End of Month Check-in for the Chookshed Challenge

 Ok, so we didn't do a mid-month check in linky for the Chookshed Challenge.  School is underway and my life is soooo busy.

Here is the linky for your progress on September's number.  We would love to see what you accomplished!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

As for me, I still have one more day in the states to get a little bit more done.  I will add a post and link it here tomorrow or the next day.

This Braided quilt was my project.

October is our last month for the challenge, so whatever project is left on your list is the October project.

Post on that is forthcoming.

Very slow September Sewing & sweet new baby

Wow - it is the 23rd of the month and I am barely getting a post in.  Back to school has definitely slowed my blogging and sewing.

Here is my 15 minutes report:

Thank goodness I held onto 100% for awhile because I have barely been getting 15 minutes in a day this month. I am sooooo busy!

I also apologize to my Chookshed Challenge friends for not getting back to your blogs and not getting a mid-month check in linky.  I will just do one at the end of the month - so sorry!

What little bit of sewing have I been doing?  Some hand applique, cross stitch, and lots of border applique' prep for "Me Without You".  I think I need to add red to just 6 more scollops.  The blue by itself just didn't show up enough on my background.  It just needed a little pop of something extra.

We got a new grand son this month.  He is named after my son and husband.  We love him so much!  He will be a little cowboy (likely), so I threw this little barnyard quilt together for him.  It is off to the quilter tomorrow.

A week before his arrival - love this photo shoot!

Our son is a proud father!

Beautiful momma!

Headed to a quilt retreat Thursday through Saturday.  Perhaps I will have something to show for it when I return.

August blocks: 350 blocks challenge by Prairie Moon

 350 blocks challenge by Prairie Moon

Jan blocks made: 27

Feb blocks made: 74

Mar blocks made: 84

Apr blocks made:  93

May blocks made: 42

June blocks made: 36

July blocks made:  42

August blocks made: 36

Total YTD blocks made: 434

4 Elsa (counts as 4 because of all the tiny pieces)

4 Anna (counts as 4 because of all the tiny pieces)

3 aqua fish

6 Omigosh blocks - notice how small they are

2 yellow tulips

2 round robin blocks

5 Vesta

4 Shoo fly blocks

1 witch's hat

1 pumpkin

3 magic stars

1 witch's skirt

September Chookshed Challenge Number is here!

 September Chookshed Challenge Number is 7.

Number  seven for me is my Chevron Braid Round Robin Quilt.  It should be easy for me to get a top done this month!

Sorry for being a little absent lately.  School started and, as usual, there is always an adjustment phase.

I finished two princess blocks  in August, so that challenge went well for me.  I present to you Elsa and Anna!  I hope to bring my blog up to date soon.

I further hope to check in on all of you.  Please feel free to link up last month's progress and/or this month's goal.

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To Do Tuesday and Chookshed Challenge Mid-Month Check-in

Chookshed Challenge Mid-Month Check-in linky is below.  Let us know what kind of progress is going on in your sewing room.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

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As for me, Elsa is finally done and Anna is half way there.  Hopefully I can do Merida as well this month and maybe some castle planning to set them in.  The eyes are the most tedious.

 

As indicated in my quilt journal, I have not done much on this in 2024.

To Do Tuesday

Well, school starts this week - tomorrow actually.  I suppose I am ready.  I will say that teaching school is like housework.  There is always more you can do.

What do I think I can accomplish on the sewing front this week?

Here is my To Do Tuesday List:

1.  Finish Anna

2. Piece two yellow flowers

3. Prep some Me Without You border applique'

I have one side fused and three more to go.  On large applique' pieces such as these, I like to trim away the middle so it is not so stiff.

4.  Make some Omigosh blocks

5. Assemble Witch Skirt

6. Assemble Pumpkin

7. Some Vesta paper piecing

I finished another 5 blocks.  Once I get another five done, I will show of photo of them all together.

Look at how cute a whole quilt out of these blocks would be.

8. Begin cutting Jewel of the Caribbean setting blocks.  I am planning the same layout as Me Without You.

I have been walking in the mornings this summer.  Today was cool and drizzly.  The temperature was very nice.  Here are my walking buddies.  There was a beautiful rainbow that the camera didn't catch.

I received my magnetic seam gages in the mail and look forward to using them.

A sweet new grand baby will be here soon.  Here is his momma at a baby shower given by the ladies at her church.  It is a tiny little congregation comprising all women and men much older than my son and his wife.  They are so excited to get  little one to love at church on Sundays.

I think it is so sweet of them to give her a shower.

My niece is working for the same ranch and goes to church with them.  She is on the left.

What is on my design wall and 15 minutes report

What's currently on my design wall?  Fishy Business and witch blocks.  Her skirt is ready to sew together.

This month we will make the witch's hat unit, 4 Shoo-Fly blocks, a pumpkin, 6 Magic Stars, and 18 Twinkle Stars.  I have them cut out and in zipper pockets inside my new bag.  Sewing them up after school will be easier with them pre-cut.

I am one month behind on my fish.  Here is my quilt journal page showing where that stands.  Aqua is July and Orange just came out for August.  The fish that are missing from my design wall still need to be hand appliqued.

Look at this cute denim quilt a friend bound at quilt group last week.  She has made it out of cotton and denim.

She also showed me a seam allowance magnet she brought.  I went straight away and ordered me one.

Look what I received in the mail all the way from Maria in Australia!!  I am so excited!  I have been admiring her basket.  She finished it and sent me her pattern.

Thank you, Maria!

Here is another page in my bag holding my "Let's Bake" block.  I have it ready to do the machine applique' next time I get a machine out to do it.

My Quilt Journal kind of shows you the progress I have been making on this quilt.  

I fill in the little hearts when they are done.  

15 Minutes Report

I am still holding onto 100% - yay!