Sunday, March 17, 2024

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.

Saturday, March 16, 2024

Patchwork in Purple

 Alas, spring break is almost over.  I think everyone at my house enjoyed the reprieve from regular scheduling!

I sorted and started sewing my 2.5” bricks into blocks.  I am always amazed at how much I can make from my scrap boxes and yet, they never empty.
The strips from16 patches seem to be going on forever.  I still haven’t finished sewing and cutting the initial strips.  Maybe today.
I did finish this quilt from my box blocks.  There will be one more in blue, and I know my 2” strip box is still full, just not packed as tight as at the beginning of last year.
from the room of Zana’s Ninis,
katie z.

Sunday, March 10, 2024

Stash Report Week #10 and 15 Minutes

 I stopped at the Hobby Lobby remnant section again on Saturday, so I brought home another yard of white, and I also received some fun Hangul fabric to make a skirt.  I have binding to stitch down on a quilt in the coming week, so I'll push my numbers back in the right direction.

IN this week: 4 yards
OUT this week: 0 yards

IN YTD Total: 9 1/4 yards
OUT YTD Total: 15 1/2 yards
YTD Total: 6 1/4 yards OUT

On the 15 minutes front, I worked on my hexagons all week.  Despite it being another chaotic week, I finally finished attaching a section, basted all the hexagons for the next section, and have many of them into sections.  I hope with spring break this week that I'm able to get it assembled and maybe (I can hope!) assembled.  The girls and I are watching a Korean drama together over break, so while I do have to watch the subtitles, I should be able to get plenty of stitching time in.

from the room of Zana's Ninis,
katie z.

 

Saturday, March 9, 2024

Reprieve

It’s finally Spring Break.  I’ve whinged about the long days and weeks, but they really were extraordinarily “extra.”  The coming week has no school, and while I will undoubtedly have moments of being overwhelmed by their noise, my kids and I are all ready for a week of less activity.

My big goal for Spring Break is to get a large Bojagi laid out for piecing.  I spend last weekend cutting the first strips, and I subcut them during this week, but I will have to cut many more before I’m done.  At least I have enough to start organizing.
Miss G is kindly sorting my purple strips this morning so I can piece them more easily next week.
I sorted my 2.5” bricks for flowers.  They will be easy to piece over spring break too.
Finally, today I need to finish quilting this quilt.  I’m about 75% done, and I’m not choosing a complicated pattern, so that’s my plan for this morning.

 from the room of Zana’s Ninis,
katie z.

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

March Goals

 February goals were simple, I thought, but I still didn’t finish all of them.

1.  Trim scraps, work on the next 3-4 filler hexagon pieces (the smaller ones!), make 16 patches and flowers from red scraps, and finish the aqua and grey box blocks.  Done except for attaching the 4th hexagon section.

2.  Dye fabric.  I know what I need to do now to design some fabric, but first, it requires making the designs I want.  I love the texture of hand-dyed print in bojagi.  Dyed a lot of fabric.  It was lovely!

3.  Make one New York Beauty block a week.  I finished 3.

Stretch goals: 
1. Continue the chemistry of dyeing workshop.  Continued

2.  Post a quilt for sale on my etsy page. Done.

3.  Make a drafted bojagi.  Nope

March goals are even more restrained as it has turned into a busy month.
1. Scraps: trim, purple flower blocks, purple 16 patches.

2. Finish the rainbow box blocks quilt.  If I finish it, maybe start the final box blocks quilt.

3.  Attach the small hexagon section and make a large one for the last side.

4.  Make New York Beauty blocks.  Preferably 5, but at least 3.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,
katie z.

Monday, March 4, 2024

February UFO Report

I realized last week that I never added my New York Beauty blocks to my UFO list. Oops!  I didn’t really add a new project this month, but I need to count it, so my UFO list increased by one.

I need to finish the box blocks before I tackle the ABC appliqué quilts, but I would like to get both of my list before the end of 2024!

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

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,
katie z.

Saturday, March 2, 2024

Patience

It is hard for me when life is so full of extra activities that I don’t have time to sew as much, and this was one of those week.  Unfortunately, next week looks to be even worse, but at least I know I have Spring Break the week after.

Relinquishing goals, even (or maybe particularly?) self-imposed ones is always frustrating.  I am trying to be less annoyed and more accepting.  Life is just busy.  

I have lots of unfinished goals this week.  I didn’t get this flimsy basted, but I am glad I have a flimsy, backing, and batting ready to go.  I love how nicely the scraps play together.  I did laugh when I noticed several places where the same fabric touches.  How many dozens of fabrics are in this quilt, and I still didn’t sort them “right”!
 I ran out of red scraps, so I reverted to green for the week, with most of my lighter green scraps sewn into strip sets for 16 patches.  I’m away for the weekend, but it will be nice to pull out the purple scraps when I get home Sunday.  I do love purple.

I didn’t finish my New York Beauty block for the week either.  The evenings, when I usually sit down and sew while Spunky does homework on my ironing board, were full of meetings and events.

I ran out of time to attach my hexagon section too, so I’ll have to finish it next week.  I do have all the pieces cut for the next section, so I’ll work on those.

February Block Count

 February was significantly busy with “real life,” so my block count dropped accordingly.  I added them up incorrectly three times before I got it right!  I made 71 blocks, 3 New York Beauty, 39 16-patches, 13 hexagon sections, and 17 flowers.  That brings my total to 210 blocks for 2024!

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,
katie z.

Friday, March 1, 2024

Stash Report Week #9

 The week was too busy to finish things, so the stash report remains unchanged.

IN YTD: 5 1/4 yards
OUT YTD: 15 1/2 yards
YTD Total: 10 1/4 yards OUT

I did finish the next hexagon section and got it halfway attached before it was time to leave home for the weekend.  I have the hexagons for the next section with me, so I’ll get a good start on it.  I did remember to stitch every day.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,
katie z.

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Stash Report Week #8

 Quiet is the report: no finishes, no purchases.

I’ve dyed lots of fabric, but since it all was counted last year when I purchased the bolt, I don’t have to keep track now!


I’ve continued to work on the hexagons daily.

from the room of Zana’s Ninis,
katie z.

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Discombobulation

There are too many things going on (that seems to be my perpetual state lately).  I am trying to take things off my plate, but dealing with medical issues, a graduating senior (gasp) things, work… all the things… it’s hard.

My sewing is also all over the place.

I laid out another set of box blocks from last year.  I have just enough for two more lap or large baby quilts.  They’re so cheerful!
I made 38 red 16 patches.  Since they ran out before I finished the New York Beauty block for the week, I dug out the rest of my green scraps and started on them.
 
I finished my block for the week.  I need to starch and properly press each of these, but I won’t do that until I’m ready to sew them together.  No need to do it twice!

I have the next section ready to attach.  I got distracted midweek, or it would already be atttached.  If I finish one more section next week, I will only have the final side of my quilt to finish.  That means it’s almost time to think about the backing!
Miss G has class at 11, so my goal is to finish as many things on my list as possible before then.  Off to work!

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 sp...