I Like Thursdays

Staying close to home so don't have many photos to share. However, here are a few close by to show.

I like how my UFO quilting is going - slowly with all the wood grain I'm trying to make.  Can you make out the shape I'm aiming for?

The garden is giving some surprises.

These have not stopped blooming since November.

Our Christmas Poinsettia.  People have asked me if it is plastic.
LOL - it's not.

And then there are these Irises

They are going to be spectacular, especially as we're having cool weather still. I hope it fully opens soon as it's suppose to be 88 degrees Monday.

I found a lovely quilt I'd like to make, so it's off to the bucket list. I found it in a Facebook group I follow.

All machine pieced, but I can see doing it using paper piecing too.

Lastly, I like how DGS#4 is growing, and he's only 8.  Lol, but then I'm only 4-11.

 Do go over to Lee Anna's I Like Thursdays for other reports. Have a blessed week.

Some of This; Some of That - 3/31

Two things:  Like Barbara Black, I'm looking for another life-time leader and ender, And I'm considering one that consists of (792) 2 3/4"  log cabins. Now that's teeny. So am I crazy or what?  I'm going to prep another one and see how it works as a leader and ender.  The quilt is in the book, A Bouquet of Quilts, edited by Jennifer Rounds and Cyndy Lyle Rumer. These are 9 projects from the magazine, Quilt Japan.  I'd like to make all of them.   But that's not realistic.

The other involves my Create your own BOM This month I was to work on my Anna's Garden by Lori Smith.                   I have to
make 4 of these: for a         9 1/2"  block so they must measure 3 1/2" square. Another small block.  My problem is I cut the pieces exactly as the pattern called for, sewed scant 1/4"  seams, and lost my points when I trued it up to the required 3 1/2".  What did I do wrong?  Using scraps, made another - this time I cut the white large triangle and the bottom brown triangles an 1/8" bigger, and left the other measurements the same.  That gave me two correct points but messed up the other three. I looked online for any corrections and found nothing. Arggh.  Then I tried making those smallish HSTs in the center a 1/8" smaller and I got three points correct, but the two at the top would be way off.  Sigh.  Any one have a suggestion?  BTW - these three tiny blocks are the only thing on my design wall.  That means minuscule progress this month on my BOM, but I did begin on the prepping of another applique block for that quilt.

I hope to select fabric today and get going.

Now for the stash report: Used .24 yd for the last border of the neonatal quilt.  Another .06 for those teeny blocks. Then some bee scraps to a friend - .02. Sandwiched a quilt and that used up 1.34 yds. Lastly, 1.5 yds to Guild. New YTD total for this week is 37.12 yds of destashing.

As to 15 minutes to Stitch 2019, I was able to stitch every day - yeah!  Stats are

15 minute days/week = 7/7 days
15 minute days/March = 28/30 days
15 minute days/2019 = 86/89 days
Success rate = 96.66%

Finally, I've started the quilting on that sandwiched UFO. It's for the Guild's 50% Challenge. We have to finish a quilt we're 50% done on.  This is the first block completed  after the SITD quilting:

I'm linking to Oh, Scrap, Sunday Stash, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2019, and Design Wall Monday as well as Monday Making. How did you do - quilty wise - last week? Blessings,

Some of This; Some of That 3/24

One of my design walls has three of my Hexie WIPs on hold. That's to remind me to work on them. Most of the time it doesn't help.

What with returning from the retreat, volunteer work, family obligations and grandchildren childcare I was only able to use 0.26 yds for a neonatal quilt's two borders.  I did cull stash again and pulled out another yard to give away at Guild.  My new YTD total is 33.98 yds.

For 15 Minutes to Stitch in 2019 - I only had five days where I was successful in doing some handwork and piecing. A setback for me.  But I was able to change my main design wall from this

to this

The neonatal must be at least 30" square. The center is some blocks I made playing with scraps. One more border to add.  That little house is what I pulled and pieced  out of a scrap bag one day.  I'm thinking of building a lap quilt around it with that center as the tiniest medallion.  We'll see. So my latest report for stitchin in March:

15 minute days/week = 5/7 days

15 minute days/Mar = 21/23 days

15 minute days/2019 = 79/82 days

Success rate = 96.34%

I'm linking to Oh, Scrap, Sunday Stash, 15 Minutes to Stitch 2019, and Design Wall Monday as well as Can I get a Whoop, Whoop?, and Monday Making. How did you do - quilty wise - last week? I'd like to know.  Blessings,