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Friday, January 17, 2025

Kristi's Chookshed Challenge Progress

 Good morning!!  I had a whole lot of fun trying this technique out!

 

The technique I wanted to try is a folded corner technique where the folded edge is rolled back and tacked down to create curves.  It’s similar to how a cathedral window block is made.  The magazine Today’s Quilter ran a block of the month series using this technique in their 2024 issues.  I chose the Lily block from Issue 111 to make.

 


Here’s my fabric pull. This is from a set of ½ yards that I purchased at a sewing expo last year.  It has a few other large-scale florals as well, which I’ll use when I put the block in quilt.



Then I started making units! The underlying structure of the block is a 9-patch. So there are 9 units. The folded edges are on the medium blue flying geese, the white flying geese, the light green triangles (sky part of the flying geese) in the top four units; the center diamond in the middle; and the dark blue triangles in the bottom 4 units.


Then those are laid out into a 9-patch, ready to be sewn together!


And here’s the block sewn together.



 The next step now is to roll back and tack down all the folded corners. I decided to do this part by hand as I felt it would create a neater finish rather than stopping and starting the sewing machine at various places all over the top of block. It took me about 4 evenings to do the hand stitching. It was lovely sewing by the fire place! Here’s the finished block with a framing border. I just love the curved edges! 


I thought you might enjoy seeing the back! Because of the many layers needed to create the folded edges all the seams are pressed open.


My plan is to use this is some type of medallion quilt that is lap sized. I think a medallion style quilt will give some good design options for the large-scale florals that came with the set of ½ yards. And I’m considering using this in as the center piece for the SAHRR (Stay at Home Round Robin) hosted by Quilting Gail | A scrappy quilter and not a perfect quilter which starts next week!


 


Happy stitching!


Kristi


Linking to the middle month check-in post.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Chookshed Challenge Mid-Month Check in Linky Party

 It is time for our first ever 2025 mid-month check on.  How are you doing on your January Chookshed number?


How am I doing?  Progress has happened but it is slow.  I took some cockateil blocks to a sewing day and found I was missing pieces to finish it.  The pieces have been corrected and are ready to sew.



Please share your progress by joining the linky party below.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

 

I did some chain sewing on my new BOM with friends called Autumn Afternoon. You can see the strip hanging on the wall.




I have also been getting my 15 minutes in doing a Christmas stitchery.  




Here is my 15 minutes report for the first bit of January.




Monday, January 13, 2025

Hello 2025!

Goals and blogger sewing:

Online Sewing:

  • Chookshed Challenge 2025
  • 15 minutes of sewing a day with Kate
  • PHD Challenge - finish 12 UFOs and finish all new starts
  • Life's Little Stitches RR = 2-3 RR blocks each month
  • 350 Blocks Challenge
Close to home sewing groups:

  • Price Guild
  • Sew Fun Sisters
Sewing Goals:
  • Monthly Embroidery Progress (Friday/Saturday with Lianne)
  • Continue some BOMS which include:

2025 Retreats:

  • Snow Goose
  • Quilting Friends - I am teaching here
  • Quilt walk
  • Quilter's Heritage Festival
  • Triple 7 Ranch

Try new things:

  • Build stronger relationships
  • Bullet Journaling/Planning
  • Reading Challenges
  • Book Reading Journaling
  • Learn calligraphy
  • Finish up a college course
  • Learn, study, and practice how to eat healthier
  • Collect and try Keto recipes
  • Walk daily with the Chooks - 10 minute minimum
  • Maybe become a Book Tuber/Quilt Tuber
  • Start a "Becoming Journey"
I am starting the year with this list of UFOs.




Tuesday, January 7, 2025

A day together with friends over the holidays...

 I signed up for a sew day with friends over the Christmas break.  It is always a joy to be with friends doing what you love!


Here we are showing off our bags we made at the Richfield Retreat.  Love you Lynda and Brenna!



You make me smile, Brenna, Robyn, and Phyllis.


Once I showed up to sew, I learned there was a sale in our local quilt shop.  I seriously bought Tilda Fabric for $5.00 a yard.  They were all light colors good for low volumes.


Here goes the progress the ladies made...



I mostly visited and shopped.  I did make this one star block on the right.  Amy made the one on the left.



Absolutely, 100%, I am making this in 2025.  I am in love!



Tomorrow we are getting together after work to begin a new project we all purchased at retreat.  It is called Autumn Afternoon.




Saturday, January 4, 2025

2024 - The most quilting retreats in one year

Since it was the year of the retreats for me, I wanted a memory post for them all.

Snow Goose - February

I traveled with Phyllis and met up with Kalynn.  I made new friends including Jeanette, Mary, Kalynn's daughter, Elaine, and her sister Lydia.

I only have a photo of a quilt I loved.



Triple 7 ranch - March

I made so many new quilt friends here including Chrissy, Lynda, Julie, Laureen, & Monica.  I was reunited with Elaine, Lydia, and Mary of whom I met at the Snow Goose.  My good friends Kalynn & Charlotte were there as well.




Quilting Friends Retreat - April

These are all local quilting friends from many many many years back.



Canada - May

I went to Chris' home with my sweetheart.  I made new friends including:







Panguitch Quilt Walk  - June

I traveled with Phyllis and stayed with her, Amy, and Brenna.  It was a joy!  I took a quilt class from Kalynn and made my project bag - sew much fun!  I saw my new friends from the Snow Goose there.



Triple 7 ranch - September



Quilter's Heritage - October


These were not retreats, but guild photos and a shop hop we organized.





I also went to a teacher retreat as well as two conferences with good friends.





2024 Summary

 Goodbye 2024!  You were so good to me, but it is time to let you go.

You gave me two new grand babies.

You brought me prosperity and joy through many friendships and relationships.



Here goes the traditional yearly recap.  It is a bit boring, but I like it for record keeping.



Finishes

36 bags
8 quilts



Progress

10 BOMs




Other Progress

I trimmed my round robin blocks this year and assembled "Me Without You".

I made Elsa and Anna


Made aprons for my grands and bound a quilt (made by Robyn) and mailed it back east to hurricane victims.

Appliqued, embroidered, and cut Duck Duck Goose.



7 Retreats
25 Books read



Yep, I became a bag lady in 2024.
















Lots of wonderful zoom conversations.  

This one was Jan 3 this year.


December 30





December 28


Cancer Zoom



May 31

April 19

April 12 - 🙁 Some of us not at Scrub Stitchin'.  We did get to zoom in though.


March 8


Feb 9


Jan 28 - showing off our Scrub Stitchin' bag progress


Jan 25



15 Minutes to Stitch 2025 final numbers = 97%  HOORAW!!



My January 2024 list of UFOs looked like this.




Here was my December 2024 List.  Ya,  it did grow A LOT!  I started with 18 and ended with 50.  Wowza.  I would like for you to notice that many were crossed off, though.