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.

Old Town -- One Block

 I set a goal to do one block a day for the rest of the week of Bonnie Hunter's 2024 Mystery QAL called Old Town.  You can find the pattern for purchase at Quiltville Quips & Snips here.

All of my sub units for this mystery are complete.  I stopped working on the QAL after school started back after the Christmas holidays (January 2025).  Now that it's summer break, I plan to keep making a block or few until this step (Part 9 -- the reveal) is complete.  

I measured the unit and it came out perfectly!!!  I need to note (on my paper pattern and here on my blog that I pushed the button to adjust my needle to the right until it read 1.5 -- SIX TIMES.). I also used my quarter inch foot.  Making notes like this is critical when I don't get every step done at once and have to pick up the project and work on it again at a later date.

Slow Sunday Stitching -- EPP

 More EPP happened earlier this week.

And yes, you read that correctly on the calendar -- LAST TEACHER DAY.  Can you tell that I used a greeting card and some junk mail for some of the cardstock paper of the EPP?

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

 

Dicey -- Orange -- RSC25

Here's two Dicey blocks in orange:

I love playing with all of these neutrals.  You can read why I started this quilt here.

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

EPP Buds

Students had movie day in their classrooms on Friday.  I managed to sew a few EPP buds while they were gone:

These go here and there in my random hexie flower quilt.  I still haven't decided how big this quilt will be.

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

 

Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2025 -- Orange EPP

 This week I managed to sew an orange flower.

The school days are starting to dwindle down.  Students will be in school Monday and Tuesday.  The last teacher day is Wenesday, June 11.  I talked to the teacher yesterday for whom I am covering her absences.  She is returning on July 23, but she will need me numerous days when she goes with her husband for his medical journey.  I'm relieved that she will be back and that I will only be filling in for her temporarily.  

The poor dinosaur underwent a little armpit surgery this week.  He is recovering nicely.

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

Slow Sunday Stitching -- Temperature Tree

I started a new slow stitching project -- a temperature tree.  I figured I would work on stitching the tree portion this year or 2026, and then add the leaves the year after the tree is complete.  It definitely qualifies as a S L O W stitching project.

I'm just using the pattern to get the idea of the branches and such.  My colors will not match the ones in the pattern.  Even the brown branches will not be the same.  I'm not that kind of person that can do amazing cross stitch like the others in the group where there is one little stitch of one color and then one little stitch of another.  I'm not that organized--neither is my brain.  I just like to enjoy the slow stitching process and stitch.

The little orange blip above the top left corner of the cross stitch pattern is our son in his orange sweatshirt.  He is magnet fishing on the dock.  He was there for over three hours.  I didn't cross stitch the whole time.  But I do feel that I did get some things accomplished.  I do like how the branch of the tree is starting to form.  This keeps me content, is calming, and makes me happy!

This project is going to be kept in a bag in the behind-the-seat organizer in my truck.  There is a perfect pocket for itOur son has activities planned for Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for at least 8 weeks.  These activities last 1 to 1.5 hours.  If I'm not running errands such as getting groceries, I'll be happily stitching.

At school I finally had time to stitch a few hexies while I waited for students to come back from their hiking field trip.  I pulled out my green scraps for leaves to finish strong using green scraps for the RSC25 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge at SoScrappy).  

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