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With the end of February coming up fast, I spent the last week cleaning up some of my scrap projects and making sure I had all my yellow blocks completed.
My One Monthly Goal for February was to put labels on finished quilts. One evening I went to work and got them done.
I print multiple labels on printer-fabric sheets. Some include my name and others are just Hilyard Studio. I write the name, date, and occasion when those are relevant. When a quilt doesn't have a destination I don't include that information. (If I donate a quilt that I made in 2017 to an event in 2021 I don't want it to appear that I dusted off an old project, even if that's pretty much ...
read moreThere is no real reason why I made the scrap blocks I did this week except Orange is always a good choice to sew with!
The main focus this last week was to start sewing all the Covered In Love blocks into some quilt tops so I can start quilting them. So I used these postage stamp blocks for one of my RSC quilts as a leader/ender project.
I now have a total of 21 blocks completed. I think that is the halfway point on this project. As I come across a solid I haven't used in any ...
read moreMy lucky envelope had $2 |
Kathy, Regina, and me |
Happy Valentine's Day to everyone!
I have been slowly working through more of my scrap blocks for the month of February. I realized when I was writing this post that I forgot to write about my finish this week. I guess you will have to wait a bit to see it next Friday.
I had previously made the yellow blocks for my Half Rectangular Triangles (HRTs). So no progress on this project for February.
A new month means we have a new Rainbow Scrap Challenge color. And for February the color yellow was chosen.
I am working on numerous RSC quilts this year so I thought I would start the month out by making my Scrap Mixology blocks.
Just a year ago I'd heard of Zoom but I'd only attended one meeting. It does it much easier to convene groups of people who live both nearby and far away. A perfect example: on Saturday morning AAUW-Michigan convened a regional meeting with participants from 18 states. There was lots of good information and idea-sharing ...
read moreI love it when I arrive at a plan!
It was beautiful at the beach when I snapped the photo but at 19 degrees I didn't linger! The clouds have returned and there's snow in the forecast.
Years ago I read a time management book that likened the results of procrastination to an obstacle that gets bigger around as the procrastination continues - so big that it takes more effort to go around it than it would be to just go over it. That's how I've been with a non-quilting project this week that involved report-writing and statistics-compiling. I have to check to see that all ...
read moreThis new year began with a flurry of new starts for me. Before I could get a handle on it, I had started almost half a dozen new quilts.
We revisited Pine Dunes Forest Preserve on Sunday afternoon. A hiking stick with a carbide tip was a welcome accessory on the packed-snow (sort of melting) trail.
The framed four-patch batik project is now a flimsy. In retrospect the borders (made from 2.5" squares) are a little heavy. I'm not sure whether I'll change them (smaller squares? piano keys?)...no rush.
Grassy Creek is three-quarters of a flimsy. All the blocks and the sashing are assembled. To come: a different sashing around the perimeter, an inner border, and an outer border.
I fussed around with color placement--specifically ...
read moreI finally finished all of my pink RSC blocks for the month of January. With seven projects going, it takes a bit to get them all sewn.
Wednesday my husband and I went out to discover a new-to-us segment of the lakefront bike trail. It was so calm -- in great contrast to the upheaval in Washington, D.C. which we watched on the news, horrified.
(You can tell it's a different day by the color of my turtleneck. :) )
It seems that I have taken on a number of Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts this year. So I have been keeping pretty busy making all my pink blocks.
Our first forest preserve outings of the year -- Spring Bluff on Saturday and Van Patten Woods on Sunday.
Enough people had walked along the trails to pack down the snow so I didn't flounder.
Left collage: red-wing blackbird nest, a gravity defying limb, horsetails.
Right collage: gull tracks in the sand.
# # # # # # # # # #I've collected/accumulated household textiles for many years. In 2019 I sold nearly all of the aprons in a yard sale. In 2020 I cut up vintage tablecloths to make tote bags (see them here). This year I'm assessing the dish towels. I will keep those ... read more
Welcome to the first link-up of Oh Scrap! of 2021. I think this will be its seventh year. That is a whole lot of scrappy inspiration!
I don't always have a lot of time during the week to sit and sew at my machine. But I find myself time here and there to cut and pair up scrap bits to make future blocks. I will move a small cutting mat into my kitchen, dining room or living space to cut block pieces as I work on other things. I then stack these up next to my machine so that when I do sit down, I can be super productive.
Yesterday I was able to cut for the last blocks I need for some secret sewing ...
read moreI took the photo on the right on my Sunday afternoon walk. The ravine is at the end of our street. The creek flows to the park adjacent to the marina.
In the studio:
Grassy Creek, clue 4.
I've made 17 out of the ...
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