Do I Dare!!

 Well this is the last stash report for 2025.

I will combine it with the first OMG for 2026.

Efficiency rules!  Well, sometimes, but it occurred to 

me that making a clear goal with a bit of deadline, may 

help me wrangle the orphans into tops!

So the final tally for the year 2025 is!

72.5m  (5 m astronaut/fabric,10 m scrap bag) 

YTD Purchased/acquired

8.5m Jan- Dec

Used:

66.5m (11 quilts +1 queen +1 king) 

6 total meterage added YTD

Finishing up the year with 6m in is great!

My tracking isn't perfect but a good estimate.

Although I haven't purchased any fabric in the last little while,

I did receive this awesome bag of scraps from my friend WH.

Wowzer, lots of goodies in here.

So let's clear off the work table and 

see what the plan may be for next year may be.

First, stockings need updated for next year. 

It will be a great help when they only need new pictures 

for the coming year.

Then I'll organize the spare blocks that are in 

bins and also get the RSC extras out into the mix. 

The process may create a bomb site look for a while!

The design wall needs to be cleared of my friend the 

astronaut and then I am ready to place orphans for stitching up.

Look at this pile of orphan block boxes.

Some progress has been made!

Now to consolidate some units together 

and get some blocks on the wall!

First, I will have to relocate my sewing room mascot!

This life sized space suit has been keeping me 

company for a few weeks and his partner is resting in a box.

I was gifted two along with some nice astronomy fabric.

  I think I will do both up as twin quilt tops with fuzzy backs. 

One will stay in the family and 

one will be off to Zebra to be inspiration.

The new year will hopefully see me scrapping out 

the bins and piling up the scrappy tops. 

Wish me luck and Happy New Year!

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December Goal Finishing

 Well It's the 29th of December and 

I guess it's time for the end of the month post.

I finished lots of my goals this year and 

if you'd like to see them all have a look at this!

I've listed all the finishes for this year!

There are just a few tasks to finish.

Update the charms on the family stockings

for next year, and possibly trim out all the 

orphans. If the blocks are categorized 

and sorted I should be able to put together 

some tops much easier in the new year.

The 8s & 10s is all bound up and ready

to be delivered. 

Happy New Year and let's make some 

great plans for next year!

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OMG December ( and a Little November)

 The end of November snuck right by 

without me posting my finishes! 

This post will have to do dual duties!

I have to say I DID WELL!

The quilting rack is looking much less full,

and the stack of finishes is piling up.

I will hang on to them for now to 

enjoy the beautiful colours

and my hard work.

January will see many go off to 

charities our Guild supports.

Some of them are gifts,

and two are keepers.

My goal for December is to finish binding 

the 8s & 10s for Christmas giving,

and to keep working on that rack 

to get the other remaining 3 layered quilts

quilted up. 

Stay safe and look forward to the new year!

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Favorite Finish

Keep on Quilting

 The month ahead will be a busy one,

but I'm still trying to move ahead with 

quilting up the quilt sandwiches on the rack.

I will make an achievable goal of finishing up,

the red and blue string quilt.

It's just waiting for stay stitching around the outside,

a trim and suitable binding.

Since I've figured out interesting patterns for the other two

strip quilts, I'll put those ahead for my November goal too.

Wish me luck. Good luck to everyone in 

achieving  goals for November.

Happy Stitching

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One Monthly Goal Finishes!!

 Well, I am actually getting my finishes

 into the finish link ups, yay!!!

I have made some great progress this July. 

The beginning of the month saw a colorful top quilted 

up and donated to the Northeast Babies. 

Then, after a  difficult quilting morning, 

two of the crazy log cabins were quilted up. 

A saucy stripy binding finished them off very well and 

the " to be quilted" pile is shrinking nicely. 

The backs were fun too!

The end home for these quilts is yet to be 

decided but they 

should be welcome where ever they go!

I started a total of four of these black background

log cabins during wild weekend of making the center

blocks that left me with lots of options for quilts!

I've made a good start on the Rainbow strip strings tops too!

A few afternoons layering up should get the 

rainbow tops ready to quilt!

Stay safe and sew on into August!

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One Monthly Goal and Get to Work

Once  again, I have missed the wrap up party and 

need to parade my finishes on the next month's party.

Two lovely yellow log cabins were finished up !

These two darlings will probably go off to 

the Northeast Babies within the next few weeks.

The charity has requested some larger quilts.

My goals for July are to:

~quilt up some more of the pile 

~make  significant progress on the triangle strings quilt

~touch on the stack of blocks for the Stashbuster Challenge

Now back to work!

The machine is humming well.  

I have been using a little featherweight 

221 made in the 1950s.  It is fun and fast!

It is also easy to move up to the summer sewing room!

There is a beautiful faceplate on the end of 

my machine making it fun to look at as well as use. 

Off to do a few outside things so 

I can get back to sewing!!!

Here is a floral beauty from my 

walk this morning!

Stay safe and sew on!

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One Montly Goal Routine

 It is getting routine that I miss the month end 

link up and sneak my achievement 

into the next month's goal!  

My goal for May was well met

with nine tops pinned and ready for quilting! Yay!

 There was a WIP just waiting for me so 

I managed to create two more flimsies to start out the month!

The, "What should I do next", pile was toppling over, so 

I spread it out on the work table. 

There were : 

blue Irish Chain bits,

green Irish Chain bits,

25 patch color family blocks, 

36 patch with alternating solid blocks, 

a whole flock of flying geese waiting for direction, 

 some crazy patches,

and some log cabin leftovers waiting for a home. 

The blue and green chains were the most appealing and 

here is the result! I started with the green!

Click the link green to see a small video of the process.

I made a few changes along the way . 

Seven blocks made it too wide, so I 

removed the extras, but that made it too small. 

Just like Goldilocks, I settled on six blocks 

across to give a finished size of 60" x 70".

Then I moved on to the blue stack since 

the green turned out so well. 

These are part of the Stash Buster Challenge 2024 over

at Border Creek Quilts.  Easy to complete and the 

blocks come together nicely .  

This may be my " Log Cabin for 2024"!  

Last year I stitched up a bed load of log cabins 

and the lovely look of these Irish Chains have pulled me in. 

This year (the next half), I will be trying to use up a 

bunch of strips and stitching up a few more of these 

charming Irish Chains. 

My goal for June will be :

                   ~dig into the sandwich pile and quilt a few tops

                    ~organize some color crumb blocks 

                    ~start a few more Irish Chains. 

The work on the two quilts forced me to organize and 

the little OCD bug in the back of my brain had a blast!

My 2 1/2" square boxes was a confused jumble 

so I sorted them by color and used baggies to 

curtail their movement.  I tend to mess up the stacks

when choosing squares so the baggies will 

maintain order more effectively !   Ta Da!

There was even enough enthusiasm left to deal with some scraps.

Here's a nice little row of 2" squares ready for a home!

Happy stitching on the beginning of summer!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Getting a Few Things Done

 Well I missed the finish party so I will

do as is getting usual for me and sneak

it into this months goal.

Some projects did get moved on!

One out of the vault was this little

scrappy number.  Crumb blocks 

surrounded by stars made a sparkly finish. 

Some scraps found homes on the back too!

Then I completed 3 little color

bombs, going outside my 

comfort zone and sewing with 1 1/2"

strips.  It turned out to be fun and addicting! 

I also slid in a charity quilt that needed stitching. 

Finishing up the quilting on a member made

top helps get our charity stack moving!

This month will be working on sandwiching 

tops and clearing a few off the rack. 

Wish me luck and endless bobbins!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Eyes on the Prize!

 Another snowy morning in April!

My BB and I are off to retreat and 

the snow is a fallin'!

Does everyone's retreat supplies look like this?

Luckily, this camp is very close

and we should be only 30 minutes

on snow covered roads. 

My monthly goals have been sadly 

lacking so I am stepping up to the

challenge and "getting things done"!

I spent one wild weekend digging 

out backs!  It was great fun and 

made a huge mess.  Many fun fabrics 

were rediscovered, so it was like 

an in house treasure hunt!

Here is the result.

 

The vault is 

very sparse and the quilt rack is full!

Eleven tops are set with their backs,

awaiting  a turn under the needle!  

Getting backs ready is definitely a

finish worthy of a link up!!! 

A late night and a long day layering 

and the sandwiches will be ready to 

go!  The goal over the next three 

months will be to clear this rack!

We have a new arrival coming in 

July so he/she  will be a nice finishing reward. 

Stay safe and sew on!

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Thank Goodness It's Finished Friday!