omg 2020

OMG ~ May 2020 ~ Goal Complete from Life in the Scrapatch

My May One Monthly Goal is Finished!

I set this goal here in the

OMG May 2020 @ Elm Street Quilts

It started with this cross stitch work and these fabrics

Here in my May OMG Post

and finished

Here for my "Cool To Be Square Blog Hop" Post

I used an artist's canvas and my heavy duty stapler to display this finish.

added by Scrapatches 3 years, 11 months ago. under elm street quilts , omg 2020 , one monthly goal may 2020 , quilty love cross stitch , the daily blog 2020

Weekly update: OMG finished + all the houses from With Strings Attached

I am an inexpert gardener, but I love to cook with fresh vegetables, so every year I buy tomato plants, seedlings, and seeds. Ever hopeful!

It was in the high 80's Sunday afternoon when I walked in Spring Bluff Forest Preserve. I saw a crane, five egrets, and many red-winged blackbirds. Most of the people I saw were on bicycles, heading farther east to the marina.

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My OMG for May is finished. It's a tote bag for the outgoing chair of the Illinois P.E.O. Home Fund . P.E.O.'s colors are white and yellow and ...

added by Nann 3 years, 11 months ago. under design wall monday , monday making , oh scrap! , omg 2020 , p.e.o. , shelter in place quilt , tote bags , vegetable garden , weekly update

More Thimbles from Thread Head

I finished the thimbles leader/ender project-

This was the last of the thimbles I cut years ago, and I made about 4 or 5 projects with. This one is 14"x26".

I put a couple of borders on this one for a change (all the others I just added binding).

Since I needed a new leader/ender project (and didn't want to go out and buy a new die) I cut more thimbles with different fabrics (for a change). The plan for these is to make a 'larger' (than table runner) quilt - I am sure that this will ...

added by Joanne 3 years, 12 months ago. under 2020 finishes , omg 2020 , spinning

May Plans and Some Other Things from Thread Head

My May One Monthly Goal is to finish a couple of mini quilts.

The first is from Temecula Quilt Co on Instagram - the Stay at Home Sampler.

And this one is the end of my tub of little thimbles that have been leaders and enders for years (I have made about 4 different mini quilts so far - now I am debating about cutting more or getting a bit bigger template for a change).

Thanks Patty for hosting this challenge!

I finished a pair of socks using fibre that I dyed last month.

Finished yarn - about fingering to sport weight BFL ...

added by Joanne 4 years ago. under 2020 finishes , knitting socks , omg 2020

May Goal In Progress from Life in the Scrapatch

Working on my

May One Monthly Goal

project today.

These are the fabrics I am using to make this a finished project.

I chose the fabrics before I started cross stitching

and chose floss colors to match the fabrics.
This is my own method.

The sewing on this one is going together quickly.

I will be posting a tutorial for this finishing method,
which I am figuring out as I go.

No waiting until the last day of the month this time ... :-)

added by Scrapatches 4 years ago. under henry glass fabrics , love letters , omg 2020 , one monthly goal may 2020 , quilty love cross stitch

Stash report and OMG for May from With Strings Attached

Fabric in, April: ZERO
Fabric out, April: 118-3/8 yards
Fabric in, YTD: 210-1/2 yards, $455
Fabric out, YTD: 426 yards
Net decrease: 213-1/2

In April I made 253 masks. I sent a B.O.R.S. (box of random scraps) to JS in Iowa (along with 152 HeartStrings blocks). I made 3-1/2" rail fence units and 4.5" HSTs in all of the remaining RSC 2020 colors. I finished 12 house block mug rugs.

My One Monthly Goal for May is to make a daisy-themed tote bag. I've got the fabric! I just need to ...

added by Nann 4 years ago. under finished or not friday , mug rugs , omg 2020 , stash report

OMG ~ My April Goal is Done! from Life in the Scrapatch

Maestro's Quilt is bound and done!

My OMG April 2020 Goal Here was to bind this quilt.

My Senior Quilty Kitty had to step in to keep me on track.

We are

Linking Up With the Finishing Party Here

with a few hours to spare.

This quilt has been quilty kitty inspected ...

... approved with Quilty Kitty Thank You Kisses ...

... and ready for napping.

Enjoy your quilt, Maestro.

I am enjoying having met my monthly goal.

:-)

added by Scrapatches 4 years ago. under blueberry fat 8th fruitcake quilt , elm street quilts , my quilty kitties , omg 2020 , omg 2020 april , one monthly goal april 2020

Last of the Tea Towels! from Thread Head

I finished weaving the last set of tea towels from kits I bought from Jane Stafford Textiles in January (I had originally thought these would be a year long project, but I was so glad I had bought them all when life changed).

These are the Huck Lace Cotton Tea Towels in the Falling Leaves colour way.

Fresh off the loom - the kit made 8 towels, each over 30" long before washing.

I added about 18" extra warp, and still had plenty of cotton leftover when finished.

Fresh off the loom the fabric looked like this-

the white line (crochet ...

added by Joanne 4 years ago. under 2020 finishes , omg 2020 , opam , weaving

Friday update: OMG and SIP from With Strings Attached

It's time to post One Monthly Goal achievements. I completed my OMG: to begin the house-themed mug rugs for the Illinois P.E.O. Home Fund . The mug rugs will be given to each chapter who sponsored a Home Fund recipient this year -- about 20 in all. One of the other two committee members will make a few.

The OMG Finish Link Up is here

I've made 37 blocks for Shelter in Place, my pandemic "souvenir" quilt. My idea is to make one block for each day. Yesterday the Illinois governor extended the shelter-in-place order through May 31 ...

added by Nann 4 years ago. under covid-19 , finished or not friday , omg 2020 , shelter in place quilt

Weekly update: progress and something new from With Strings Attached

I finished the RSC rail fence blocks -- 46 in each of the ten colors. They are 3-1/2".

These house-block mug rugs are my April OMG.
They are 8 x 10, somewhat larger than usual for mug rugs. The block is 6" finished and I didn't want to fiddle around with scaling it down. The 2" window provides for fussy-cut "pictures." As you can see, two are quilted and bound.

The house block was just what I needed for a quilted document of the Covid-19 pandemic. I plan to make a block for each day of the shut down ...

added by Nann 4 years ago. under covid-19 , monday making , oh scrap! , omg 2020 , rsc 2020 , weekly update

April Goal from Thread Head

My One Monthly Goal for April (hosted by Elm Street Quilts) is to weave another set of tea towels.

This is the last of the kits I bought from Jane Stafford Textiles. These are to learn Huck Lace - again much easier to weave than I thought it would be. Made from plain 8/2 cotton, the kit is for 8 towels.

Each set of towels I have made I have had to deal with some kind of a weaving issue (a great way to learn! A few loose warp threads with the first ones, and replacing a ...

added by Joanne 4 years, 1 month ago. under home , omg 2020

A new month! Stash report and OMG from With Strings Attached

Rabbit, rabbit! I remembered to say the magic words this morning.

(The photo shows my sister (right) and me in 1956.)

Stash report for March:
Fabric in: NONE
Fabric out: 138-3/4 yards
YTD fabric in: 210-1/2 yards, $455
YTD fabric out: 307-5/8 yards
Net: 97-1/8 OUT (hooray!)

That 138-3/4 includes *102* yards given

away to online friends. I made a tote bag. I also got a head start on my RSC rail fence units (in addition to teal I made red, yellow, and dark blue). I finished the two ALA Biblioquilters quilts and made a ...

added by Nann 4 years, 1 month ago. under omg 2020 , stash report

March Monthly Goal Round-Up from Thread Head

I completed my One Monthly Goals for March, hosted by Elm Street Quilts.
They were to weave a set of tea towels-

These ones are made from cotton boucle (from a kit from Jane Stafford Textiles).
To finish knitting a gnome -

A mystery knit called Gnome is Where You Hang Your Hat by Sarah Schira, made from handspun yarn.
And to finish an inkle weaving project -

My first inkle weaving (I'm calling it a belt for now, one day it may become something else).

Last month my goal was to weave fabric for my Mom. Here is what she ...

added by Joanne 4 years, 1 month ago. under omg 2020

Weekly update: not much to report, but there is a finish from With Strings Attached

Two weeks in: Stevens and I are healthy. We've checked in with family and friends and they are fine. Nearly every activity has come to a screeching halt. The big cancellation in my world was the ALA Annual Conference at the end of June. Both the Zion Woman's Club luncheon (May) and the AAUW luncheon (June) have been cancelled. The Rotary Golf Outing is rescheduled for September 25. I've been to three meetings using Zoom with more to come.

I've kept my outings to two supermarkets (Aldi and Jewel) and the post office. I've taken ...

added by Nann 4 years, 1 month ago. under ala biblioquilters , batik quilt , covid-19 , design wall monday , monday making , ohio stars , omg 2020

One Monthly Goal For March ~ Finished! from Life in the Scrapatch

One Monthly Goal ~ March Finish Link Up

My March Goal Setting Post

This was the fabric pull for a very fun to design and make pillow.

My March Goal was Finished Here

This pillow cover was designed by my daughter

and sewn by me an together we created this

Free-For-Personal-Use-Only-Pattern ...

Bone Broth for the Little One ~ Free .pdf Pattern Here

from

I have also posted a series of

How-To Make This Block and Pillow Tutorials

Thanks to all who have followed along on my Star Wars quilty journey.

Thanks to

Patty @ Elm Street Quilts

for helping me with my goal ...

added by Scrapatches 4 years, 1 month ago. under bone broth for the little one , elm street quilts , me & my girl designs , omg 2020 , one monthly goal

March Goals from Thread Head

Time to plan projects for this month.

For my One Monthly Goal for March I plan on weaving tea towels with this kit from Jane Stafford Textiles - it is the Country Renaissance Boucle Tea Towel Kit.

I started March 1st getting the warp ready, and have started weaving. The kit makes 9 towels.

I also plan on finishing the Mystery Gnome that I started last month,

and I want to finish this Inkle Loom band weaving project that I started last year. This was my test piece for the new loom. I want to make some braid ...

added by Joanne 4 years, 2 months ago. under omg 2020 , weaving , woofa challenge

Weekly update: February stash report, March plans, and something new from With Strings Attached

Rabbit, rabbit! Here's the March Hare to bring in the new month.

(The February 28 Google doodle commemorated Sir John Tenniel's 200th birthday)

The GFWC-IL Tenth District art show/luncheon was Wednesday. I entered Crown of Thorns in
Category 5 (Embroidery, Quilting, Tatting) (a strange combination, considering that "wall hangings" is a separate category) and won second place. P.E.O. friends Jeannine and Nancy, both members of the Antioch Woman's Club, won ribbons, as did Regina and Judy who are fellow members of the Zion Woman's Club (the one I belong to).

Stash report for ...

added by Nann 4 years, 2 months ago. under batik quilt , design wall monday , gfwc , monday making , oh scrap! , omg 2020 , slab blocks , stash report

February Round Up from Thread Head

February was a good month for me to finish a few big projects.

At the beginning of the month I finished a Pineapple Quilt (only took 4 years!).

I started this handspun tunic early last year by cleaning and preparing the wool. Spun the yarn over the summer, and started knitting it at the beginning of September.

I also finished knitting a hat out of some handspun yarn that I had dyed with indigo (this one had been my take-along/car knitting project).

I was really pleased to have started and finished weaving some fabric for my Mom in the ...

added by Joanne 4 years, 2 months ago. under omg 2020 , opam , woofa challenge

Weekly update: Frolic is almost a flimsy from With Strings Attached

Blocks + sashing + setting blocks + corner blocks. The assembly wasn't hard -- all the units fit together nicely -- but it was fiddly.

~~I will add this post to the OMG February link up when the time comes.~~ Linking up to Elm Street's OMG Finish here

What I strive for in a super-scrappy design like this is to have no-two-fabrics-touching, particularly in the really obvious places (like the blue parts of the flying geese that surround the stars). I wasn't completely successful when it came to the small rectangles in the sashing. If you notice them then you are looking ...

added by Nann 4 years, 2 months ago. under design wall monday , frolic , monday making , mystery quilt , oh scrap! , omg 2020 , quiltville

Midweek: blocks assembled from With Strings Attached

I've made all 25 blocks for Frolic. Each matched-up set of units was stored in its own baggie so assembling each block was a matter of sewing part A to part B to part C.

(Now that I look at the photo I see a couple of turned-around HSTs -- top row, second from right, and third row, second from right. Glad I caught them.)

The blocks will be set on point with half-blocks in place of setting triangles. I have to figure out in which box or set of baggies those components are.

Making the blocks is my One ...

added by Nann 4 years, 3 months ago. under frolic , midweek makers , omg 2020

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