To-Do Tuesday #50

 Today is To-Do Tuesday #50   and I am linking with Roseanne at Home Sewn by Us 

Progress from last week:

To-Do Tuesday week of January 19 through January 25:

1. Do hand stitching every day on my Kawandi table runner✅
2. Grassy Creek quilt blocks✅
3. Log Cabin Loonies make more of the first round✅
4. Make some more napkins in a larger size.✅

I have been stitching on my Kawandi every day and I took a photo of some possible fabrics to add with the long colored piece down the center in the middle

And here is a photo of some of the fabric pieces for the log cabin blocks and the Grassy Creek blocks.  Log Cabin Loonies got the next step this last week.....so I am working on adding the second round to the blocks. 

 

JulieKQuilts is the leader of all the log cabin lunatics.....join us!

The photo shows my cardboards stacked by my machine ready to stitch more blocks together.

To-Do Tuesday week of January 26 through February 1:

1. Keep stitching Kawandi table runner every day
2. Grassy Creek quilt blocks
3. Log Cabin Loonies blocks 
4. Do some free motion quilting

  

I am linking to Roseanne's  Home Sewn By Us

http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-tuesday-77-linky-party/

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #49 and Log Cabin Loonies

 Today is To-Do Tuesday #49   and I am linking with Roseanne at Home Sewn by Us 

Progress from last week:

To-Do Tuesday week of January 12 through January 18:

1. Kawandi table runner do some hand stitching every day✅
2. Make decision on fabrics for Bonnie Hunter mystery and continue making pieces for blocks✅
3. Log Cabin Loonies....get more strips, etc ready for the next step✅

I also did some other small projects.  I watched Beth on her You Tube channel....my sewing room.  I made a scrappy 10" block using a foundation fabric with the center on point.  I also made a napkin starting with two 12" pieces of fabric stitched together.  These two fabrics are part of a bunch of fabric that was donated to me.  

I did a blog post two days ago with an updated photo of my third Kawandi and also links to the previous posts about the first two.

I made a decision on the Bonnie Hunter mystery to use colors (green, gold and orange) for the sashing mixed in with the gray.  I may use the all gray strips around the outside border of the quilt.

I have been working on the log cabin blocks....Log Cabin Loonies got the next step this last week.  The photo shows some of the first round blocks.  

JulieKQuilts is the leader of all the log cabin lunatics.....join us!

   

To-Do Tuesday week of January 19 through January 25:

1. Do hand stitching every day on my Kawandi table runner
2. Grassy Creek quilt blocks
3. Log Cabin Loonies make more of the first round
4. Make some more napkins in a larger size.

I am linking to Roseanne's  Home Sewn By Us

http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-76-tuesday-and-weekly-list-update/

Join in on the fun and post your to-do list for the week...........

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Kawandi #3 progress and links to the first two

 I am enjoying having a project to hand stitch a little bit every day!!  Today I am linking to Slow Sunday Stitching.  Here is a photo of progress....

with some pieces to possibly add.....

I had a question in my post last Sunday  about the previous two Kawandi inspired quilts I have made...........

So here are the SOME of the links from when I first heard about them

The first blog post about Kawandi is Sunday Sept 13, 2020

http://carylquilts.blogspot.com/2020/09/slow-sunday-stitching_13.html

(Also mentioned in Sept 20 and Sept 27 posts and Nov 1 post)

The first one I finished was Birds in the Midnight on Sept 29

http://carylquilts.blogspot.com/2020/09/scrap-quilt-finish-and-to-do-tuesday-37.html

Start of the second Kawandi post was Sunday October 4

http://carylquilts.blogspot.com/2020/10/slow-sunday-stitching.html

The blog post with a photo of both of the Kawandi quilts finished and hanging on my dining room wall was Nov 17, 2020

http://carylquilts.blogspot.com/2020/11/to-do-tuesday-40.html

I like these projects because I can do it however I want to do it....

I am making each end of the tablerunner the same and I will be repeating some of the same fabrics in the rest of the table runner...

Not sure how the center will be done..........

I am linking to Kathy's Quilts

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2021/01/slow-sunday-stitching-my-oldest-ufo.html

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

 

To-Do Tuesday #48

 Today is To-Do Tuesday #48   and I am linking with Roseanne at Home Sewn by Us 

Progress from last week:

To-Do Tuesday week of January 5 through January 11:

1. Bonnie Hunter mystery clue 7✅
2. Kawandi inspired tablerunner✅
3. log cabin blocks with hourglass centers✅

Bonnie surpirsed us with the reveal last week.  

SO....here is a photo of my design board with pieces not all sewn together yet.   Now I need to make decisions on fabrics in the other blocks and the surrounding blocks.  I am using fabrics from my stash and did not purchase any new fabrics for this quilt.  

I did a blog post two days ago with a photo of starting to stitch my third Kawandi-inspired quilt.  Here is a photo taken yesterday of the fabrics pinned and trial placement of fabrics. 

I wrote this paragraph last week:

Who remembers making log cabin blocks and linking to Julie with the other log cabin lunatics?  So here is the website to check her first post of the year with a tutorial for the center hourglass block  

Log Cabin Loonies

This past Friday Julie had the second week post to cut 1½" squares and get some 1½" strips ready for the log cabin blocks.  And that is what I have been doing and making more hourglass blocks.

To-Do Tuesday week of January 12 through January 18:

1. Kawandi table runner do some hand stitching every day
2. Make decision on fabrics for Bonnie Hunter mystery and continue making pieces for blocks
3. Log Cabin Loonies....get more strips, etc ready for the next step

I am linking to Roseanne's  Home Sewn By Us

http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-75-tuesday-and-weekly-list-update/

Be sure to check what everyone is doing.........

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Starting Kawandi inspired tablerunner

 I am starting my third Kawandi inspired quilt.  The first two were small wall hangings and they are hanging side by side on my dining room wall.  This one will be a table runner for the top of a cabinet in our dining room.  I have missed the hand sewing and this will give me hand sewing to work on every day.

I have basted the backing folded over to the front over the batting.   I have posted about the first two in previous posts.  I will have different rules for myself for this Kawandi.  The first two I tried NOT to repeat any fabric.  

Now for this Kawandi I WANT to repeat fabrics more than once.  AND it will be more planned.  That is the way it is starting anyway....I may change my mind as I go along!!

  The photo shows the fabrics I will be using to select pieces as I slowly stitch around and around.  The fabrics I am starting with have purple swirls in the corners with blue on each side.  Then there will be more purples, blues, teals and some dark pinks.  I just love those colors!!!

I started stitching these today and it is a actually a little different than the photo shows.  

I am linking to Kathy's Quilts             Slow Sunday Stitching

https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2021/01/slow-sunday-link.html

Now I am going to check out what everyone else is stitching today....join me in checking!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Happy New Year 2021

 Today is To-Do Tuesday #47    and I am linking with Roseanne at Home Sewn by Us 

Progress from last week:

To-Do Tuesday week of December 29 through January 4:

1. Bonnie Hunter mystery clue 6 ✅
2. Kawandi inspired tablerunner✅
3. Decide on Craftsy classes with my remaining 8 credits before they expire.✅

Here is a photo of some of Bonnie Hunter clue 6 strips and some samples of all the previous clues so far.....

Who remembers making log cabin blocks and linking to Julie with the other log cabin lunatics?  So here is the website to check her first post of the year with a tutorial for the center hourglass block  

Log Cabin Loonies

I have several log cabin block quilts that were close to top finish stage in the past linky parties with the Log Cabin Loonies.  Maybe I can get them finished this time  and also make a new quilt with my fabric scraps with this year's quilt along.

To-Do Tuesday week of January 5 through January 11:

1. Bonnie Hunter mystery clue 7
2. Kawandi inspired tablerunner
3. log cabin blocks with hourglass centers

I am linking to Roseanne's  Home Sewn By Us

http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-tuesday-74-and-weekly-list-update/

Check out what everyone is making......and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl