I’m joining Quilting Jetgirl’s quarterly check-in linky party to recap what I’ve accomplished this past quarter and to reflect on/reprioritize what I want to accomplish in the third quarter of 2025. Although life has been on the crazy side, I’m happy with my few finishes and progress on two Block of the Month projects.

In early Spring, I joined Alison Glass’ Color Camp which helped me feel even more comfortable in making color choices for all sorts of quilting projects. In May I joined the year-round AG Bee (see info Here). The first mini workshop was a tutorial for journal cover. Below is the front of my journal that used a fussy-cut block that I made last year. I’m also designating this project as my June favorite finish (and once again my only finish for the month).

And here is the back of the journal that used a different fussy cut block:

I was able to get two quilts finished this quarter. The first one was my Tree of Life quilt (read about it Here).

The second was a baby donation quilt (blogged Here). It was a great Free Motion Quilting practice.

I’ve continued to make progress on two Block of the Month projects. Below are two June blocks for Frightful Fun and the Taurus block for Starry Signs. The blocks are pinned to felt tiles that surround a wall hanging I made several years ago to cover the ugly fuse box in my quilting space.

I got the All Star Quilt-Along quilt top done for my niece and sent it off for quilting. This is the first time I’ve made an on-point quilt.

I enjoyed making this pattern so much that I started a Halloween version for the couch for my bestie, Mary, who told me when she saw the completed quilt top for Mary Frances, “I wouldn’t mind a quilt with this pattern.” Hint! Hint! Here are seven blocks with large on-point 8” centers:

Third Quarter Plans

I plan to trim and bind Mary France’s All Star quilt by the end of July in order to send it to her for her birthday in August, and I hope to finish up both of my Halloween quilts by the end of September. But mostly I want to focus on smaller projects. I enrolled in HollyAnne Knight’s Ruler Quilting Academy. I’ve just started playing with some straight line quilt-in-the-ditch and echo quilting, but we are also going to learn to ruler quilt some curves as well. I consider that I am auditing the course. I will probably never graduate, but it will be great to have HollyAnne’s videos as a resource whenever needed. So hopefully I’ll have some small projects to share in the next quarter that I have ruler quilted.

My other main focus is to pull fabric that I don’t love or will probably never use to sell at my quilt guild’s Fiber Flea Market in August. And what I don’t sell there, I plan to list on Feel Good Fibers.

I have one flimsy done that is 24” square that will become a wall hanging. I used some half-rectangle triangles from Leila Gardunia’s Website that contrast really well with the Tim Holtz indigo background fabric. I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to use a contrasting thread or one that blends well with my background fabric. Obviously contrasting thread will show up, and that makes me nervous.

Here is a pic with three different thread choices. The first is Very Dark Navy (Aurafil 2785) which blends perfectly with indigo background fabric. The second is Medium Purple (Aurafil 2545) which provides a subtle contrast, and the last is Magenta (Aurafil 2535) which is definitely NOT subtle.

I’m wondering about using the Very Dark Navy for Stitch-in-the-Ditch and the Medium Purple for Echo quilting. What would you suggest for this novice ruler quilter?

Linking up to #2025QuiltingQ2CheckIn and Quilting Jetgirl: Favorite Finish June 2025.