I'm still not sleeping in, but at least my body is starting to relax.
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| 30 year old UFO in a sandwich bag! |
Even though I knew I should work on the Baby Bricks, I pulled out another UFO to consider. The more I thought about it, the more I realized that this was truly my oldest UFO not the one I finished last year. I started this soon after we moved from Russia to Guatemala which was late 1996. My stash fit in a small cardboard box. I remember wanted to make a "row by row" quilt in blues with each row being a different block. According to the contents of the bag, I had an entire row of 9 patches on point, a few appliqued hearts, quite a few baby blocks, and some related scraps for future blocks.
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| very rough idea |
Not knowing what else to do, I kept making baby blocks with the fabrics that were already cut. Then I realized a row would not show off all of this work. So what if I changed the plan and made the baby blocks into a larger block as the center? I could adapt the other blocks and build borders around the baby blocks. I cut and sewed just enough more to form a decent sized rectangle. Working with 2" rhombuses is not for the faint of heart. I can check baby blocks off my bucket list now!
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| finally done |
I got as far as I could on than baby blocks since joining the rows was stressful and made a few machine applique hearts (no more handwork for me!) and called a halt on that project. I switched over to finally sandwiching the baby bricks quilt and while I was at it I sandwiched the impromptu red & yellow pinwheel quilt.
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| flannel back - paint sample style! |
Since I was on a roll, I started quilting. I got the baby bricks done in an afternoon. I wasn't sure about the mix of flannels for the backing, but I am desperately trying to use what I have. It works!
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| This one turned into a great little quilt. |
I really had no idea how to quilt the pinwheels with a walking foot since my "go to" diagonals would not work and the backing would show everything. I started with straight lines through the yellow blocks following the angle of the triangles with yellow thread. Then I used red thread and kept with the straight line theme, but with wider intervals on the smaller side of the yellow blocks.  |
| more flannel - thinking of Little S in Spain! |
I knew I needed to change things up, so when I continued the next morning. I used the red thread again, but at a right angle to the yellow lines on the larger side of the yellow blocks across half of the remaining section. Then I switched it up again with a concentric chevrons in the last section. All that to say - something very different for me, but I think it turned out well and it gave me confidence to try new things.
2026 15 Minutes to Stitch
15 minute days this week = 6/7
15 minutes days/June = 11/13
15 minute days/2026 = 135/164
Success Rate 2026 = 82%
A whopping migraine kept me from sewing one day, but otherwise it was a great week in the sewing room!!
More stash movement this week. Baby Bricks were never counted out so I get to count out the front and back! Woohoo! And the backing for the Red & Yellow Pinwheels. Another finish or two and I'll be breaking even.
2026 Stash Totals
Used last week: 4.41 = 3.17 yards for Baby Bricks & 1.24 yards for Red & Yellow Pinwheel backing
Used year to date: 40.42 yards
Acquired recently: 0 yards
Acquired year to date: 35 yards
Stash movement for 2026: 4.51 more yards acquired than used
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