Stories from the Sewing Room

I did pretty well this month, finishing three things from my PHD list. Two were on my list of UFOs and one was a 2024 start. 

I finished my Swiss Star quilt. (Scroll back one post to see more details about it). 

I finished making selvedge yarn. The balls weigh 3 pounds, 8 ounces and 3 pounds, 10.8 ounces. 

Last time I did this, back in 2020, the balls each weighed 2 pounds, 14 ounces. At the time I calculated about how many yards were on each ball: five yards of selvedge weighed .8 ounces, which meant the balls were approximately 287.5 yards. Using that same 5 yd = .8 oz., the smaller of the balls I made this time is about 350 yards. I should have quite a bit left over after I knit a rug since I had a bit left over last time (which are the cores of these balls) and I'm planning to cast on fewer stitches this time. 

I don't have any immediate plans to start knitting because the guild show is coming up quickly and I have to make and attach hanging sleeves on four quilts. I'm definitely hand-sewing one of the sleeves. I'm seriously considering safety pinning the other three.  

I also finished a 2024 start, Spooky and Sweet. 

The things remaining on my list are the Batesville quilt, the RSC quilt, and a clothing item. I haven't worked on the Batesville quilt at all, nor have I attempted sewing any clothing. I did, however, order A0 prints of a few more of the patterns I want to make.

I have all the blocks completed for my RSC quilt. I need to add sashing and borders. I also need to make a back. I'm planning on sewing together fabrics I already have to create the backing. 

On the 2024 starts list, I have the Tessellations quilt and the Bedford Tiles quilt. I have no plans to finish the Tessellations quilt this year because I think I need a lot more coordinating fabric that I currently have. 

I have been working on Bedford Tiles. I have all 20 of the blocks completed! 

Now I need to add the sashing and cornerstones and the borders. I'm hoping the borders will tie everything together. I don't have any backing for this at the moment, so I'll need to look through what I have and see if I can make something work. I do have a nice striped binding. 

In other news, I've been working on Ann's Patriotic quilts. I shared one last week and have completed the remaining five. I have also attached the binding to the front of all of them. 

Quilted with Stardust.

Quilted with Shooting Star.

Quilted with Good Vibrations.

Quilted with Shooting Star.

Quilted with Good Vibrations.

I finished remaking all the design images for my business website. That was a project that was long overdue and I'm so glad it's finally completed. There's never a shortage of things to do when you run your own business(es). I keep virtual sticky notes on my computer desktop with things to be done. Somehow the lists never get shorter. 

Out in the garden, our volunteer pumpkin plant in the upper flower garden is back from the dead and producing lots of little pumpkins. Three of these are in the upper garden and one is in the back where the chicken coop was parked for the winter--that plant hasn't recovered.