Clara is coming along. I have all the units done for one color, just 8 more sets to go before I can start assembling blocks. I need to get a move on it. My sister called me yesterday morning and said she’s sending me a quilt top to quilt and wants me to bring it with me for Christmas. So that’s 3 quilts which need binding, one of which needs to be quilted and one that is in pieces. This should be fun.
Nothing like leaving it to the last minute. Back in June at the Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival, my SIL Penny, fell in love with this quilt. — ooh, I just noticed there is a second colorway behind it. I don’t remember if we looked at it our not, but I digress. Anyway, I told Penny I’d make it for her and she bought the pattern and as much of the fabric as the booth still had.
The next month I found the rest of the fabric, but I haven’t had a chance to start it until this week.
By Wednesday, I had most of the quilt cut and started making the background and white HST.
Last night I finished them.
Up next are flying geese with white skies. I still need to cut the white fabric. I hope to get these finished tonight and maybe even the white geese in dark skies. That would then leave me the chevron block to make before I can start assembling the blocks.
Monday night was Brandon Quilters annual Make It, Bake It, Sew It, Grew It Auction. It’s a chance to clear out the never or gently used items from our space and raise funds for the guild. I was assisting with the auction, so someone else was tracking my purchases. I was surprised at what I got for $30. I really thought I spent more, but then again, I didn’t get win everything I bid on.
First up is this selection of books. the New York Beauty Diversified is by Linda Hahn. She will be teaching in the area in January 2027. Next year one of the groups I’m in is considering a programs on quilts for guys and fractured quilts.
I have one of the Twister Rulers, but I can’t remember which one. I might even have the Quilt on a Chair pattern. I know I bought a chair a while back to do this to.
Someone brought in these Cathedral Window bases. There are 4 bed runners. I’ll get to them eventually.
There are a number of gardeners in the guild. I brought home this aloe vera. I wonder if I can keep it alive longer than the last one I brought home.
I won this quart of sweet pickles and 6 little jars.
I sent a picture of the knitting books to my niece and she said she would like the Cast On Bind Off book. I grabbed the sock books and the Elizabeth Zimmermann book on principle.
The treasurer reported we made $1520.
This weekend I worked on my Twirling Leaves quilt. I took it to Sit-n-Sew Saturday. More time was spent talking than quilting and that is perfectly OK. I accomplished what I needed – get all the blocks pieced and determine where they would be placed in the quilt. Once that was done I packed up and came home around 4. No further quilting was accomplished Saturday.
Then with the time change, I was up early. I unpacked and started “peeling back” the curves. All of the color peel back is done and now I need to work on the background peel back. I started working on it last night, then broke a needle. I spent time cleaning my machine, then called it a day. There’s a guild meeting tonight – it’s our annual auction — so it will probably be tomorrow before I make any more progress.
Although I’ve cut all the fabric except for the borders of Twirling Leaves, I’m not counting it in this month’s stash report. Yesterday I finished piecing the turquoise block, but I have not put the curves in. I’ll wait to do that until the rest of the blocks are made. Perhaps tonight I’ll spend more time in the Quilt Studio.
As for the Haunting Stash Report, it includes all the yardage I bought at Fabricpalooza. For tracking I convert wide yardage into 45″ wide equivalent. Just remember there are at least 10 and up to 12 backings in this number.
The Stash Report.
Fabric Added Since Last Report: 87.4565 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 319.5135 yards
Fabric Used Since Last Report: 17.25
Fabric Used to Date: 197.719 yards
Net Fabric Stash: 121.795 yards
Last night I kitted up the rest of my Twirling Leaves block and cut the background fabric.
Tonight I plan to piece the blocks, but I’ll wait to do the peel back until all the blocks are made so I’m not constantly changing thread.
Bonnie Hunter released this year’s mystery colors a bit early due to all that is happening in her life. Lupine & Laughter. I love lupines. I like the color palette. Will I do the mystery? Who knows, but the Half-Rectangle Trim Tool will be here on Monday.
I saw a quilt made up from this pattern when I was at the quilt shop in Kansas City, but they no longer had the pattern. I checked with my local shop and her sources didn’t have it so I ordered Grand Prize from the Villa Rosa Designs website. It was in the mail I picked up at the post office this morning. Now to dig through my panels.
The truth of the matter, I haven’t even set up my sewing machine since I got home from New Orleans. It’s close enough to the end of the month that I’m revisiting this month’s goals and setting them for the rest of the year – subject to change of course.
This is where I was on the 14th.
Well, there’s been no additional progress, so lets put together a new list.
Not Pictured
We’ll see how far I get. I’d really like to have all the tops listed done by the end of the year, preferably quilted & bound. Will I make it? Time will tell.
This past weekend, my SIL and I went down to the New Orleans’ area. She to go her grand daughter’s volleyball tournament and me to the Gulf States Quilt Association Quarterly meeting. New Orleans is decked out for Halloween these first few pictures are from just one house near by the school my great niece attends.
Here are a few more pictures from the area.
Lots of skeletons and spiders.
The guest speaker on Saturday was Annette Ornelas of Southwind Designs. Friday she taught Twirling Leaves. These are the 3 blocks I made in class. They are just pinned together so they would be easy to show at the meeting the next day.
The class finished up early enough that I was able to see one game of the tournament. They won Friday night.
I attended the last GSQA meeting via Zoom and thought I heard my name called. I made a string of flying geese earlier this year and it was included in the Opportunity quilt. If your block was included, you were given this butterfly pin.
Annette’s quilts were beautiful, and the technique is easy, so I bought a few patterns. I love the quilt on cover of the book. I’m a sucker for Poinsettias and I think the dragonfly will be fun to make.
My resolved lasted less than 24 hours. I have all the pieces for the 1st block (or is it the 2nd) of an enlarged Eclipse cut out. Apparently at some point I swapped fabric 3 and 5. I think it’s because the Dimples is darker and that’s what the pattern showed.
In other news, I’ve finally started working on the boxes in the front room. In the last 2 days I’ve emptied 2 small crates, a large crate and a laundry basket, putting stuff away, setting it in a donation box or throwing it out. My goal is 1 box a day. At this rate I should reach the music boxes by the end of the year.
October 2025 Goals
It looks like I’m halfway though this month’s goals. It’s a good thing I read through them this morning because I so want to start at least one of the quilts I bought fabric for this weekend. Pictured above is my kitted up Tumbling Leaves. That class is in 2 weeks.
I only bought 3 of the 5 fabrics shown above -1, 3, & 4. 2 and 5 came from my stash. I have these fabrics stacked, along with the pattern. But I have more pressing things to do first.
Yesterday I also looked in my Christmas box of fabrics. I can’t wait to start pulling it out and cutting 5″ squares to go with these 3 pieces. These are also stacked together. They don’t fit in my Christmas box. I’ll have to see if I have an empty project box, or maybe just bag them together and put in my box of kits.
I consolidated a box of kits and put all of the wide back into the newly empty box. That just leaves the pink fabric. I need to get it put on a board to go into the yardage cabinet. Although I had no idea what I was going to do with it, I think it pairs nicely with the blue floral I bought this summer. Now to find a few more fabrics and a pattern. But no rush.
the rest of the purchases have been put away– except for the batting -it’s still by the design wall. I’ve got to work on the corner where it’s normally stored.
Of course it wouldn’t be a goal setting review if I didn’t add a few items to the list.
There are other things on my list that I wrote down at the beginning of the year, but I seriously doubt I’ll get them done, and that’s OK. Priorities change as life happens.
