2024 Quilting Q2 Check In

With June ending recently, it's time to join in the #2024QuiltingQ2CheckIn with Yvonne of @quiltingjetgirl. I'm glancing back at my goals from January's Quilting Planning Party to see how I've done, and find that I've had a wildly productive quarter, far exceeding my loose goal of at least one quilt per month.

(Italics are from my original post; regular text is my current response.)

Quilts

• Keen was my entry into the 2024 Pantone Quilt Challenge, a simple design made with improv stripes, one of my favorite improv technique. With an unusual palette, I really enjoyed the process, right down to figuring out how to make things a little unique at each end.

• After making AQT alphabet for my studio, of course I had to make Snippets for my daughter, Rachel @snippetsofsweetness, to hand in her sewing nook.

• Plus was a 'just because' project, to use some C+S stash, and join in a sewalong with Jeni @jenib320.

• Making Mixtape was, clear and simple, a way to keep the scraps from Snippets out of the scrap basket. Just plain fun.

• I rarely do a commission, but Woven Whispers was one, inspired by a blessing written by a friend in honor of his mom's retirement.

• And to meet a need in our own home, I made Kintsugi on Repeat to replace a very similar table topper that had faded over it's years of use. This one makes me happy every time I look at it.

• Summer seems to entice me to dive into my scraps, and ColorScape was my most recent response. Can't say I won't do something similar again.

• I announced a new Bee Sewcial prompt for July, Minimal Shapes, and made sample blocks to share with my bee mates, who are now busy creating their responses. I'm anxious to see all the blocks together.

• The "Like, Totally" 2024 Seattle MQG BOM is still progressing, and I'm keeping up with the monthly prompts. Here's what it looked like after I completed my May blocks.

Whew. It feels great to be meeting those quilting goals! Though nothing is underway (yet) for July, so I need to get with the program.

Handwork

• I've continued to enjoy stitching Dropcloth samplers @dropcloth, and have added several to the mix: 

• Knotted Stitches
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• Spring Fling
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• Floral Stitches I 
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• Other handwork - Rachel @snippetsofsweetness, gave me a sashiko piece that I'm STILL working on, in between the samplers. I'm making good progress though!

Community

• I plan to continue with the regular blogging and publishing monthly or so newsletters. This has been going well, with the expected ebbs and flows, depending on what I'm working on and life happenings. 
• I completed my participation in the Aurifil Artisan program, which was bittersweet. I definitely enjoyed it for the last two years.

New Directions

• Maybe not new exactly, but I feel the need for a studio refresh - In the last quarter I've recovered my pressing table, gotten a new cutting mat, and organized my threads. Now in July, I've been working on a few more refreshes.

Well that feels like plenty! I continue to take it as it comes and enjoy the process. I've got a few quilting projects that are either 1)barely begun or 2)still a figment of my imagination, but that's not too overwhelming. So I'll be as surprised as you are with what I create in this new quarter of 2024.

Linking up with Yvonne's #2024QuiltingQ2CheckIn.