April 2020 Furtle

April Review / Furtle

As defined by Mini Archie, ‘Furtling’ means ‘having a rummage, a delve, a look at the contents of something’. So I have furtled around to see what I have been doing this month and now I’m going to furtle around the blogs of anyone else who links up over at Archie the Wonder Dog!

-Janine at Rainbow Hare on 2/28/2019

April was a fast moving month! What got done?

1. Patterns By Jen's 2020 Monthly Color Challenge second March block catch-up: 

2. Patterns By Jen's 2020 Monthly Color Challenge both April blocks: 

3. Quilt Guild's 4th block caught up:

4. 12 Fabric Face filters for myself, Hubby, and a few close friends. Also wrote up my instructions so I can remember the supply sizes:

5. Fixing a couple of puppy's toys:

6. Foundation Paper Pieced Violet with quilting started:

Bonus: Found a reference for how to keep my quilt from bleeding: https://www.colorwaysbyvicki.com/save-my-bleeding-quilt.html#/

What have you been up to in April?

Project Plans in motion:

1. Finish Foundation Paper Pieced 6" Violet block:
1. Quilt
2. Square up
3. Make Card interior
4. Attach quilt to card
5. Send card
2. Mend dog PJ's rip made by Osky during his first week here with sharp puppy shark teeth
3. Darn 1-pair of jeans, 2 rips
4. Neck Pouches:
1. Make one for myself (FAL #123)
2. Make one for a friend
5. Ironing station:
1. Research Ironing station frame options
2. Research Pressing options - larger surface than iron for large fabrics
6. Start gift swap quilt - Wall Hanging
1. Pick Fabrics
2. Start sewing
3. Research other binding techniques
7. More friends/family fabric face filters, inside cotton sheet material and outside cotton fabric
8. Finish Cricut Maker Block of the Week the Sequel (FAL #2)
1. Quilt
2. Square Up
3. Choose Binding, make Binding and Sleeve
4. Make Label
5. Bind with hanging sleeve and Label
6. Hand-sew label side and top, binding corners, and hanging sleeve bottom and sides
9. QuiltSmart Midi Bag - Sandscapes (FAL #93)
10. Finish UFO: Simply Sparkle Bliss as the May Challenge Quilt for the Honey Bees Quilt Guild (FAL #9)
11. Make 3 Cafe Press 3-yard quilts for friends during the COVID-19 home-bound (FAL #56, 121, & 122)
12. Press and cut 20 10" orange batik squares for Honey Bees Quilt Guild Exchange for April
13. Press and cut 20 10" turquoise batik squares for Honey Bees Quilt Guild Exchange for May
14. Continue patching jeans including decorative stitching planned for the one where the puppy tore above the knee

Link-Ups:
* Mini Archie's April Furtle Around The Blogosphere as #4