Progress on Various Projects

 It has been a very hectic yet rather productive couple of weeks.  I'm still doing my morning ritual and I am making progress on lots of projects. The morning routine has become almost a necessity for me as work is getting crazy busy and very stressful.

Lily of the Valley

I have discovered that some tasks are more suitable for the 30 minute morning sessions. Morning sessions are really good for chain piecing, making bindings, folding fabric, even cutting fabric.  But any thing that is going to take some finesse or engineering should wait until the evening or the weekends.

So what did I get accomplished? The Lily of the Valley quilt blocks are assembled. Also the strips for the inner border and the binding have been cut. 

Bindings attached

Two of my mornings were spent sewing together the binding strips for the  Church Ladies Aprons quilts.  But I didn't get the bindings on the quilts until this past weekend. Attaching the bindings was too much to do in the 30 minutes I have each morning. This is especially true since these bindings were wider than I usual use and took some finagling.  Note to self, the binding tool only works for bindings made from 2 1/2 inch strips.

 In addition to the above, I've assembled 5 rows of a simple patch work quilt that I am making from 4 charm packs. (I am calling this one the Great Outdoors quilt.) It is turning out really nice and very masculine. 

Fussy cuts

I also started cutting the fabric for 2 baby quilts. Both are using fussy cuts and that is something new for me. They will be simple quilts, a 6 1/2 in fussy cut square bordered by 2 1/2 inch strips. I got the 2 1/2 in width of fabric (WOF) strips cut and about half of the squares cut.  In doing, so I emptied 4 bolts. I simply folded that remaining yardage from the strip fabric and added that to a tote.  When I get around to making the backings for a couple of UFOs, I will empty two more bolts.

During this week's morning sessions, I plan on finishing the top for the Great Outdoors quilt. Then sew the inner borders together for the Lily of the Valley quilt. Finish fussy cutting the squares for the baby quilts and cut down the WOF strips into the sizes for the blocks.  Then maybe start assembling those blocks. I also hope to make the backing for a couple of quilts so I can get them quilted next weekend.

That's lots of work for 30 minute sessions and I know that one morning I won't be able to do my session in the morning.  I will have to take my husband to the airport on Tuesday morning. But Progress is still progress and those little 30 minute sessions are adding up.  

How is routine? Are you getting in your creative time?