My October goals were very modest, but I did achieve them, more or less.
October Goals
- Make string blocks for Kat’s October block drive. Yes. And I finally mailed them.
- Start the Christmas quilt. Sort of. I revised the design, and began the cutting.
Bonus: I made the lavender baby quilt.
For November, I’ll be healthy, but we travel for about a week, and I should probably start my Christmas shopping, so still modest goals.
November Goals
- Finish Christmas quilt.
- Revamp fireplace screen cover.
- Work on Scrappy Stars Around the Corner.
- Make blocks for Kat’s November block drive.
Stash
This week: + 0 yards, – 3.5 yards
This year: + 104.25 yards, – 129.75 yards
Net destashed in 2016: 25.5 yards
How did you do this month?
I’m linking up to Sunday Stash at Patchwork Times.
Today I finished a pretty little baby quilt for a new little cousin. It was inspired by the color of her room.
I know you’ve seen this design before (a few times!), but I wanted to keep the pieces large to show the ribbon print fabric, so here it is in living color. I also used a piece of the new Grunge collection, which perfectly bridges the spectrum between lavender and orchid. The light fabrics are hard to see here, but they are dots and chevrons on cream.
The backing is an irridescent damask in a beautiful lavender.
I quilted this with variegated Poly Quilter from Superior. It was the perfect colors, but I have never been able to get it to sew in my machine before (I think it’s 30 wt.). Maybe it was the recent tune-up, but I had little problem this time. The big size 100 needle punched visible holes in the back, but they closed up when I washed it.
Now I have to break it to Krissi that we’re sending “her” quilt away. She’s pretty attached.
Yes, sewing happened! It was just 
Some, um, fabric was acquired. This collection of thirty-six half-yards of Grunge was on sale at the Fat Quarter Shop, and I needed it. In fact, I’ve already cut up one piece for a new baby quilt…
This week I began climbing the stairs up to my studio and sitting at the machine for half an hour or so at a time. My knee is not pleased to be bent that long, much less push on the foot pedal, so I have to take breaks and walk around to stretch it out.
And yet, I can’t see any reduction in my strings…
My Bernina machine has been away at the spa while I was healing (getting her back today!), so I used this one instead. This is SueAnn, a White, from the ’30s, I’m guessing? Help me out if you know.
I had a moment of panic when I went to thread her, but I just went ahead and let muscle memory take over, which seemed to work. It’s not much different from a modern machine, but on the end instead of the front, and the bobbin and needle are turned sideways as well.
I have put the feet away somewhere, a very safe place, Jaye suggests, and I still can’t find them. I used this walking foot, and, really, it wasn’t a bad choice for stitching the strings to a muslin background. I like the way this machine purrs along. In my dream studio I’d keep it set up in a cabinet.
Evening in the Garden Quilts 