have 3 drawers in my room for 1 1/2 inch, 2 inch, and 2 1/2 inch strips. These are the temporary homes for cut pieces, until, I can sort them into colors families in their real home. I wait until they are practically impossible to close them.  The worst offender at this point is the bottom bin of 1 1/2 inch strips that have actually spilled over into a pile on the floor..... a big pile.


I made progress in April, and, hopefully, will finish in May. I must be careful - It is easy to get distracted by all the cool things I am finding.

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Sunday, May 7, 2023

stash report May 7, 2023

 I found a good deal on a halloween fat quarter bundle and added it to my stash. I really like halloween fabrics. I don't really have any quilts started, and, I try not to buy any in the fall, but, it sneaks in any way.




stash report May 7, 2023

fabric added: 5 yards

fabric added year to date: 63 yards 

fabric used year to date: 160 1/2 yards

97 1/ 2 yards used more than bought 

I sewed 6 days last week. 

I have a goal to add one strip of wool to my village rug everyday. Some days I add more. Sundays, I spend real time on it, and make a little more progress. I mentioned before that I am having trouble repeating the dye color for the background, so I am hooking a little everywhere on the background. I am moving around the rug and repeating the same spots to fill the background a little more.

seems like the start to a song


I tea dyed my aida cloth and bought a few flosses to make the Spring QAL at pinker n punkin quilts and stitching. But, I need to remember how to start LOL. Do any of you use pattern keeper?

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Saturday, May 6, 2023

fishy

I made 25 orange fish school blocks for May's rainbow scrap challenge. I am aiming for 320. I am a 2/3 of the way there.


Hubby found this neat mushroom outback, and, we had a yummy mess of mushroom for dinner. We have never collected this before, and it was huge.



dryads saddle



it was little chewy, but tasted great

And we lived to tell about it.


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Friday, May 5, 2023

wonderland holiday runner finish

My finish for Friday is wonderland holiday table runner. As an older UFO, I am so glad it is finally done. I was in love with the fabric line when I signed up for the class at my LQS. I remember, the instructor had us cut pieces, and, put them on paper plates to keep them labeled. If, I can ever get the dining room table ( aka dumping ground) cleaned off, it will look perfect.

92 inches long



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Wednesday, May 3, 2023

scrapbox chevron for May

 I started this UFO as a workshop in 2013, before, I started blogging. I remember buying the pattern at a quilt show in Bloomington Indiana. It has been ready to finish since 2014. What a patient quilt. I can imagine it waiting in the 'to be closet' cheering every quilt that was chosen and moved on, hoping that it would have it's turn. May is the month. It is my one monthly goal to assess what it needs, and, get it done.


scrapbox chevron


IT is also time to report on my PHD progress.



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Monday, May 1, 2023

new project

My 5 quilts project needs a lot of cutting. I needed a portable machine piecing project for sewing away from home, that doesn't require a lot of thinking. I opened a new box, and everything is already cut. I have over 400 strips cut and ready to make a Bonnie Hunter rectangle wrangle quilt from her scraps and shirt tails book 2.  Rectangle wrangle is an older 2018 UFO, that, I know I want to finish. It looked simple enough.

I need to make a million strip sets - easy



I need to  sew them into a tube and sub cut them - easy


And sew them back together - not that easy. How many ways can you turn the strips wrong when sewing them together? you don't want to know. sigh... How can you grab 2 strips that are right, turn from the ironing pad to the actual machine and get them wrong? I don't know. sigh...


But, they are so fun - really


I think I am getting the hang of it, too. I don't expect this to be done any time soon. That's okay, I will just make progress as I enjoy social sewing. Eventually, it will take a turn as part of the 5 quilts project and be finished.

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