To-Do Tuesday #18 and Hope quilt along

This is my 18th week of linking with Home Sewn By Us for To-Do Tuesday.

Here is my list from last week and my progress

To-Do Tuesday for the Week of April 28 through May 4:

1. Finish the mini quilt asymmetrical log cabin almost
2. Finish the last 3 pineapple paper pieced blocks yes
3. Participate in Quarantine Quilt Along Round 2 with GE Designs. yes 

1  It is almost done except about half of the hand binding to the back....I decided not to finish it this last week because I want to sit outside and finish it this week.  I usually do the hand binding at night but these fabrics are dark on the back and will be easier to see by daylight!

2  I got all the pineapple blocks sewn now and the photo shows the pile of 9 of them for a small mini quilt.  Not all of them were cut off on the outside line yet....the reason for some looking strange!

3  The Hope quilt along was a great success.  Gudrun of GEDesigns did a new pattern for the quilt along.  As of Sunday she had raised $34,150 with the sale of the pattern that will go to several charities she has chosen.  The Live FB Broadcast was May 3rd and now it is also on YouTube.  

I am using 10" squares of batik fabric and black accent strips.  The photo shows the fabrics and the arrow stickers on my Stripology Squared ruler marked for cutting the A blocks.

This week I started making a different mask pattern using t-shirt ties.  Here is the photo of the first one

Next are food photos from the last week...........I have been cooking more now that we can't go out to eat!  We used to eat out 10 to 12 times a month at a great variety of places.  

When I cook....it has to be.........easy......healthy......and delicious!!!

Bubble up enchilada casserole.  Recipe from emilybites.com

All of her recipes have the WW points listed.

Turkey meatball subs and roast potatoes

To-Do Tuesday for the Week of May 5 through May 11:

1. Work on the Hope quilt
2. Make more masks.  I ordered some elastic and just received it so now I will make a different pattern.  I have seen a lot of videos on making masks and just want a very easy and basic mask pattern to make with elastic.  Some people can't use the ties as their fingers don't work right to tie a bow.  (I live in a senior community) And then some people really like the strips to tie bows.  
3. Trim the pineapple paper pieced blocks and add sashing.

I am linking to https://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-tuesday-linky-39-weekly-progress-update/

Be sure to check the link for Linky #39 and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #17

This is my 17th week of linking with Home Sewn By Us for To-Do Tuesday.

Here is my list from last week and my progress

To-Do Tuesday for the Week of April 21 through April 27:

1. Work on the mini quilt from the online class quilting and binding.yes
2. FMQ the yellow brick road quilt and practice FMQ on other projects...for at least 4 days this week.yes
3. Work on at least one of my other quilt projects and maybe start another quilt from my list to make.yes

1 I finished the hand quilting and added some more machine quilting and trimmed the edges.  And now I am ready to add the binding

2 I did FMQ for 4 days this week on the practice potholder and the yellow brick road quilt.  I switched to some new designs by Lori Kennedy...Claire's peony and forget-me-not.  I didn't take a photo.

3 I worked on the pineapple paper piece quilt

I made a new...what I call...Homemade Paper Booklet.  Here is the photo of the old one and the new pages I sewed together for the new one.

Here is how I make them.........I fold legal size paper twice.  I stitch on my sewing machine in the fold of 3 or 4 papers together.  I use a total of 10 papers for each book.  Then I put Washi tape on the edges to make pockets to put cut out pieces of old file folders.  I put Washi tape to join the sections together.  I use this for practice stamping before I put the stamp in a project and record ink types and colors.  I use it for paint swatches with the names of the paint and brush used.  I also jot down techniques and reminders of procedures mostly in my creative journals and new techniques I learn from online classes.  

To-Do Tuesday for the Week of April 28 through May 4:

1. Finish the mini quilt asymmetrical log cabin
2. Finish the last 3 pineapple paper pieced blocks
3. Participate in Quarantine Quilt Along Round 2 with GE Designs. 

It is hard to resist a quilt along.  Gudrun has a new pattern called Hope and it is available with a small charity donation to several charities she has chosen.  The Live FB Broadcast will be May 3rd and will also be on YouTube.   

Do you like to sew along with thousands and thousands of quilters all over the world.............it will be fun this Sunday.  Check out more about it and join.  Let me know if you are going to join the quilt along.

I am linking to http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-tuesday-linky-38-weekly-progress-update/

Be sure to check the link for Linky #38 and join in the fun!