'25 Week 8 Progress/Week 9 Goals

Hello and welcome to week 9.
Our temps have taken a very drastic swing. 

Going from -21 windchills to 70 degrees and sunny within

a week is crazy but I think it has been a welcome change.

I really would take a little more winter but I'm starting to feel

that pull toward spring cleaning--indoors and out.  I'm making

my garden notes as I look forward to all of the farm-to-table

meals shared with friends and family--outside, of course.

I've needed this hibernation but it's time for life to pick up its

pace once again.  

Even though I was inside, my pace wasn't too shabby last week.

Grab your cuppa and let's have a look at how things went.

Week 8 Progress

1) Start on Nestled in the Trees
DONE.

I'm off to a great start with this one;

just a few houses and small trees remain.

Cutting from the scraps of my "Christmas at Buttermilk Acres"

FQ set (used in Star Twist) added a little extra time of but the

instructions have been the real battle.  It's very cute but when

I go to make my Halloween house quilt (2025 list), I'll be

choosing from any of my other house patterns.   Oi!

All that aside, it's looking good so far and I'm hoping

for a finished top by next week.

2) Complete QAL weeks #6 & 7; post #6.

All HST's sewn; pic and post to come.

3) Find baby quilt fabrics.

Still looking.

I still haven't found what I'm after so I guess that's my cue:

time for a MSQC run.

I'm not a huge fan of them lately but I love a good road trip so

I try to make the 4-hour drive every year or so, and it's been a

long while.  They're a solid resource when hunting for specific

fabrics so off I go.  And I hope the yarn store is still there among

the shops and I'm able (with help) to set myself up with a few

projects to take on all of those upcoming trips.

4) Finish photographing and listing all 4 quilts

DONE!

WP Stars 6 (56x56) SOLD

I've already shown the smaller but I'm showing both WP

quilts for comparison.  (It's a struggle to avoid shadows!)

The interested party has already purchased WP Stars #6.

WP Stars 7 (55x70)

The others were Star Twist and FallSpice (previous posts).

5) Finish knitting UFO #1; look into #2

So close to being done--just a few more rows to go.

It's kinda funny how many times I've gone back and forth:

knit, un-knit, knit...<curse> UNknit, and so on.

At least I can laugh about it.  

Next week is looking pretty busy with the road trip, and lots of

tee times (yay!) but I'm still shooting for decent progress.

Week 9 Goals:

1) Finish Nestled in the Trees top; rename.

2) Finish knitting hat; pull out UFO #2

3) Start on baby quilt--assuming I find the fabrics

4) Post Week 7 of QAL; sew up more if time

5) Take MSQC road trip pics and post

Happy quilting and knitting!

Linking up to:

Monday Musings

Sew & Tell
Tuesday To Do