Well I didn’t get too much done yesterday. Working away on my economy blocks. I had more to make than I thought. Still about a dozen to go

I've made another 20 of the foundation pieced neutral blocks so I've got 40 or so to go, Steady progress on this but I knew it would be a long ( for me!) project.

Looks like everyone is busy this weekend!
Sewingalltogether - love the tulips, so crisp and makes me think of spring.
Quiltedsunshine - Wow, quite the project!
Jmoore - like your pattern.
Railroadersbrat - hope the ankle heals quickly.
Gemm - great quilt.

I just spent 25 minutes trying to upload a picture. It shows it can handle a 5 MB file - no it can't. Kept having to reduce size. Finally worked when it was just over 1 MB.

Here's what I've been working on, Now to make the backing and load it on the longarm..

Same here!

Thought I would join in, even though my sewing machine is still at the "spa". I planned on doing some cutting and stencilling, but feeling a little under the weather, and a +COVID swab has me resting and taking it easy. I go to have the PCR test tomorrow. Hoping for a false + and it's just a cold, but not going to hold my breath.
Great to see all the work that's getting done. I watched Karen Brown this morning on YouTube, her 2022 declutter challenge after reading about her on this thread. She sure makes sense and makes some really good points, I commend those that are participating in her challenge. Enjoy your weekend sewing, organizing, or hand stitching. I will check back tomorrow to see everyone's progress.

I have been cutting and sewing along here and have finished 2 or 3 blocks so far that I want finished. I am going slowly since COVID knocked the socks off me a few months ago. I have the 3 and a 4th cut out and ready for stitching. I am not sure if I will get the 3rd one finished. We are having company for MLK day and my house is a disaster. So the rest of the day I must slowly try to clean the living room and dining room so I can seat 8 people tomorrow. This will be the first time I am entertaining since I was sick. I am so looking forward to this.

I'm not a frequent visitor to the board let alone posting anything. This weekend I have been busy quilting a small scrappy quilt, the pattern is called Hot Cross Stars. I have 2 sides of the border to go, then binding. I'll try to remember to post pics when it's done.

Lone Star Quilting Ideas
It seems like there are at least 3 of us with Lone Stars that are looking for ideas -
So here are a few resources I found online for our assistance:
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsX02cZcVmU&t=880s - This is Nancy from OnPoint TV with a few different ideas
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEYqV1yphE - On Williams Street - More ideas with doodle practice ahead of time. I'm not computer savvy enough to load my pictures into the computer and then draw on them, but boy - that looks like a great way to get ideas that will work specifically for my quilt.
3) https://www.childlikefascination.com...able-eBook.pdf = Childlike Fascination has blank pages to practice your designs before plunging in. I like to print one copy, put it into a plastic sheet protector and then I can draw with a dry erase marker and a piece of batting to erase and try again. She's got multiple sizes so you can print the whole thing or just the one page that's useful to your size - for me that's a 4x4 diamonds or 128.

Now the bad news is something is wrong with the heat in my sewing space so its *wicked* cold down there.

Rff - a cold sewing space is only good if you're organizing fabric and hefting boxes about! Hope you get it fixed quickly.

I have a nice roll of binding ready to go for my string quilt (thanks for the description, btw, jmoore) so feel I can safely put all of the leftover fabrics away now. Might work on that this afternoon/evening once I've got some other things done around the house. It's been great working with you all this weekend - thanks for the company!

Thanks for the links. I have watched many of the On Point videos in trying to figure out how to get my Lone Star to come out right. I'll check the other 2 out as well.

Very cool string quit, Gemm.
Cam's gram- Looking forward to seeing how you quilt this one.
Rff1010- hope your heat comes back on soon.

I managed to get all the background fabric cut for my October color block quilt. I've been working on getting the background triangles sewn to the 16 patches (flip and sew method). Now I need to cut the sashing and cornerstones so I can put it together. I also started the quilting on another part of the doodle quilt and I got the big table cleared off in my other studio so I can take the September Color block quilt off the design wall (where I parked it after I finished quilting it) and get it squared up to be bound. Whew! I am ready for a break, though I may come back to do some more sewing later this evening. Still haven't gone through my notions for the Just Get it Done declutter challenge- but that'll have to wait til tomorrow....

Rob

No progress on the Alcott Civil War Quilt this VQW, but, all and all, I got my Birthday Swap squares cut and the extra fabric back in the closet all pressed and ready for other projects. And, Ta-Da I finished all the pieces for my donation quilt and laid it out, photo below, but I won't get it assembled until my Tuesday Zoom group.,

While cleaning up after the donation quilt, I found another 32, 16-patch squares in my basket of blocks. Yikes!! Plus enough 9 patches for at least one quilt and 5 or 6 25-patches. All of those will have to wait. I need to do something other than 2.5" squares for the next few weeks. ;)

The second photo is the 16 patches I made for the Debbie Brown Challenge almost exactly a year ago. I lost steam with accomplishing her monthly projects but I need to return to see if I can find some ideas to use my remaining blocks.

Oh, yeah, and I got my Christmas Tree un-decorated and packed away. I recall some one else had that on their list. :)

I will pop in tomorrow to see what everyone accomplished this week-end . See, y'all next month. Thank you, Heather for a productive week-end.

Monday Update
 

So, I have been having some major network issues the last 36 hours, I was able to post a picture on Facebook so let's hope things are okay here and I can post a picture here.

Not much has moved this weekend, my ankle and arthritis let me know that yep, we're into winter now and sitting still or standing for long periods was just out of the question. I managed to cut some foam stabilizer for an organizer, got some mat board glued together for another and made some bias binding. I did some tidying up but no extremely involved decluttering going on.

Still having network issues, just tried to upload a picture of a soccer ball I made and it told me the upload failed. I'll keep trying, but whatever is going on with my network needs to cool its jets.

Today, I'm hoping to start at least cutting all the fabric down for one of the organizers and depending on how things go, I may try to sew some of it. Ankle is still sore and tender and although I'm making progress with it, I'm still having issues extending it to press my foot pedal down.

Off to a good start today! I got all the triangles sewn onto the 16 patches that will be the rays of the star for my October Debby Brown quilt. Now they just need to be ironed, squared up and I'll be ready to start assembling once I've got the sashing and cornerstone pieces cut. I think I'm going to spend some more time today working on the doodle quilt and maybe getting the Sept. Debby Brown quilt trimmed and bound.

On the decluttering front, I've fallen behind on the Just get it done challenge- still need to go through notions, and scraps of all kinds. I don't have any kits, so that's one category I don't need to worry about YAY!. I know I've got lots of notions squirreled away after more than 40 years of sewing, quilting, free motion embroidery, etc. And, I am an inveterate scrap saver- I save fabric scraps, stabilizer scraps, fusible webbing scraps, batting scraps, thread scraps, lace and trims scraps.... My fabric scraps are actually under control, but the other scraps could use a good going through. So the question is, should I spend time today going through various scrap categories, or deal with notions??????

Looking forward to seeing what everyone is working on today.

Rob

Well I was lazy and took the weekend off from quilting and the computer :). My husband was actually free this weekend so we just relaxed and watched tv. Ended up watching "Eternals" last night; really good movie for any Marvel fans who haven't seen it yet.

railroadersbrat--glad you'll at least be able to be in the sewing corner but hope you're feeling better

NZquilter--it's never too early to start Christmas ornaments and gifts!

Gemm--pretty quilt!

tallchick--how much snow did you get? I think we had about 3 inches here in Cincinnati

rff1010, toogie, beckyboo1--lone stars are so pretty. I've made a few but used Quiltsmart interfacing. I have a template (item #SCL-517-00 at quiltingstencils.com) that I've used for the quilting.

lolagrace--welcome!

WMUTeach--it all depends on how you want to make the mariners compas. A Good Life has an English paper piecing pattern. Quiltsmart has an interfacing version. I haven't made that one but have made several other patterns by Quiltsmart. I find their directions to be quite good. Brenda Henning has a book, Mariners Compass, which uses foundation paper piecing. There are patterns which use rulers, I don't know anything about them. Hope that helps.

Now off to my sewing room for a few hours :)

No sewing for me today, we ended up with about 15 or more inches of snow, Once it stops I will be digging out and clearing a path for the outdoor stray kitties to get to food and water. I have 4 Kitty Tubes on raised pallets along the back of the house for them so I will start there, then I will work on the sidewalks and driveway. So glad I bought a snowblower! I will sleep good tonight!

Raggiemom thanks for the link to the stencil site. Would you believe I didn't even know it existed? Can't finish my Lone Star til I can buy background fabric so am going to work on a baby quilt today from the Charming Baby Quilts book.

Internet hasn't worked most of weekend. Just catching up. Been working on the stains on the carpet and reading.

Well, I had a productive day in the studio And DH came home from the hospital- Yay!.

Got all the sashing cut out for my October Colorblock and put it on the design wall. Still trying to decide what to do for the cornerstones- I'm pretty sure I don't want them to be the same color as the sashing. Here's a pic of it laid out on my design wall and also a sneak peek at the doodle quilt that I've been slowly working on.

Rob

Got the throw I was working on quilted and sewed the binding on. Just have to do the hand sewing part.
rryder - I used black thread and quilted clouds. Should have used thinner thread. I really admire your work.
WMUTeach - like your donation quilt
QuiltingVagabon - really nice work!

Hope to make the next VQW. Thanks Raggiemom for the VQW!

quiltingvagabond--I saw you finished Harriet's Journey, way to go! I might start mine sometime this year :)

tallchick--wow, that's a lot of snow!

beckyboo1--just to warn you--that site has lots of interesting stencils, it can be very tempting

rryder--glad your DH is home from the hospital

I did finish two small children's quilts and pinned a quilt to work on later this week. All in all, it was a productive weekend for me. I hope you are all satisfied with your progress as well. See you all next month!

I got all my blocks done. Now to get sashing and borders on. Thanks for hosting again

Rob, those quilts are beautiful. I often hear you and others talking about colorblock quilts but I wasn't honestly clear on what they entailed. After a little research, I found a Debby Brown site - is this where you got your start with this idea? I never imagined a scrappy quilt could have such cohesion - I'm sure I've stared at it for at least 10 minutes! Thanks for sharing your photos.

"Still having network issues, just tried to upload a picture of a soccer ball I made and it told me the upload failed. I'll keep trying, but whatever is going on with my network needs to cool its jets".

Railroadesbrat, I am wondering if you reduced your photo before trying to upload it? I know it is the obvious, but sometimes the most simple thing will snag us and prevent us from posting photos. I save mine as jpeg, and there is a built in option to save the photo in a resized version that is "medium - good for email". I don't have problems with the "upload failed" message any more. Would just like to see your work. :)

Gemm- yes, I have been using her free patterns for the Color Block quilts. She posted a link on her website to her Teachable site. You have to sign up for her "class" to get the patterns, but it's free.

In 2021 she created a pattern for each month using 16 patch "color blocks" made from 2.5' squares. It was a great way to use up those scraps. I also found it nice to have a quick to put together quilt each month that I could use to try out new to me FMQ ideas on. She is doing another one for 2022, also free. Check out her website for a link to her teachable site if you want to do that one. I'm sitting it out since I'm still trying to do all the ones from 2021 LOL!

Rob