Stash Report Week #15

 I didn’t buy any fabric this week, so the stash report is unchanged.  I will work on assembling my New York Beauty blocks, and I need to decide what I want for the backing.  It may need to be dyed, for fun.

I finished the next hexagon section and attached it.  It looks quite lovely.  I decided to remake the missing section for the coming week.  It’s so frustrating that I still can’t find it, but I have cleaned and rearranged my sewing room and it hasn’t appeared.  It shouldn’t take long, and I will be relieved to have it finished.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Topsy Turvy

 There’s another illness racing through school, so I have four kids in various stages of itchy rash this weekend!

These are the last pieces for my New York Beauty.  I’m looking forward to assembly, but I also expect it will be challenging.

My pairs of fabrics are slowly becoming four patches.  Hopefully this afternoon I will be able to pour some work into them.  They are so cheerful!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

April Goals

 March goals are even more restrained as it has turned into a busy month.

1. Scraps: trim, purple flower blocks, purple 16 patches.  Done.

2. Finish the rainbow box blocks quilt.  If I finish it, maybe start the final box blocks quilt.  Finished the first, did not start the second.

3.  Attach the small hexagon section and make a large one for the last side.  I am working on the second of three pieces for the last side, so I accomplished this and then some!

4.  Make New York Beauty blocks.  Preferably 5, but at least 3.  I have one block left to make, so I’m doing well.

April Goals.  I don’t know what kind of month April will be.  I already feel overwhelmed but I am actively taking steps to feel less so!

1. Scraps: trim, yellow flower blocks, yellow 16 patches.

2. Finish the last two sections on my hexaon quilt and prepare to redo the section I lost.  I also need to order a backing for it.

3.  Assemble the New York Beauty blocks, dye or piece a backing, and prepare to quilt.  This must be done by the end of school.

4.  If all of the above are easier than I anticipate, I will also work on the last box blocks quilt.

On the “other sewing” front, I want to keep working on my sunset jogakbo.  

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

March Block Count

 March was a productive month for blocks, adding 130 blocks to my count, making the 2024 block count 340.  I made 4 more New York Beauty blocks, 111 purple 16-patches, 4 hexagon “pieces”, and 11 flowers.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week #14

 I bought another scrap piece of white fabric this week.  I’ve already cut the entire piece and used it with my yellow scraps for 16 patch quilts.

IN this week: 3/4 yard

OUT this week: 0 yards

IN YTD: 10 yards

OUT YTD: 19 3/4 yards

YTD Total: 9 3/4 yards OUT

My hexagons are moving along nicely, with good work done every day.  I will be ready to attach this section by the end of the week, leaving me only one border section and one partial section that I lost last year.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Spring Fire

The farmers and ranchers around us are busily burning fields and for whatever reason, this year the smoke is dreadful.  I’ve taken to wearing a mask when I go outdoors as the smoke definitely contributes to my migraines.  Yesterday, that meant I settled into working on my New York Beauty blocks.

 I’m only making one more block, and then I will assemble and quilt.  The sewing of these blocks takes a lot of brain space/capacity, and I need some brain space back.  I am glad I tried them, and sometime, when the demands of life are a little less, I will try again for a bigger quilt.

I sorted all my yellow fabrics and have worked hard on sewing them together.  I feel so behind this week (that has become my refrain, which means I still need to work on balance), but I also rationally know I have time if I just focus.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

March UFO Report

The UFO report has an addition.  I forget, lately, to add projects when I start them.  I started the flowers in February, but left them off the list.

March 1: 8 projects

Started: 1

Finished: 0

March 31: 9

1. Double wedding ring

2. Brown pillow

3.  ABC appliqué*

4.  Hand pieced hexagons

5. Pink hexagons

6. Box blocks

7. 16 patches

8. New York Beauty

9. Flowers

It’s April Fool’s Day, and I’m hoping for a minimum of pranks from my littles!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Weeks #12-13 and 15 Minutes

 Alas, other than finishing off a spool of thread, making 6 for the year, I had no stash changes.

I did work on my hexagons every day for my 15 minutes over the last two weeks.  I have all the hexagons basted for the next section, and I’ve started connecting them.

And on we go.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Here, There, Everywhere

I’m grateful we have extra days off for Easter.  I had a nightmare last night that I didn’t get anything ready for Easter baskets for the kids!  I’ve had years where I put lots of energy into preparing for holidays, but that’s not the truth lately.  Miss G and Sneaky Pete helped me fill the baskets this morning (my kids don’t mind the baskets not being surprises), I baked the dessert for Easter, and later we’ll dye eggs with C, my nephew in college near us.  None of the other cousins are in the state, so we don’t see them often.

I did finish another center block.  Their odd angles and sizes make me nervous, but they’ve really gone together so much better than my first blocks.  The teacher I want to give this quilt to is definitely leaving the school this year, so the time crunch has officially arrived!  I think I’ll see what size I can make with the blocks I already have, maybe make a few more in April, and spend May quilting.

My purple 16 patch blocks made great progress this week.  I hope I can finish making them by Sunday evening, but we shall see.  I have one purple butterfly fabric that may end up in every single block.  It’s apparently one of this delightfully pesky fabrics that never disappears!

I hope your Saturday is full of fabric and that, if you celebrate Easter, it is holy and happy!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

 

Plugging Away

Somehow I spent most of this week thinking it was the last week in March.  I’m glad I have another week! I have plenty of purple still to sew for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Today I’m going to try to make all these pieces into 4 patches.  There are many more purple scraps than red!

I did finish nine flower blocks, and today I’ll finish the last two.  I’m glad they are easier to piece than the New York Beauty blocks but harder than the 16 patch blocks.  I like variety.

 My bojagi has a little bit of purple in it too.

This block was much easier than I thought, so I’m facing the next center block this week.  There are so many pieces!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week #11 and 15 Minutes

 I finished my box blocks quilt this week, so the stash report is back in the area I prefer it to be.  I love to buy new fabric, but I am spend more time these days thinking about environmental impact and spending my money wisely, so I do want to use what I have.  I can see, by the stacks in my closet, that the prints are slowly dwindling and the hand dyed collection is growing.

IN this week: 0 yards

OUT this week: 4 1/4 yards

IN YTD: 9 1/4 yards

OUT YTD: 19 3/4 yards

YTD Total: 10 1/2 yards OUT

I have lots of hand work these days, both the hexagon quilt and a ramie bojagi, so the 15 minutes a day was no problem.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.