June and July 2025 Furtle - Fettle Those Finishes Update

 June and July 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

To socialize with my online crafty friends I'm linking up with Mini-Archie, one of my favorite online personalities, and his person for the monthly progress link-up from Fettle Those Finishes! 

Continuing weekly stats here for possibly linking up once a month with Kate at Life In Pieces. My 2021-2024 goal was to stitch at least 15-minutes 50% of the days in the year. Now, the goal is any number of minutes in a day for 50% of the year since I've got an almost 10-month old puppy. I want as much time with him to enjoy our time together. 

• Week 22: 6 of 7 = 86 %
• 90 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 23: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 51 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 24: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 71 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 25: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 82 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 26: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 60 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 27: 6 of 7 = 86 %
• 70 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 28: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 77 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 29: 6 of 7 = 86 %
• 37 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 30: 7 of 7 = 100 %
• 102 minutes/day average across 7-days
• Week 31: 2 of 4 = 50 %
• 24 minutes/day average across 4-days
• June 30 of 30 = 100 %
• July 27 of 31 = 87 %
• 2025: 184 of 212 = 87 %

June and July both had their challenges for me and my family. The puppy is finally 1-year old and full sized. We're working on teaching him to go upstairs on his own. It's a slow process to increase confidence. Big brother is sick and I'm having to carry each of a 38-lbs dog and a 33-lbs dog upstairs 3x/day when I go to my office to work. 

Sewing continues to be my solace and I'm starting to be able to do more of it on a daily and weekly basis. Focus continues slowly on my projects planned in 2025 see my Furtle planning post HERE.  

Projects Half Done Progress update:

There were 52 projects already started before January 1, 2025 (up from 46 in 2024). The below screenshot of my projects from the spreadsheet provided (and a little expanded) by QuiltingGail is my 'official' list with reference numbers used throughout the year.

June:

July:

As of July 31st, 5 projects have been completed (Blue Highlight), 2 UFO's and 3 new projects. 0 projects completed this month (Green Highlight on completion Date), 0 UFO's and 0 new projects. 7 projects progressed in June and 5 projects progressed in July (Pink Highlight), 4 from UFO's and 3 new project. 

How did sewing go?

June and July Projects Completed:

1) None. Keeping this space as a placeholder.

June and July Projects Progressed:

1) Moon Garden Smitten2 (2025 UFO 7): Block 6B completed and Block 6C assembly in progress. Smitten2 Month 6 in progress for 11-hours and 16-minutes out of 224-hours and 40-minutes on the entire quilt top of 16 Months.

(No photo of 6C in progress.)

2) Tula Pink's Alchemy Row 1 assembly continued during MQG meeting. Alchemy, a 2022 BOM, (2025 UFO 6) has Row 1 has progressed in 72-hours and 9-minutes out of 120-hours and 43-minutes on the entire quilt top so far. Example of the colors in this row:

3) & 4) Embroidery 101 has started with an Alphabet Sampler Page and January Stitches. I've started sewing on a couple test pages. 

5) Honeybee Quilters guild workshop with Gail Renna of the Deb Tucker's Studio 180 Studio Abstraction pattern. Abstraction Quilt is 2025 Project 7 in progress for 44-hours and 46-minutes. Flimsy completed and shown at the guild meeting.

6) JAX MQG 2020 BOM + MQG 2025 Sew Along: All but the final 2 pieced blocks are ready for assembly. Need to design the final layout. This project is 2025 UFO 33 in progress for 39-hours and 5-minutes.

7) Easy Breezy twin size, Quiltville's 2020 Leader/Ender pattern (2025 UFO 4) - now have 90 blocks of the 180 needed for UFO, 98 blocks will be done when the kits at the sewing machine are completed. A tracking spreadsheet has been created for all the elements needed to assemble the top and figured it's 53% complete. 

June and July Stats:

• 0 Completed
• 7 Progressed
• 50 UFO's remaining
• 5 2025 started projects remaining

What did you get done in June and July?

Link-Ups:
* Mini Archie's July 2025 Furtle Around The Blogosphere as #3

* Ms P Designs - July PHD in 2025 as #5

* Life in Pieces - Stitching Stuff Week ? of 2025 as #TBD