What We Are Working On

 There were only 3 of us at Prayers and Squares yesterday, but in spite of that we got a lot accomplished. We were able to finish the 4 quilt tops that we started last week. If you ever need a fast but effective quilt top, the BQ designs from Maple Island quilts will do it. These were very close to being quilt in a day. And if we had a full day, rather than an afternoon, they would be a quilt in a day. We were also able to get backings made for them and get them all layered. I brought 2 home to quilt, probably with either wavy lines or a straight grid of some sort. This one has a gorgeous scenery print with moose. Then there are some fun bright trailers. There are the black bears that were finished last week. And then animals silhouettes in a forest. We might be able to get these into the hands of those 4 young boys before Christmas.

Circle of Friends Progress

 I am exclusively working on Circle of Friends here at home in an effort to get it done and off my UFO list. It is now 2/3 put together. I need to assemble the last border, add it to the already assembled blocks section and then add the section to the whole. Maybe this afternoon will finish it. It has waited long enough. I need to have some lunch and then I’ll get back to it. 

I’m linking up to Wednesday Wait Loss

Slow Sunday Stitching

 I’ve been very lazy in my slow stitching for the past week. Nothing was appealing to me. I didn’t want to sew on little pieces, and I didn’t want to knit, or do much of anything. However, last evening as I was sitting here, I saw my much neglected cross stitching sitting beside my chair, so I picked it up and I did a bunch on it last evening and again today. It’s my Year in the Woods project. I think it has been months since I did anything on it. According to the last post about it on this blog, it’s been since last January. Looking back, that makes sense. Hand quilting and then hand piecing on different quilts took over. I’m not sure how long I’ll keep this up, but I seem to have forgotten how much I like cross stitching, so it might take over some of the other projects, for a while at least. I’d also forgotten how much I like these designs, so it’s a good thing to get back to it. It’s like saying hello to an old friend.

I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching

What We Are Working On

We started four new quilts yesterday at Prayers and Squares. We’ve had a request for 4 young boys who lost their home due to a fire. We are doing a variation of the BQ pattern put out by Maple Island Quilts We’ve changed the size of the main square in the quilt to 10 1/2 inches in order to fully use all the fabric. Marg actually finished the quilt top in one afternoon. This one has black bears as the focus fabric. Then there are moose in the one Tammy is working on and different animals in the one I am doing. Barbara started one with fun camping trailers on it, but I didn’t get a picture of that one. This seems like it will be a great pattern to use for all kinds of different themes. I would love to be able to do a few more of these to have in reserve. We have enough of the bears and moose to be able to do one more of each. They have the added bonus of being fast to cut. Between Marg and I we cut four quilts in about an hour. 

I’ll link up to finished, or not, Friday

Circle of Friends Progress

 I’m making good progress on getting my Circle of Friends project quilted and sewn together. I am doing it quilt as I go style to minimize the bulkiness of the quilt. The centre section is now finished. Next are the top and bottom sections, which will be quilted on their own before being attached to the middle.

I’ll link up to Wait loss Wednesday

Slow Sunday Stitching

 A Slow Sunday report on Monday. Last week was pretty much a write off. I got my flu and covid vaccines last week and they knocked me off my feet for a bit. Aching and very tired. Today is the first day I’ve felt like I had any energy. So that means there isn’t a lot to show for my week last week. I did a little bit on our Grand-daughter’s stocking. I have one of the last 2 gingerbread people finished and almost fully sewn into place. One more person to do and then I can focus on finishing it. And I did 3 Inner City blocks. That was it. 

I’ll link up to Kathy’s Slow Sunday Stitching while there still a few hours left.

Card Shuffle Progress

 I went to pick up the next batch of Kona Solids from the subscription I’ve signed up for. This was number 5 out of 6. So I was able to do a few more colour combinations for Card Shuffle. It is past the halfway point now and there are a few more combinations that can go into further rows. I also pulled out the paper pieced blocks for Circle of Friends, which was a block of the month put out by Carol Doak in 2024. I’m working on this one as a quilt as I go project, since it will end up too big to quilt all at once on my domestic machine. Each block has eight quadrants. I’m doing a very simple straight line 1/4 inch away from the seams of each quadrant. I’ve been playing in the Electric Quilt software for a layout and I think I have finalized what I am doing. This is what I’m aiming for. I wanted something different from the usual 12 block sampler sets. 

I’ll link up to Wednesday Wait Loss