october progress report

It is October  how did that happen?  I have been "talking" to a friend in the evenings by FB messenger. We have been discussing our problem of wanting to start new projects when we have so many UFOs and unquilted tops.  She came up with a plan  to quilt in the morning and either work on a UFO or a new start in the afternoon.  This will move things along and let us do something new.   So I started this on Monday and so far I have quilted 4small  tops for me and one customer quilt (did this one over the last weekend). This counted as quilting and UFO now to do bindings.  I have 2 sewn on to hand sew down and  2 to sewn completely on the machine. I started to sew down binding on a long table runner that was a Judy Niemeyer pattern.  My new starts are going to be pillowcases for xmas gifts.  I have many of the body fabrics and now to match tops to them and sew.  I make about 20 for xmas gifts. kids, grandkids, and small nieces and nephews.  I found fabric in my stash to make back for the next quilt to be quilted another UFO.  I have a friend's to quilt just like it so doing mine first to practice.

Thanks friend for the suggestion and encouragement to get busy hope it is helping you too. Also we are reporting to each other every evening on progress. 

I will post pictures when these projects are done. 

I found a bunch of string blocks that I had made while looking for something else(as usual) so I sewed them into blocks of 4 and have 20 of these blocks will add some borders, quilt and donate.

I also got the labels on the drawers a friend gave me. They work great under my cutting table for scrap system.

In the evening while watching TV in my sewing room so hubby can watch what he wants in Tv room I have been sewing these scrap square in a square blocks.  I think I have 80-90 blocks. The outside round is from leftover backing from a quilt.  Making them until this fabric is gone then will put together.

As a non-quilty note few weeks ago hubby got a Fitbit to track his steps and walks for therapy from back surgery and liked it  so last Saturday I got one to start doing some walking  I am doing minimum of 250 steps an hour  and have cut down on snacks too  It seems to working.  It has helped with the swelling in my ankle\foot from breaking it this summer and it is bending better.  Hope to loose some weight too we will see.  

Well off to do laundry and pick fabric for pillowcases to get them ready to make and hopefully load the next quilt in quilt machine. If quilt is loaded I am more likely to quilt it.

Happy Quilting,

Sharon J.