Life took over and I kinda stopped quilting for a while. Not intentionally but it seemed I never had time and my sewing room was (is) still a mess. I never put it together after the great move of 2025. My bedroom is perfect and I love it. But my sewing room has been left alone. I have started back, albeit slowly, doing one step at a time.

I’m really almost done so there’s no excuse except the desire to do anything left me.

Here are the ones that I’ve finished and posted about before:

So I’m almost done!

I still need to do

November

and then time to quilt!

Happy quilting

melanie

Started: August 2023

At the last mini retreat I had the chance to do the next set of blocks for this project.

My second goal for this project at the retreat was to do the next set of blocks. They are done.

Happy quilting!

Melanie

Started: January 2023

Cheers!

Melanie

Previous blocks completed:

This retreat was a guild one so there are different people that attend. Usually a lot quieter than my minigroup retreats but I still get a lot done.

#1 – Jane Austen’s quilt – Hampshire Blocks

I didn’t bother touching this this weekend as the step I’m on is to sew these pieces together and that’s an at home project.

#2 – Monthly Door banner from 2024 – cut the final door banner kit – November.

—- This is on my homework to do list.

#3 – 2023 Saturday Sampler from QP.

#4 – William Morris BOM -I finished the hexies for the October block and the final 13th block. This is ready to move on to finishing so I’ll be ready to get to that at the next retreat.

#5 – Tula Pink Butterfly 2.0 – I found where I left off and completed the large log cabin blocks

#6 – Spooky Halloween – Row 2, block 3 – take a picture

I’ve started it and I’m needle turning the traditional method. I want to prep the next block as I work some in Block 3.

#7 – Tuella and Friends.

#8 – “Allietare” Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt from 2015 – My goal with putting this here is to start getting it into my queue. I don’t have time for it now but it’s on this list to start making its way from my head, to actually working on it.

quilt on my friends

Melanie

Important info: BOM with my fave LQS, Quilt Emporium, in Woodland Hills, CA. The shop owner, Lisa Hanson designed this mystery quilt with William Morris fabrics and I think it’s super inexpensive for a BOM at $15/month. Even though I decided no more BOMs, I couldn’t help but cave on this one.

Started: 02/2025

Previous posts here, here, here, here, update #4, update #5, update #6, update #7, update#8, update #9, update #10, update #11

Blocks Made

Keep on quilting!

Melanie

Important info: BOM with my fave LQS, Quilt Emporium, in Woodland Hills, CA. The shop owner, Lisa Hanson designed this mystery quilt with William Morris fabrics and I think it’s super inexpensive for a BOM at $15/month. Even though I decided no more BOMs, I couldn’t help but cave on this one.

Started: 02/2025

Previous posts here, here, here, here, update #4, update #5, update #6, update #7, update#8, update #9, update #10

Blocks Made

Keep on quilting!

Melanie

I’m not getting much crafting done lately so my posts have decreased. But I’m still able to get to my mini retreats and it helps to get somethings done in my projects.

I have a bunch of projects that have been relegated to ‘homework’ for various reasons. So I plan to finish binding my quilt show quilt as well as make the label. When those things are done I’ll have to figure out what’s next but my mind is consumed with just these things that I’ll have to play the rest of the weekend by ear.

#1 – Jane Austen’s quilt – Hampshire Blocks

I didn’t bother touching this this weekend as the step I’m on is to sew these pieces together and that’s an at home project.

#2 – Monthly Door banner from 2024 – cut the final door banner kit – November.

—- This is on my homework to do list.

#3 – 2023 Saturday Sampler from QP.

I am at the “putting-the-inner-top-together” stage and next is step 6.

#4 – William Morris BOM -I need to do the hexies for the October block and the February final 13th block. Then I can start the finishing for this. I’m almost getting to the finish line.

#5 – Tula Pink Butterfly 2.0 – Find out where I am next

#6 – Spooky Halloween – Row 2, block 3 – take a picture

I’ve started it and I’m needle turning the traditional method. I want to prep the next block as I work some in Block 3.

#7 – Tuella and Friends.

#8 – “Allietare” Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt from 2015 – My goal with putting this here is to start getting it into my queue. I don’t have time for it now but it’s on this list to start making its way from my head, to actually working on it.

quilt on my friends

Melanie

Started: January 2023

Step 5-

Cheers!

Melanie

Previous blocks completed:

I was able to get the first part of my binding done for 45 & Life to go. I still have to hand stitch the binding to the back but that will be my evening stitching goals. Since I’m on a deadline with this one, it fast tracks to the top of the homework list.

#1 – Jane Austen’s quilt – Hampshire Blocks

I didn’t bother touching this this weekend as the step I’m on is to sew these pieces together and that’s an at home project.

#2 – Monthly Door banner from 2024 – cut the final door banner kit – November.

—- This is on my homework to do list.

#3 – 2023 Saturday Sampler from QP.

I am at the “putting-the-inner-top-together” stage and next is step 5.

Here is step 4

At the retreat, I pulled this project out to do step 5 and discovered I messed up step 3.

This is what it looked like:

I spent a full day fixing these. Here’s what they finally became…

And then I was able to finish step 5…

There are several points where the rows meet that I struggled getting them right. I had to go through each one to decide whether it was worth fixing or just keeping it as is. I accepted a few of them but fixed a few. I love them now and can’t wait to get to step 6 at the next retreat.

#4 – William Morris BOM – I finished the January block! I still need to do the hexies for the October block and the February final 13th block. Then I can start the finishing for this. I’m almost getting to the finish line.

#5 – Tula Pink Butterfly 2.0 – Find out where I am next

#6 – Spooky Halloween – Row 2, block 3 – take a picture

I’ve started it and I’m needle turning the traditional method. I want to prep the next block as I work some in Block 3.

#7 – Tuella and Friends.

#8 – “Allietare” Bonnie Hunter’s mystery quilt from 2015 – My goal with putting this here is to start getting it into my queue. I don’t have time for it now but it’s on this list to start making its way from my head, to actually working on it.

quilt on my friends

Melanie

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