4th of July To-Do Tuesday Edition #12
Happy 4th of July! I hope you are enjoying this Independence Day. This is our 12th to-do edition. Here is last week’s to-do list – someone said it was extensive but I had FIVE days off (in a row!):
To-Do Tuesday for the week June 27th – July 3rd:
- New Pat Sloan quilt-along starts 6/28 – follow the first week’s direction(s), share our fabrics and encourage you to join in – no and I’m miffed
- Quilt the baby quilt for the tutorial – started
- Appliqué the Cubs cub on the quilt center – √ quilt top together
- Start sewing strips for the PRF (pinwheel rail fence) quilt – √
- Enjoy our village fireworks on July 3rd – VERY important!! – √
#1
Well, I’m a little miffed. We forgot to get the white fabric and didn’t like the gingham we picked out so I ordered some from MSQC. On 6/28 I might add. The order STILL says the fabric is being cut. Really?? I could have walked to our local quilt shop at least 40 times back and forth by now – even carrying the fabric. Cripes. So, I did not make the first square yet and I’m about to be not making square two. Geez.
Maybe someday I’ll share our fabric with you, and try to encourage you to join in. ~sigh~ I guess I can still do that though. Wouldn’t it be fun if you joined in? You’ll have all the blocks for a lap size quilt by Thanksgiving. You can post your special block on our Facebook page for thousands to see (that is a HUGE exaggeration). I would be thrilled to death. How’s that?! And here is Pat Sloan’s website to check out the details. The theme is Grandma’s Kitchen. Come on, join us please . . .
#2
I have been dithering around for over a week, trying to decide which quilt design to use. You would think my life depended on it, now that it’s part of a tutorial. Geez. Susan finally said why don’t you try a big X and then follow the lines to the edge. Okay, I can do that. Or I thought I could.
Stitch an X in the quilt top. First attempt – the bobbin is in wrong and I get globs of thread on the back. Rip out. Second attempt – many wrinkles on the back even though it is basted. Rip out. Third attempt – one half of the X done or / you might say. I can do this, right?? Fourth attempt – after rebasting and smoothing to death, HUGE wrinkle as I approach the middle / line. Okay. Stop and restart from the center line with more wrinkles. OMG – rip again. Take a break! Fifth attempt – center line to the edge successful. Sixth attempt – center line to the other edge. Good grief – finally an X. Here is the thread glob and what the quilt top looks like after a DAY OF QUILTING. ~smile~ I’m using brown thread:
#3
The Cub’s Clark quilt in waiting to be quilted. Did you know that the Cub’s mascot, the cute little bear cub, has a name? His name is Clark. Do you think any of the MILLION Cub fans that I know – and some who read this blog – might have clued us in? No! We finally had to Google it. I got tired of stumbling around describing this quilt. It is so much easier now that it has a name. Cub’s Clark quilt? Clark Cub’s quilt? I like the first one because the second one sounds like it belongs to Clark. It does not. Here is a peak before the quilting . . . which is going to be amazing. IMHO.
#4
Pinwheel fence rail quilt is moving along. I need to sew 36 strip sets, and 5 are done. Woohoo, we’re on our way. Sue has cut them and we asked opinions on the layout:
It was pretty much a tie. Then we figured out – by looking at the pattern(!!) – that both pinwheels show up in the layout. So everyone wins and we use their opinion. ~blushing~
#5
Fireworks! I love fireworks. They are just the best and even more fun when shared with people you love. I hope you had a happy 4th if you are in the USA.
To-Do Tuesday starting July 4th:
- Continue on Pinwheel Fence Rail quilt
- Make block 1 and 2 for the QAL – or else!!
- Finish quilting the tutorial quilt – grrr!
- Make mug rugs and microwave cozies for shower
I’ll give you an update on these projects next Tuesday, July 11th.
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I am so late commenting, please accept my apologies! First, I get your frustration completely about ordering fabric and then having to wait WAY TOO LONG for it to be shipped. Done that too many times. I hope it’s arrived by now!
Second, I am so sorry for the quilting woes. Some days things just do not want to cooperate. Ugh!
Third, I am not a sports person, so I had no idea the Cubs mascot had a name. And that’s a super cute name too! Love it!
I hope you all had a wonderful Independence Day, I look forward to reading your next post (tomorrow..yikes, I am so terrible!).
Hi Christine! You do not have any reason to apologize – good grief, it’s just a blog. Life happens and sometimes that means no time for reading blogs OR even quilting. The fabric IS here! The quilt IS finished, and Clark is being quilted in a really, really, REALLY cool pattern. ~smile~ No, I’m not biased at all. Thank you for your comments, support and friendship. ~smile~ Roseanne
Roseanne, your story of getting a big X quilted made me laugh. I’ve had days like that – work all day and all there is to show for it is a little bit of quilting. Hopefully everything goes much smoother now that you have it started!
Hi Beth,
At least I kept my sense of humor about it. But seriously . . . a WHOLE day spent either sewing incorrectly or ripping. Good thing that is behind me. Hopefully! ~smile~ Roseanne
You got so much done! Yea! Isn’t To Do Tuesday such a great way to focus and be productive! 🙂 Thank you for sharing!
Hi Patricia! I just want to sew, sew, sew lately. Work is interfering with all of that – wait until you see tomorrow’s post and what I just purchased. ~smile~ Roseanne 😉
It all looks like fun. I certainly hope your fabric will arrive soon. There is nothing like being behind on a project just started, and it is so not cool to have the sewing itch for a new project and having to wait for mail.
Hi DJ! Thank you – I hate to be whining (and I still am thanks to the holiday) but come on. I am ready and waiting. Hopefully waiting for the mail to come at 1pm with fingers xx crossed. Thank you for your comment and visiting! ~smile~ Roseanne
Love that you are doing Grandma’s Kitchen. I am as well…. but still waiting for fabric from MSQC to arrive but live in NZ so that takes awhile, although I know what you mean about seeing fabric is still being cut, I watch that space too sometimes and think… really! I haven’t bought the ‘white’ because I want to see what I like with it white or more cream. Will get it locally so will be awhile before I get going!
Hi Kathryn! NZ – we visited there in 2001 and loved your country. Auckland, Christchurch, Rotorua spring to mind. I shouldn’t have ordered the white but thought why not? I’ve learned now. I hope you share your blocks on our Facebook page! I’d love to see them, and I’m sure everyone else would as well. Thank you so much for your comment and visit! ~smile~ Roseanne
Small world! To think you have been here!
And loved every minute of it – it is a place that I’ve always said I would move to and return in a heartbeat. ~smile~