Sunday Summary #247

Hello and welcome to my Sunday Summary and my To Do Tuesday post. I missed last week; not quite sure, but I think I forgot to post my To Do List because I was just busy?

I have been stitching (and unstitching almost every day for the last two weeks, but really have nothing to show for it.

I’ve had a rough time with DH and his “fuzzy brain” so I’ve had to make an appointment to discuss the situation with our doctor. I’m also struggling to find a doctor to prescribe my DH’s medications. The doctor he had to manage the pain has decided to close his practise but didn’t set up another doctor to care for his patients. Since we have had to set DH up with a triple script drug, it’s hard to find anyone to prescribe it and the doctors at our family clinic refuse to as well. Some weeks, caregiving is frustrating and I will confess to getting short tempered. So far I’ve managed not to yell or throw things so I figure I’m doing okay.

My Last To-Do Goals:

Now it’s time to see how I did with my last goals:

✅ 1. Keep working on the wedding quilt. I’ve almost finished doing the quilting on my dsm, even though my machine decided to get real bad tension on my bobbin and I had to keep ripping stitching out. 😓

✅ 2. Bind the fundraising quilts for next weekend. I managed to get the last binding finished about an hour before they were being picked up. Didn’t remember to get photos. 🤭

✅ 3. Stop Sam and her squirrel buddies from distracting me.  🐿️🐿️🐿️. I get a check mark for sticking to my list and not getting distracted. 🤭

How are you doing with your lists. Will you manage to join the linky party this week?

This Week’s goals:

I’ll be keeping my list to a minimum since the wedding quilt deadline is coming and I’ll have 2 quilts to bind this week.

1. Keep working on the wedding quilt. I can’t wait to show it off after the wedding.

2. If I can finish the wedding quilt, I’d like to get my SAHRR out and try to get it finished.

3. Do NOT let Samantha and her squirrel buddies distract me from my list. 🐿️🐿️🐿️

Stitchin’ Time

Kate from Life in Pieces hosts a weekly linky party to help us keep to our goals of stitching every day!

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. 🤔

• January 31/31
• February 25/28
• March 25/31
• April 2/30
• May 10/31
• June 20/27
• these 2 weeks 12/14
• previous total: 96/157
• Total: 108/171
• Percentage = 63.16 %

How are you doing with your goal to stitch for at least 15 minutes each day? Have you joined Kate’s challenge? 😁

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. Last year I didn’t manage to use as much stash fabric as I planned since I don’t get to go to the studio and play on the long arm, but I’ve been working on finishing quilts on my dsm. 🤩

• Fabric Used: 0 yards
• Fabric Purchased this week: 5 yards
• Fabric Previous Balance: 62 yards
• Fabric Purchased this year: 5 yards
• Balance in stash to use this year: 60 yards

* my goal is to lessen my stash by 100 yards this year but realistically I’ll be happy with whatever I manage.

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

Memories of Quilts From the Past

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

I’ve made some changes to my tracker, but I’ll be linking with Ms. P. Designs and the PHD in 2026 Challenge

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
• Sew and Tell @ Melva Loves Scraps
• Monday Musings @ Songbird Designs
• Design Wall Monday @ Small Quilts and Doll Quilts
• PHD in 2026 @ Ms P Designs USA
• To-Do Tuesday @ Quilt Schmilt
• Wednesday Wait Loss @ The Inquiring Quilter
• Needle and Thread Thursday @ My Quilt Infatuation  
• Finished or Not Friday @ Alycia Quilts

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 if you bought me a coffee. I do appreciate your support. It really does make a difference in my world. 🤗