My Bingo cards for 3rd quarter:
My 3rd Qrt Goals:
I, EclecticDreamer, finished one of my Q3 goals: Make WSQ September block exchange block
One of the guilds I’m in is doing Bonnie Hunter’s 2025 Leaders and Enders challenge to get blocks to turn into charity quilts. At my other guild meeting there was a bag full of 2" strips perfect for the challenge blocks, plus 42 3.5" square blocks, and enough precut squares and 1" strips to make at least that many more. Plus two fat quarters. As if I needed anything else to work on haha
What a find! These are lovely.
I was hoping I can pick everyone’s collective brains. I’m hoping to make a collaborative quilt with work colleagues for Quilts For Care Leavers UK, with blocks made by various staff networks and other interested people.
Most participants won’t be quilters, so I need a block that is easy to make, forgiving of varying quarter inch seams, etc.
I was thinking of asking people to make rail fence blocks in shades of blue, green, or yellow (only one colour per block), and asking them to only use quilting weight cotton. Then we can join them into a top in an ombre colour graduation.
Q4CL’s ideal size is 44″ x 70", as they make quilted “Hugs” that a person can wrap themselves up in, rather than bed quilts.
Is the Rail Fence a good block to choose? Would 6" be the best size for finished blocks?
And does anyone have any advice or things I need to consider? Thanks.
Are you having them make just the one section with strips sewn together, or the full block with all 4 sections? If complete block then I think 12" is better. But if just 1/4 of the block then 6" is perfect.
But rail fence would be a great one. Beginner friendly plus “experienced Quilters too busy” friendly.
I used to make complete quilts for Quilts of Valor, but now, they have a block each year that people can send in and others put them together to make a complete quilt. It is a lot less stressful for me to just send in blocks as I can.
They picked a simple log cabin block.
Rail fence is also a good one to use.
-I MistressJennie, submit organize my fabric stash with clear plastic bins for my goal list entry.
I finished organizing my fabric into bins! It helps that most of it was already organized, and mostly just falling over, or came from overflowing bins. I added a big bin of quilt backing. The other big bin arrived busted, so I just have a little fabric my mom sent me from curtains she made, then changed her mind on. I appleid for a refund for 1 of the bins from Michael’s, and provided pictures. They responded by refunding the cost of all 3 bins. So hopefully my store will get more in, and I can just replace it, even if it comes off sale. The shallower 12"x12" bins now hold canvas, linen, misc fabrics, and leftover quilt blocks. The 6 small bins now have 5" strips, 5" squares, scrap binding & 1.5" strips, 2.5" squares, and 2 of them hold 2.5" strips. All of them have some room in them, but I do plan on working on a scrap project later this year to make a dent in them.
-I MistressJennie , offer my Lettuce Craft Tote Bag for my medium personal finish.
I am on a roll with quilted tote bags! I got to use some fun LC fabric I had printed up for the Midwest Meetup, and my tote will go up for sale in the next Craft Stars Garage Sale. Whenever I can get around to that.
-I MistressJennie, submit Plan & complete a quilted project for the High 5 Challenge for my goal list entry.
Who are you and what did you do with our Jennie? I mean, how could our Jennie have time to do all of this with a toddler and a recovering arm? 
Your organization skills are incredible! That tote is also so well thought out and beautifully made!
Today’s Bingo prompt:
Quilt something for someone else
I, AIMR, present this hand quilted pouch, as one of my 3rd Qrt goals.
I used two orphan blocks made by @sloth003. I basically just cut them into quarters and rearranged them to look extra scrappy. To tie them together, I backed the sewn pieces with fusible fleece and then used a ton of running stitches. It’s lined with some FLORAL fabric from my stash.
I used the wide open pouch pattern by Noodlehead (one of my favorite pouch patterns!).
I love a scrappy bag, this is beautiful.
Great pouch. That was a lot of running stitches. Looks fantastic.
What a great way to use up those orphan blocks. I love the hand stitching!
My machine needs to be serviced. Its making a clunking sound. I talked to the shop today. It will be three weeks before I can get it back.
Deep breath.
Today’s Bingo prompt is:
Share a helpful tip/trick
This might be obvious to many people, but it is a tip that I wish I had practiced way sooner.
I tend to start projects, both yarn and fabric, following either a YouTube video, reel, or even a downloaded pattern. Then, I might put the project away for quite awhile.
My tip is to at least write down the pattern, website, designer, etc. and pin it or put it in with your project. I can’t tell you how many times I have gone back to a project and forgotten what I was making and where I found it! 
I, AIMR, submit this large quilted tote bag as a medium project from my 3rd qrt goal list. Yes, it is another orphan block project.
Actual, there are three quilt blocks that I received in a swap. The pattern was something stair steps…I can’t remember…but whatever the year we did this, I sure was into these combination of colors!
The bag was going to be too short so I added about three inches on the bottom with stash fabric. The lining and handles are also from stash.
It looks great!
Mine was out 9 weeks! (And then i was on vacation when it was done and forgot about it for another week or so once i got back lol) Hope it’s an easy and inexpensive fix
My helpful tip, which seems obvious in retrospect (but all the best ones are) is to use large Ziploc bags for WIPs, everything goes in there, the work, but also the pattern and the thread and ideally the backing fabric. More than once I’ve used backing fabric for the “wrong” project. Label the bags!! And then it’s easy to grab one when you’re out of inspiration-the thinking has already been done for you.
That’s a good tip! I have many of my smaller projects in zip lock bags already. It is very frustrating to go hunting for the backing and then realizing that you used it for something else!
