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Goals for the Week of May 5, 2025

Last week’s goals

  • Bind these 3 quilts: Blooming 9-Patch, Illusions, and the 2011 Mystery Quilt. – DONE

  • Assemble, quilt and bind 2 more President’s Challenge quilts – DONE

    • Make a charm tote bag.  – DONE

 

 

So what’s on my list for this week?

  • Make the rest of the Lemoyne Stars for the Compass Lone Star quilt.

  • Find something to use for my Leader/Ender Project — I’m thinking it will be my Rainbow Charm Swap.

  • Clear the tables AGAIN and go through at least 1 of the DOOM bags.

I took my main machine to the Sit-n-Sew and when I got back I thought I would clean it since I’ve been sewing so much.  This is the accumulation after just 2 weeks.

That led to resuming the deep clean of the quilt studio that I started several months ago. It always looks worse before it gets better.

But I wiped down the window sills, baseboards and swept behind and under the middle table and sewing table and circled back and swept behind the other table as well.

But I was eager to get the bindings on the two challenge quilts, so nearly everything on the sewing table got swept off into those 2 bags sitting on the floor next to the broom — aka DOOM bags — Didn’t Organize Only Moved.

 

Three Finishes

It’s only Tuesday and I have 3 finishes!

First up is Blue Waters.  It’s one of the of  my 2024 Brandon Quilters Block of the Month quilts.  It’s been waiting to be bound since either August or September.  I have 2 different dates in my notes.

  • Started 12/9/23
  • Finished 4/27/25
  • Size: 66″ x 83″
  • Used 2+ bobbins of Glide 40wt in Mercury
  • B2B (border to border) Bubbles

Next is one the Brandon Quilters President’s Challenge quilts.

I brought the blocks home after the April meeting. I just assembled, quilted and bound the quilt.

  • Started from blocks 4/26/25
  • Finished 4/27/25
  • Size: 40″ x 56″
  • 1 bobbin of Glide in Passion
  • E2E design – Espallier increased in height to 19″.

Finally, my Blooming 9-Patch that I’m calling Dragonfly Garden.  

This was a sew along with the Gulf States Quilt Association. I didn’t get the top done before the meeting, but I finished it in less than a month.  All the fabric, including the backing came from stash.

  • Started 4/3/25
  • Finished 4/28/25
  • Size: 75″ x 92″
  • 4 bobbins of Glide in Magic Mint
  • E2E design – Dragonfly Dance, enlarged to 15″ tall