To Do List for 07/22/2025

It's been two weeks since my last to do list post.  Between being way to busy packing and moving Grad Girl, plus the lack of Internet, putting a list together last week just didn't happen. So here's the progress on my last to do list. 

To Do List for 07/08/2025

1. Guild BOM: Finish August blocks - progress

2. Old Town: Continue assembly at late night sew ✔

3.  Wild and Goosey: Make purple, sash red blocks ✔

4.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Work on one night ✔

5.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

There was a good bit of progress before I left for Texas and I'll take that. I'm hoping to make a good bit of progress this week.  It's too hot to do much else but hang out in the sewing room.  

To Do List for 07/22/2025

1. Guild BOM: Finish August blocks, start September

All but two of the sawtooth stars for the border were finished before I left for Texas.  It shouldn't take long to finish those off and then get started on the September blocks.  The fabrics for the next month's blocks have been pulled, so cutting those pieces should be doable this week.  

2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks

July is almost over and there's only been one finish so far this year.  This is the project closest to being finished, so I should really put some effort into getting it all the way there. 

3.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Work on either one day

I did get one evening of cross stitching when we were in Texas; before our days got longer and we used the evenings to move packed stuff into the storage unit. It was too hot to do that during the day.  

4.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembly at late night sew

All the components parts are finished, now block assembly can start.  I'm looking forward to seeing this quilt top come together.

5.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make purple blocks, sash red blocks

Just one red block left to sash.  I still need lots more purple blocks. I won't get all of those made this month. This is my RSC project for the year, but I probably won't be following along with the colors from here on out. Blue, green, purple and teal are the only colors left to finish, so I'll be concentrating on those the next few months. 

6. Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders

I'm still working on the yellow borders for the center of the quilt.  Hopefully I'll be doing enough stitching this week to get those done and I can move on to the rest of the assembly process.  

Grad Girl is back home till she finds a job, but she's pretty busy this week. She's got a couple of jobs to apply for and the finial edits on her thesis to finish. We are taking her car in for service sometime this week. She's going to take a mini trip to go see some of her college buddies this weekend, so we'll be cat sitting.  But other than that, I'm hoping for a mostly only stitching week. Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday. 

Getting Back to the Sewing Room

We finally made it home early yesterday afternoon.  All of us were hot and tired.  Queenie, Grad Girl's cat, isn't a fan of hotel rooms. So none of us got a lot of sleep the previous 4 nights.  Needless to say after we unloaded and got lunch, everyone of us, including the cat, took naps yesterday afternoon. It was early evening before I made it up to the sewing room and took stock.  

The last sewing I did was to finish the August Inverted Star block for the Guild BOM. 

The color for August is brown. I only finished 3 of the 5 sawtooth stars needed for the sawtooth border. But at least I had enough to post on the Guild Facebook page what the color was for August.  I missed the guild meeting due to the move preparations. 

That's about all the action in my sewing room over the last couple of weeks. I figured out where I was with Old Town, Wild and Goosey, and my leaders and enders project. I've got all the pieces pinned for the next bit of sewing, but ran out of steam at that point and went to bed. 

We didn't have Internet at the apartment for most of the week and we were so tired each night we were staying in the hotel, that I'm way behind on emails and blog reading. So I'll be playing catch up on that front this week.  

Linking up with Design Wall Monday and Patchwork & Quilts.     

Stitching Stuff Week 29 of 2025

 

It's been one of those weeks where the stitching plan just didn't work out with the rest of the to do list.  

• 15 minute days/week = 1/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 10/19 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 181/200 days
• Success rate = 90. 50%

Definitely not a good week on the stitching front.  This was move out week for Grad Girl and her roommate. Grad Girl is moving home while looking for a job.  We spent the Saturday before moving out the roommate. Yesterday we finished moving out all of Grad Girl's stuff. But it took us a week to pack and clean before heading for home yesterday. We were so tired from all the efforts that stitching just didn't happen, it was bed time as soon as we'd showered off the grime of the day.  I'm looking forward to spending a solid week in my sewing room. No moving stuff, I'm sore in places I didn't know I had.  

How was your stitching week?  

Stitching Stuff: Week 28 of 2025

 

It's been a busy week.  Grad Girl has been home this week, so we've had a chance to hang out. We finally started decluttering her room on Wednesday. It was fun to laugh over the memories and the inevitable, "Why did I keep this?".    My Guy and I celebrated our 33rd wedding anniversary this week. We went out for a very nice dinner. I've also developed a summer cold, the last couple of days a tissue box has pretty much gone everywhere I have.  All of that to say, it wasn't the best week on the stitching front. 

• 15 minute days/week = 5/7 days
• 15 minute days/July = 9/12 days
• 15 minute days/2025 = 180/193 days
• Success Rate = 93.26%

 

I'm still over 90% on the accumulated stitching time, so I'm not too unhappy.  This week will probably be just as bad on the stitching front.  I'll be helping Grad Girl move, so we'll be busy packing, loading and unloading in the Texas heat.  I have some handwork with me, I'm hoping I'm not too tired each evening to spend some time with needle and thread. We'll see how that goes.  

I won't have Internet for several days, Grad Girl's roommate carries the Internet and that goes away when she finishes her move out later today.  So I probably won't be on line much till the end of the this week. I'll have to play catch up then. 

How is your summer in the sewing room going? 

 

 

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To Do List for the Week of 07/08/2025

It was a busy weekend and though I got my stitching time in most days, I was still busy enough that it was hard to get to everything on last week's to do list.  

To Do List for 07/01/2025

1.  Guild BOM: Finish August blocks, start Sept - progress

2.  Kate's Choice: Continue quilting blocks - no progress

3.  Embroidery or cross stitch: Stitch one night ✔

4.  Wild and Goosey: Finish green, start purple, sash red ✔

5.  Old Town: Continue assembly at late night sew ✔

6.  Summer Scrap Quilt: Continue as leaders and enders ✔

Grad Girl is here this week and we have a few things planned, so I won't have as much sewing room time as I usually do. That will necessitate a pared back to do list for the week. 

To Do List for 07/08/2025

1.  Guild BOM: Finish August blocks

All the pieces are cut, they just need to be assembled. The guild meeting is next week so I need to get the August blocks finished up pretty quickly.  

2.  Old Town (Bonnie Hunter): Continue assembly at late night sew

I still have a few flying geese to finish up before I can start assembling the blocks. If that doesn't happen this week. It will definitely happen next week.  

3.  Wild and Goosey (Bonnie Hunter): Make purple, sash red blocks

I've gotten a good start on the purple blocks and just have a few red blocks left to sash.  Still a long way to go on this project, but getting to the point I can sash some of the blocks has been motivating.  Probably another year left to finish this project. Unless I decided to make it a priority.  

4.  Embroidery or Cross Stitch: Fit in at least one evening of stitching time. 

I forget just how slow going the counted cross stitch is, but I'm making a bit of progress here and there.  

5.  Simply Sensational Summer Scrap Quilt (Kevin the Quilter): Continue as leaders and enders. 

Two of the yellow borders have been added to the center. The top border is in progress.  

That's my list for this week.  With Grad Girl home, I'm just looking for progress on my current projects.  I'll be able to get serious again later this summer.  Linking up with the Quilt Schmilt for To Do Tuesday.