March Goals

 I started treatments February 15th and the side effects have been tolerable but some days I am too shaky, weak and dizzy to accomplish all of my goals. I say that these side effects are much better than I feared With that said March was a pretty good month.

My goals for March were only somewhat accomplished as I spent a good part of the month finishing up February 

I’ve been keeping index cards near my sewing station to help me stay focused and on track  It also helps to keep the squirrels away 

Mini Bright 9 patches Stashbuster Random UFO Challenge: #10-1 

This project was started in 2019 using scraps left over after cutting many, many projects from the beautiful fabric we had donated to us. I cut the scraps into 1 1/2" strips and went from there. When I pulled the project out this month it only needed the corner half square triangles attached to the top.

 Then I pieced a blue fabric I had for the backing for the backing and, 

as usual, did a medium meander.

I had a nice teal fabric the binding,

 Quick finish. This one is 70x88.

I haven't decided where this quilt's final home will be.

Yellow/Striped flannel  Stashbuster Random UFO Challenge: #10-2

This quilt top has been sitting waiting to be quilted for at least 20 years. The striped fabric had been the leftover from a backing. And red flannel had been chosen for the backing.  And then it sat. It is finally quilted and bound. This one is 52x64 and will be donated.

And red flannel had been chosen for the backing. And red flannel backing had even been made. 

This one is 52x64 and will be donated.

Crayon Box Stashbuster Random UFO Challenge: #2

I pulled this project out. It is 84 blocks. I came up with a plan to use some of them but am waiting for some sashing fabric to be delivered. Amazingly enough it has been pulled again for April as #7.  This will be worked on again in April.

Scraps Heartstring Precut Challenge 

I decided to use up my bin of homespun 1 1/2" strips as scraps that had been cut for my Homespun  Spinning Strings finished in January. 

Homespun Spinning Strings

I used Sarah Craig's idea of starting a jelly roll race but stopping after the strip is 8 fabrics wide and then cutting that into squares. Read about it at Confessions of a Scrap Addict. 

The top is finished but did not get quilted yet. 

It's about 64x64 and will be donated.

Leader Enders March's color was Green

      RSC 36 Patch -  Green block made

      RSC Jackie Kunkel's Color Guard - 7 Green blocks made

10 Pillowcases: Done

       I have about 100 pillowcases cut out (with the help of my friend Joyce) and am goaling to finish 10 a month. Oops, no pictures

Extra

I quilted and bound one of four tops sent to me by Susan of MD. Jo Kramer at Jo's Country Junction hooked us up. Susan did a beautiful job on this top. It is such a treat to receive a top to quilt that is well made and very nicely pressed.

The focus fabric is a beautiful peacock design. 

This is the original peacock fabric

The blocks look like a One Block Wonder but with a four patch. I found a tutorial for it at Connecting Threads called Kaleidoscope - Four Patch Block. 

Susan was kind enough to include some backing fabric in with the tops and I used one of the pieces for the back. I quilted it with Mother Goose Signature thread in a medium meander. I found a binding fabric in my stash. 

This was a very fun project to work on. It finished at 59x80. 

It will be donated to Quilts that Care.

That's it for March. I certainly hope to get April Goals documented in a more timely fashion.