April 2022 Furtle - Fettle Those Finishes Update

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

While the FinishALong organized group was cancelled in 2020 Mini-Archie, one of my favorite online personalities, and his person started hosting a monthly progress link-up: Fettle Those Finishes! 

April, another month that flew by. Work has continued more stressful than last year. The dogs and I are enjoying walking outside. It's so refreshing. Since I don't have much time for sewing, I have kept to smaller sewing goals to be able to feel good.  

How did sewing go?

April Sewing objectives realized and progressed:

1. HoneyBeeQuilters 2 tray MugRugs from the Elfin Magic workshop session - this was half the April One Monthly Goal and part of Finish A Long numbers 3 and 4:

2. HoneyBeeQuilters 2 Ginger Bread Applique potholders from the Elfin Magic workshop session - this was half the April One Monthly Goal and part of Finish A Long numbers 3 and 4:

Gracie helped by my birthday Gnome checks the sewing on the potholders

3) Started on scrappy string/scrap assembly for Bonnie Hunter's Rocky Road to Grayson during the HoneyBeeQuilters workshop made 12 triangles on Foundation Yellow Pages from our old home in New Jersey.

4) Toes in the Sand 2022 Block of the Month - Completed the blocks for Month 3 and 4, 2 for the quilt and a practice block in my own fabric choices: 

5) My 3 Checkerboard blocks for the 2022 Janome Quilt Along with Janome Canada and Melissa Marginet. I'm using Kona's 2020 color of the year, Enchanted for my non-white. I've also selected Kona Black for sashing/binding and this patterned fabric for backing

6) Continued Donation Pocket Quilts for HoneyBee Quilters - more tops are ready to assemble:

A little encouraging message card will go in the pocket on the back. The wooden heart is for illustration as there is one wooden heart sewn in the layers of each pocket quilt.

Fettle Those Finishes! priority projects (Q2):

1. 2022 BOM Toes in the Sand Sampler, thru Block 4 - COMPLETED
2. 2022 BOM Toes in the Sand Kit, thru Block 4 - COMPLETED
3. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of OMG + FAL #3) - Mug Rug 1 - COMPLETED
4. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of OMG + FAL #4) - Mug Rug 2 - COMPLETED
5. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of OMG + FAL #3) - Potholder 1 - IN PROGRESS
6. HoneyBeeQuilters Elfin Magic (part of OMG + FAL #4) - Potholder 2 - IN PROGRESS
7. 2022 Janome QAL thru Checkerboard 3 quilted Blocks - IN PROGRESS
8. HoneyBeeQuilters 30 Batik+Black Exchange Blocks - IN PROGRESS
9. Thomas, Dungarees and Wigwam - IN PROGRESS
10. HoneyBeeQuilters Donation Pocket Quilts (5+16 donated, several in progress) - IN PROGRESS
11. Free Motion Quilting Academy Motifs Sampler  (FAL #7) - ON HOLD
12. Free Motion Quilting Academy Practices - ON HOLD
13. Geo Grid quilt from HoneyBeeQuilters 2021 Exchange Blocks - ON HOLD
14. Fabric Cafe Byzantine Door secret gift quilt 1 (FAL #5) - ON HOLD
15. Fabric Cafe Byzantine Door secret gift quilt 2 (FAL #6) - ON HOLD
16. Sewing H.Q! quilted sign (FAL #9) - ON HOLD
17. Free Motion Quilting Academy Whole Cloth Quilt (FAL #8) - ON HOLD

Stats:

• 4 Completed in Q2
• 6 In Progress
• 7 On Hold
• 0 Specific Projects to go

What did you get done in April?

Link-Ups:
* Mini Archie's March Furtle Around The Blogosphere as #2