Most of my posts are on the short side which tends to mimic my normal conversational style, but there are times I become verbose both in verbal conversations and with the occasional blog post. The post below is short and sweet, but I have spent some time this past week working on my #2023PlanningParty post that I will share in the next week, and it is definitely NOT short.

To-Do for the week of Dec 6th-12th:

1. Sew October flying geese units into columns. √Done
2. Finish the five Sashiko coasters for my December 2022 OMG. √Done
3. Finish two pink Sew Tiny pine tree ornaments.√Done

To-Do #1

Below is a pic of the flying geese units sewn together for the month of October. New Mexico is the left, California is in the middle, and Washington is on the right. It feels so good to be getting closer to finishing these three temp quilts.

To-Do #2

I got the Sashiko coasters finished for my friend, Kristen.

To-Do #3

Below are two pink pine tree Sew Tiny ornaments. I love the llamas sitting above them. The llama on the left was handmade for me by my friend, Laura, and I think he is just adorable. I definitely have a thing for llamas. Some of you may remember the Llama Mini Quilts I made last year.

To-Do for the week of Dec 13th-19th:

1. Finish the Sashiko cats pillow for my friend, Kristen.
2. Sew November flying geese units into columns.
3. Finish my post for the #2023PlanningParty hosted by Quilting Jetgirl.

Linking up to Texas Quilt Gal: To-Do Tuesday.

To-Do for the week of Nov 29th-Dec 5th:

1. Write my Dec 2022 One Monthly Goal post. √Done
2. Cut and glue one inch Kaleidoscope fabric swatches used for my Lumen quilt in my 2022 planner in preparation for the #2023PlanningParty hosted by Quilting Jetgirl.√Done
3. Finish another four Sew Tiny pine tree ornaments to send off next Monday. √Done

To-Do #1

I wrote my December 2022 One Monthly Goal post earlier this week (link to post here).

To-Do #2

I did cut and glue one inch Kaleidoscope fabric swatches used for my Lumen quilt in my 2022 planner in preparation for the #2023PlanningParty hosted by Quilting Jetgirl that will start on Dec 12th. I only used 24 of the 40 Original Kaleidoscope fabrics which I numbered from 1-40 with Cherry being designated (1) and Pine being designated (40). I used the numbers on the coloring page provided in the Lumen pattern to create a roadmap for color placement. I really like creating swatch pages for my projects, especially those that are color gradient because it’s possible that I will make future projects using these fabrics. But it does take time, and I’ve only made them for a few projects. So many tradeoffs in life!!!

To-Do #3

I finished four Sew Tiny embellished pine tree ornaments over the weekend and got them in the mail yesterday. No pic since they look the same as the ones in the last week’s post.

To-Do for the week of Dec 6th-12th:

1. Sew October flying geese units into columns.
2. Finish the five Sashiko coasters for my December 2022 OMG.
3. Finish two pink Sew Tiny pine tree ornaments.

Linking up to Texas Quilt Gal: To-Do Tuesday.

To-Do for the week of Nov 22nd-28th:

1. Finish the three sets of coasters. √Done
2. Finish my wonky star pillow cover. √Done
3. Finish five Sew Tiny ornaments to send off the Monday after Thanksgiving. √Done

To-Do #1

I did indeed finish hand-stitching three sets of coasters over the holiday weekend which was definitely time consuming but enjoyable as I finished listening to A Trick of the Light which is the seventh book in Louise Penny’s Gamache series–this one was centered on the art world, and I learned a new word, chiaroscuro, which is defined as a treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting and also quilting IMHO! I first tried to machine stitch the binding on both sides of the coasters for my brother and sister-in-law, and I tried to talk myself into believing they were good enough, but really I wasn’t happy with them and ended up cutting off the binding and starting again with 5” squares rather than the original 5.5” squares. And I am much happier with them! I used some of the same fabrics that I used in the Christmas North Stars quilt that I made for Bill and Sharon last year.

For my friend Mary’s sister Kathy, we also made a set of coasters that coordinated with the Merrily Christmas quilt we gave Kathy two years ago.

For Mary’s sister, Debra, we made a set of two-sided coasters (the gold pine trees are the back sides) that coordinated with the Snowy Forest quilt we gave Debra two years ago.

To-Do #2

I finished my Wonky Star pillow and shared about it in this post.

To-Do #3

And here are the five Sew Tiny pine tree ornaments. The middle one on the second row shows how I labeled these ornaments by using colored ink on an inkjet fabric sheet, then cut to size, and sewn to the backing fabric:

To-Do for the week of Nov 29th-Dec 5th:

1. Write my Dec 2022 One Monthly Goal post.
2. Cut and glue one inch Kaleidoscope fabric swatches used for my Lumen quilt in my 2022 planner in preparation for the #2023PlanningParty hosted by Quilting Jetgirl. I’ve been participating in Yvonne’s annual planning parties for the past several years, and I really enjoy the opportunity to recap my past year’s Quilting & Stitching goals and to plan for the following year.
3. Finish another four Sew Tiny pine tree ornaments to send off next Monday.

Linking up to Texas Quilt Gal: To-Do Tuesday.

To-Do for the week of Nov 15th-21st:

1. Work on more paper-pieced trees to make into coasters. √Done
2. Work on embellishing the simple pine trees I shared in last week’s post to be made in Sew Tiny Ornaments. √Done
3. Work on a small Sashiko project. √Done

To-Do #1

I made more progress paper-piecing trees to go with Christmas quilts I’ve gifted in the last couple years. I ended up increasing the borders on the trees in the first row after I took the photo, so they could be comparable in size with the animal “backs” in the second row. Row 3 and 4 are for my brother and sister-in-law with the fourth row the designated backs of the coasters that will hold up fairly well to my brother’s coffee spills! I also used a splotchier snow fabric for the trees that will also (hopefully) be more stain-forgiving than the pristine snow fabric in the first row for coasters for my friend Mary’s sister, Kathy, whose OCD-tendencies will most likely prevent major spillage! I have actually quilted all the coasters (minimal quilting per usual!), and I plan to bind the coasters this coming week.

To-Do #2

Here are two of the Sew Tiny simple pine trees that I have embellished that are ready to be sewn into ornaments.

To-Do #3

And here is a Sashiko cats square that I’m thinking I will make the center of a small pillow for a gift for a friend who was born on Christmas Day.

To-Do for the week of Nov 22nd-28th:

1. Finish the three sets of coasters.
2. Finish my wonky star pillow cover.
3. Finish five Sew Tiny ornaments to send off the Monday after Thanksgiving.

Linking up to Texas Quilt Gal: To-Do Tuesday.

To-Do for the week of Nov 8th-14th:

1. Work on some paper-pieced trees to make into coasters. √Done
2. Work on a label for my 2022 New Mexico temperature quilt to be printed by Spoonflower. √Done
3. Work on some more Sew Tiny Christmas ornaments. √Done

To-Do #1

I’m making coasters to go with some Christmas quilts I gifted in the last couple years. The middle square will be made into a Sew Tiny Ornament.

To-Do #2

I did mock-up a label for my New Mexico temperature quilt that has 3/8″ squares of all the Kona colors included in my quilt that represent the different temperature ranges and sent a photo to Spoonflower and had them print up an 8″ swatch that I plan to cut down to about 4.5″ square. I was impressed with their turn-around time. I received the swatch below six days after I uploaded the photo and placed my order. With tax it cost me $6.83 for this custom label that I will border on the top and right sides with the left and bottom sides sewn inside my binding. The bordered sides will be hand-stitched down. My only complaint is that I had glued the Kona squares on a piece of white copy paper, but it looks light grey rather than white. But it will work for this project since the backing for the quilt is charcoal minky fabric.

To-Do #3

Here are three more Sew Tiny pine trees that still need to borders sewn on them before I make into ornaments.

To-Do for the week of Nov 15th-21st:

1. Work on more paper-pieced trees to make into coasters.
2. Work on embellishing the simple pine trees I shared in last week’s post to be made in Sew Tiny Ornaments.
3. Work on a small Sashiko project.

Linking up to Texas Quilt Gal: To-Do Tuesday.

To-Do for the week of Nov 1st-7th:

1. Share my Nov 2022 One Monthly Goal post. √Done
2. Do a little more stitching on my Sashiko Daisy pouch project. √Done
3. Start working on some Sew Tiny Christmas ornaments. √Done

To-Do #1

For my November 2022 One Monthly Goal, I am going to make a wonky star pillow cover to go with the Northern Stars Wonky Star quilt I made last year. Read about details here. Below is 12.5 unfinished wonky star that still needs borders to be made into a 16″ pillow cover. I’m debating what I’ll use for borders, perhaps another Ombré Fairy Dust fabric or maybe some of the darker leftover Stonehenge Gradations Ombré in Graphite fabric (the lighter fabric was used for the background of the wonky star).

To-Do #2

I finished stitching the panel for my Sashiko Daisy Pouch. This is my favorite sashiko project ever, but I am putting it aside while I continue to work on small Christmas projects and my 2022 temperature quilts. I hope to get the pouch finished early next year.

To-Do #3

Speaking of small Christmas projects, last year I participated in the Sew Tiny Ornament Sew-Along on Instagram hosted by Kitty Wilkin (@nightquilter). I shared about finishing two Sew Tiny Pine Tree Ornaments on this post. Well, I’ve started five more pine trees that I will embellish in the next few weeks and then make into ornaments.

To-Do for the week of Nov 8th-15th:

1. Work on some paper-pieced trees to make into coasters.
2. Work on a label for my 2022 New Mexico temperature quilt to be printed by Spoonflower.
3. Work on some more Sew Tiny Christmas ornaments.

Linking up to Texas Quilt Gal: To-Do Tuesday.