15 Minutes To Stitch 2022 - Week 4

I loved participating in Kate's Life in Pieces 15 Minutes to Stitch since 2020 and am a fan of her blog. She's continuously hosted since 2011!

My 2022 goal is to stitch at least 15-minutes 50% of the days in the year, same as 2021.

• Week 4: 5 of 7 = 71 %
• 79 minutes/day average across 7-days
• January 20 of 23 = 87 %
• 2022: 20 of 23 = 87 %

Continuing to tweak my interpretation of life and living based on Abraham Hicks YouTubes and purchased audios. Found that I have a habitual thinking of myself that is centered in shame. The shame of not living up to other people's expectations. And continuing to practice from the book Chatter talking in my own mind about "Dawn's emotions" to keep me from getting lost in overwhelmed at work and home.

So, how did the sewing projects go?

Top items with progress:

1) String and Story Free Motion Quilting Academy

Different basting sprays tested:

1. S&S HAK Flour paste basting spray with cheap Vodka
2. S&S HAK Flour paste basting spray with isopropyl alcohol
3. Washable Glue diluted with water
4. Washable Glue diluted with cheap Vodka
5. Washable Glue diluted with isopropyl alcohol

I still need to write up a blog post and share my experiences to Facebook Quilt Guild groups.

Continued to doodle and then stitch the Unit 2 wood grain motif to use in the outer border of the Easy Breezy Doggie Quilt. Here is a picture of the practice Fat Quarter partially quilted:

2) Easy Breezy Doggie sized from Bonnie Hunter of Quiltville's 2020 Leader/Ender 6" blocks. All the quilting is done  including a pass of FMQ loopy line in the sashings. The new motif in my arsenal Wood Grain is quilted in the outer border and the quilt is squared up and ready for binding. Binding and label making are in progress:

Updating Mini Archie's Fettle Those Finishes! to continue my focus for the First Quarter of 2021. 

Fettle Those Finishes! priority projects (Q1):

1. Rock Candy Table Topper (FAL #1) - COMPLETED
2. Easy Breezy Leader/Ender quilt for Doggie (FAL #2) - IN PROGRESS
3. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of FAL #3) - Other 1 - IN PROGRESS
4. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of FAL #4) - Other 2 - IN PROGRESS
5. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of FAL #3) - Potholder 1 - Not Started
6. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of FAL #4) - Potholder 2 - Not Started
7. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of FAL #3) - Mug Rug 1 - Not Started
8. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of FAL #4) - Mug Rug 2 - Not Started
9. Free Motion Quilting Academy Practices - IN PROGRESS
10. Fabric Cafe Byzantine Door secret gift quilt 1 (FAL #5) - ON HOLD
11. Fabric Cafe Byzantine Door secret gift quilt 2 (FAL #6) - ON HOLD
12. Free Motion Quilting Academy Motifs Sampler  (FAL #7) - ON HOLD
13. Sewing H.Q! quilted sign (FAL #9) - ON HOLD
14. Free Motion Quilting Academy Whole Cloth Quilt (FAL #8) - ON HOLD

What are you working on?

Link-Ups:

• Life in Pieces Week 4 of 2022 - As #11