Sue

I made some aqua progress during this busy week! The three small blocks are the last of the Moda Blockheads. I have what I need for the layout I want to do! So that’s ready for fall assembly.

The large star is from Angela’s 2015 tab at the top of the blog & has the Kick block in the center. Next month I need to get them out & decide on connecting chain blocks. (And see if I have enough stars with the 8 colors I have.)

I got half-way through the pile of Scrap Stash Plus blocks, so look for the rest next week. The colors on both photos are dark. My colors are a bit brighter.

I also sewed bindings on two quilts, so they are ready for evening hand-sewing, as I’m almost done with the current binding project. Five Ocean Waves blocks got done for L&E’s this week, so pretty soon I’ll have enough to finish off row 3. Jenny Doan of MSQC fame says, “Quilts happen one stitch at a time”, so I keep looking at that quote on my wall & remembering the joy is in the journey.

Happy sewing!

I have begun a 12-month church service mission working with FamilySearch.org that requires me to donate 12 hours/week from home. I’m happy about this opportunity but it is definitely cutting into my sewing time & I’m still adjusting. So all of you who have commented on my prodigious output can feel better that I’ll be lucky to get my projects done each month for the rest of the year. LOL Next year’s RSC plans will have to be more limited. 🙂

But what did I get done? Well, lots of aqua cutting to get ready for sewing. Tedious but necessary. This represents a bunch of blocks ready to go, so that feels good.

I sewed 3 Moda Blockheads 2 blocks, although the one on the right has a caveat. I sewed it last week with another shade of aqua instead of the white print. Every time I saw it on my design wall, I was irritated with how there wasn’t enough contrast & finally decided to pick it apart & re-make it. I cut the white print, used one of the aqua prints & sewed it together. But I was so tired when I sewed it, that I spun my 4 patches & made a totally different block! So now it’s Sue’s variation. LOL LOL

I hate to admit this, but we’re all friends here, right? I started a new quilt! Even though I’ve been swearing I would not. My local quilt store was having their big summer sale & I decided to just save some money on something I really wanted to begin. I’ve had this pattern & Melissa’s templates for a while, waiting for some WIPs to get done before I started it. (See, I have self-control!) But sale fabric!! So I bought what I needed, cut out all the squares & rectangles, cut a few of the curved pieces, pinned them while watching TV, & have been putting them under the needle here & there. My curves are not too bad & getting better. It will take me a while to finish, but that’s how I roll, it seems.

Inspired by Diann at Little Penguin Quilts, in 2021 I made this top as part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge that year. Somewhere along the way it got quilted, but has been hanging in my studio closet waiting for binding as I got carried away with newer projects. In a frenzy of binding-making a few weeks ago, I got one made for this quilt, sewed it on & put it in the queue for evening hand-binding. Finally, it is a finish! I’m calling it “Zig-Zag”. (So original, I know.) It may be a future graduation quilt, or turn into a donation, if it sits around long enough.

July finishes out purple with Moda Blockheads. I finished all the ones I want to do from Set #1, so these + the aquas & teals are from Set #2. I only need 5 more blocks to finish up the layout I want to do.

Another finished small banner for my sideboard. True, it was after 4th of July, but it’s still July & my goal of a new one every month has changed to one every other month this year & then I’ll fill in the other months next year. It’s all good.

This was my big goal for this week: getting the top done for my auction quilt & getting it to the quilter. Done! I really power-sewed to get it all done, but I had it ready when I got the text that my others were done so I could pick up & drop off. This turned out really well, so I hope it makes some money for Primary Children’s Medical Center in December.

Now for some purple sewing! Got my Scrap Stash Plus blocks from Quilty Love done & there are only aqua & teal left from the jelly roll I cut up in January, so hopefully that’s the August color. Then I can put one of this year’s projects together. I also got my Strippy Slab Star made & again this month, I made some string blocks for future donation while I had the string bin out.