Tuesday To-Do #32

Hello and welcome to another Tuesday post!

 I've been putting in long hours in the quilt studio

over the past week and I'm anxious to join the

others on Texas Quilt Gal's link-up and show

a little of what I've been up to.

1) Quilt and finish Snow Day

DONE!

If you zoom in a little you can see the mittens

and loops design.  What a fun panto, and just

perfect for this quilt.  It's now bound, labeled

and ready for its photo shoot.

2) Finish cutting out latest fall quilt.

DONE!
Oh boy, did I!

This is where I was last Tuesday.

Early in the week, I was pretty open so I

 kicked this top out very quickly.

But I didn't like the outer edges of this layout at all.

Why not just complete the edges of the stars in 

the inner border?

Standing in front of this, I really liked how the

stars were looking....

...until I took a pic and saw it on my phone.

Well, those are kinda spiky.

(That explains why they didn't finish the stars!)

I still thought it was better than the original

and certainly a black border right next to those

stars should help tone it down...so I kept going.

I think it did a little but I wonder if I should have

just stuck with the original.  It was a fun one to

make either way but I'm not sure I'd do it again.

When I'm standing right in front of it, it looks great

but in a pic, the stars do kinda burst out into spikes.

The quilt top is done so I think the best way to work

with this is to bring the stars into the name.

I was going to call it Indian Corn originally but now,

what if I own those stars by naming it November Stars

or Indian Popcorn (ha!) or Autumn Comets or maybe

Autumn Crowns or....? (Leaning toward November Stars.)

3) Keep thinking on Garlic Knots

Haven't touched this.  I'm not sure I've gone so quickly

from hot to cold to hot to cold on a quilt.   Weird.

4) Make pillows out of embroidery projects for a friend.

One down and progress on the other three.

I'll post more on this soon.

Other things:

I scored a cute little package from Karrin of

Karrin's Crazy World--a prize from the recent

Get On Board With Sewing Blog hop.

The mug rug is so cute I've hung it right next to

my sewing desk on the wall for now!

In the garden I've been chipping away at the cleanup.

Amazing how a little here and a little there will add up.

The peppers are really going strong right now so I've

been getting a lot of bell peppers in the freezer.
Yellow, orange, red and green peppers cut into strips for

 "fajita mixes" (fajitas or fajita bowls); packages of just

green bell peppers work well for Philly Cheesesteak

bowls.  All of these are just great for quick fix meals

all winter long.  There are jalapenos, green chilies and

poblanos to deal with next.

The weather is gorgeous and the golfing has been an

absolute blast.  Golf, gardenging, quilting...ack!
So much to do, so little time--but so blessed!

I got an Apple watch for my b-day, mostly to use

for golf GPS but I'm enjoying seeing how many

steps/miles I get in.  With three rounds of golf,

I put in around 20 miles over the weekend.  Now I just

need to fit another round or two in during the week.

The week ahead:

The annual shop hop begins in a few days so that is my

only focus this week.   Sadly, I'm sitting around 24 yards

in the positive on my fabric tracking.  I'm very capable of

some fast and furious sewing but I think I'd have to skip

sleep to really stick to my "guilt-free" shop hopping idea.

  I'm not hugely worried about it (it's mostly all for fun) but

I still want to see how much I can reduce that number

before we hit the road.

*Update

Right after I wrote that, I started two new quilts,

(both from Corey Yoder's Wooded Whimsy pattern)

so I'll be sitting at more like +12 yards or so by the

shop hop.

I'll see you back here next week with lots of pics

from the hop, and maybe some fun purchases?

Happy quilting!