To-Do Tuesday #245 Weekly Update

Join us today for the 245th weekly To-Do Tuesday list and update. Linda hosts the To-Do Tuesday linky party and we appreciate her weekly encouragement. Thank you, Linda!

To-Do for the week of February 15^th through 21^st:

1. Round Six in the SAHRR √ Done
2. Five apple blocks for Violet – √ Done
3. Keep on sewing Beau Bear baby quilt – √ Done
4. Short list limit – no more items allowed to remain stress-free

To Do #1

We are on the sixth and final round for the Stay At Home Round Round (SAHRR). That doesn’t mean you need to stop, though. It is your quilt. If you want to make it bigger, skip this or any round, make up your own rounds – DO it. There is a linky party today at our friend Chris’ website, Chris Knits. Chris gave us the final prompt in our weekly round for the Shoo-Fly block. We had never, ever made the shoo-fly block before although we have no good reason for ignoring it. It’s an easy-to-make block plus there are multiple choices available to make it your own.

I am quite proud of myself for remembering to take a picture of the pretty Shoos. Look how easy they are – a couple of half-square triangle blocks coupled with some squares.

To-Do #2

You may remember we made some pumpkins for my birthday month buddy, Alice Amelia when she turned one. Several friends made some pumpkin blocks which were lovingly sewn together by her grandmother into a large quilt top. We then took it, quilted it, AND added her name within the quilting. The name was found and enjoyed by momma and Alice. We are doing a similar thing for Alice’s little sister, Violet. While she is not my birthday buddy since her birthday is in May, she does share one of my favorite names. My mom’s name was VIOLET. She used to sing a song to me about roses and violets when I was young, and that one of them was sweeter than the other. That’s a fun memory! Here is a link to Doris Day singing Sweet Violets with pictures of her and Rock Hudson. I love their movies!

Back to the topic . . . I got a little off task there, for a long minute. My sous chef and list master, Sue, volunteered that we would make five apple blocks. She has all the fabrics cut and the first block laid out for me. Teal is the background color of choice for Violet’s quilt (why not purple, I wondered). Susan must have forgotten my vow of no-stress for 2022, as I was a bit shocked surprised, and taken aback by this promise. Needless to say, we are going to fulfill it. The ball is in my court – get sewing, Auntie Rose. Speaking of Auntie Rose, look at the cute and sweet Valentine’s I received in the mail. Aww, I would LOVE to have you as my valentines, Alice and Violet. ~smile~ Lest you are worried, Auntie Sue received her valentines a few days after me!

To-Do #3

Beau Bear baby quilt which was inspired by Gail at Quilting Gail is getting cuter by the moment. At least in our book it is! Last week, when you saw Beau, he had no eyes or mouth. Also, his nose was loose and needed to be tacked down.

All of those details were fixed during our very productive, Presidents’ Day long weekend. Here is a peek and a closeup of Beau Bear’s ear, eyes, and muzzle. I added a bit of zig-zag stitches to delineate the ears from his head, buttonholed his eyes into place, tacked down the nose triangle, and added a smiling mouth. The mouth is VERY hard to see, I think since the stitches disappear within the soft Minky fabric. We’ve layered the piece for quilting!

Extra:

The golf ball block, edition 1.5, for Colt’s sports theme quilt has been attempted. I’ve added a bit of light gray stitching near the bottom of the curve, as suggested by Cheree. I also added Colt’s name, as suggested by both Cheree and Rochelle. Thank you so much for making Colt’s quilt better than we thought possible. Edition 2 is still pending with the addition of the grass blades – Sue thinks they should be skipped. She reminded me that he’s two – he won’t care about the grass blades. Humph.

To-Do for the week of February 22^nd through 28^th:

How, oh how, can it be the end of February already??!!

1. Finish our dresser runner for the SAHRR
2. Finish Beau Bear baby quilt top – start quilting?? – dare to dream
3. Sew FIVE apple blocks for Violet, who is turning ONE in May
4. Just enough to keep it stress-free!

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