Category Archives: Star-a-day
What’s On My Design Wall
This past week I’ve been working on my stars. Star #99 still needs a few more pieces of background attached — then I’ve got to pick more star fabric.
So, this past weekend I started working on the Craigslist scraps – the ones I got back in October and whittled down to one crate. I’ve got them sorted by color or theme except for this last little bit in the crate.
There were piles covering all of my ironing board, but I had to make room for pressing. The blues have been pressed.
To clear the space, I moved the scraps to my treadle.
I hope to get through the scraps this week because I need to get back to the graduation quilt. I was reminded that there’s just two months until graduation.
Check out what other are working on over at Patchwork Times.
This Week’s Stars
Here are this week’s stars. The turquoise stripe and the neutrals came from my stash. The rest from the Craigslist scraps.
Still Goofing Off
This mess can only mean one thing. I’m digging for fabrics for my Star-A-Day quilt — the one that’s apparently going to take at least 2 years to piece if I don’t get a move on it. I’m digging through the scraps I got off Craigslist for the prints and my stash for the neutrals. fortunately I’m finding some neutrals in the scraps as well.
What’s on My Design Wall
I’m using EQ to help me shuffle the bits and pieces of the graduation quilt, so that hopefully, the colors will be dispersed throughout the quilt and not lumped together. The pieces are scattered on various surfaces in my sewing room.
Although I did not get a star made yesterday, I did get the two sections stitched together.
Hop over to Patchwork Times to see what others are working on.
Stash Report / February Recap
A whole lot of fabric passed under my needle this past week – the majority of it at the retreat Friday and Saturday. Most of the units needed for the blocks for the graduation quilt are made. I still need all of the HST in both sizes and the triangle in a square units for the outer blocks. That pile in the top right corner is the start of the block assembly.
Stash Report: – Reported at Patchwork Times
Fabric Added Since Last Report 0.25 yards (FQ from the retreat)
Fabric Added to Date: 18.91 yards
Fabric Used Since Last Report: 0.75 yards (Orca Bay Borders)
Fabric Used to Date: 16.964 yards
INCREASE in Stash to Date: 1.946 yards
350 Blocks Report at Prairie Moon Quilts
I reported 23 blocks. I counted the Orca Bay pieced border as 10 and I finished 13 stars.
I have nothing to show for the UFO Parade at 52 Quilts in 52 Weeks. Orca Bay only made it to the top stage.
- # of Projects in Process February 1st: 66
- # of Projects Completed: 0
- # of New Projects Started: 1
- # of Projects in Process February 28th: 67
89 And Counting
Remember that Star-A-Day project I started back in September? The one which says I should be closing in on the half-way mark? Well, I’m behind. I lost it in November and I’m stitching to catch up. This is the latest section I’ve worked on. There are two more rows to attach to this section and then I’ll attach it to the larger section. 89 stars have been completed so far. My current goal is to not fall any farther behind and maybe, just maybe catch up in a 3 or 4 months by doing more than one star a day.
What’s On My Design Wall
This week all I’ve accomplished with needle and thread is 3 new stars (which still need pressing). What can I say? Tuesday afternoon I started tearing the office space apart in preparation for a “new desk”. Well, that and to clean up some broken glass.
I think I’ve finally got all of the glass up and the computers are hooked back up. But there are still boxes to unpack and stuff to put away. There are boxes are piled up in front of the design wall
and on the cart.
Flat surfaces are piled high.
But the quilting books are now on the bookshelf that I swapped out. The wall hanging will need to be moved.
Others hung back up.
I can however say with certainty neither the ironing or cutting boards are piled with stuff. The only decision I have to make now is if this new arrangement is going to work for me. I’ll try it out for a week and in the meantime, put what I can away.
Hopefully there will be better eye candy through some of the other links over at Patchwork Times.
Prepping Stars
Earlier this week the modem took a nose dive off the bookshelf and fell on a just emptied glass, breaking it. Why is this important? Because it means I’ve torn my office/sewing room apart to get behind the desks to clean up the bits and pieces. But moving the big desk will be easier with two people – especially since I want to switch some furniture out, so the final push won’t happen until this weekend. Meanwhile, I can’t get to the sewing machine so I’ve been working on my Star-a-Day blocks.
Tonight, instead of stitching a block, I prepped stars. This is some of the fabric I picked back in November. I finally sat still long enough to trace the pieces off and cut them out. I need to find my alternate square fabric and cut a few squares, but all the star pieces are ready now for 9 more blocks. At the moment I have 73 stars made.
Life Happens
I feel like I’ve fallen off the face of the earth. I haven’t, it’s just that “Life Happens”. I tend to keep everything (especially my quilting) going through crises real or imagined and then collapse when it’s all over. The past couple of months have been a whirlwind and it has caught up with me. Two new cats, two trips, in between DH in the hospital for 3 days (thank goodness(?!) it was during my vacation) with a cat bite and mi$cellaneou$ car/home/yard maintenance that had to be done NOW.
So, I’m slowly getting my act together. The living room got a once over after watching a video of the cats jumping at a feather toy. I’m sitting down and working on the DWR – I’ve got about 5-1/2 rings left to bind, then I’ll add a label, photograph the quilt, wash it and photograph it again. (I’m terrified of the reds bleeding, but I really need to clean it before we sleep under it on a regular basis). Gracie was helping out a couple of nights ago. Last night Butterscotch was keeping an eye on me.
Earlier this week I’ve finished a few more of the batik blocks – I had pinned the strips to the center before the last trip so this required no brain. There are 14 more blocks to finish.
We aren’t going to talk about the Stars or the Alphabet BOM until after Thanksgiving.
In the meantime, I really need to do a bit of housekeeping. It’s so far behind it’s beginning to bother me.
