2022 Tuesday To-Do #7: The Mad Quilter That I Am

Tuesday To-Do has blown in once again.

You know what's crazy?  This was what I was driving

through last Thursday.   Snow blowing everywhere.
 Yesterday it hit 71º; this morning the windchill is -10º.  

That's a big swing!

Enough with the up and down thing!  Just stay cold and

snowy for the next few weeks and then, bam, spring!

Snow-sew days are always so productive so I vote

for many more to finish out the winter.  I'm on a roll

and want to stay hibernated a bit longer please.

Okay, moving on to link up to The Texas Quilt Gal

and all the to-do'ers.  Let's hit it!

Last week's plans and how they played out:

1) Continue on with Dresden--try to finish top

Heh heh heh.  "Try."  <Snort>  

With Dresdens, it's all about getting through the

cutting.  Things get really fun after that so while the

snow was blowing, the fuzz, thread and trimmings

were really flying in the sewing room.

Spring Dresden 74x74

With this being my SEVENTH finished top of 2022

already, you can imagine how my house has been

looking.  Threads and fabric bits everywhere!

I vacuum my sewing room daily but they stick to

me and I drag them all over the house.  I've started

vacuuming the whole house daily but they're still

everywhere!  I need that entry mat that warns guests:

A Quilter Lives Here.

That outer border caused me some angst but in

the end, I figured if the designer could go busy,

(see pic below)

then so can I.  And I did.   What do you think?

The softer floral look wasn't necessarily what I

was after but as I often say, the Stash makes

the calls around here so I let it.

The pattern is "Icicles" by Jessica Dayon and can be

found in the book Season To Taste by Lissa Alexander,

who by the way, "liked" my finished top photo on IG.

Certainly made my Monday, I have to tell you!

I chose this B&C fabric that I had on a bolt for

the backing (after it passed a dye test).

This can be found in the patchwork and Dresdens on

the front of the quilt and will also be the binding.

It's a lot of red I know, but it's a cheery red!

2) Think about next project

A little birdie surprised me with Edyta Sitar's book of

beautiful blue quilts and I cannot wait to get started!

Has anyone else had a chance to look through it?

So much to get excited about!

This is for sure the next book for me to work through,

and these will have me upping my game!  

They'll also have me upping my stash of blues.

I gotta say, I'm seeing red as well so who knows

where this will all end up?

3) Continue taking steps with inventory

Not really but because I have been sewing through

fabric like the mad quilter that I am and the fact

that I bought a little more,  I should include

another check-in with my fabric tracking stats:

Last week

2022 Purchased:  61.5 yds

2022 Used:  80.33 yds

2022 Net: -18.83 yds

This week

2022 Purchased:  72.5 yds

2022 Used:  86 yds

2022 Net: -18.83 yds

Before I move on to my goals for next week, I have

a bonus.  I finished two tops this week!

Old Glory was set aside until a border could be found

but it was nagging me to give it one more go

 before I start on a new project.  Good choice.

This one doesn't picture well in my sewing room so above

is to show what it really looks like before I show the finish.

This one wasn't doing a lot for me but I think the

alteration I made to the border (from the original)

really gave it something.   And I didn't have to hit the

LQS afterall!  It ended up finishing around 65X65.

Next week's plans:

1) Start on new project 

I have a clean room and clean machine,

and even a clean slate!  Time to start #9!

What will it be???

I really need to work on mid-week posting.  Waiting till

next Tuesday to share is a little difficult, and yet how

else could I be popping out these quilt tops so fast?

And that's it!

Happy quilting!

Happy quilting!