Finally Some Stitching

Until yesterday it had been more than 2 weeks since I did any sewing/quilting.  Not for lack of projects mind you.  Mostly it was lack of time.  We have been busy canning and well we finally just got all of the jars put away.  The house is still in chaos and I need to focus on getting things cleaned and organized.  I did straighten up the family room today. I spent an hour and half straightening up the studio yesterday.  I did two loads of laundry and folded them and put them away.  I cleaned my toilet and did some general picking up.  There is a lot more to do but I definitely made some progress.

So I rewarded myself with sewing. I spent a good part of yesterday and today just sewing.  I got all of my HST four patch blocks done! Yay!!! And they look really cute! Double Yay!!! I am really excited to start putting the sashing and corner stone on and get it laid out.

I plan to use Mary Anne Fons' method of pre-sashing.  I've done it that way a few times now. I find it easier to do it that way.  What you do is cut your sashing pieces to length. Sew a sashing strip to the left side of the block. Sew a corner stone to a sashing strip and then sew it to the bottom of the block that has the sashing strip.  Then sew your blocks together.

I get my blocks all situated with the sashing and corner stone, then lay out the quilt and make adjustments. Then I sew sashing and corner stones to the top blocks and to the right side of the last column of blocks.  Then I just sew everything together by rows. I am excited to see this top completed as I think it is going to be adorable.

I also got the borders on the Pretty in Pink quilt. I went with a wide 5" border and it really looks good. I went wide with the borders to get it closer to a standard throw size quilt. Aurora will be using it for a TV quilt. I took the time to figure out how big I need to make the backing and how many strips I need to cut for the binding.  I made a note of that information and pinned it to the top. Hope to get that done this week.

I was tempted to cut the borders for the Scrappy Joy quilt. But I finally decided that I didn't like the fabric I had out for the borders.  I had been going back and forth about it for a while now. The print was just too modern compared to the prints in the quilt.  I did see some fabric in the stash that I think will work better.  I will be getting that out of the bins this week as well.

I am going to try doing a task oriented calendar.  I guess it would be similar to a bullet journal.  What I need is to decide what needs to be worked on the next day. That way when I get home and am ready to start 30-30-30, I just start without having to decide what to work on and where to start.  One thing I know for sure is that I won't be going over two weeks without sewing any time soon. It just feels so much better to get things done.

Oh and I did some scrap management while I was at it.  So big thumbs up to me.  It felt so good. I just really don't want to go back to work tomorrow.  So much more I want to do.

What have you been up to? How do you stay on top of projects?