Well, January was a bust, sort of. . . . .

So, here goes, I did NOTHING on my January OMG project, you remember, the crocheted tote bag. . . .

BUT, I did get quite a bit of sewing done in January. As well as a bit of downsizing from my craft supplies.

I completed a pattern test quilt top. . . but I can't show that yet since the pattern has not yet been released.  It is from Patterns by Jen and I hope to be able to show it shortly.

I am working on sewing up from my scrap basket. . . I am doing framed squares, Square Dance blocks, and another block that uses up rectangles of fabric. . . .and have been creating quite a nice number of quilt blocks.  Pictures to follow.

Our local Goodwill store was the recipient of FIVE copy paper boxes of quilt, crochet, cross stitch and knitting books that I have been trying to find good homes for. . . but I did not have any takers. . . so they have been set free for others to find. (I wish I had thought to get a picture, but they are gone now & so is that chance.)

The sad part. . . .that hardly put a dent in the amount of books & magazines that I still have to go through as part of my downsizing exercise!

So, my January OMG goal was a bust. . . . but I was not idle and that, I believe, is the important thing.

I hope to have better luck next month!

In peace and pieces,

Sherry


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July OMG goal

Due to travelling in June I was not able to link up for the OMG (One Monthly Goal) program. .  . but I am back for July and getting back to sewing.

You can check out the following link to see what goals other creative are planning on working on for July:

https://www.elmstreetquilts.com/2018/07/one-monthly-goal-july-goal-link-up.html

Now, my goal for July is to get crumby. . . . . as in crumb blocks.  I want to have 42 of them done and ready for sashing.

I have to admit, I had tried crumb blocks before and I was not really happy with them. . .because I tried to have all kinds of wacky angles in the blocks.  I have found that I am not happy with that kind of thing.

Then I watched a YouTube video series by Darlene Michaud on crumb quilting and had an "ah ha" moment.  I can just cut things straight or slightly angled and work from there.  Great, I can do that. . . . .and I have no problem doing that.

So far here is a sample of what I have gotten:

I am cutting my blocks to 6 1/2" square and plan on making a quilt that will be around 60" x 70" when done.  I will use black as sashing to, hopefully, pop the colors from the blocks.

I figure that I need to have 42 blocks. . . . . I have 9 blocks already done and 13 blocks in progress. . . so I am well on my way to getting the blocks done.

For these blocks I am working from my scrap basket:

I had gone through it to take out larger pieces so these are strips and odd sized pieces that I just want to use to get them gone.

I don't know how depleted this basket will be by the end of the month. . . .as it seems that the fabric is multiplying every time I look at it there may not seem to be much of a difference. . . . so there may be more than just the 42 crumb blocks that I want to have for a quilt in my future.

Happy sewing to all.

In peace and pieces,

Sherry



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