To-Do Tuesday #21 and Bluprint closing

I found out several days ago that Bluprint (formerly Craftsy) is closing!! This is shocking and upsetting!!!  I have a lot of classes that I had planned to watch and many more to watch again.  Then there are the forever classes that we all purchased when it was Craftsy with the thinking we would always have them available!!  

This is my 21st 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 May 19 through May 25:

1. Finish the A blocks on the Hope quilt yes
2. Work on one or more quilts to be given as gifts yes
3. Work on 3 or 4 pages in my 2020 Artfully Inspired Life online class yes

1 All of the A blocks are sewn and squared.  Photos of these fabrics in former posts.

2 I worked on the dolphin tablerunner design decision on sizes to cut and placement.  Photo of fabrics in former post

3 I made good progress in my class book this week

I finally did another Stitch Meditation after not doing one for awhile!

I like to have little squares cut ahead of denim or flannel to make these little zen stitcheries!  I like the NO PLAN concept and just do it without spending any time thinking about it!  These four little scraps of fabric wanted to be together!  I used these fabrics just as I found them in my scraps from using them in different projects.  And then just start with needle and thread and go with the flow!!

To-Do Tuesday for the Week of May 26 through June 1:

1. Watch lots of Bluprint classes.  Download some of them.
2. Work on my ongoing projects....quilts and painting and creative journaling.

I am linking to  http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-tuesday-linky-42-weekly-progress-update/

Be sure to see what everyone else is doing and join in the fun!!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #20

This is my 20th 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 May 12 through May 18:

1. Work on quilts..........Hope...Mai Tai (pineapple blocks) and Yellow Brick Road yes
2. Work on online class and creative journal 4 days at least yes
3. Learn about Zoom.........our small quilt group is meeting on Zoom and I have the e-mail invite......now just figure out what to do since this is my first time with Zoom. yes

1 On the Hope quilt the A blocks are in stages of completion.  The photos show one done and another under the stripology squared ruler waiting to be squared.  There are others ready to be squared and some yet to be sewn together.  The blue arrows are for lining up the center black strip and the corners of the 10" square.  The pink arrows were the cutting arrows for the A blocks.

    On the Mai Tai quilt the pineapple blocks are done with sashing

    On the yellow brick road I did some more FMQ adding a different flower...........Faye's flower by Lori Kennedy....and also some loops and heart leaves....my favorites!!

I did some FMQ to practice on an old Susan Winget fabric with a sunflower.  I used the ruler for the straight lines around the red edge and did not use the ruler foot.....I just continued to use the BSR foot.  It seemed to work doing it carefully and it was easier than doing a straight line with the BSR foot.

2 I worked in my creative journal and on the online class each for six days this past week.  (yeah....more than my goal!)

3 I did have audio issues with my connection to Zoom.  At first I had both my phone and tablet signed into the meeting.  The group saw 2 images of me and took the phone one off of the meeting.  Then I had a lot of trouble getting audio on my tablet....they could see me but couldn't hear me!!  Finally I was able to get it to work at the end..........very frustrating.  I am used to my iPad and the iPad is too old to use on Zoom.

To-Do Tuesday for the Week of May 19 through May 25:

1. Finish the A blocks on the Hope quilt
2. Work on one or more quilts to be given as gifts
3. Work on 3 or 4 pages in my 2020 Artfully Inspired Life online class

I am linking to  http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-tuesday-linky-41-weekly-progress-update/

Be sure to see what everyone else is doing and join in the fun!!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #19

This is my 19th 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 May 5 through May 11:

1. Work on the Hope quilt yes
2. Make more masks.  yes
3. Trim the pineapple paper pieced blocks and add sashing.yes/no

1  All the A blocks are cut and some sewn.  The photo shows the sewn ones on the left and the others in possible groupings.  I am planning out the pairs instead of just grabbing at random.  

2 I only made one more mask as we received some masks

3 I trimmed the pineapple blocks and have the sashing ready to sew....but I forgot when I made my goal for this week about getting all the paper off the backs of the blocks!  

I finished the mini quilt I was working on and blogged about it in the last post.

To-Do Tuesday for the Week of May 12 through May 18:

1. Work on quilts..........Hope...Mai Tai (pineapple blocks) and Yellow Brick Road
2. Work on online class and creative journal 4 days at least
3. Learn about Zoom.........our small quilt group is meeting on Zoom and I have the e-mail invite......now just figure out what to do since this is my first time with Zoom.

I am linking to

http://homesewnbyus.com/to-do-tuesday-linky-40-weekly-progress-update/

Check out the link and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Mother's Day Slow Sunday Stitching and a finish

It was quite a different Mother's Day not being able to get together with our family!

I spent the afternoon on the patio stitching the binding on a mini quilt and got it finished.

I am linking this post to Slow Sunday Stitching.. 

The mini quilt is asymmetric log cabin.  It is from a Bluprint class by Suzy Williams.   I blogged about it in April and also I blogged about it last year.  It is from the class

Fabric Play:  Sewing Mojo Minis   

The class is a series of four little minis and not done with binding.  She framed them with the batting showing.  

There is machine quilting and hand quilting on this quilt and I really like the combination.

I decided to add a binding and not leave it with just batting showing.  Most of the quilting was done with just the batting.

Here is the back of the quilt

Here is a photo of the 2 mini quilts taken last month and I blogged about them then.

They should both be about the same size..........it was an improv quilt and I kept making my strips too large and it got larger than the first one!  

It doesn't look balanced....but will look better on the wall when I put another one next to it!!

I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/2020/05/slow-sunday-stitching_10.html

I am also linking to  Oh Scrap!

  http://quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com/2020/05/oh-scrap-green-is-color-for-may.html

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

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!

To-Do Tuesday #16

This is my 16th 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 Week of April 14 through April 20:

1. Make a decision of what to do with these two mini quilts.  And possibly make two more from the series in the class (4 different mini quilts in the series) yes
2. Work on at least one sewing/quilting project every day.yes
3. Work in my creative journal and online class projects every day.yes

1 I decided to make the larger of the mini quilts from the online class into a wallhanging and I have the binding and backing picked out.  The smaller one will be a mug rug and I will not be making the other two mini quilts in the series at this time.

2 I worked on making masks and here is a photo with me wearing one of them.  We wear them on our walks in the neighborhood.

I also made several more Stitch Meditations

For my zen stitching I love going to my scraps of fabric and in less than a minute I find scraps that want to be together.  Then my needle leads the way in stitching........and the running stitch seems to win out.  But I like it!

3 Here are two pages that I finished....I am behind in this creative journal!  But I have worked on it and the online class journal every day and I am making some 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.
2. FMQ the yellow brick road quilt and practice FMQ on other projects...for at least 4 days this week.
3. Work on at least one of my other quilt projects and maybe start another quilt from my list to make.

I am linking to  Roseanne's    Linky #37

Be sure to check it out and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #15

This is my 15th 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 Week of April 7 through April 13:

1. Do more stitch meditations yes
2. Work on at least one of my sewing/quilting projects every day yes
3. Paint..journal...document in my creative journal and 2020 Artfully Inspired Life journal every day yes

1 I did one more zen stitching......#15 Stitch Meditation

I used some pieces from mask making....and I made 4 masks this past week.  I will make more....we gave one to a neighbor and I am not sure how many more to make.  I am going to try a different pattern.

2  I worked on a sewing/quilting project every day and I like that I wasn't specific in this goal!!  I like to work on a lot of different projects. 

Several days ago I stitched on a project from last year because I wanted something to hand quilt.  I mentioned it in my last blog post with a photo.  It is from a Bluprint class by Suzy Williams.  It is about making mini quilts and using an improv style following her guidelines.  They were supposed to be similar in size to group them in a wall hanging...but I made the second one too large.  She just frames her little minis with the batting showing and no back.  

3  I did work in my creative journal and worked on online class projects every day.

Here is a photo I took today (tiny more quilting done of the one on the left since Sunday post) of the 2 mini quilts from the Bluprint class.

The one on the left is asymmetrical log cabin and I kept making my strips too large and it got larger than the first one!  These are both very fun little quilts to make.

To-Do Tuesday for Week of April 14 through April 20:

1. Make a decision of what to do with these two mini quilts.  And possibly make two more from the series in the class (4 different mini quilts in the series)
2. Work on at least one sewing/quilting project every day.
3. Work in my creative journal and online class projects every day.

I liked those goals from last week.....so I am repeating 2 and 3 same as last week!!

I am linking to  Roseanne's      Linky #36

Be sure to check it out and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Easter Slow Sunday Stitching

Today was a rainy day and good to stay inside and stitch or paint or cook.  I did all three of these.

I am linking this post to Slow Sunday Stitching.. 

The stitching I did was from a project I started last year and it is from a Bluprint class by Suzy Williams.  I blogged about it last year.  It is in the class

Fabric Play:  Sewing Mojo Minis 

and I really like that class.  I watched it yesterday again and decided I wanted to make more of the minis.....THEN I remembered I didn't ever finish the hand stitching on one from last year.  It is an asymmetric log cabin mini. So I am enjoying this stitching today.

Happy  Easter everyone....we had a low key day.  We did some texting with the family and I looked at some old photos.  I made meatball pasta tonight....so easy and so yummy!

I am linking to Kathy's Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching

Be sure to see what everyone else is doing

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

To-Do Tuesday #14

This is my 14th 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 Week of March 31 through April 6:

1. Do more Stitch Meditations yes
2. Do more FMQ on the yellow brick road quilt 
3. Work on online class lessons yes
4. Spend time each day in my creative journal yes

1 I did 2 more zen stitching and my last blog post describes this one that I finished yesterday.  

This is #14 and the last blog post has a photo of #13

Here is my last blog post   http://carylquilts.blogspot.com/2020/04/slow-stitching-and-mask-making.html

The next photo is the first mask that I finished yesterday and it is from the Jenny Doan tutorial.  In that last blog post I listed some links to some tutorials for mask making.

2 I did not work on any FMQing

3 and 4 I worked on these two goals.  I did post a page in one of my FB groups

To-Do Tuesday for Week of April 7 through April 13:

1. Do more stitch meditations
2. Work on at least one of my sewing/quilting projects every day
3. Paint..journal...document in my creative journal and 2020 Artfully Inspired Life journal every day

I am linking to  Roseanne's  linky #35

Be sure to check it out and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Slow Stitching and mask making

I am linking again to Slow Sunday Stitching.. 
Last Sunday I posted about my zen stitching piece that I had some indecision and put it away until another day.  I did finish it this week and took a photo.  I also finished the liberated log cabin mini quilt and info about it is in my last blog post.

The next photo shows the batik fabric I am using for masks and the purple is binding for ties.  

I just started another zen stitching using the doctor and nurse fabric and the end pieces I cut from the 10" batik squares.  I will finish this Stitch Meditaiton this evening.

  I needed 6 x 9 pieces for the masks I am making first and those little leftover pieces just needed to be in this stitchery!

I have been thinking of all the caregivers and everyone involved with this battle to stop the virus.   We are doing our part by staying home....only go out once a week for groceries.  

I have been researching mask making and have a list of several sites with tutorials for anyone who is interested.  There are a lot of tutorials available but this is just a few I saw:

Jenny Doan from MSQC quick and easy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_-R8Ox3Spw&t=338s

Leah Day mask with filter pocket

 https://leahday.com/pages/how-to-make-a-face-mask-free-pattern

an easy simplified pocket mask using t-shirt ties

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-tSCGhhdMQ

The Crafty Quilter another kind of mask

https://thecraftyquilter.com/2020/03/versatile-face-mask-pattern-and-tutorial/

I am linking to Kathy's Quilts: Slow Sunday Stitching

Be sure to check what everyone else is doing today!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl

Not All Solids quilt finish & To-Do Tuesday #13

Yesterday I finished my Not All Solids liberated log cabin mini quilt!

It measures 15" x 17".  I started it last June after watching a TQS show.

The show is #2310 Big Impact with Bits, Scraps and Tiny Blocks with Lynn Carson Harris.  I just fell in love with this improv method using tiny scraps!

I used Riley Blake crayola solid colors for most of this but added a few pieces from my stash that are not solid....hence the name of the quilt!  I have blogged about this before.  I have been hand quilting this when we meet for our Tuesday quilt group.  This quilt has been so much fun to make.....I just want to make another one!!

This is my 13th 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 Week of March 24 through March 30:

1. Start putting my Around the Cabin blocks together and see how many more I need to make yes
2. Finish 3 more pineapple foundation paper pieced blocks yes
3. Get binding on the liberated log cabin quilt yes
4. Get the rest of the pieces cut out for the Apple Crisp quilt and sew more HST blocks almost

1 I got several groups of blocks sewn together....will be challenging as most of these blocks are all different sizes!  I have just been sewing blocks over the past year between other projects....now it is time to get them trimmed or add to some for them to match up!

2 3 more pineapple blocks done and total of 6 done now

3 As above I finished this quilt

Here is the back of the quilt using lime green Bobbins and Bits fabric

4 I cut out more of the Apple Crisp pieces but not all of them...and did more sewing of HST blocks

Update on the 15 week 200 mile challenge I started on Sunday, March 8 #2020spring200mile15weekchallenge

Through yesterday I have walked 50.74 miles.  

With average needed of 2 miles a day I am ahead of schedule.  This is a doable challenge and I like to be ahead with extra for those days when I just don't want to or can't get 2 miles!!  Anyone else doing this challenge?

To-Do Tuesday for Week of March 31 through April 6:

1. Do more Stitch Meditations
2. Do more FMQ on the yellow brick road quilt
3. Work on online class lessons
4. Spend time each day in my creative journal

Here is a page from my creative journal that I posted in my FB group

I am linking to Roseanne's  linky #34

Be sure to check it out and join in the fun!

Smiles and hugs....Caryl