New Month

Its February and I need to check my yearly goals.   I refolded/organized part of my stash.  Yup--and I did two more fabric cubes last night.  I made borders for a UFO--moved it one more step further.   No color challenge block was made--but I did make 8 other blocks--4 to donate and a matching 4 for my sample quilt.  Cut noodles and bricks from my scraps--now the box is truly--"scraps".  I emptied a small plastic tote and my gadgets are stored in there. 

I'm trying to decide what to quilt next.  I'm leaning towards a favorite--Sunny Lanes.  Its from the book Nickel Quilts --I put it together from swapped charms a couple of summers ago.   And--to have a picture for my post--I have been working on the Plaid 4 Patch from the same book. 

This isn't the final layout and its only about 1/2 the units.   There aren't many plaids in mine!   

Design Wall and Monday Goals

The Diamond 4 Patches are all pieced and the setting diamonds cut.   My design wall is the bed---

 

Night picture--bad color again.  Here's a scan from the book--

I need to find fabric for the half diamonds.  They used a brown plaid--I would like a brown of some sort.   The blocks are fairly large--7" across and about 11" long.  

Weekly Goals--

1. Trim half the Arrowhead blocks
2. Quilt on "Chains of Lurve"
3. Plaid 4 Patch
4. Scrappy Bargello

That's enough to keep me busy.  January is almost over and I need to review my 2012 guidelines.  

How are you doing?  

Sunday Stash Report

I made some purchases this week.  2 yards of Kona black to finish a sashing.  2 yards of COC backgrounds.  1/2 yard cuts of 4 prints--another 2 yards. 

This week---6 yards In

YTD--37 yards In

Used this week--0

Used YTD--12.5 yards

Stash is leading--24.5 yards

There are finishes planned in the next few weeks--so the numbers will head the other way!~

Weekly Goal Check In

I'm there!  I have 121 Arrowhead blocks!

Some need trimming--but they are pieced and pressed!  Woohoo!  

Last night I was thinking about the projects I am working on.  And an old one that needs finishing.  They are---

Diamond Four Patches

Plaid Four Patch

Four Patch Posey

Do you see a pattern here?  Four patches!  And the middle of the Arrowhead blocks have a four patch in them.  

Heading for the sewing room.  I'm back in South Dakota and its too quiet--no Mason or Asher.  Grandma is lonely!

 

Monday Goals

Time for goals!  Last week my only goal was to finish 10 more Anita's Arrowhead blocks.  It was a good week--I finished 29.  A queen size is 121 blocks, and I now have more than 100.   Marilyn, Liz, and I are each making a quilt called Four-Patch Plaid from the book Nickel Quilts.  It's a project using our stash.   I have half the 4 patches made, and about half the long 2 patches.  No more can be done on that until I get back to my stash.  Found a huge wadge of noodles sewn together in pairs in my sewing room--and I couldn't remember what I had been making.  I packed them thinking I would unpick them and use them in the Four-Patch Plaid.  I laid them out---hmm--each pair of noodles has a matching pair.  And then I remembered!  I was making a Scrappy Bargello! 

Scrappy Bargello Strips, 4 patches, Arrowhead blocks

This week I will--

1. Make 10 more Arrowhead blocks
2. Work on Scrappy Bargello strips

I'm heading back to South Dakota in a few days.  Just watching the weather and checking road conditions.  We're had snow, rain, ice and wind the last few days. 

Motivation Friday

How has your week been?  The weather has been bitterly cold, I haven't ventured out in a few days.  Mason has pulled his lego table into my bedroom.   He's great at pretend--a small yellow flashlight from my purse became a school bus to play trucks with.  We've made cookies and done all sorts of fun things.  Tonight he and his mother did "arts and crafts" and I have new wall art.
  
I've worked on my Anita's Arrowhead blocks, two more seams and these will be complete.  20+ in this pile.  10 blocks were my goal this week.  There should be 90 blocks with these--only 31 more!  They are addicting.

Sometimes Asher sleeps on my bed, I've been reading books to him.  I don't think he's interested yet--see the little hand--he's snoozing underneath his blanket.  

Design Wall Monday and Weekly Goals

I've started piecing a new quilt.  It's called Diamond Four Patch from an older book "Quilts from America's Heartland".  I have 64 diamond 4 patches made.

These were strip pieced and cut on the 60 degree angle.  Easy!  They are 7" on a side--so not that small.   I love antique/vintage quilt patterns.  

Goals for the week--

10 Anita's Arrowhead blocks

That is my only goal for this week.  I'm in Mankato with Mason and Asher, that's going to keep me busy.   Trucks and cookies, crafts and reading books, lots of rocking.  Yup--looks like a good week!

Sunday Stash Report

No fabric bought this week.  I finished the Garden Bargello--I estimate that used 10 yards.   I made 4 blocks for a donation project and mailed them off.  We were asked to make them in the color we don't use/don't like.  Mine is lavenders and purples.  Since I was making blocks, I also made the same blocks for my "Jay's blocks sampler".  

The top left block is done in a teal green.  I love teal green, it just happened to be on top the scrap box!  4 blocks--1/2 yard?  Close enough!

Used this week--10.5 yards

Used year to date--12.5 yards

Bought year to date--31 yards

Stash ahead--18.50 yards

How was your week?  

Weekly Goal Check

I've made more Arrowhead blocks.  Finished binding Henrietta's leaves.  

 

A binding finished on the Garden Bargello, its a Bonnie Hunter pattern--Scrappy Trips Around the World.  A good way to use noodles.  

 

I have another quilt loaded on the Princess.   Lots of sewing this week, it's been too cold for anything else! 

 

Design Wall Monday and Weekly Goals

I have 70 Anita's Arrowhead blocks completed---

Night pictures have cruddy color.  Try to overlook that!  I'm enjoying making these blocks, only 51 more for a queen size top. 

Goals for the week---

1. Load a quilt on the Princess
2. Complete 10 more Arrowhead blocks
3. Finishing binding Henrietta's Leaf quilt

I'm way ahead on my monthly stash organizing goal.  Tonight I did my sewing room closet--there were 8 "cubes" of fabric plus what was stored on top of the cubes.  The results--one box of batiks, one box of 30's, one box of civil war repros.  A cube each of solids, hand dyes, fossils ferns and moda marbles, and one of indigo's.  If I'm very brave I'll look UNDER my sewing table later this week.  I've found a few unexpected things.  Why do I have at least 10 yards of solid red?  I don't remember buying it.  Maybe someone gave it to me??  I found one UFO--the blocks are pieced and sashed and the magazine with the pattern is there too.  I was looking for my 30's and the solids that matched--I found them.  Now I have to remember why I was looking for them!

The weather has been unusually warm--but colder weather will be here in a few days.  I found a ham bone with some ham on it in the freezer--ham and bean soup is planned.  The "Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day" book is out--maybe some really good Peasant bread with the soup.  YUM!!  

Sunday Stash Report

A good week for stash enhancement.  My numbers?  31 yards in--2 yards out.  A 50% off coupon on ALL my fabric--so I didn't pay more than $3.00 yd.  11 yards for a backing/binding.   Some cream, tans, yellows and golds for my stash.  

Stash in---31 yards
Stash out--2 yards


Stash is ahead--29 yards!


So how was your week??