Summer 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club

 Now that it is summer I hope to finish a few projects.  Motivated by Joy at The Joyful Quilter, I'm going to sign up with her Ravelry UFO group.  Here is my project list for the SUMMER 2025 (Ravelry) UFO Club:

1.  Old Town Mystery (Pattern by Bonnie Hunter 2024-25)

The quilt top is now complete.  I need to make a back next.

2.  Rail Fence 3.5" blocks

I need 900 blocks for this quilt.  I have to count them and clip sets together.  

 

3.  Piccadilly Circle

I started making this quilt in 2014 for the RSC.  In 2021 I made only three of the border pieces (yellow, light green, and dark green).  I made one yellow and one dark green Piccadilly Circle blocks in 2022.  I still need to make circle blocks in dark purple and lime green.  I also need the other border parts.

4.  Kite Girl

All of the Kite Girl blocks are made.  All of the embroidery of the flower stems and kite strings are complete.  This quilt will have an antique look with mint green sashing.  I plan to work on it during the month for light green.  The inspiration for this quilt appeared at Q is for Quilter. I believe I started this project for the RSC in 2014.

5.  Folk Art Birds

I need to locate the paper bird template for this one.  It could be with another bird I had made.  This was a 2016 RSC project start.

6.  Charm Basket Quilt

Two more charm baskets need to be made to put into the spots at the bottom where the sheets of paper are.  I also need to cut the miscelaneous blues for the staggered ends.  Then the quilt top can be assembled.

7.  Maroon Sampler

This quilt is a combination of different sampler quilts.  I want to say this was around 2013ish for some of the first blocks.  I need to count to see how many I have and go from there.

8.  Bitcoin Double Sized Quilt

I have cut strips in multi-colored fabrics (fabrics that are more than one color and don't fit into a specific color family bin for sorting purposes.) I have several strips sewn together in anothe strip bin.

9.  Random Ohio Stars -- Started in November, 2022 (needs quilted)

10.  Vintage Flower Garden Blocks -- Top completed 11.23.2024 (needs a back)

11.  Blue Embroidery Quilt, top completed Summer 2024 (needs quilted)

12.  HST Quilt, Three Six Nine RSC22 -- (needs more HST made and rows completed)

13.  Tree of Life Quilt -- I only have three blocks completed, (orange, aqua, and yellow)

 Tree of Life block in orange was made this week.  This is a die from Accuquilt.  

14. Scarborough Fair -- more blocks need to be made.

15.  Unity Quilt (Bonnie Hunter 2020 Quilt Along). I still can't figure out how I want to make this quilt larger and finish it.  I may just do a 3.5" scrappy neutral border and call it a flimsy?

16.  Card Trick -- needs a back made and then quilted.

17.  Acorn Harvest

Photo from the front of the package:

18.  I finished cutting all the HST for Sail Away crib quilt.  It is now a complete quilt kit.

Thank you, Joy @ The Joyful Quilter for inviting others to join this challenge.  I'm linking up at the Summer 2025 UFO Club on Ravelry.

There is much sorting and cleaning to be done in the longarm room.  Once that gets organized so that I can see my big cutting table, quilting will happen!  

Slow Sunday Stitching -- Charm Basket Blocks

It's finally time to look at my (wonky) Charm Basket quilt!  I need TWO more baskets.

My baskets are trimmed to 4.25" vs. the recommended 4.5" unfinished block due to wonkiness.  52.5" x 64.5" finished is the quilt pattern size. I'll be cutting the two baskets pieces this week!  I'll also need to cut the filler block spots for the ends.  The two white pieces of paper at the bottom is where the last two baskets will land.

 The quilt pattern is called Charm Basket by Laundry Basket Quilts.  It is an Edyta Sitar design. I also stitched circles on two Dicey blocks this week in blue (Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2025.)I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.

 

Old Town (Bonnie Hunter Mystery) -- RSC25

 I'm excited to show the rest of the pieces put together on my Old Town Mystery quilt!  Look at all those little pieces of orange used to assemble the sashing pieces this week!  Some of the tiny scraps I only had enough for ONE flying geese in the whole quilt.  But it was used.

The photo was taken on our bed which is a California king size.  Although it is big enough, I am going to add one more neutral fabric around the edge of the quilt.  When I longarm quilt, I do NOT like all those little pieces along the edge.  I like edges that are nice, long, and usually flat.  Doing that also helps me square up the quilt during trimming.

I'm so excited that the bin for this quilt is now empty.  Another recently loved project will get a turn under the needle.  Can't wait to see what it will be.  I still need to make a pieced back and longarm this quilt, obviously.  BUT as long as I get it done before Thanksgiving, I will allow myself to start the 2025 Bonnie Hunter mystery (which I'm hoping she will continue to do.)

Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC25 here.

Old Town Progress -- Wednesday Wait Loss 438

 I made more progress on my Old Town mystery this week.  All big blocks are sewn together.

I'm linking up at Wednesday Wait Loss 438.  I was super thrilled how my blocks matched so nicely.  

I've learned over the last few years of experience when I make a super scrappy quilt like this how important it is to make the unit and make make sure that the units measure correctly.  Yes, that's common sense.  But when I make my own type of scrappy patterns, I tend to just make sure that the blocks measure the same.  It makes me lazy when the blocks need to be a specific size.

My task today is to cut and attach the inner border.  It's been in the 90's here in Ohio for a few days.  Looks like the high today is still going to be 86 degrees (F).  Both my husband and son are at work!  I'm going to grab a fan and SEW for a few hours.

Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL is called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.

Old Town -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery (2024)

 I made some serious progress on my Old Town quilt!

All of the sashing pieces were assembled.  Now all of the rows are put together.  The next step is to pin and sew into one piece!  It's getting exciting around here.

I can't wait to make the red/white checkered border.  All pieces are cut and ready.

Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.

I'm linking up at Quilting is more fun than Housework for Oh Scrap!

Slow Sunday Stitching

 This week finds one more EPP flower...

I'm going to have to start putting them all together soon if it's going to be a table topper.

I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching here.

Happy 13th Anniversary Slow Sunday Stitchers!

 

Lots of Orange to Show! -- RSC25

 I set a goal to work on at least one block a day of the Bonnie Hunter 2024 Mystery -- Old Town.

I sewed one block.  When I realized that I was just putting 9-patches together (because the sub-assemblies were done back in January) things really started rolling.  It was a rainy day.  It drizzled and poured and the sun came out and it was on repeat all day.  I decided I could be more productive sewing vs. pulling weeds.

There are over forty different orange scraps in the blocks above.  I have started assembling the sashing.  There are two tiny orange flying geese scraps in each one.  Those pieces are smaller AND more scrappy!  Hopefully I'll be able to show you my progress on those orange pieces next week.  Stay tuned.

Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.

I'm linking up at Angela's blog, SoScrappy, for the RSC25 here.