SLOW MONDAY

 Not much accomplished on this slow Monday.  I only got this one little block done:

BUSY MONDAY

I got a lot done this morning.  I was out in the studio before 5am painting the next batch of Little Houses, giving them a base coat on both sides.

Then after our morning walk, I got a couple of hours of quilting on NYC.

After lunch, it was Brave Patch Monday Sewcial.  We started out by making another Coordinates block.  Here's mine:

Then I made last week's Art East Quilting's Mini Block.  This is number 46, The Toque.

 

MONDAY CATCH UPS

 Seems I'm always trying to catch up with my BOMs and BOWs on Mondays.  So, today I got two of the Art East Quilting's Mini Sampler Blocks done.

Here is #44 The Reconnection:

And, #45 The Propeller:

Then, on Brave Patch Monday Sewcial we played another round of Coordinates.  This is my block for the week.  I incorporated a new fabric for the filler, Kaleidoscope Charcoal.  It's a lovely fabric, easy to work with and the color is excellent.

BATTY MONDAY

 During the Brave Patch Monday Sewcial I made another Coordinates block.  This has turned out to be a very satisfying game.  I had to use my skills on this one because it needed several partial seams.

Then I made this week's Art East Quilting's Mini Charm block.  This is week 43, The Bat:

ROUTINE MONDAY

 I finally feel like I'm back into my normal routine, which I missed while I was gone 'on vacation'.

Today, I worked on finishing the Coptic Book Challenge with Vintage Page Designs.  I stitched everything together and it became a book.  It was very satisfying.

Then on Brave Patch Monday Sewcial, we were introduced to a new improv exercise named Coordinates.  We randomly selected pairs of numbers and cut 'rectangles' with those measurements.  Then joined them together.  Each piece must abut a previous piece.

 Then we sewed them together, adding filler pieces as needed.

Afterwards, I made this week's Art East Quilting Mini Charm block.  This is #42 The Witch Hat:

 

MORE OF THAT

 Still catching up.

I worked some more on the handmade book challenge with Vintage Page Designs.  We covered the book covers today.  I didn't finish the video for the day.  I stopped after this because it was time for Brave Patch Finish it Friday, which I wanted to attend.

I made the next Art East Charm Mini block, # 41 The Pumpkin:

CATCHING UP

 I have three Art East Quilting Mini Charm Blocks to catch up on.  

But, first I worked on my handmade book challenge from Vintage Page Designs.  I cut the paper for the signatures, folded them and put them under something heavy to learn to love their new home.

Then I got to work on those mini blocks.  There's a Halloween theme happening lately.

This is block #39 The Candy Corn:

Then #40 The Skull:

GHOST!

 I made this week's Art East Quilting Mini Charm block.

Here is #38 The Ghost:

THE LEAF AND THE CAT

 Here are two more Art East Quilting Mini Charm blocks:

The Leaf and The Cat:

QUILTING PROBLEMS

 I setup a pantograph and started Erik quilting on Tractor Beam.

Then it was one thing after another.  First of all, Erik really hates quilting right-to-left, so he shredded the thread every chance he got.   I even changed from Aurifil to Wonderfil thread because it's 3-ply and a little thicker.  That reduced the number of shreddings a bit, but didn't eliminate them.

Then the sew-head went black, the lights went out and it stopped. That scared the heck out of me!   So on a walk-around I discovered the plug on the back had worked its way out.  I plugged it in, restarted, and got him working again.  Phew.

THEN, the darn hopping foot, #74 with a plastic cup, broke!  Good grief, I guess I'm lucky the needle didn't run over it and jam up the machine.

I gave up for the day, and went to join the Brave Patch Finish it Friday get-together.

I made this week's Art East Quilting Mini block, #35, The Thread.

OHIO STAR MINI

 Today, during the BP-Monday Sewcial get-together, I made this week's Art East Quilting Mini block, #34 - The Ohio Star II.

TWO ART EAST BLOCKS

 I caught up with the Art East Quilting's Mini Charms by making last week's and this week's blocks.

Block #32 The Flies

Block #33 The Tree

I couldn't stay for the whole of the BP-Monday Sewcial, it got too hot upstairs in the studio.

FUSSY SEWING

 I quilted on the City Noise quilt in the morning, then in the afternoon, I made the next Art East Quilting's Mini Charm block.  This one was all about fussing and getting all of the points and seams right.  And, it finishes at 6 inches.

This is block 31, The Meta Star:

TWO ON THURSDAY

 After I spent the morning quilting on the Solstice Star quilt I managed to make two more of the Art East Quilting's Mini Charm blocks.  These two were especially intricate, and a little frustrating at times.  But, they sure are cute.

WEDNESDAY PLAY

 I worked on Solstice Star, quilting the center part of the star and moving on.  

Then a package arrived full of some wonderful stuff!

Which I immediately put into the washer - separated by colors, of course.

Then, more catching up.  First, I made the next block for Art East Quilting's Minis.  This is block #28 The Original.  It went together pretty fast.

Then, I was able to make two more improv blocks.  I tuned into Cheryl Arkison's videos of Playcation 2022.  

WOMAN POWER

 I quilted a bit more on the Solstice Star, then went on to the fun stuff.

I made the next Art East Quilting's Mini block, #27 The Ice Cream:

The the really fun stuff, another improv block from Cheryl Arkison:

This is a power pose - woman power!

I got a little frustrated though when I started putting the background in.  I didn't realize I was almost out of that dark teal.  This is it.  I sure hope I ordered more and it's in the Missouri Star order that's arriving today.

Oh, and I mailed my Rhythm in Blues quilt off to Houston this morning, too.  Good luck!

CATCHING UP

 I've put off a lot of my weekly and monthly projects lately.  I got to work on some of them today during our Brave Patch Monday Sewcial get-together.

First was doing this month's Block of the Month with Seattle Modern Quilt Guild.  I made the corner squares so I could attach the borders we made last month.

Then I started on the Art East Quilting Mini Charm blocks.  I think I'm five weeks behind.  I only had time to get one of those done.  If I do one a day the rest of the week, I'll be caught up.

I did get some quilting done on the Solstice Star, too.  

BEE-P MONDAY

 Spent the afternoon with the Brave Patch Monday Sewcial.  I made a block during our 30 Minutes of Play.  Prompts were 'skinny lines' and  'progression'.  There were some others, but I ignored them.

Then I made last week's Mini Charm block from Art East Quilting, #25 The Bee:

MONDAY MAKE

 During this week's BP-Monday Sewcial I worked on making this week's pattern from Art East Quilting Company.  

It is The Bubble.

Then I sewed another long seam on Crushing It.  Only two more to go!