May goal! Just chased UFOs!!

Once again , I came late to the party. 

So this post is a finished up and goal for June combined.

  A great trip and star obsession lead me 

far away from my goals. Not only that, 

I sold the end of my batting bolt to a friend as 

I knew I wouldn't need it!!!

So here is what I did get done!

Four little star tops done up and ready to store. 

One lovely semi postage stamp top is

complete, (the squares are larger, finish at 2").

2 lovely blues blocks done for the family 

color square quilt, and

enjoyed an amazing train ride thru the Canadian Rockies ,

Did you notice my blue blocks are the same color 

as the train's glass ceiling, and the Colombia River?!?

I even got the green round for the rainbow hourglass

just about done. 

We returned just in time for all the flowering trees 

in town to bloom. This large one in our yard is really 

fragrant as the sun begins to set. 

I will still count this as win since my vault of 

tops is full up!!!

June will be finish up month , lots of 

tops coming out of the closet for quilting!

 Stay safe and sew on!

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This week will be a catch up 

week, recovering from a fantastic 

train trip thru the Rocky mountains.

 A recent influx of scraps has 

made me very happy but a bit overwhelmed. 

Never fear tho, the blog verse will provide. 

I have a good friend and we chat every morning 

and go thru  a few blogs to see news and new ideas. 

We ran into ... SCRAP VORTEX ! 

 This should come with a bit of an echo. 

It may really help with my scrap load!

It is basically crumb quilting but uses only right angles. 

The lack of other angles definitely creates a different look!

The original post came from 2015, and although the maker

has retired from blogging, there is still lots of info on her site. 

My plan is to work on this project every day I am sewing!!

 I am going to try  crumb blocks using on triangles also

since I seem to accumulate cut offs at an alarming rate!

An ambitious idea but I can do it!  A fifteen minute 

goal will help get me started. Once it is moving along , 

I will try to incorporate it into my Stop and Gos.  A bit 

under the needle at each beginning and ending will certainly 

cut down on rethreading! 

 My little singer only has a human needle threader! 

I've pulled out a shoe box of scraps to cut 

and the remainder will be the start of the vortex.

I started this morning with a 15 minute sort.

The job is not done tho, until the bits sorted are 

sewn or in proper storage , almost there!

I do have 2 stacks of pieces to use as starters 

for some wonky log cabins or crumbs. 

They are small but too many to discard. 

I am finishing up the greens too! 

I am doing some zen quilting so I don't always count

how many blocks I need. A bit more sewing for 

the bottom row, some mixing to get good variety

and this round can be finished! One more to go!

June's RSC is blue so I did up bunch of blue

string blocks for my in progress family quilt.

Figured out that a lot of my design boards are 

9 inches so I can lay out my squares without a 

ruler underneath for a guide. To make the job even 

easier, I used tape as a guide on my larger boards. 

We are always learning aren't we!

To top everything off, another young

friend is engaged so there is another wedding

quilt to work on! 

I am moving up to the summer sewing room!

The trees are all blossoming and the air smells

delightful. Happy sewing as we move into summer

and on to the blues!

A quickie stash and sew report is due. 

Let's see how I did! 

So the total for April for stitching is:

First up , my sewing time.

Jan  23/31

Feb 19/28

Mar 27/31

Apr 15/30

May 23/31

70% success so far!

2022 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:           0 m

Used year to date:     55 m

   Added last week:            0.0 m

Added year to date:      57 m

Net added in 2022      2 m 

 I am trying to get moving forward with lots of projects and 

I certainly have a lot to choose from.

Stay safe and sew on !

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Cleaning Up and Moving On!

 A wild week of  sewing made a 

huge mess of my sewing area,

requiring  a big clean and vacuum.

 Next up is some big greens!

My Lady of the Meadow UFO came out.

Unfortunately, it seems to be unsuccessful,

 (read , "I don't like it). 

The sample will go off 

to the block bin and the 1/2 squares may become a border

for my flying geese blocks.

  

 There are 24 of these 12" beauties 

just waiting for a good flock to join. 

The hourglass quilt is ready for another round. 

I managed to find some more neutral 

backgrounds to compliment the greens.

 A few more big string 

stars are on the list as well as some green 

half squares for 

the triangle strings rainbow quilt.

There is another project pair to complete too. 

The green squares for a sashed color block

were finished last week. 

The new member of the family receiving this pair

is due to arrive in September so I will continue 

working on the additional colors!

I also have a family request for a

Christmas quilt!  Woot woot!  

Lots to do and the weather is getting nicer

so the summer sewing room may pop up shortly!!!

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Filling up the Vault!

 The raid on the block bank was very successful. 

There are now seven more tops to go into the vault!

My storage closet of tops to quilt is getting quite crowded!

Five are children's tops (40" x 40") from wonky stars 

and 2 1/2" squares. 

The blue, red and pink ones have already 

been displayed but the yellow and orange 

are a worth a look!  

The colors are not quite as bright in the photos. 

One is made of the last of the pinks from 

April that were swirling around my sewing table. 

It is a very organic top, with the alternating columns

made from found strips from the scrap bag. 

The last is a 50" x 70" top made from my stock 

of 5 x 5 blocks. 

 It may end up with an inner frame 

and larger outer border of larger squares. It would 

also work being quilted up and 

bound with a saucy black binding. 

Next up on the schedule is pulling prints for backs. 

Then it  will be on to work on green blocks for the 

triangle rainbow quilt, 

and starting the 

borders for the big string stars quilts. 

The rainbow hourglass needs a round

of green also! 

Lots of sewing fun ahead for me!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Stash and stitching time , last week of April

 Well, holidays really cut into stitching time, 

but a break is always good for a recharge !!

So the total for April for stitching is:

First up , my sewing time.

Jan  23/31

Feb 19/28

Mar 27/31

Apr 15/30

80% success so far!

2022 STASH TOTALS

Used last week:           14 m

Used year to date:     69 m

   Added last week:            0.0 m

Added year to date:      57 m

Net added in 2022      2 m

I did get two more bags of scraps in 

so I'd better get busy stitching them up. 

Here is picture my recent finishes. 

These have been gifted so officially out the door!

Stash report!

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Finish it up!!

 Sometimes, time keeps on ticking and holidays 

make it tick on by!!

A deadline flew past me so I had to buckle up 

and get things done!

The great big strings actually made it off to 

the baby shower on time! I pulled a late nite

sew a thon and completed both the large and small 

quilts for soon to be family!

The quilting was done,

binding was sewn,

and then I realized the companion quilt 

was not ready!!!

Some creative digging into the vault 

ended up with this little yellow top!

I had a back and backing ready so I layered and pinned, 

drafted my DH to unpin, re-layered, stitched , quilted , 

trimmed, bound labeled and de-threaded!!

The end result!

The strips go nicely together, stringy all around .

The cute little baby quilt even has tiny robots on the binding!

A nice pair to welcome a first child and new family!

Best of all, these two quilts are gifted!

Stay safe and keep on stitching!

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Breaking into the Block Vault!

 What a great trip we had to the warm south! 

 

We did return to snowy weather tho.

 Snow makes a great day to break into the block

bank and stitch up all these blocks

that have been waiting for way too long. 

There are enough star blocks to combine 

with 5 x 5 blocks to make a wonderful 

 bunch of  children's quilts. 

4 blocks x 4 blocks  will make a nice 40" finished quilt. 

A few of the blocks laid out really

look nice so I am excited to get

them in the works!

So, a bit of time traveling and here we are!

Three lovely little tops ready and a few

scraps into the quiltverse to fulfill their dreams!

The first top was red made from block made

in January on a super focused sew day. 

Next was a very impressive blue top . 

I trimmed my squares this time and found

there wasn't a lot to trim off. 

That is a bit of edification, yay me!

The four star squares in the red looked a little lonely 

so I added few more in this top and really like the look. 

My star pile appears to have regenerated over night tho.

 

Then, finally the pink.   

 I felt I over did last year and used more pink than

a well known makeup convention but still found 

more pink scraps in the bins/bags. 

 I did have to make up some 5 x 5 blocks 

to show off these stars.

A sewing friend even

helped out by sending me some of her pinks!

This little top turned out to be the star! The colors

flow nicely together and it is a joy to look at .

There are quite a few blocks to be liberated yet. 

Thirty red 5 x 5 blocks, twelve orange 5 x 5 s, 

and a gorgeous yellow stars & blocks is 

emerging on the design wall. 

Looks like some sew days ahead!

Great goal would be to quilt these up!

A big spring rabbit came by and dove 

down the hole of cutting and binding!

That is for the next post! 

Stay safe and sew on !

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