I don't really have much to report for my PHD progress. I am making progress on the projects I started this year, with 2.5 finishes for the month, but didn't mark anything off of my UFO list this month.
July PHD Report
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Click here to enterTeal/Aqua RSC Block Two
I've finished my second planned Teal RSC block. I thought this scrap bin had tons of this color. Nope. I barely had enough to make a block (hence the charm square in the central portion which I probably should have cut into smaller pieces). Much of the fabric remaining in this bin reads more green than aqua to me and that was surprising.
Free pattern available from mmm quilts. Linking with So Scrappy RSC |
Once it's the orange month, I'll have all my blocks and can start assembling the quilt top. I should probably start planning the backing now.
I've been able to do a bit more sewing this week. I made some napkins for my daughter using this giraffe fabric from my stash.
I also knitted three dish scrubbies for her. Only two are pictured since I made the third one in the car on the way up to her house last weekend.
I've been very busy with the quilting and the bookings are rolling in. It almost feels like the Christmas rush although it's way early for that.
I quilted a loopy meander on Jess's quilt. She had me trim her quilt. The backing is minky. I'm still finding little black fluffs everywhere.
Cindy chose Flirtatious for her Christmas Wreaths quilt.
Like I mentioned above, we went to see my daughter on Saturday. We took her to IKEA, Lowes, and Walmart to pick up odds and ends and groceries. It's been really expensive to get her set up in her room she's renting.
Speaking of expensive, I thought I'd like to get an Apple Pencil while they were on sale ($80, not too bad) because I'd like to learn to use Procreate ($13, also not too bad). I've been trying to learn all different softwares and do things that scare me this year. So far I've taken a Pro-Stitcher Designer course for Modern Textiles, I've signed up with Karlee Porter to do a class this fall, I went to QuiltCon, I took Alderwood Studio's pattern writing class and learned how to use Affinity Designer, I entered quilts in IHQS and the fair, I watched a technical editing roundtable and started offering quilt pattern technical editing, I went to h&h americas and started an Etsy fabric shop, and changed my business to an LLC. Whew! That is a lot. I'm glad I made the list so that I could see everything I've done this year.
Let's get back on task here. It turns out my current iPad is too old to support the Pencil. It's so old it has a home button (which is starting to fail, but I'm stubborn and will use something until it is completely non-functional unless it is replaced by my family before I give in). So that led to my husband deciding to buy me a new iPad and the upgraded Pencil, which led to needing a case and screen protector. My birthday is this weekend, so I guess this is my extravagant birthday present for my milestone birthday. Good thing all these quilts are coming in!
My son has taken over house-sitting duties for my neighbor since my daughter has moved. He's finishing up his summer college classes this week. He told me it's been a stressful summer. And treated himself to some video game system that is coming from Japan to make himself feel better. On my tab of course since it required a credit card and he has yet to give me cash to reimburse me. He'll start regular school on the 7th. Did I ever mention that he and his friends had a PowerPoint party? They each created a 15-minute+ PowerPoint slide deck to present to their friends. 🤣
I was joking about needing our passports and realized that his was probably expired since young kid ones expire sooner than adult ones. I dug them out to check and he had about a month left. So we went and got a new one ordered on Friday. More money, but the guy at the PO took a very flattering picture of my son. We were near the local jeweler and I mentioned that I needed to get the prongs redone on my wedding ring, so we dropped that off too. I feel naked without my ring. I hope they get it back to me soon. The jeweler said six prongs need to be fixed. I think it only has six, or maybe eight? You'd think I'd know this after wearing it for almost 30 years. LOL. I've been putting this off for about five years, so I'm lucky I didn't lose my stone.
One highlight for me right now is that one of our favorite shows--Claim to Fame--is back on the air. We have a lot of fun trying to figure out who each person is while avoiding spoilers online. We had to coordinate with my daughter to try to stream the latest episode at the same time so we could discuss it through text.
I also stumbled across a show that I've been enjoying immensely--My Name is Gabriel. It's a Korean show available on Hulu. I have to pay close attention to read all the subtitles. The premise is that well-known Korean stars spend 72 hours in another country, assuming someone else's life. They have to figure out who they are and live as the person. The first few episodes feature Park Bo-gum and Park Myung-soo. Bo-gum's episodes are very touching and Myung-soo's are funny, so it's a great mix.
A surprise last night on our evening walk was discovering that we have a flock of chimney swifts in our neighborhood. Our volunteer pumpkin patch has produced one pumpkin, which is fully ripe. The rabbits or squirrels or deer or whatever eat most of the blossoms off the plants (including my zucchini 😫).
I've gotten rather lengthy here. If you've made it this far, thanks. I'll be back tomorrow with the July OMG Finish Link Up in which my Churn, Churn, Churn mini will make an appearance.
Linking with My Quilt Infatuation, Quiltery, and Alycia Quilts.
Teal/Aqua RSC Block One
I was a bit worried I wouldn't have anything to share this week. I managed to pull off a little eleventh-hour stitching and I've finished one of my two planned RSC blocks for the month. This one is the light version. I'll be working on a darker version next.
I also got two more Bedford Tiles blocks done, for a total of 3/20 completed.
I got a few quilts done. The first one belongs to Sara and we went with Doing Doughnuts for the design. This picture almost looks like black and white. LOL.
I quilted and bound one for Hannah, but I can't share yet. This is a bit of the back. She picked Seuss Trees for the design.
Keetah wanted a Minnie Mouse pattern on her Minnie Mouse quilt. I found one called Mouse Ears with Bows Flipped. I used Glide Grapefruit for the thread.
Deb picked Stipple for her hand-pieced quilt.
We decided on Rosemary for Deb's other quilt.
We had a small garden harvest...green beans (my husband says this is probably all we'll get since the plants are so stunted), a few tomatoes, coolapenos, and random peppers from the "bell pepper assortment".
We got my daughter moved into her new place on Saturday. It's weird not having her here. We did get to talk to her last night (most of the time it's just texting). We'll probably head back up there over the weekend to bring her a few things and take her to get other things she needs.
Linking with Quiltery, My Quilt Infatuation, and Alycia Quilts.
Fair Results
I picked up my quilts from the fair on Sunday. In addition to the ribbons, I also won $4. It was free to enter them. We did go to the fair last Wednesday afternoon (we were told it was free before 4 pm but it was not) to look at them and a few animals--we walked through the rabbit and pigeon barn and of course we had to see the chickens. The meat chickens made me very sad. There were some pretty cool types of pet (hopefully) chickens on display. I found some of them kind of terrifying. Anyway, here are the pieces, their ribbons, and the judge's comments.
I got a few quilts completed. First up is one that belongs to my small quilt guild. I quilted it with Doing Doughnuts in an alternate setup.
Next is Irene's quilt, quilted with Boho Boxes. She was visiting from England; how fun is that?
Finally, Jeni's quilt. She won my quilting prize from the Malted Mystery QAL. She sent me a sampler made with Friends (the TV show) fabric and requested Bean Sprout quilting with lavender thread.
So. Here is my sole piece of sewing over the past week. It is one of the blocks to my Bedford Tiles quilt. Only 19 more to go.
Linking with My Quilt Infatuation, From Bolt to Beauty, Alycia Quilts, and Quiltery.