Work in Progress (WIP)

These three words can apply to so many things and even situation. Like my sewing room. Hahaha.

Hollow Nine as leader/ender. Red, blue, purple, aqua. 

I started last year to (again) organize my sewing space. I talked about it with the girls at the Artisanat group and was relieve to hear that I am not alone with this "task". One even said that she sews at the kitchen table because there's no space in her sewing room. (So, she does have a room specifically for sewing but …) okay. In a weird way, it made me feel good because, at least, I still sew in my sewing room. 👌 

Regardless, a reorganization was needed. (See this post for the beginning of the journey)

More milk crates added 

Then, DH removed the legs on the ironing board which I always deemed a waste of space.

 

So much better now. I need more crates as the board is too low for me but it works for now. 

BUT am I sewing? 

Not much to show besides the Hollow Nines. I'm mostly sewing backings and bindings. 

On Saturday, Jan 17th, we (five ladies and myself) gathered to cut the batting for 42 baby quilts. I should had taken pictures but forgot, sorry. 

This is what I brought home. 

Each bundle consist of a top, batting and backing (in one piece or in pieces). I have 34 quilts with me. Two of the ladies wanted to bring some home to finish right away. 

One of the ladies had strips of flannelette that she generously gave for the cause. I'm sewing these strips together for the backing. She had some gorgeous prints. 

I'm in love! 😍

Anywho! I'm cutting and sewing binding too but that makes boring photos. 

While reading Sara's blog, I was reminded to check my fabric purchases for 2025. I keep everything on spreadsheets. (I love spreadsheets!) I was surprised to read a total of $185.33 was spend on fabric. It doesn't include the $25 spent on bonding interfacing (steam-a-seam) for the Table Scrap Challenge with Elvis. In 2024, I did real well spending only $56.39. I'll try to do better this year. 

This big boy celebrated his fifth birthday. I was finally able to take a decent picture of him. Raven is usually camera shy but seems to be okay with a phone picture. 😊

We had snow, then snow, then snow, then a "heatwave" of +6 Celsius, then we had snow, and snow, and then . . . frigid cold at - 40 Celsius this morning. (There are no typos in the previous sentence.) This year promises some wacky surprises. Better buckle my seat belt! Lol. 

Join me at these ladies' place for more inspirations

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Alycia for Finished or Not Friday

Cynthia for Oh Scrap!

Have a great week, everyone. ;^)

2026 is Here

As I'm sitting at my computer, staring at a blank screen, I can't imagine what the new year will be, or more accurately, want do I want it to be. I would love an uncomplicated year but that is probably beyond my control. 

Itsy bitty sewing while assembling backing for the baby quilts. 
One inch HSTs for Broken Dish and parts for 18 Bricks blocks

I don't make resolutions for the simple reason that I don't keep them. Ha! But this year, I will set a few goals. No, I will not say "to finish everything started in 2025", lol. 

First: Better sleep - do a few stretching before bedtime. Nothing much, just getting the kinks of the day off my shoulders and some legs stretching, then put the mask on and goodnight. 

I bought an eye mask and it changed my life. I sleep with my eyes opened, well not wide opened but enough for the light in the hallway to interrupt my sleep (when the boys come up to bed, one by one, at different time of the night). The first night with this mask was pure bliss. If you are a light sleeper, consider getting one. 

Or make yourself one. I did mine with a cat print (aren't you surprised it's not orange, lol). The store-bought one is silky and nice except when I'm hot. Then, I get sweaty and the mask just cling to my face. I don't like that feeling. So I did one with flannelette inside. It's wonderful.

Second: Be as nice to me as I am to others. I criticize myself too much. It's like I'm back living with my mother. I can't let that happen, lol. 

Third and last: To remember this one. 

 

And sewing of course. I'll continue to work on the baby quilt kits and 

sew flannelette pieces for the backing.

Cathy showed us her Streak of Lightning blocks and I told her I was doing some too. I lied! 😲 I lied to Cathy!! Mine are Potato Chips blocks not Streak of Lightning. Sorry, Cathy. 😞

Bonnie got me working on her mystery quilt. Here's what I have so far. 

The Half Rectangle Triangles (HRT) demand a big chunk of a scrap. I don't have lots of those so I might just made them scrappy instead of using the same fabric for each set of 8. Only 2 sets made so far. 

Then, I had to redo all the HSTs because I did them the wrong size. The bottom right one looks very pink next to the orange but is orange when next to pink. It might go ... or not. 

I also did the geese units but they flew away. That is to be expected whenever I clean the sewing room, things get lost, a lot!  Not showing pictures of the room yet as I'm still working on it. 

Some sewing (Hollow Nine blocks) done as leader/ender. 

That's all for this week. My holidays were fantastic and I am sorry I have to go back to work. It was fun being at home all the time. 🥰

Have an awesome week. ;^)

Joining these talented ladies this week. 

Angela at So Scrappy

Frédérique at Patchwork and Quilts

Cynthia for Oh Scrap!