May One Monthly Goal

I completely forgot about doing an OMG for April. I would have chosen to make borders for Scottish Sun, so that is what I will choose to do for May. I would love to say that I will finish the quilt top, but until daycare opens again, that is just too much to hope for.

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Design Wall and ToDo's

I don't know why I am even making this post, because absolutely nothing has changed. Maybe that's why I need to write this post, because someday, months or years from now, I'll wonder what we did during the Covid 19 Shelter at Home. My blogs are a wonderful resource for my memory lapses. And I want to remember that this wasn't just a time when people lazed about at home. We kept an ear to the news, watching the spread of the virus across the states, and here at home trying to keep working and keep food on the table amid concerns of being exposed to the virus.

On a personal front, quilting has not been Number One on either my "Want to do" or my "Have to do" list. I've been making face masks and other personal items like cloth substitute for Kleenex, toilet paper, and paper towels, which are impossible to find at stores now. I've also been spending more time with the grandsons, and I have a post for my DIY blog in my mind that I need to get written. Plus, my mom has been in the hospital with her heart issues again, and I need to find an assisted living place for her down here. So many things going on right now, it's hard to sit still for quilting.

So if this design wall looks the same as last week, that's why. If my quilting mojo doesn't return soon, I may have to check it for cobwebs.

Last week's ToDo list:
X1. Finish sweater makeover
X2. Join three rows of Scottish Sun blocks
X3. Design borders for Scottish Sun
✔4. Make ten face masks
This week will be the same, except I will ask the local nursing home if there is something else they need. I've read so many things about what to do for people with the virus and a lot of them differ. But most say that keeping warm and covered, even with the fever is very important. I know when my mother-in-law was at this nursing home, that their blankets are very thin.

1. Finish sweater makeover
2. Join three rows of Scottish Sun blocks
3. Design borders for Scottish Sun
4. Make 25 face masks for the nursing home

I hope you are having a better week with your quilting than I am and that you and your loved ones are staying healthy. See you next week as we link to:

Design Wall Monday Week 12

Not much to show this week.  I only got a few blocks stitched together.  My time this week has been spent working on cabinets in the house.  And cooking.  So much more cooking now that I am stuck at home and have three extra mouths to feed.  That's why the design board looks almost exactly like it did last week.

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Design Wall and To Do Week 11

Saturday evening, I worked on a design for the Scottish Sun blocks and on Sunday afternoon, I stitched three of the rows together. I didn't even remember that I had written that as one of my goals last week, so that is a happy coincidence.

I also started joining string blocks for my leaders and enders, but I don't have a firm plan for them yet.

Other than the three rows of the Scottish Sun, I wasn't very successful with last week's goals:

✔1. Join three rows of Scottish Sun blocks
X2. Design borders with remaining fabric
✔3. Make floor mats for gransons's chair
X4. Take down design wall and finish wall behind it
X5. Finish sweater makeover

I would like to drop the sweater from my ToDo list. I am not liking the alterations I've made, but I am determined to finish it and see if it looks any better. So once again, it will be on this week's list.

1. Finish sweater makeover
2. Join three rows of Scottish Sun blocks
3. Design borders for Scottish Sun

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Design Wall Monday and To Do Tuesday Week 11

On the design wall today is an oldie but goodie. It is a UFO from 2004. Yes, these blocks have been sitting in a box for sixteen years. It's about time it is finished, don't you think? The original mystery design didn't include any borders, but I want to add a border and continue the effect of stars around a sun. It's name is Scottish Sun.

Now a look at goals. Last week, my goals were:
X1. Take down my design wall and finish the wall behind it - and I didn't touch it.
✔2. Finish Barnyard Quilt
X3. Finish the sweater makeover. I worked on it, but didn't finish.
✔4. Think of a new design for the Celebrate Freedom Quilt and recut the blocks - and I finished it too.

I am going to be a little more ambitious this week with these goals:
1. Join three rows of Scottish Sun blocks
2. Design borders with remaining fabric
3. Make floor mats for gransons's chair
4. Take down design wall and finish wall behind it
5. Finish sweater makeover

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