May Accomplishments

May is often one of my slowest months for sewing, but this seemed to be a pretty busy month. I finished Mrs. Ivey's quilt before teacher appreciation week, so we gave it to her then.

I was even able to get an embroidery label done. The next thing I tried to embroider locked up the machine, so it's in being serviced now.

I finished the sample Everyday Wallet I made for the class I'm teaching in August.

This is the inside.

I made boo boo bags for my MIL to give to her workers.

The Amethyst Project bag probably took me the longest to complete. It was a bit of a challenge, but I'm excited to make another one and teach the class in the fall.



More boo boo bags, this time to sell to my MIL's worker.

I finally made these two trinket cases.

I gave one to my co-worker Tammy and kept one for myself.

Mathew got a new cars fleece blanket with a red back from Grandma Delia's fabric stash.

Mikaela picked out the Frozen and got a purple fleece backing also from Grandma Delia's fabric stash.

I finished up a few more Ahhh's

Hoping to get the rest of the blocks done this month.


While we were camping I finished up these 4 Sweet pea pods. I have a bunch more that I started to work on as well. They are great for doing in the camper as I don't have to be precise and they are quick and easy.

With NO deadlines looming, I took out mom's Fall friendship braid and started working on it. I trimmed it up, only to realize some of the WOW were wrong, so now I am fixing those.




I went with Mikaela to her school field trip and I just LOVE this picture of her.

She graduated from Kindergarten last Friday. She just loves school so it will be a long summer. It's a transition for me to only do one drop off and start work 1/2 hour earlier.

We enjoyed Hart Ranch last weekend and the kids got to go on a train ride before we left. We simply love spending time there and are excited to be going back a couple weeks in July.


Yards In this Month: .75
Yards Out this Month: 25.5
Yards In this Year: 48.75
Yards Out this Year: 149.25
For a total of 100.5 yards used!

April Accomplishments

My April accomplishments have really made me happy. I finished up the binding on the Dangerous Mystery quilt. I hung it in my office and left it hanging this month. I love how bright and pretty it is.


I made a minkee blanket for Mathew. He picked out the puppy minkee.

I also made a florescent pink/bright minkee blanket for Mikaela. She got a gift card for her birthday to the Sewing Center from her uncle and she wanted a new blanket.

This is the progress on the Sakura quilt I've been working on. It's a loose interpretation of the Seven Sisters pattern. I'm in love with how it is coming together. I already have the next round of blocks made.

I made two little Easter pouches for my dad's wife and my sister-in-law for Easter.

I quilted the Glamping 5 & Dime quilt I made. I'll get it bound by the end of May.

My Radiant Star quilt is completed! I spent the entire month finishing the quilt for my co-worker, the program director I work with, who is retiring.

I wanted to have the sides pop a bit, so I put magic binding on it.

I even broke out the embroidery machine and made a label for it.

I pieced the backing as well.

I also finished sewing my oldest UFO. This is a table runner I started with EPP hexies back in June of 2011. I'm just so happy to finally have it done.

My last finish for the month came in the wee late hours. It took me 3 evenings of sewing to make this Tudor Bag for the Sew Sweetness contest. I am also going to be teaching a class on how to make it in June. It's a great bag and I love the subtle colors.


Our family went to Wall to experience my dad's wife join the Catholic Church on Easter Saturday night. We got a family picture, which turned out pretty good, considering it was after 11 PM.


Yards In this Month: 8.75
Yards Out this Month: 55.5
Yards In this Year: 48
Yards Out this Year: 123.75
For a total of 75.75 yards used!
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I also had 72 hours of sewing time this month. Major parts of that came from 2 days of quilting at my dad's and a LOT of hand work. I spent several hours each week doing hand stitching and even had one day of 4 hours straight hand stitching. I am so pleased with the progress I've made on my UFO EPP projects. 

March Accomplishments

March has been a good month for me. I was able to take a day off during Spring break to quilt up several quilts. I also got binding done on several others. I made my nephew Payton a bag for his birthday.


Both sides were so cute.

I made myself a new wallet. I really love this pattern and planning to teach a class on how to make it.

All the pockets are great.

I made a former co-worker/friend a baby quilt.

I finished up the binding on the Brighten Up snowball quilt.

I quilted and finished the binding on this baby quilt.

I started a new EPP handwork project. I'm using a charm pack and some background. I have all 7 "blocks" done now and am ready to piece it together. I LOVE how it's turning out, although I should be working on my other projects.


I finished the Buckeye Beauty and a neighbor offered to buy it, so I quickly did the binding.

I also put a label on it.

I bought this frame at a quilt show last year and finally printed out some of my favorite quilts to put in it. I love the look!

Most of the month has been spent piecing this beauty. I am making it for a retiring coworker.

I was super excited that my center came out perfect on the 1st try!!

I added the background in and now I just have to add borders to the top and bottom to make it longer. I hope to quilt it on Good Friday.


My Stash Report is doing pretty well. Most of what I bought was for samples. I'm really excited to try StarStruck and make Amethyst Project bag and the Tudor Bag. I really need to use the fabric the kids bought last month so I can count the yardage!


Yards In this Month: 13
Yards Out this Month: 25.75
Yards In this Year: 39.25
Yards Out this Year: 68.25
For a total of 29 yards used!

February Accomplishments

This was a great month for my accomplishments. I started it out sick with the nasty bug that was going around, but when I found my groove I accomplished quite a bit.
I made the Tudor Bag from Sew Sweetness as a work bag for a trip to Brookings this month. It's an awesome bag for work! I love the size, durability, and structure.

I'm teaching the Ellipse quilt in April, so I made this sample. It turned out really cute and I think it will be very loved.

On my work trip, I finally finished sewing all the green blocks for a  5-yard quilt. It's my hope to finish this one yet this year. I think all the blocks are done now.

I also pieced the top of Mathew's quilt on my trip so I could quilt it when I got home. I was able to finish it this month and he loves it.

I also quilted Dangerous BOM. It's still awaiting binding, but I'm so glad I could spend the holiday at my dad's quilting on these two quilts.

I quilted and bound Metro Hoops as well. It feels so good to have this one done and not hanging over me any longer.

Winding Ways is another UFO that was hanging over my head way too long. I'm so proud of finishing it.

These were the last 4 blocks for FGV and I finally got them done. It feels so good to have all of the FGV blocks done.

I also had a 3-hour block of testing that I was able to stitch during. I spent quite a few breaks as well stitching on this Ahhhh's quilt top. This is how I laid it out, but now that I look at it, I think I really want it to be a hexagon. I have plenty of the Ahhhh's left, so I'll pull out 8 more and continue working on them. I'm really proud of how far I came on this in just two months. At the start of the year they were just the hexies!


My Stash Report is doing well. I would be doing even better if I didn't take my kids to the quilt shop. I've literally only bought 4 yards for myself. The rest is for the kids (17 yards) and samples.
Yards In this Month: 13
Yards Out this Month: 35.5
Yards In this Year: 26.25
Yards Out this Year: 42.5

I was able to stop at Chamberlain on my way home from my work trip to see Destiny, the new statue overlooking the Missouri River. She's amazing and even more so in person!











My husband and his co-workers won an award for their work on the new Orchard Meadows Common Cents. He did some amazing work and I am so proud of him for winning this award.