Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Monday’s Make a List

OOOPS! I thought I had scheduled this to post a week ago Monday— and I’m a bit late even updating that list and here I find it, in my draft box!  So— I’ll post what I had hoped to accomplish and what I did—all in one post!!

So, back again on Monday am...


Here are my goals for next week:
1. Quilt 6 quilts for FHF (I think they sent the backings so I don’t have to make those!)
DONE! All 6 of them

2. Do Clue #2 for the Mystery
DONE! Bonnie went easy on us, so was done in an hour!

3. Clean those last two windows! Really!
Nope! Sewing is more fun! Just keeping it real!

4. Rearrange Raskogs for my Scrappy L&E projects
Didn’t get to this one either....

5. Continue working on my 15/min. Day project (I’ll explain more later)
DONE! I worked on this every day.. enough to have my sashings done, I had to decide on a border, 
And now that is decided, I can continue. I’m going to miss making these. 

This is my 15 min./day project— I use 3” wide adding machine tape and just sew random
Pieces on it, then trim it down width wise and cut it to the right size for washing. I was amazed how quick they added up! I do tear the paper out when I cut it to the right size. I was so excited that I sewed the whole top together and now have to decide on borders.

6. Finish up an old UFO, Interlocking Squares
DONE! Wow— a 7-8 year old project! I made it the size that works for FHF, so killed 2 birds with one project!

7. Lay out Folk Art Stars and assemble. 
Didn’t get to this one. 

8. Layout and assemble 2wenty Thr3e Quilt
DONE! I pieced the blocks at a retreat about a year ago,who knows how long ago I 
Purchased the kit, but it’s now a flimsy!
(PS— not sure why blogger is loading all my photos side ways?)
I started pulling out old UFO’s and seeing what I could do to make them fit the FHF sizes. Oh my, I still have a lot! I thought I was knocking them out pretty well. I’m going to start working on those for December. 

I have a few other projects pulled out to do, but I’m not going to list them as I want to make my Weekly Goals obtainable! If I listed everything I had to get done, I’d be overwhelmed, so I’m just tackling things week by week

I also am making a list of what I’d like to do for ME next year. When I was doing a little re-arranging my studio, I came across a lot of patterns that I really would like to do for me! I spend a lot (well, MOST) of my time working on charity quilts and that’s okay. But there are still a few things left that I still want to do. I’m working on my Top 12 (one per month) list and will post it here— mainly to keep me accountable! I also have a list of long-term, ongoing projects so I don’t lose sight of those either. I think I just need to stay home for a while!

Here is an old UFO (from a block swap with my quilt group) that never got finished. As I was pulling out UFO’s, this was in the group. I played with the layout, trimmed the blocks and now just had to add the side triangles. I figured out the borders and pulled fabric to make it fit the FHF size requirements, a two for one! This is the Interlocking Blocks from the list above.


Now—to make my list for this week of December 9.

1. Rearrange Raskogs—I sure hope so!! 

2. Quilt 6 quilts for FHF.

3. Bind 6 quilts for FHF

4. Hand sew MY bindings x 3

5. Make borders for Scrappy Jeans

6. 15 minute sewing daily

7. Do Mystery #3 (from Bonnie Hunter)

8. Quilt Doris’ quilt (an elderly neighbor who knows I have a big machine, wanted to know if
I could “run” her quilt through my machine! 😊 

9. Layout and assemble Folk Art Christmas Star quilt

10. Do 4 more boy string blocks.

Sunday, December 1, 2019

Saturday Recap

Hi! It’s now Sunday after church and I’m going to recap what I actually got done vs. what I hoped to get done!


1. Make backings for 6 quilt tops for FHF
Got all the backings done!

2. Quilt 6 tops for FHF.  
Well, I got 5 out of 6 done for FHF. One of the tops needs to be re-sized up or down and needed their opinion of how they want to use it. So I did do a 6th quilt, but for me!


3. Make last of cosmetic bags for birthday gifts. 
   DONE!

4.  Finish blanket stitching Snowman Quilt.
DONE!


5. Clean last two windows.
Not done! Let’s face it, who wants to clean when there is a lot of sewing that could be done! 😊 
 
6. Fix Checkerboard Rail Fence
DONE! In fact, this is one of the FHF quilts that I quilted. So, it’s not only fixed, but made a backing, quilted it and put the binding on the front!

7. Rearrange Raskogs for scrap projects. 
Not done. Hopefully this week I can get it done. 

8. Put bindings on 6 FHF quilts that I did this week! 
DONE! I should explain that when I say the bindings are done, they are sewn on the top by machine, they still need to be bound by hand to the back. Hopefully I can find volunteers to help me!

9. Put binding on 4 of my quilts.
Well, not these 4– but the one I just got quilted is TOTALLY finished! 



10. Re-design embroidery and trace for pillows for friends.
Not done. And I think I’m going to shelve this project to next year. Cutting it too close to when they need to be done. I should start them in January!! 
11. Make pillow tops for above
Not done— see above. 


So,that’s what I got done! Not bad, considering there was Thanksgiving in there, my sister was in town at Mom and Dad’s, Sheleah is home and we did a crafting party. OH— and I got the first clue  done for the Bonnie Hunter FROLIC Mystery Because I’m bored and have nothing else to do! 😂 

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and NOW we can start listening to Christmas music! I’m going to take today off and go shopping with Sheleah and do some food prep for the upcoming week. 

Monday, November 25, 2019

Well, here it is, 4 months after my test...

I had great intentions of getting my blog up and going again. Then August hit and away I went. I wasn’t home for more than 10 days at a time since then until the first week of November.  But here I am, wanting to record what I’m doing and no better place than this blog.  I probably have lost all my followers, but that’s okay, I want to keep this as a record for me!

So, following Sarah, of “Confessions of a Fabric Addict” blog,  I want to post a list of what I’d like to accomplish on Monday and then at the end of the week, post pictures of what I actually got done.

I have been keeping a list each week for the last 3 weeks, but won’t post those and will just start with this week:

Goals for week of November 25:

1. Make backings for 6 quilt tops for FHF

2. Quilt 6 tops for FHF.  
 My Goal is to get 6 tops done per week until all done!
3. Make last of cosmetic bags for birthday gifts. 
    These are for the last two (plus me) gals in my Twisted Sisters group as birthday gifts. 
I’ve done 5 so far. 
4.  Finish blanket stitching Snowman Quilt.

 I’ve been doing this in stages as it is SO Boring! But I only have 1 more snowflake to do.
5. Clean last two windows.
 I ran out of time last week and never got back to it.
6. Fix Checkerboard Rail Fence. 

I posted a picture and someone pointed out a block that was wrong. See where the black is touching the black?I was so thankful as I somehow overlooked it. Will be an easy fix, I just have to do it!!
7. Rearrange Raskogs for scrap projects. 

They have become very messy and jumbled. I need to get each basket organized 
so it’s easy to grab things out of there to sew. ,
8. Put bindings on 6 FHF quilts that I did this week! 
9. Put binding on 4 of my quilts.

10. Re-design embroidery and trace for pillows for friends.
I think it is going to take me too long to get these hand-embroidered in time for our Christmas party—so need to do something a bit easier!! 

11. Make pillow tops for above.

That is it, but things come up every week that interrupt my flow. Squirrel?? That’s me!

So— that’s my plan, we’ll see how it all pans out, this being Thanksgiving week and all. My sister and family are coming in town for Thanksgiving (staying at my parents) but I do plan on doing some baking with her while she is here.

Wishing everyone a very Happy Thanksgiving— be safe and warm and most of all, grateful for all the blessings we have received this year!

Karen

Friday, July 19, 2019

Testing...

Testing my ability to remember how to blog!

Eye Candy:
My latest Leader/Ender quilt thanks to Bonnie Hunter

Wednesday, July 15, 2015

A BIG thank you!




Big thanks are due to a lot of people who helped make our part of Snuggled in Hope's quest to send every camper from Flying Horse Farms with a quilt. 

Here are the gals that helped make the beds with quilts in all the cabins:



Sandy S, Deb B, Linda J, Cheryl B, Sherry B, Karen Z
Candy D, Carole T, Karen W
And to all the helpers who either donated fabric, batting, organize the fabric,  time to make the quilts, bind the quilts and wash the quilts, we appreciate your generosity! It was a huge joint effort and with everyone pitching in, it made it possible to make 97 quilts since last September. We are hoping to be able to do that again this year!

Thanks again to all who helped:
Sandy S
Karen Z
Marcia L
Cheryl B
Linda J
Mary W
Lisa B
Susan B
Candy D
Karen O
Deb B
Deb J
Michelle F
Julie L
Natalie R
Mary Jo K
Janet S
Penny P
Robin L
Cathy B
Connie T
Sue S
Elizabeth R
Claire C
Sandy H
Marilyn S
Angie D 
Beth H
Penny R
Kyle H
Paula N
Nancy P
Nancy McD
Sherry B
Judy L

Here's to another year!



Saturday, July 11, 2015

Quilt Show CANCELLED!

I know it's quite a shock that we are getting MORE rain!  Too bad it wasn't planned for today. But since we arrived home last night from vacation, that just wasn't going to happen!  I made the decision to pull the plug on the quilt show BEFORE we invested hours of time getting it all ready.


Thanks to all who have helped to get these quilts ready for a week's worth of campers at Flying Horse Farms! We will be delivering 90 of the quilts on Monday, July 13. 

AND THEN...... to start on 2016 quilts!

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

2015 Quilt Show!

2015 QUILT SHOW!


Announcing the Quilt Show for 2015. Lots of changes! The Quilt Show this year will be in July, instead of the usual end of August. The biggest addition will be the addition of approximately 100 quilts made for Flying Horse Farms!  These were made starting last Sept. until May of this year by several local quilters from Marion, Caledonia, Delaware, Westerville, Marysville, Richwood, Mt. Vernon and Cardington! Without these gals, this would have not been possible. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED TIME TO SEW, QUILT, BIND, FABRIC, BATTING AND MONEY!

The reason we are having the quilt show in July is that we rose to the challenge laid down by the Snuggled in Hope gals to make at least 80 quilts. If we met that goal, we would be allowed to 'dress the beds' in the cabins for the kids. Well, we did it! And the date that we have to dress the beds is July 13. Hence the bumped up quilt show date. 

Another change to this quilt show is that there will be a limited amount of quilts and quilted items for sale to raise money for more supplies (mostly batting!) for more Flying Horse Farm quilts. 

So, please invite your friends, family, neighbors and anyone else you can think of and come join us at our Quilt Show! It will be Sunday, July 12 from 12 noon to 4 PM.  We'd love to share what we did and invite you to join us in the cause for helping out. 

This year 600 quilts were required to supply all the campers. And next year we were told to expect a 10% increase! That's a lot of quilts!  And it takes a lot of people to make that happen. We are hoping to recruit more people to help in this worthwhile venture!


Hope to see you all there!

Karen