Mini Quilt Finished

After  running into a few snafus, I was able to finish it. However, now it waits to go out on Friday. I did do a fare amount of assembly on the Tday runner.


I asked an online Facebook group what they would like asa mug rug for Tday, and was surprised that the majority selected an acorn rather than a turkey. The acorn is considerably easier, so once I get the runner finished, I’ll make up a half dozen.

Actually, I’ve got to get back and finish what was started, and in some cases, never started. This is a pastime that gets ahead of a person.

Like many other creative people, my mind goes full speed ahead.

Forgetting Photos

I was at the PO today when I remembered photos I didn’t take. These were the 60 degree cuts and joining to make table toppers. Sigh.

There Is one more piece to finish and send. It needs the sleeve and a small banner in the white space. Things feel more manageable. This block helped me think more practically about doing an entire quilt.

The pic doesn’t make it look squared, but it is. I had only purchased a Fat Quarter of the wood grain, and it was barely enough.

I plan to start and make the Thanksgiving Table Runner swap. Just to be ahead. There are numerous other things going, but this is next on my to-do list.

It’s not only time management, but working around energy depletion. I am not taking chances on it and creating more stress for myself.

Aw Heck

I worked on a number of projects without a finish.

Some days are like that.

Table Top #2

Another square. With this one, the center is an orphan block from a quilt made last year. It had to be reconstructed, and then became a medallion-style table top.

Wasn’t too sure, however, it looks fine. The pic is shadowed, Yet my friend will enjoy the mini.

I am not sure why I struggle with self esteem, especially all these years of life. I can support people at their lowest point. But can’t pull myself up.

Do over? Sure. I could take another pic. And I am ok with letting it go.

There are two more tops to bind by the time the mail goes out by 5 on Friday.

The quilt for my youngest Granddaughter needs to see the machine. It may not get done. Before I post, I hope to have one of the two tops done.

Nope.

Getting Ready for Mail

A lot of what I am doing now is getting ready to mail the Hallows projects out.

Last night I finished binding on three and made a top for a table topper.

This is one pattern for a scrappy table top square. The borders of light and dark with a light binding helped change it from too dark to ok.

If I were to make another with this pattern, I might quilt it differently. It is fine and is ready to package for shipping

The purpose in doing these minis is to use up fabric.

LOL because, I had to shop for Fall fabrics to be used in a Thanksgiving swap. There will be leftovers, and as soon as my Hallows projects are out, I will get back to finishing BOMs.

This pic is of two more mug rugs, going out to a couple of friends. The mummy mug rug is ever so cute, and the one below has cemetery scenes that I plan to send to a young boy.

I got a message saying a person got her mug rug, a day before I expected it to arrive.

I need to spend the day and night working on the remainder of the holiday projects to ship tomorrow.

Also, I got a call from the power company asking to minimize use during 4-9, well sun sets during that time and I often need my lamp for hand stitching.

Ah well, on with the day.

Mailing Tomorrow

While there are still Hallows projects under my needle, several are going out in the mail. Bother’s table runner of X’s and an O, 6 Mug Rugs to members of a Spoonie group I am in, and BOM swap.

This is the BOM. I like how the photo looks. The center 9-patch were pieces I found in the stash of 2.5” pieces, so I had not used them before.

I took out other scraps saved in a bag for the Orange BOM. There is more fabric, and I’ve used the fabric I had for bindings and borders. Ah hah! A trip to Carpinteria......and I want to use what I have and replace fabrics as I go. If I can deplete what is here first, I can buy what is needed later.

 I laid these all out. These are actually the backs in this photo, and, as anyone can see, they are scrappy but useful for a change or personal preference.

The downside of scrappy quilting is that you never know if your idea will work.

I posted a note on the group page asking for 6 people to step forward. This is a group of people dealing with various chronic issues who have reached out for cheer.

Sometimes I think it would be more wise to make stuff first and then asks if someone wants it. Nine people responded.

These need to go out right away. I’ll get the other items ready as soon as I can.

Theses are the tops. Only one person requested a particular theme. Bats. It’s the middle one in the top row. These little thumbnail photos are really brief.

I cut binding for 3 of the table tops and might get them on tomorrow. It will take several settings to hand sew the binding. I am binding 2 mug rugs as well.

Another table topper is cut,pinned, and ready to piece.

Also,TaDa, I signed up for a Fall table runner. I don’t have fabric for it and am not sure which pattern to use. These need to go out first.

The Blue Something Squared BOM is caught up. The Solids is not. Push, push, push.

Hallows Projects

I cut batting for 2 tablemats and the current mini quilt swap, and then cut muslin for the backs. My next project was a mug rug.

This one used a scene, which I quilted around outlines. The back used 6 squares. All that this one needs is binding. I found a black and white zebra stripe that will work. It’s cut now and needs pressing and adding to the piece. I’d like to finish all the projects here and get them out ASAP.

Looking at this pic, it makes a sweet mug rug. I might see what is left of that piece and make more up.

There are a lot of scraps that could be joined and cut. I like the black and white and could make the othe with one othe color.

Not today. Today’s work was enough.

My biggest lesson seems to be pacing myself. I used to quilt until I wilted. Not anymore.

Hallows Runner

It is challenging to work with 2” pieces. While the pattern called for making strips, there was enough to work with.

First of all, and as always, I needed help reading the pattern. I couldn’t find the length of the four arms. Then I realized, I needed to make those arms out of one combination. As I put the border together, I worked more with scraps. It was actually fun to assemble.

As the day went on, I worked on two other table toppers. There will be a total of three going out.

Ava’s quilt is ready for the machine. I’ll simply load a few bobbins and do a simple stitch on it. I’m not too much into that part and will go with what I know.

There is a sweet sense of accomplishment when a project is finished. I am glad for it. I was down for most of the year and while many projects were stalled. It let me see how doing smaller ones has gotten to be a better choice for me.

Hallows is Coming

Today was highly productive. I was able to piece the small table topper 4-patches for my friend in Texas and also put together most of the quilt top for my youngest Granddaughter.

Isn’t it bright and bold? It’s dark in the room, even with all the lamps. Of course, I didn’t want to show it without the border treatment. I am not quite sure what I am doing for it yet. It will get photographed again.

I also decided to make the same pattern a little larger for my eldest Granddaughter in the purples, teals and oranges. I need a bit mor fabric that I can pull from my stash for it. It will be gorgeous. Oh heck, they are all unique as the kids are so of course their quilts will be too.

It’s pretty essential that I get on with projects to cut the fabrics. I used quite a lot of the Hallows scraps today, and there are so many more.  A good day. Today. And I feel good about it.

Up All Night

Now that I am off some meds, I don’t sleep as easily. Tonight I spent time planning for a few projects. The Solid BOM blocks are drawn from the same grouping.

I ordered the wood grain look for the mini quilt bookshelf. It looks nice now and will be great when the border is on.

My next project is to make the Hallows quilts for my Grandkids, and move along the other scraps.

After a lot of searching through patterns for the last one, the decision is to make a 4 -patch. I can use coordinating 4.5 squares that complement the larger 8.5 squares. Fabric selection takes a bit of time needed to make a scrap quilt than one where you walk into a store and pull bolts off that the store buyer and the manufacturer already planned. Each one is different even if they share a few pieces.

This particular quilt needs to go together quickly. I read somewhere that when you plan to give quilts to siblings, it’s best to do it at the same time. Two of the Grandgrrls are Sisters, who would talk.

Well, it’s 3 now and I am going to see if I can sleep. Really. Unless I clean in here, I am set to piece in the morning.

Block #8 Something Squared

It took me all day, and the block trimmed too short. I’m not remaking it and can let stashing make up the difference.

At least with this BOM, I am caught up. Colors aren’t true in the pic. It’s a very different block. Don’t believe I’ve seen it.

I laid out more fabrics for the Solid BOM blocks. My next task is to start cutting them out...one at a time.

Getting to other tasks, I figured out how to hang a swap that came yesterday. It’s a small beach house and fits beautifully in the main bathroom.

I also worked on my current mini. It needs a darker wood grained fabric, so I ordered it online. Whatever comes will have to do. The last book (it’s a bookshelf mini) was more difficult to do. I’ve never done anything like it.

Another thing I did was to look at my Halloween fabric scraps so I could make a quilt for my Granddaughter. Thing is, there is more fabric that I didn’t have in the collection, so I left it alone for now.

I’m not sure how I feel about what I did today. There are bins all over the place. Other than this one block, nothing got finished. Tomorrow.