Sunday Summary #207

Hello and welcome to my Sunday Summary and To Do Tuesday List.

My Last To-Do Goals:

I had another busy week and was happy that I was making progress on several projects, but then while stitching a seam, I heard the dreaded “CLUNK” and my machine stopped stitching. Took the time to drive the 2 1/2 hours one way to the LQS where the best technician works. He is a treasure but had warned me last time I had that machine in for repair that he can no longer get parts for it and he had had to resort to using crazy glue to fix one part. 😳. I was able to constrain myself and not look at all the pretty new machines on display in the showroom since it’s just not in the budget with DH having more medications prescribed again. If I’m really lucky I might get it back at the end of the month 🤞🏻

1. Keep working on my hand stitching since slow stitching is so relaxing. I’ve made a lot of progress. All of my pieces are made and I’m assembling them now to the panel I need! 😁

2. Continue working with the blocks for the memory quilts for my son, granddaughters and Clarke’s family from a collection of T-shirts from my son, DIL and granddaughters and our Clarke’s clothing. Made some progress until my machine went clunk! It’s off to the spa for repair. 😢

3. Keep playing with the orphan blocks and goodies from Denise, with some additions from my stash, to use up more bits and pieces until those project boxes are empty. No progress 😢

4. Finish making the quilt top from my crumb pieces and a leftover bit from a panel. All of the blocks are made, sashing strips are cut. 😁

5. Make some time to make progress on Gail from Quilting Gail’s Mystery QAL since it finished a while ago.. No progress 😢

6. Continue fixing popped seams and stay stitching the edges of the next bin of quilt tops for Liz’s project. No progress 😢

7. Do not let Samantha or any of her squirrel buddies side track me🐿🐿🐿🐿. Epic fail here but who can resist a blog hop, especially a fun themed one as this:

This Week’s goals:

1. Keep working on my hand stitching since slow stitching is so relaxing. 

2. Continue working with the blocks for the memory quilts for my son, granddaughters and Clarke’s family from a collection of T-shirts from my son, DIL and granddaughters and our Clarke’s clothing. All I can do is determine layouts and cut sashing strips until my machine comes home.

3. Keep playing with the orphan blocks and goodies from Denise, with some additions from my stash, to use up more bits and pieces until those project boxes are empty. I’ll review the contents of the boxes and see what I need to finish emptying these boxes.

4. Finish making the quilt top from my crumb pieces and a leftover bit from a panel if I can get a machine working? Maybe my Featherweight?

5. Make some time to make progress on Gail from Quilting Gail’s Mystery QAL since it finished a while ago.. 

6. Continue fixing popped seams and stay stitching the edges of the next bin of quilt tops for Liz’s project. I’ll sort the tops to see which need a lot of work and which just need a bit.

7. Do not let Samantha or any of her squirrel buddies side track me🐿🐿🐿🐿.

Stitchin’ Time

Kate from Life in Pieces hosts a weekly linky party to help us keep to our goals of stitching every day. I just love her new logo!

I’m trying for at least 30 minutes a day this year and 1 hour at the end of the week to tidy up and deal with my scraps. I wasn’t really off to a good start, but it is getting better as things settle down in my real life and commitments lessen. 🤔

• January 4/31
• February 2/28
• March 10/31
• April 12/30
• May 29/31
• June 28/30
• July 5/5
• this week 7/7
• Previous Total: 84/179
• Total: 91/186
• Percentage = 48.92 %

I hope you all get to set and keep your goals for your Stitching Time and join Kate. 😁

To see how our blogging friends are doing check out Kate’s blog: Life in Pieces

Stash Report

I like to link with Donna @ QuiltPaintCreate to keep track of fabric in and out of my stash. If I can plan trips to the studio I expect my stash to be reduced terrifically when I start making backings for all of the quilt tops I’ve got to do. 🤩

• Fabric Used: 0 yards
• Fabric Purchased this week: 0 yards
• Fabric Previous Balance: 15 yards
• Fabric Purchased this year: 9 yards
• Balance in stash to use this year: 186 yards

* my goal is to lessen my stash by 200 yards this year. 😉

* any fabric used from the scrap bins, was gifted or a prize; doesn’t count as stash!

Design Wall Mondays

Judy, at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts, hosts a linky party for “Design Wall Mondays” every week.

I’m including some photos of my current WIPs;

My UFO and WIP List

Last but not least I have to update my UFO Speadsheet and then try keeping it up to date and so help with my accountability now that I have gone through everything in my storage room and sewing space. I’ve not made any progress on this since computer time is limited to reading blogs, checking emails and doing never ending paperwork for the two Societies I help with. 😅

Linking with:

• Scraphappy Saturday @ Super Scrappy
• Sunday Stash @ Quilt Paint Create
• Oh Scrap @ Quilting is More Fun Than Housework
• Frederique @ QuiltingPatchworkApplique
• 15 Minutes to Stitch @ Life in Pieces
• Monday This and That @ Days Filled With Joy
• Sew and Tell @ Melva Loves Scraps
• Monday Musings @ Songbird Designs
• Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• To-Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmilt

This week I’ll even manage to link up with our To-Do Tuesday and the other parties I enjoy.

In closing I’d like to thank you for visiting, for joining the To Do Tuesday linky party, for sharing the party link, and above all for being part of my quilting world. 🤗 Carol

PS. Thank you to the amazing people who have bought me a coffee on Kofi! It helps cover some of my blogging costs and allows me to put aside a bit each month since I’m going to have to replace another machine soon.