Got it done in April, get it done in May.

I got so much done in March that I thought I would just continue on into April, what was I thinking?

We were gone several times in April and had some unexpected things come up. I didn't get everything on my list finished but I gave it a good try!

For April I wanted to ...

· Make the two April table runners for our daughter and daughter in law

I finished one and am working on the other one.

· the 2 block of the month

I have my back to square one up to date and have my Christmas blocks for my quilt group nearly finished. 

· bind the quilt that I have at the quilters

This is for my nephew's high school graduation.  It is not only his school colors but is a patriotic fabric because he is going to major in Political Science.

· applique 4 onesies for my friends granddaughter.

 

The number represents how many months old she is and what is going on that month.

I also knitted a prayer shawl, made 25 pillow cases for a group at church, made a backing for a quilt that I sent to the quilter and marked a quilt for our church group to hand quilt.

I am not sure what I will get done in May, we will be gone several times in the month so I am going to plan lightly. 

In May I want to get this done...

1. 2 table runners for the month of May ( thinking Fiesta theme)
2. blocks for block of the month
3. knit a paryer shawl for our daughter in law
4. cut scaps up and put away
5. clean sewing room.

May will be over before we know it.  Good luck on your to do list!

 



 

 

Design wall 4-29-13

It is a beautiful day here in west Texas, not many days that we don't have wind but today is one of them! I don't have anything on my design wall but I am doing the applique on my table runner for the month. So far I have 4 made for each girl for Christmas. This is the one for April...

I am going to have to hurry to get this finished so I can count it on my get it done list.  I am going to work on it a little longer and then go walk in this wonderful weather. 

Design Wall for Apr. 1, 2013

Today my design wall has 2 blocks that I am adding to my Christmas quilt.

Back to Square One #3

So far I really like how Back to Square One  quilt is turning out. I am ready to move on to step 4.

Got it done in March and get it done in April!

I wasn't really sure how much I was going to get done in March, here is what I posted in February as my goals...For March I will have grandchildren for Spring Break and again for Easter and I have jury duty so I am not sure I will accomplish quite as much as I did in February.
March Goals
1. Make door signs with Berkeley for her teacher's for teacher appreciation week in May. DONE - see post below for pictures
2. Make the backings for the two quilts I made in Feb. DONE- one at quilters and one waiting to go.
3. Make two St. Patrick's Day table runners DONE-

4. Make the blocks for the block of the month quilts I am working on.

Back to Square 1 block

Blocks for quilting group quilt
I did not have to report for Jury duty and did have the grandchildren for a week at Spring Break and then 4 days over Easter weekend.  I posted their accomplishments in this post http://jal-lucestitches-luce.blogspot.com/2013/03/design-wall-3-18-2013.html.
I also made a small quilt for a volunteer fire department.

And did some machine embroidery and finished this UFO.

 

All in all a pretty successful month! 
For April I want to ...

• Make the two April table runners for our daughter and daughter in law
• the 2 block of the month
• bind the quilt that I have at the quilters
• applique 4 onesies for my friends granddaughter.

I have several more things listed but these are my top 4.  No foolin.. I have a lot to get done!

Design Wall 3-18-2013

I can't believe that I have not posted since March 1...where has the time gone. Last week we spent a week with 2 grandchildren so not much of my sewing got done.  We did do some sewing together.

The 7 year old boy made pillows for his Mom, Dad and of course himself.  I thought it was funny that he had them all laid out on the bed and had his blanket wrapped around them.  In the bottom right corner is a scrap that we made into a ninja headband . He chose colors and typed in the font and pressed the buttons to do the embroidery and did the stuffing of the pillows.

The 11 year old girl had a project to make for school.  She had to make Abraham Lincoln using a coat hanger and leaving a space in his body for her report.  We used a place mat for his jacket and another place mat for his shoes and hat.  We used an old wool skirt to make his pants and ran his face off on the computer and glued fleece on for the beard .  It turned out really cute and is nearly as tall as she is.  She also made these...

they are door signs for her teachers.  Ever since she was in Kindergarten she and I have made something for her teachers for Teacher Appreciation week in May.  I am thrilled that she wants to sew and that she likes her teachers and wants to make them a gift. She chose all the fabrics to go with their subject and did all the embroidery, some of the sewing and painted all the sticks.  She also made this...

as a gift for her 14 month old little brother named MAC. 
Back to the original post ... my design wall, it is boring compared to what the kids made.

I am testing a block.  Last summer we went to Virginia to visit relatives and I got to quilt with my 90 year old Aunt, she insisted that I bring back some of her scraps.  I was thrilled to have them and found this Bonnie Hunter quilt called Virginia Bound so it was a not brainer that I use my scraps for this quilt. 

I didn't get my stash report posted for the last 3 weeks so will include that here-

Week number- 9, 10 and 11

Used this week- 21 yards

Used this year- 71.25

Purchased this week- 4.5 yards

Purchased this year- 10.5 Yards

This week I hope to get a quilt back finished and make a couple blocks for my quilt groups. 

Back to Square on part 2

Today step 3 of back to square one comes out.  So far I am loving it and love the slow pace.  Here is step 2.

February - Got it Done / Get it done in March

I reached all my goals for February plus some. I had this planned.....
For February I hope to complete-
1. Two table runners for February for our Daughter and Daughter in Law for Christmas-Done!

2. Finish a Friends and Flowers quilt that I started on a retreat last year- Top Finished

3. Make a quilt for my nephew's high school graduation-Top finished

4. Catch up on my back to Square One blocks and do my Christmas block for my quilt group. Done

I did this in addition to finishing a baby quilt, a wall hanging that was a paper pieced UFO,worked on a wool applique UFO and made some pillow cases for charity.

For March I  will have grandchildren for Spring Break and again for Easter and I have jury duty so I am not sure I will accomplish quite as much as I did in February. 
March Goals
1.  Make door signs with Berkeley for her teacher's  for teacher appreciation week in May.
2.  Make the backings for the two quilts I made in Feb.
3.  Make two St. Patrick's Day table runners
4.  Make the blocks for the block of the month quilts I am working on.

I have a busy month ahead so better get started!

Design wall 2-25-2013

Wow! is it windy outside, a good day to stay in and sew.  We are having winds 35-45 MPH with gusts to 60!
 I went to a retreat this weekend and finished a couple things that I will show later in the week.  Today my design wall has a table runner for March.  So far I have kept up with my 2 table runners a month and by Christmas I will have a set for our daughter and daughter in law.  Here is the beginning of one of the March runners.

Fabric stash report for week 8

I spent the weekend with 6 friends at a bed and breakfast in a town that is about 30 miles from our house.  The weekend was wonderful! We stayed in a house that was built in 1907 and was just beautiful.  We had a wonderful hostess that cooked us 3 meals a day and all we did was sew! I made one quilt top and finished another and worked on two table runners.  So I have some pretty good numbers for the week. 

Week number- 8

Used this week- 20 yards

Used this year- 50.25

Purchased this week- 2 yards

Purchased this year- 6 Yards

Design wall Monday 2-18-13

My design wall has the blocks for the quilt that I am making with my quilt group.  This week we are getting together and going to a bed and breakfast and spending the weekend together.  I have a quilt cut out and ready to put together and another that I started at a retreat in Brownwood last year but haven't worked on since then.  I am also starting on my St. Patricks day tablerunners.  Here is my design wall.....

Stash Report week7

This week I finished up my blocks for our quilt group and then pulled out an UFO. I only had the bird house finished and stuck it back.  Luckly I had all the fabrics in the bag with the project. Now I am finishing  the binding and so details like the eye and berries on the holly  ( not sure if it will be a table topper or wall hanging).

Here are my stats for the week.

Week number- 7

Used this week- 1

Used this year- 30.25

Purchased this week- 0 yards

Purchased this year- 4 Yards

Next weekend several friends and I are going to a Bed and Breakfast in a nearby town and have a mini retreat so I should have bigger numbers.  Have a great week.

Design Wall for 2-11-2013

I have the next block for the quilt my quilting group is making on my design wall today.  I just have the wool pinned on and will get the handwork done this week.  I finished a Valentine table runner yesterday and will show it at the end of the month.  I spent most of the afternoon yesterday working on scraps and cutting them into strips.  It is a boring job but nice when you have them all cut and put away. 

Fabric Stash Report - Week 6

We had a storm come through last night and knock our Internet out! Our provider sent a service tech out and we are back in business.  This week I used 3 yards in making table runners.  I quilted one yesterday and hope to quilt the other tonight.   Here are my numbers.

Week number- 6

Used this week- 3

Used this year- 29.25

Purchased this week- 0 yards

Purchased this year- 4 Yards

Back to Square One- step 1

I love the Back to Square One mystery that Judy Laquidara and Vicki Welsh are doing.  I have done  the last two Bonnie Hunter mystery quilts, which I love also, but they have so many pieces,( many of them small).  I love this mystery because it is quick , I can sew my block and go onto another project.  Here are my January blocks. 

Design Wall 2-4-2013

It is a beautiful day in my little part of Texas.  It won't be long before it will officially be Spring.  For those you from Texas we don't think it is Spring until the Mesquite trees put on leaves, they are very seldom fooled!  My design wall today only has two block for my Christmas block of the month that my group is doing. I am doing wool applique.  I love the wool but it sure makes my block heavy.

 

Fabric Stash Report for 2-3-2013

This week I finished a baby quilt and used 2 yards for the back.  But... I started the Back to Square One mystery.  I like it !  I love that I can get it done in an hour and after doing the last two Bonnie Hunter mystery quilts, I like the BIG pieces.  I didn't like one of the fabrics I was going to use and didn't have enough of another so I fell off the wagon and had to go buy fabric.  Here are my numbers

Week number- 5

Used this week- 2

Used this year- 26.25

Purchased this week- 4 yards

Purchased this year- 4 Yards

Have a great week. 

Got it done in January/ Get it done in February

I have had a productive January even with being sick the first week.  Here were my plans for January:

1. I want to finish my Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt
2. I want to get the binding on my Orca bay quilt from last year so that I can enter it in the Creative Arts division of the Stock show and Rodeo.
3. I want to finish a challenge that we were given at our quilt group Christmas party
4. My plan for Christmas gifts for our daughter and daughter in law is to give them a table runner for each month. I hope to make two each month instead of making them all at Christmas.

I got all of this done plus some.  I also made a baby quilt, table cloth, a block for our block of the month, and cut out a quilt for a retreat I am going to in February.

My Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt pieced.  Sorry the picture is bad it was  sunny and windy the day I took the picture.

Orca Bay all finished and ready to enter into the fair.

This was my challenge from my quilt group.  We picked three fat quarters not knowing what we were going to make with them and then had to pick a pattern ( we each brought 3 unwanted fat quarters and a pattern we weren't going to use) and then we were told we had to use the fabric in that pattern. 

My table runners for our daughter and daughter in law.

My block for the block of the month.  I doing wool hand applique

This baby quilt was not on my list but I need it for a shower on Feb. 9th.

For February I hope to complete-
1.  Two table runners for February for our Daughter and Daughter in Law for Christmas
2. Finish a Friends and Flowers quilt that I started on a retreat last year
3.  Make a quilt for my nephew's high school graduation
4.  Catch up on my back to Square One blocks  and do my Christmas block for my quilt group.

I hope I can get this done.  I am going to a 3 day retreat at the end of the month so there may be some power sewing those days!   I love setting these goals for the month, it seems to help me get it done.

Design Wall 1-28-13

I had to make a baby quilt for a shower in a couple weeks.  I used a panel and added some patchwork.  Don't you love panels, they are so easy to make a quilt fast .  This quilt is for one of my ex-students that is now a teacher and expecting her first baby.  Wow, time has really flown, I went to the baby shower for her mother when she was expecting her.  I hope she like it.....

I also have this block on my wall.

 

  My quilt group is making this as a block of the month and I am doing mine in wool applique.

It is a beautiful day here in West Texas ( a little windy, but warm) so I am off for a walk.  Have a great Monday!

 

Fabric Stash report- week 4

I notice I didn't report on my stash last week so will include that in this report.  I have been busy the last couple weeks.  I made 2 table runners, finished my challenge for our quilt group and made a baby quilt.  No wonder I am tired!  The weather last week was finally warm and that allowed me to do some walking and spend some time outside.  I am really ready for spring, I don't know how those of you that live in the North do it!   I am guessing that I used 8 yards in the last 2 weeks.  Here are my totals.Today will be spent cleaning the sewing room, how does it get in such a mess!???

Week number- 4

Used this week- 8

Used this year- 24.25

Purchased this week- 0 yards

Purchased this year- 0Yards

Sock Thursday

I want to learn to knit socks, it is a bucket list thing for me and is in my plan for this year.  I so admire all the talent and all the beautiful socks that I see posted.  My friend, Judy Laquidara at Patchwork Times, is starting a Thursday sock post.  The only requirement is that someone must be wearing the socks.  This morning the baby that I am babysitting had on the cutest socks so she is my model for today. Her socks looked like shoes and socks.  I wish they made those for adults.

Since I have teased you with the cute socks let me show you the rest of the baby.  She is such a sweetie!

Happy Sock Thursday!!

Design Wall Monday Jan 14 2013

I actually have two things on my design wall.  My quilt group had a challenge at our Christmas party.  We had to bring 3 fat quarters and a pattern that we weren't going to use or really wasn't our style any longer. We put them all in a basket and then drew numbers to see what order you could draw from the basket.  I picked three bright fat quarters that were turquoise, pink and purple and then had a paper piece thanksgiving pattern ( this is BEFORE I knew we had to use the fabric and the pattern).  At the end of the night there was an apple core pattern that required a special ruler.  I took the pattern and looked at home and had the ruler.

  I am making the apple core as my challenge for the group and the other is a table runner.  I only have the pieces ironed on and need to do the applique.  My goal is to make a table runner each month for our daughter and daughter in law for Christmas gifts next year.  The hard part is deciding what to make.

I am a day late getting this posted because I spent all day trying to upload pictures. I must have solved the problem in my sleep because it went well today.  This week I hope to get the applique done and get another table runner started. 

Fabric Stash report - Week 2

This week I finished my Bonnie Hunter mystery, Easy Street ( I counted the fabric last week), put the binding on my Orca Bay quilt ( the Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt from 2011) and started a table runner.  It was a pretty good sewing week considering we are still trying to get well.  My husband goes back to work at our local University tomorrow so I should have "my time" again.   This week I hope to finish one table runner and start another.  I am babysitting 4 days this week .... trade my husband for a 3 month old! A pretty good trade, if you as me!! Here are my numbers for 2013

Week number- 2

Used this week- 2

Used this year- 16.25

Purchased this week- 0 yards

Purchased this year- 0Yards

Fabric Stash Report - Week 1

I think my husband and I have turned the corner on the flu and are getting better!! I feel like I lost a week and now need to make up for it except my body doesn't want to go at that speed . This strain of the flu comes on fast and hits hard!  Yesterday was my first full day in my sewing room.  I am finishing up my Easy Street ( Bonnie Hunter) mystery quilt and can now count all the fabric.  It is amazing how much fabric a scrappy quilt takes.  I went by her estimates at the beginning of the quilt and we knocked out 14 1/4yards.  That is a great start for 2013.  This year I am going to make a real effort to keep up with my numbers and get them posted.  So far in 2013( all 6 days) I haven't purchased any fabric.  In fact I cleaned out my sewing closet and have two boxes to give to my friend Amy.  She has a unique quilt shop in that they buy fabric that you no longer want ( or in my case I give it to her) and they resale it in kits, yardage or in cuts and it is all at a much cheaper price.  She has a cute little shop that is really thriving!  
Here are my 2013 numbers so far.

Week number- 1

Used this week- 14.25

Used this year- 14.25

Purchased this week- 0 yards

Purchased this year- 0Yards