TUSAL - New Moon - February 11th, 2021

 Welcome back! 

These are my orts since the last new moon. 

There are a lot of beautiful different colors in this jar. 

The next New Moon is March 13th, 2021.

I have been working on the pattern Sew by Row by Lori Holt from Bee in my Bonnet. 

Hoping for a finish soon! 

Thank you for visiting. 

~Christine~ 

February’s One Monthly Goal

The first month of the year seems to have flown by - and I can’t believe it is time to link up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal for February.

https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2021/02/one-monthly-goal-february-link-up.html

My one goal for February is to take these 5 inch signature blocks 

Three charm packs of a Blooming Bunch by Maureen McCormick from Moda   

and magically create a memory quilt for my daughter from her wedding. My daughter was married on April 29th, 2017. It would be a nice surprise for her since I think she has forgotten about it or just stopped asking about it. 

I will also continue to work on my Sew by Row SAL with Fat Quarter Shop and Lori Holt from Bee in my Bonnet.  

Thank you for visiting and happy stitching! 

~Christine~ 

January 2021 Goals

 

Welcome back! January's goals were to get a binding done on a charity quilt, complete a Lucy Boston block, finish my son's quilt and participate in the Sew by Row Stitch A Long with the Fat Quarter Shop. 

So how did I do? 

1.    The binding is made for the charity quilt but it is not on the quilt yet. My QBF has the charity quilt and I could not get my act together to get the quilt from her to bind, so I will be adding that to my list of February goals. 

 2.    Completed Lucy Boston Block! 

3.    My son's quilts is still MIA. I am hopeful I will find the missing quilt someday.  Just did not happen this month. 

4.    The Sew by Row SAL is going well. It is in week 4 and I am keeping up with it. (Pssst...There is a lot of stitches in those sewing machines.)  This will also be on my goal list for next month since the SAL ends on February 24th. 

I am happy with my the the goals I have met for January. 

I am linking up with Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal. https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/

Thank you for visiting and see you in February! 

~Christine~ 

Totally Useless Stitch-A-Long January 2021

 Welcome to the first posting of the TUSAL (Totally Useless Stitch A Long) for 2021!

The TUSAL was started by It's Daffycat, a fellow blogger. It is all about saving your ORTs, (Old Ratty Threads), those cast-off thread ends which are than saved in a jar next to your sewing spot.  Saving these threads in one place creates a collection of colorful threads and they don't end up all over the place, on your clothing, sofa, floor, etc..... And you might just forget a stitch and need a little piece of thread to finish a cross stitch project. Some stitchers have made them into ornaments and save them from year to year.  It is fun to see all the different thread colors!  I emptied my jar on December 30th to have a fresh start on January 1st. 

So on or about each New Moon, I will be posting a picture of my ORTs jar. This month the New Moon is January 13th. 

Here are my ORTs from January 1st until January 13th: 

I am loving the colors already. 

The next New Moon is February 11th, 2021. 

Thank you for visiting and happy stitching! 

Christine 

New Year! New Start!

Happy New Year! 

I am linking up with Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal. 

https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2020/12/one-monthly-goal-january-link-up.html Linking Up with Elm Street Quilts

January 2021 Goals

1.    Getting the binding done on a charity quilt. I volunteered to help finish 3 child size quits that were donated to the Evening Start Quilters Guild. I will be doing the binding on the quilts. One is ready for the binding. This is a picture of the quilt which my friend, Mary Mack Made Mine quilted on her longarm.

This is the fabric I will be using for the binding from my stash. 

2.    Completing a Lucy Boston Block. This is the fabric I am using.

3.    Finishing my son's quilt but first I have to find it. I must of put it in a safe spot and now I don't remember where? I started this quilt as a high school graduation present and two years ago he graduated from college. His birthday is this month so I really need to finish this quilt before it turns into a wedding gift. No, he is not getting married. LOL!   (no picture) 

4.    I am also participating in the Sew by Row SAL with the Fat Quarter Shop.

Good luck to all with their OMG! 

Happy Stitching! 

Christine 

Lucy Boston Block

Another block done for my Lucy Boston quilt! 

Monday Morning Star Count

A Monday Morning Star Count on a Tuesday, a day late but better late then never....now there are 16 stars for my 60 degree diamond quilt slow and steady. I did not get as many stars done this past week as I would of liked. I needed to cut more of the jelly roll strips into diamonds to be basted which caused the slow down. I can get 2 stars from each strip with a little piece left which makes 2 1 inch hexies. What about adding some solids to the mix? And what should the back ground color be? Until next time, keep stitching. Thank you for visiting.