Home Alone

We finished the Carnival Quilt this week.  Whew!  That's a big check off the to do list for school.

something is wrong with my phone camera - every photo recently is blurry

The students sewed diagonally through their blocks and then I sewed more diagonals in the border.  I thought I would put the binding on with them or leave a section undone to show them, but I was making such good progress last night I just went ahead and finished it.

pieced backing - frogs & lizards!

Several students asked what I was going to do this weekend since it was a three-day weekend.  I thought I might sew a lot or read.  But what I really needed to do was deal with the accumulated mess in nearly every room.  It turned out that I was home alone today, which almost never happens.  

intense concentration

I doubt if I am the only one that makes a bigger mess in order to deal with the mess!!  I got all the mess except my school things on the dining room table taken care of - even some things that were on the maybe in the future category.  What a huge relief!  Thanks to FB marketplace I didn't even have to drop things off at Goodwill - I just posted them for free and POOF they are gone!  It feels good to start the weekend with a clean slate - literally.   

Blue crayon in the works!

In thinking about what to work on next, I did a complete 180 on my RSC.  I had thought to do butterflies because that is pretty much what I am known for at school.  I even worked out the math, but I just wasn't feeling it.  I looked at ideas for RSC and when I saw the crayons, I knew that was it.  Years ago I wanted to make a crayon quilt.  I cut telephone pages for string piecing and chose strips from my stash users drawers and it is coming together.  Blue was last month, but it is the color I have the most of, so I started there anyways.  

2026 15 Minutes to Stitch

15 minute days this week = 7/7

15 minute days/Feb = 12/14

15 minute days/2026 = 41/45 

Success Rate 2025 = 91%

The Carnival Quilt is finished so I can report that stash movement!!  

2026 Stash Totals

Used last week: 2.63 yards for Carnival Quilt backing and binding

Used year to date: 10.16 yards

Acquired recently: 0 yards  

Acquired year to date: 0 yards

Net used in 2026: 10.16 more yards used

Linking up to:

Kate at Life in Pieces 

Donna at quiltpaintcreate

Frederique at quiltingpatch

Angela at SoScrappy