August 2019 OMG Completed!

I finally finished a One Monthly Goal before the end of the month!  I am so excited.  You can find my goal listed here.

Vintage Rose saw a lot of progress this past month.  I was able to finish part B very early in the month, which is below.

Then I finished part D in class this last weekend, as I needed help with the top part.

During the weekend I also finished the last part of my goal, which was to start on the next section, which is part C.  I am a little over 25% done with this section, and if I can find some solid time sewing I could get it done pretty quickly.  Paper piecing is easy, especially when you have a steady rhythm down and you stick to it.

Now that I am done for the month, I need to think about what I can finish in the month of September.  I do have to take into consideration, I do not have as much sewing time in the month as I have had in August.

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-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 34 2019

Let us see how the last week went on the stitching front.

Days spent stitching in the week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in August: 25 out of 25
Days spent stitching in 2019: 231 out of 237
Success Rate: 97.5%
My week runs from Monday to Sunday.

My success rate is creeping back up, and it feels great.  I love finding time each day, as it is relaxing and centers me after a long day at work, or weekend housekeeping.  It helps that I had several sew days this past week, but they were so worth it.

This past week I still acquired some fabric, one large chunk for a backing for a quilt, and they were having a sale.  How could I say no?  I have to use just under 25 more yards of fabric to meet my yearly goal of only having a difference of 250 yards in my stash.  As long as I do not buy too much more, I think I will be able to manage my goal.  There is another sale this week...we will see if I can resist temptation.

Fabric out this week: 1.89 yards
Fabric out, in 2019: 37.39 yards
Fabric in this week: 29.25 yards
Fabric in, in 2019: 310.92 yards
Fabric difference in 2019: 273.53 gain of  yards

I hope everyone had a great week!

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-Christina

Design Wall Tuesday

This past week, I did not get to all of my goals, but I got a large chunk of them done.  I had a Judy Niemeyer paper piecing class with a certified instructor.  She is scheduled at the shop about once a year, so you have to come with questions or areas you need help on.  I did, and I got what I wanted done.  I got section D done, the top part is what I needed help with.

Then I started on the next section, and got about 28% of the way done with it.  This quilt is slowly coming together, and I can not wait to get it finished!

In addition to some of the quilting goals being met, I was able to finish finding furniture and placing it in the house, and went through the estate stuff from my Grandmother that arrived on Monday.

My goals for the next week are below.  I plan to focus on the stitch and flip corner blocks for the back of Rev. Craig's retirement quilt.  My goal is to finish 50 of the stitch and flip corner blocks, but my stretch goal is to get them all done.  If I get them all done this week, I want to start focusing on trimming the bonus triangles I am getting from these blocks.

My second goal, which will continue to be a goal until it is completely done, is to work on unpacking our house.  Our goal for the week is to set up the patio, and work on the garage sale/goodwill pile.  My stretch goal is to finish going through the garage sale/goodwill pile, and go through two drawers on the dresser I need to clean out. 

I hope everyone has a great week!

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-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 33 of 2019

Let us see how the last week went on the stitching front.

Days spent stitching in the week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in August: 18 out of 18
Days spent stitching in 2019: 224 out of 230
Success Rate: 97.4%
My week runs from Monday to Sunday.

This week had two planned sew days, which made it easy to find time to stitch.  I love seeing progress made on my projects, and this week I definitely moved a few along.  Thank you to Kate for encouraging us to do just 15 minutes a day, as it makes a difference in my progress.

This past week I still acquired some fabric, but it has decreased significantly.  I was given some fabric from the ladies at my sew group to use in some quilts I am currently working on.  My goal is still to get under 250 yards gained for the year.  Next year, I hope to have no gain, as I think my sewing time will decrease dramatically towards the end of the year.

Fabric out this week: 1.89 yards
Fabric out, in 2019: 35.50 yards
Fabric in this week: 8.75 yards
Fabric in, in 2019: 281.67 yards
Fabric difference in 2019: 246.17 gain of  yards

I hope everyone had a great week!

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-Christina

Design Wall Tuesday

This last week has been good.  I was able to achieve all of my goals!  I pieced the backing and put the zippers on my Mom's Christmas gift in preparation for quilting.  I also was able to complete 39 of the stitch and flip corner blocks, which was above my goal for the week!  I also actually sat down and pinned the borders onto the quilt top that has been waiting for them for far too long.

The last thing I worked on and was able to accomplish was getting halfway done with Section D-2 for Vintage Rose.  I was able to get over halfway done, which feels great!

In addition to all of the quilting goals being met, I was able to finish building the garage shelves and putting things on them, and cleaned up a few outstanding boxes.  The living room is being put together this week, and I am loving how it is turning out.

My goals for the next week are to focus on two things.  My first goal is work on Vintage Rose by finishing Section D-2, and D-3 plus sew D-1, D-2, and D-3 together into one unit.  I would like to start working on another section, and get the necessary help on a different section as I have class this upcoming weekend.  My stretch goal is to get halfway done with the other section I plan to start this weekend.

My second goal is to work on the stitch and flip corner blocks for the back of Rev. Craig's retirement quilt.  My goal is to finish 20 of the stitch and flip corner blocks, and my stretch goal is to finish 40 blocks.  There is only about 100 left to complete.

My third goal, which will continue to be a goal until it is completely done, is to work on unpacking our house.  Our goal for the week is to focus on placing furniture/finding furniture to finish the living room, set up the patio, and work on some (2-3) boxes in the garage.  My stretch goal is to finish going through the garage sale/goodwill pile, and go through a total of 6 boxes in the garage. 

I hope everyone has a great week!

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-Christina

15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 32 2019

Let us see how the last week went on the stitching front.

Days spent stitching in the week: 7 out of 7
Days spent stitching in August: 11 out of 11
Days spent stitching in 2019: 217 out of 223
Success Rate: 97.3%
My week runs from Monday to Sunday.

This week was very easy to find time to stitch.  I'm excited to be working on the projects I'm currently working on, and I am loving seeing the progress coming along.  My scraps are slowly being processed, and I'm excited to finish another project so I can get more processed!

This past week with fabric, I moved a little less than last week out, but I acquired a lot.  As a result my gain is now over 250 yards for the year, and my goal for the year is to get it below 225.  I have a little more fabric coming over the next few weeks, but I am cutting myself off.  If I need a fabric fix, all I need to do is go into my sewing room and look at all that is there, or go into the garage where I have shelves filled with future projects and fabrics to go through.  I need to make a goal for next year to not buy any, unless it is to finish a project.  The hardest part right now is going through my currently disorganized stash to find fabric for a co-worker's baby quilt.  It is just easier to buy new, but I am going to stick to it, and make something work from my current stash.

Fabric out this week: 0.90 yards
Fabric out, in 2019: 33.61 yards
Fabric in this week: 56.20 yards
Fabric in, in 2019: 272.92 yards
Fabric difference in 2019: 239.31 gain of  yards

I hope everyone had a great week!

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-Christina

Design Wall Tuesday

This last week has been productive!  I worked on Vintage Rose, where I finished cutting all of the pieces for D1 and D2.

Then I sewed together D1, it is ready for trimming and the TRP lines.  I can not remember what order I normally do them in so, I am waiting for class next week to finish these all of the way.

I was also very productive in trimming up scraps.  I figured out the organization that I wanted, and I'm looking forward to continuing to plug away at this project, and put things away.  Pictures will come next week.

In addition to all of the quilting goals being met, I was able to work on the garage shelves, which are almost all done.  When the whole garage is basically organized I will share a picture.  I will admit, it is a little overwhelming the amount of quilting and crafty stuff I have.  I guess I really need to watch my numbers of fabric in and fabric out for the rest of the year, and many years in the future!

My goals for the next week are to focus on three things.  My first goal is to get halfway done with section D2 on Vintage Rose.  This section has 29 pieces and 28 seams, so I would like to complete 14 seams.  My stretch goal is to finish the whole section.

My second goal is to work on pinning the borders on Craig's retirement quilt, and stitch and flip corner blocks for the back of the quilt.  My goal is to finish 25 of the stitch and flip corner blocks, and my stretch goal is to finish 50 blocks.  There is only about 135 left to complete.

My third goal is to prepare the backing to my Mom's Christmas gift, and put the zippers on the front and back.  I hope to quilt this in the month of September, but first I need to finish the other quilt I plan to quilt at the same time.

My fourth goal, which will continue to be a goal until it is completely done, is to work on unpacking our house.  Our goal for the week is to focus on sorting the get rid of a pile.  Is it going to our own garage sale, or Goodwill?  Prepare our guest room for guests this weekend, and continue working on the garage, I would like to finish building the shelves, and loading them up.  My stretch goals are to clean off the patio and build our new furniture and start to hanging pictures.

I hope everyone has a great week!

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15 Minutes of Stitching - Week 30 and 31 2019

Let us see how the last two weeks went on the stitching front.

Days spent stitching in the week: 14 out of 14
Days spent stitching in July: 29 out of 31
Days spent stitching in August: 4 out of 4
Days spent stitching in 2019: 210 out of 216
Success Rate: 97.2%
My week runs from Monday to Sunday.

These last two weeks was decently easy to find time to stitch.  In addition, I have been working on cutting my scraps up into the scrap saver system by Bonnie Hunter, and it feels awesome to see that pile go down a little each night.  This whole month I have some major sew days planned, which also helps.

Week 30 of 2019, I was successful, I had a large chunk of fabric out, and no fabric came in!  It feels great to see the fabric out increase.  I hope by the end of the year to get it up to 60 yards out, I plan to finish hopefully two to three quilts by the end of the year, so that should make a large dent.  We will see how that goes.

Fabric out this week: 2.68 yards
Fabric out, in 2019: 31.8 yards
Fabric in this week: 0.0 yards
Fabric in, in 2019: 137.62 yards
Fabric difference in 2019: 105.82 gain of  yards

Week 31 of 2019, I did not do so hot.  I bought some fabric online and our church's yard sale which lead my fabric in to increase significantly.  I then messed up on cutting out some pieces for a project planned, and I had to go buy fabric to replace those yardages, which did not help either.  On the bright side, I was able to push some fabric out, so that made a little dent in the difference.  Two more weeks of fabric coming in...I broke down and found some great stuff via eBay.  After that, no more unless it is to finish the current quilt I am working on.  I love flexible goals!

Week 31:
Fabric out this week: 0.91 yards
Fabric out, in 2019: 32.71 yards
Fabric in this week: 79.1 yards
Fabric in, in 2019: 216.72 yards
Fabric difference in 2019: 184.01 gain of  yards

I hope everyone had a great week!

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-Christina

August 2019 One Monthly Goal

My One Monthly Goal for the month of August is to work on the Judy Niemeyer paper piecing pattern called Vintage Rose.  I have three sections to work on.  The first section is to finish putting together Part B, which is almost there.  Just a lot of pinning needs to happen, and careful sewing.

The next section is Part D.  I have a class later this month, and I need help on the last part, so I plan to get the first two sections done, and get help on the third, and finish it in class.

The last section to work on is Part C.  My plan is to get started on this section, I hope to get all of the pieces cut out, and start sewing, and complete five seams.  My stretch goal is to get the whole part finished, and trimmed.

I hope everyone has an accomplishable goal for the month, and we are all able to achieve them.

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-Christina

Design Wall Tuesday

These last two weeks have been busy!  I was able to finish my blog post for the Christmas in July blog hop.  You can check it out here.  Below are the finished pillows that I made, with an awesome tutorial (at least I think so).

I pulled out Vintage Rose, which is a paper piecing project, as I'm taking a class later this month.  I needed to figure out where I was on the project, and what parts would be my August One Monthly Goal.  I then had a sew day with my Mom, and finished one of the many parts!  I love my colors (they are a whole lot brighter in person)!

I also got the rest of the items that my husband won for me in March, as my Mother-In-Law came back home.  Here is my new machine all set up.  So far I have no complaints, she sews like a dream.

This week I hope to try paper piecing on her.

My goals for the next week are to focus on two things.  My first goal is to cut out the pieces and start on the next section of Vintage Rose.  I know I will need help at the end of this section, so my overall goal is to get the pieces done and prepped before my class in two and a half weeks.

My second goal is to work on cutting some scraps into usable sizes/put them away.  I have a lot of small scrap pieces from a quilt I have been working on, and they just need to be cut down and put into my scrap saver system.  It is amazing what you can do if you spend just fifteen minutes each night working on them.  It feels good to see that pile go done a little each night.

My third goal, which will continue to be a goal until it is completely done, is to work on unpacking our house.  Our goal for the week is to focus on sorting the getting rid of a pile.  Is it going to our own garage sale, or Goodwill?  Another small thing is to continue working on the garage, I need to transfer two boxes of books into new boxes, and build two more shelves to store some things.  My stretch goal is to get my new desk organized.

I hope everyone has a great week!

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-Christina