Tuesday To-Do #13

Happy Tuesday once again!

 Texas Quilt Gal hosts weekly the Tuesday To-Do link-up

for anyone who likes to share our progress and plans

for the week to come.  Please head over there to check out

 the other to-do'ers when you're done here.

My list from last week

1) Piece QOV blocks

Done.

These two charity blocks for guild provided a nice

little squirrel project.  They were also great for

trying out a new-to-me product.

I use spray starch when working on minis but I don't

like the way it gets everywhere (aerosol) so that's really

the only time I use it.  Reading another quilter's account

of how she uses stabilizer finally had me convinced

to try it out as a better option and I'm now sold.

One, you can water it down to the strength you want

and two, it's a spray bottle instead of that aerosol.

I wish I'd tried this sooner because I just really

like how well everything went together. 

(Update:  product is "Terial Magic")

2) Quilt sister's Irish Chain

Done!

I finally finished my first quilt on the new longarm.

After loading it sideways, did I have enough backing?

Yep, with less than an inch to spare!

This first practice quilt has given me a decent amount

of confidence.  I'm not there yet at all, but the overall

picture--stepping back from the quilt--looks quite

pretty.  When I take into consideration that this is

likely the hardest pantograph I've done yet, I think

perhaps I'm not that far off from being back to the

skill-level I was at with my old LA.

3) Sew on Blue Waves

Done!

Still sewing away on those tons of HST's but with 

breaks to piece up a few blocks here and there to

 break the monotony.  I've also been snipping

"ears" in the eves while watching tv.

(Anyone else watching the new series on Julia Child?)

4) Finish gardening: cardboard/weedblock and mulch

Done.  As much as possible anyway.

I still have half the peppers to cover but I ran out of

cardboard.

(Guess I need to buy some stuff online...like fabric!)

Looking ahead at next week

It's probably a good thing there is so much rain

in this week's forecast because those 4 rounds of

golf last week really cut into my sewing time!
(But it's so fun!)

With that in mind, I think I can get two whole tops

quilted up and keep at my current WIP.

1) Quilt the guild charity quilt

2) Continue on with Blue Waves

3) Load my sister's second quilt

I'm keeping it quick I guess this week so that's all I got.

Okay, I'll be honest--I'm heading out for an early 18 holes!

Happy quilting!