OMG July 2020 Completed

I did it!!!

I managed to complete my one monthly goal while still being able to spend time with my son and granddaughter before they move 13 hours away to Kansas.

I saw this quilt on the wall at the LQS during the holiday season of 2018.

Now I just have to figure out how to quilt it.  And if Matilda, my Sweet Sixteen, will behave herself and not skip stitches and break thread.  I'm going to guess this quilt top will go in the stack with all of the others.

I need to have a basting marathon but that is my least favorite part of quilting.

Now on to why I kind of picked an easily reachable goal.

This little thing thinks she is grown at 7 years old.

We all had dinner with my DD and her family last night for a going away.  And can you believe we didn't take the first picture of the whole family together.  

WHY CAN'T I REMEMBER TO DO THAT!!!

  She has been her daddy's world for 7 years and now not only does he have a new wife, she has 5 children.

Lump is excited about all of the changes and she will still be an only child every other week while the other kids go to their dads.

 

After 4 years living with us it's going to be a sad day.

I'm going to miss them so much.

Wishing you more sewing time than I will have.

Rose

Linking with Elm Street Quilts OMG

QR Code

I started this several months ago.  I created the QR code that will take you to my blog and then started cutting black and white fabric.  This was quite the undertaking as these are 1" finished sections.

This was set aside while I worked on other things.  My son pushed me to pull it back out and finish it.  Then it sat in the to be quilted pile.  

My HQ Sweet Sixteen has been having problems so I have put off quilting anything since April. There is a "picking" sound usually right before it skips stitches and the thread breaks.  But it only happens when going backwards (moving the quilt from left to right or toward me).  

I decided to insert a bigger needle and try it again.  I chose this quilt to try it out on because I know this one isn't going to get used and washed often.  It didn't do too bad although I did hear the "picking" sound several times.  But it didn't skip stitches and the thread didn't break.  YAY!!!

This quilt was a fun experiment.

I created a QR code to our Humane Society's web site to make one the same size as this one so they could display it at their fund raisers.  I also created one to a blog post "How to create a QR code quilt" which was going to be a lap sized quilt.  I'm not sure that one is going to happen.  I may make the one for the Humane Society but I'm not sure.

Wishing you more quilting time than I will have.

Rose

I feel so dumb

OMG!!!! and I don't mean One Monthly Goal.  I have spent the last 3, yes three, hours trying to figure out how to get the tabs at the top of this page.  And with persistence and determination I finally did it.

Now I just have to get the UFO/WIP list completed.

WOW!

Wishing you more quilting time than I will have.

Rose

OMG is No. 4

I rolled the dice to find out what my OMG would be.  Number 4!

This is my process most of the time.  The top 6 UFOs are stored in these tubs.

And the coordinating instructions are stored on the shelf below.

Number 4 is the Christmas quilt.

My goal is to get the sashing and borders on.  This should be a doable goal while still spending time with my son and granddaughter before they move.

This pattern is Merry Meets Modern by Lavender Lime.  It was supposed to be a block of the month with a coworker and friend.  The coworker didn't want to do the applique blocks and the friend didn't even get started.  Oh well, their loss.

Linking up with OMG at Elm Street Quilts

Wishing you more quilting time than I will have.

Rose