End of Year…

 It’s been a long few months, and it will be longer before I can return to blogging.

To make a long story short, I’m in the middle of a really ugly divorce, and while I would prefer to give more context, I’m also aware my soon to be ex is twisting things I say to make me look like a bad parent.

I made 225 black and grey 16 patches since August.  Quilting time is scarce between the divorce, single parenting, and teaching full time.  That brings my total to 1541 for 2024.

From the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

August Block Count

 I thought I wrote this, but it seems to be lost somewhere or I never wrote it at all…

August was a quiet block month, with only 42 16-patches and 5 flower blocks.  That brings my total to 1215 blocks for 2024.

September will probably be even quieter, and that’s okay.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

End of August UFO Report

 I started and finished a set of curtains for my classroom, so the UFO report is unchanged.

1. Brown pillow

2. Double wedding ring

3. ABC quilts (I almost finished one of two of these quilts!)

4. Hand pieced hexagons

5. Pink hexagons

6. 16 patches

7. Flowers

August 1: 7 projects

Started and finished: 1

August 31: 7 projects

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

September Goals

 August called for…

1. Scraps: trimming, 16 patches, and flowers.  Done.

2. Quilt the hexagon quilt.  Done.  I love the texture of the quilt.

3.  Work on the alphabet quilt.  It’s been a forever UFO.  While I had great hopes of finishing one quilt and starting another, I am still finishing the first.  Still, it’s progress.

September will harder, busier, and more full than August, so I’ll keep my goals modest.

1. Scraps: trim, flowers, and 16 patches.

2. Finish the alphabet quilt.

3. Continue quilting the hexagon quilt.

4. Maybe start assembling some 16 patches into quilt tops?

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week #35 and 15 Minutes

 No stash changes.  I am determined to finish the binding on the quilt this week, but it didn’t happen Saturday like I had dreamed.

I did work on my hexagon quilt every day.  It is slowly moving along.  Since I’m working diagonally across the quilt now, it’s a bit challenging to “feel” like I’m making progress, but I know I am.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Orange You Glad?

 52 orange 16 patch blocks are what I finished this week.  Then, this morning, when I went to out them away with the others, I couldn’t find the rest!  There are over a thousand, so it shouldn’t be this difficult, but I think that demonstrates how worn out my brain is.

I have a binding to work on today.  While it would be really “convenient” to finish it today, it’s more likely I’ll finish it next week.

Our second full week of school is over. There are things I’m finding easier, but there are still so many things I don’t know!  I’m grateful that my fellow teachers are kind and helpful, and that we all laugh when we find one more thing no one thought to explain to me.

I’ve spent the last hour wandering from place to place, putting away papers and clothes and just things.  Next up is some sewing.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week #34 and 15 Minutes

 It was another quiet week: no finishes.  I did use up another spool of thread, making it 16 spools for the year.

I have worked on my hexagon quilt every day, so even if I’m at a stage where it’s hard to measure my progress, I know I’m moving along.  The plan is to continue the progress next week!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Flower Blocks

 Five lovely blocks are finished for the week.  They took a lot less time, or I was a lot less overwhelmed by the first Monday of school when I thought I would be.  I also have a pile of 16-patch half blocks, but they are in an untidy awkward stage of pinning, so not photo-worthy.

I need to do an hour of school work and then I hope to do a bit of quilting.  I need to get off my iPad and to work!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Weeks #32-33 and 15 Minutes

 The stash report is nothing.  I bought nothing (yay!) and stalled on my alphabet quilt.  I don’t have enough time (right now) to focus on quilting, so I’ll stick to my orange scraps and tackle the quilting later.

My hexagon quilt is seeing progress.  As predicted, it’s not quite as much progress as before school, but I am still easily quilting two lines in the frame each day.

Stash reports and quilting reports may be sporadic until I get into a routine of lesson planning and managing house stuff.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Slow and Steady

 Well, hello.  I didn’t mean to skip all of my posts last weekend, but here we are.  Working full time, moving the oldest into college, and starting school with the other six was all I could do over the last two weeks.

In quiet moments in busy mornings and exhausted evenings, I decided I won’t quilt the rest of my ABC quilt right now.  It’s partially quilted, so that’s better than the pile of fabrics it was for the last 10 years.

My I.5” strips of orange are all four patches now.  There aren’t very many, which is good!  I hope I can work on my orange flowers in the coming week, but if I don’t finish them, I still have one more week.  I’d like to get back into the habit of reading the Rainbow Scrap Challenge blogs this weekend.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.

Stash Report Week 31 and 15 Minutes

 This week, I made curtains and also bought a remnant of white and a package of bolt ends.  My stash report is headed in the wrong direction, but that’s okay.  One more spools is gone, for 15 used this year.

IN this week: 20 3/4 yards

OUT this week: 6 yards

IN YTD: 113 1/4 yards

OUT YTD: 45 1/4 yards

YTD Total: 68 yards IN

I’m so close to finishing the first quarter of my hexagon quilt.  I’m looking forward to starting the school year with excellent progress made.  If I am half done with the quilting by Christmas, that will be quite lovely.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,

katie z.