I am joining the #2024QuiltingQ2CheckIn hosted by Yvonne at Quilting Jetgirl. I’m pleased with what I was able to get accomplished in April-June. Definitely my favorite finish is my Rainbow Cheetah pictured above with my cat Sunny letting me know she is a much better looking cat than the cheetah on my quilt! Below is a photo of the quilt that measures 70″ x 80″. For details, please read my post here.

I’m also thrilled with my Star Pulse quilt finish. I donated this 60″ x 60″ lap-size quilt to the Mercyful Hospice program in Sacramento, California. See details here.

• Made a baby quilt for my friend, Kristen’s baby boy who is due in August.
• Made 50 sawtooth star blocks for a Modern Star block swap.
• Started working on a Baseball Star quilt for a friend who also loves baseball.
• Started working on a Ranges quilt in sunset colors for my great nephew, John.
• Worked very minimally on a Sashiko Japanese tea mat in different shades of purple.
• Made five log cabin hearts appliqued to grey sweatshirts (photo below shows my cousin, McKenzie, wearing hers), pattern from the Liza Taylor Handmade’s Paper Piecers Membership.

• Appliqued a paper pieced hummingbird block (pattern was available for purchase when I joined The Paper Piecers Membership with  Liza Taylor Handmade) to a grey sweatshirt that I hoped to wear to the American Quilter’s Society quilt show in Paducah, Kentucky, in April, which didn’t happen since I accidentally left it behind at my friend Annette’s condo in Florida. Yep, I felt rather foolish!

• The other item I left behind in Florida was a Fairy Wren mini framed using a trivet frame that I was going to give my friend, Kelly, when I saw her in Frankfort, Kentucky, after not seeing each other for decades! So I had to send it to her after I got back to New Mexico. More info about this project can be seen here.

I did not work on any Geeky Bobbin Fussy Fuel 2024 Block of the Month blocks nor did I get any scrappy blocks made.

What’s on Deck for Quarter Three of 2024

• Make a fabric bucket for my friend, Ed, who will turn 50 on July 13th.
• Finish my Baseball Star quilt.
• Finish my Ranges quilt.
• Gift the quilt for Kristen’s baby boy due in August and take pics at her baby shower.
• Work on a Color Burst mini quilt.
• Start to work on a Christmas quilt for my best friend, Mary.
• Re-bind a quilt that my mom made for my niece, Mary Frances, when she was in high school.
• Write a post about the sawtooth star blocks I received and possible projects where I might use some of them.
• Possibly work on some Fussy Fuel blocks.
• Possibly make some scrappy color gradient blocks.
• Make more progress on a Sashiko Japanese tea mat in different shades of purple.

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