WIP Wednesday 11.25.20

 I'm still trying to get into the groove of quilting.  I'm doing much better at it than I was.  Remote learning takes a priority most days.

I put an all over stipple on the spider.  I know our son will get a kick out of this texture.  I'm still turning on the furnace in the house with the longarm.  It's keeping it warm enough so that the machine doesn't skip stitches -- for now.  

Half of the web is done.  Then I'll advance it and do the other half...

The mobile hotspot that the school provided helps keep Owen busy with his school work while I quilt.  He can even participate in his Google meetings with it.  You can tell he was a little cold until the furnace kicked in.  I didn't give the teachers any explanation of where he was located.  Teehee.

We tried a virtual cooking program.  It was a big hit.  It was part of a sight called Gigi's Playhouse.  It's an amazing program for people (and families) that just happen to live with Down syndrome.  Here he is browning hamburger for the first time.

I finished the longarm quilting on a friend's quilt and returned it to her on Monday.  I quilted it using my giant template board from Circle Lord called Square Dance.  I love the texture on it!

His virtual friends are cooking too!  You can see his video on YouTube.  I accidentially mentioned that it was with our group the Up Side of Downs -- which is another group that we do things with virutally.  Both groups are AMAZING!  He feels so connected with these groups.

He opened a can by himself with a can opener for the first time -- first try!  He did awesome!!!  He also used an electric mixer for the first time while making pumpkin bars for dessert.  Here it is on video.  I'm one proud mama!

I currently have 60 on-going projects on my list.  They are separated into stages.  This seems like a lot of projects, but I used to have 93 items on my list.  I love the fact that it has gone down so much.

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern from 

 2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

 3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

 4.  Picadilly Circle

 5.  ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)

 6.  Go Four It!  Scrappy 4-patches started as leader/ender, June 2017

 7.  Patriotic Folk Animals (from Americana Quilts Book) 8/8/19

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Jelly Roll Rug

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.  Veggie Patch from Katie Mae Quilts

12.  Mod Mod QA (from Block Lotto, circles w/lines)

13.  Owl's Well That Ends Well (RSC19 project started 1/26/19)

14.  Kevin the Quilter's Sapphire Stars Mystery (started Summer 2017) I can't find it!!!

15.  Temperature QA (changing this project to a table topper)

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

17.  Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons  Porter Magazine) only one house block complete.)

19.  2.5" Scraps from Dani -- making "cracker" blocks

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

23.  Dresser Scarf (My Grandma's WIP from the 1970's found 1/1/20

24.  Linen & Threads Mystery SAL, Started 1/1/20 for my sew-to-go-bag

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- needs blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017

27.  Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter (started 4/1/2020)

28.  Orange, pink, grey kite blocks 2015

29.  Maroon Sampler Quilt

30.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

31.  Kathleen Tracy's 2019 Mystery Quilt Facebook QA started in March, 2019

32.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

33.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Scrap Crystals (RSC15)

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

 5.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

Blocks Are Made But Need to be Sewn Together (and/or Some Sashing)

 1.  Block Swap Adventure Orange/Yellow Sampler (2011-2012)

 2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby

 3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks That I Won

 4.  Split Stars (blocks won from the Block Lotto, October, 2012)

 5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)

 6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; October 2012)

 7.  Fortune Teller (RSC14)

 8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt

 9.  Block Swap Adventure (2013) Churn Dash Blcoks

10.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks 5/17/17 QA

11.  Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

12. Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May 2018)

13.  Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN Dot Dot Dash Bag, Won April, 2018

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

4.  Soul Searching -- Julianne sent it to me on 8/29/19

5.  Sand Castles -- Bonnie Hunter string quilt started January, 2019 -- an RSC project

6.  Bonnie Hunter Garden Party (started 3.18.17)

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  CM Crib Quilt (I'll post a pic of it tomorrow)  I picked it up 11.23.20

3.  #SpiderSewalong quilt from Instagram (on the frame)

I'm linking up with Midweek Makers.  Enjoy all the eye candy at Quilt Fabrication.