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What’s On My Design Wall
Sunday afternoon I finished piecing the braids for Texas Braid. As I trimmed each braid, I hung them on the wall. My husband came in and said he didn’t like it, so he started playing with them. As soon I have 3 1/2 more braids to trim, then I’ll try it out both ways — as designed and as my husband sees it.
At the top are the Star Struck blocks that I was working on at the beginning of the month. I got distracted trying to finish up Texas Braid and haven’t worked on them in a couple of weeks.
Check out other quilts in progress by following the links over at Patchwork Times.
Stash Report
A repeat of last week’s report. This week a SBS Block and progress on my Texas Braid quilt.
Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 131.511 yards
Fabric Used this Week: 2.125 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 51.499 yards
Net Stash for 2010: 80.012 yards
See how others are doing with their stash busing efforts by checking out the links at Patchwork Times.
SBS Block Due 6/20
K10 – Tumbling Blocks
I worked on this block over a couple of days. When I had 3 or 4 of the blocks sewn together I held it up and my husband said “Tumbling Blocks”. Immediately followed by “Sometimes I scare myself with what I know.”
54 of 140
QA Wednesday
Here it is 6:30 PM and I completely forgot about the Quilting Accountability Report that Bari is encouraging us to do. Perhaps if I spent yesterday evening working on either the SBS block due Sunday or my Texas Braid quilt I wouldn’t have fallen off the ladder while cleaning the gutters out. Nothing broken, but I twisted my ankle — the same one I twisted in March.
Two tasks last week — work on my DWR and finish my Texas Braid. Let’s just say life got in the way.
As for next week’s goals just any piecing/quilting will be good, as I really need to keep my foot propped up for a few days.
What’s On My Design Wall
Last week I took a posting on the Guild website as a challenge to get my Texas Braid top completed by tonight’s meeting. Since all 10 of the braids were about 1/2 way to the length I wanted, I thought it might be able to get it done. It didn’t happen. Only 4 made it to the correct length (these braids are folded in half).
Rain usually means more quilting time, but in this instance it meant my brother couldn’t work so he, my sister and I spent all day going through my mom’s things. I don’t know when we’ll get lucky enough again that all 3 of us are available at the same time.
See what’s others are working on by following the links at Patchwork Times.
Stash Report
This week just a SBS Block and lengthening a couple of braids on my Texas Braid quilt, so not a whole lot of fabric used. But absolutely no fabric came in.
Fabric Added this Week: 0 yards
Fabric Added to Date: 131.511 yards
Fabric Used this Week: 1.867 yards
Fabric Used to Date: 49.374 yards
Net Stash for 2010: 82.137 yards
See how others are doing with their stash busing efforts by checking out the links at Patchwork Times.
QA Wednesday
Last week’s goals:
* Add the border to the pink Carolina Christmas blocks – DONE!
* Make this week’s SBS BOW and 3 make up blocks – DONE!
* Resume the hand quilting on my DWR — aiming for 15 minutes a day – Didn’t even look at.
If I’m going to finish the DWR by my deadline, I really need to work on it. Maybe I’ll move my frame into the sewing room from the living room. I think part of the issue is there’s not enough light in the living room.
Since my SBS block is already done for the week, and an implied challenge was issued, I’m going to try and get my Texas Braid top completed for show and tell at Monday’s guild meeting. I have 10 braids started and they are each 18 cornerstones long. I think I need to add another 24 to get to the length I want. It may not happen, but I’ll be further along on it regardless
See how others are keeping on track over at Bari’s!.
SBS Block Due 6/13
K1 – Road to Oklahoma
On my printed quilting goals sheet, I listed 12 SBS blocks to do, over and beyond the weekly blocks, which at the time had not been announced. Realizing two blocks I listed I already had done, I picked out another 5 blocks to add to the list so I could complete the first block on each row. After making 4 blocks this weekend, I looked though my list and decide the next block would be K1 — but recognizing that it was an easy block, passed and worked on something else. Then this morning K1 was announced as this week’s block.
I’d like to get another 3 or 4 done this week, but we’ll see.
53 of 140 done.
What’s On My Design Wall
This week I have Star Struck on my wall. The current plan is to make 80 blocks — 40 red and 40 blue and set them side by side 8 across by 10 down with no border. All of the quarter blocks have the light square sewn on and stitched twice for bonus red/light and blue/light HST. I’ve just begun working on the gold squares.
See what others are working on by following the links over at Patchwork Times.
