Some of This; Some of That

This past week I finished 6 more masks and used 0.5 yd of fabric. Then I used up .27 yds to attach the facing on my No Greater Love quilt. That's what I'll be slow stitching today as I watch an episode of Outlander.  Yes, it's not for children and I never thought I'd enjoy a time travel story, but it has a lot of interesting history that I'm enjoying.  Oh! I also made a test block of the upcoming Quilt Along at Jen's Faith and Fabric Design blog.  That adds a puny 0.033 yds for a YTD of 9.00 yds .

Isn't he cute?  It's a paper pieced 6 1/2 unfinished block.  Yes, that is small and I'm not too fond of paper piecing, so went ahead and studied the pieces needed and came up with a way where I could piece all the units except the claws. If I hadn't loaned out my tri-rec templates - I could have done those too.  That smallish row with the black eyes - I doubled the width and made two units for another crab.  Decided to make two crabs of each color or fabric.  Wasn't so bad after all.  I'm looking forward to making these little guys.  This one is the only thing on my design wall right now. You can read more about it here .

Now as to my 15 Minutes to Stitch progress - this past week, well one day I could just not face anything that day. I believe the COVID-19 news just overwhelmed me.  It was a real effort to get out of bed and get dressed. The whole morning I was so lethargic. Finally got to the computer and turned it on to find this.  It was so right for my mood.  It told me I was not alone, and it was just what I needed to hear.  So let's see where I left off.  Thirty three days ago was when I last reported - a whole month and more!  Of those days there were two I didn't go into my studio.  So I did my 15 and there were quite a few where I only did 15.  That brings me to:

15 minute days/week = 6/7 days
15 minute days/April = 17/18 days
15 minute days/2020 = 97/109 days
Success rate = 88.89%

This week I plan to continue on the 10 year old UFO I'm quilting, sandwich a couple of charity baby quilts and hand stitch that facing.  Maybe I'll make a few blocks for the Scrap Snappers sew along, as well as the 5 masks a friend has requested.

Stay safe, know that God is with you even if you won't reach out to him, and have hope.
Blessings!

Design Wall Monday and other stuff

Still making masks using scraps and quilting.  This leader and ender top is done - coming off my design wall and headed for the to be sandwiched pile.

I also made three blocks for Covered in Love:

Covered in Love makes quilts to support grieving families when relatives pass away in a hospital. They are sorely needed during this pandemic.  You can read her latest post here.

Sewed everyday last week and used up 2.6 yds .  This brings me to a YTD totals of 8.67 yds.

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday Sunday Stash, and Oh, Scrap!   Stay safe please, wear a mask when you leave the house.

Thursday Tales

Like many making mask for family and others:

Also working on baby quilt top doing the units needed as leaders and enders:

Two horizontal borders done.

How are you doing sheltering in place?  We're managing so far.  Prayers this is over before summer.

I'm linking to Finished or Not Friday, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Design Wall Monday.