What's On the Design Wall in November?

It is the same thing that has been on my design wall since June.  Not much has been happening on the design wall since things got busy in the summer.  Actually, I am close to finally finishing the big scrap quilt on the design wall.  

This is the project that got left hanging, while I made a lot of art quilts.  I have completed 25 art quilts in 2024.  I am going to quilt this scrap quilt on my home machine and see how I do.  It looks like it will be 70 inches long, and I may add some more on the right side to make it a little wider.

This is part of my the "tidy-up-the-studio" dance, so I want to get it done and I have started two more smaller projects, that I will be posting soon.  One of the small projects has to do with some more "Teresa fabrics" that I ran across while tidying up.  It is totally hand-stitched and hand-quilted, which is totally not me, but I am beginning to see the beauty in creating such things.  Yes, I am losing my mind.

Tidy Up the Quilt Studio

I have done a bit of tidying up, and that meant taking fabric off three of the shelves in one of my cabinets.  I went through all those fabrics and weeded out some of the bits and refolded everything else to fit better back in the cabinet.  The non-cotton bits went in a bag to the ReUse Market.  I started a bag for the Artisans for Hope.  At a recent quilt retreat some of us were wondering how much fabric in a pound?  I neatly stacked up some various sized scraps, into a bundle about the size of a small loaf pan (fruitcake size) , and weighed them.  They came out to 1.5 pounds, so I wrapped them in a red ribbon and labeled them.  I donated them to Artisans for Hope, to put in their little gift shop.  

I placed my tea mug next to my loaf of scraps, to show what 1 1/2 pounds of fabric looks like.

I managed to make room in my cabinet for most of my solid color fabrics, so I could get them out of the basket sitting on the floor behind my sewing chair.  What is it Mary Poppins said, "Once begun is half done?"  I don't think that applies here, as it feels like one percent has been completed.  I will persevere and continue using up my fabric and completing UFOs.  

I Made a "Pam" Zippy Bag

Happy election day!  I voted, got my flu shot, and made a "Pam" zippy bag.  I also got the tarp out to cover up the picnic table, when little bits of hail or something started falling and big gusts of wind jumped up, as if trying to prevent me from succeeding in my mission.  I managed to resituate the tarp and placed a large rock on top to hold the tarp somewhat in place.  It is now covered for the winter, as the finches continue to visit my thistle feeder and drink at the water pump.  Fall is definitely in full swing!

Meanwhile, after I finished my last project, where I had specific fabrics to use, I had a little bit left over of the wild dots fabric, so I made a zippy pouch for the quilter who shared that fabric with me. 

I hope she did like that wild dot fabric she shared, as she will now have a sweet quilted zipper bag with her name on it.