October PHD Update

Hi Quilting Friends,

I love October! My husband and I celebrated our 40^th anniversary on October 2^nd with a weekend getaway to Galveston. The weather was great, and we had a splendid time together. Here are a few photos from Galveston-

We also spent a weekend in San Antonio, visiting our younger son (Nathan), his girlfriend (Gaby), and our two adorable grand-doggers (Naomi and Ruth). We had a very nice trip and enjoyed meeting several of Gaby’s extended family at a pumpkin-carving party, hosted by her cousin. More memories for the memory bank.

I’ve found time to do some stitching on my PHD projects, so here’s my update for October. The PHD list is getting shorter, and that makes me happy because these months at the end of the year always seem to get much busier for me.

PHD in 2022 Project List

Project #12: Sticks and Stones Quilt

My “One Monthly Goal” for November is to finish quilting and add the scrappy binding to “Sticks and Stones”. Time to wrap this one up. Ready, set, SEW!

Project #13: Wedge Ruler Project

My “One Monthly Goal” for October was to keep working on my wedge ruler project, and it is all done now. (Woot! Woot!) You can read more about the finish on my “Ta-Done” post.

New Projects

I teased you with my project for the “Gremlins, Ghouls, and Goblins” blog hop last month. I made this fun pair of place mats, using our “Wonky Square in Square” block in the center.

I’ve tried to avoid chasing squirrels, but one snuck up behind me and then it chittered at me until I couldn’t ignore it any longer. Actually, I’m pretty pumped about this new project, and it will give me something to shop for when Susan and I attend the “International Quilt Festival” later this week. (Well, I intend to shop for fabric for this project AND for my new sewing machine! Yes, I’m ready to flip the switch on a fancy new sewing machine.)

I started playing with graph paper and our “Fireworks” block, modifying it to make a new Christmas quilt design that I’ll call “Celebrations”. It will be the featured project on December 12 for our “12 Days of Christmas” blog series (see information below), finished or not (LOL). No photo, and no addition to the “Starts in 2022”, because this exists only in my mind. Here’s a “Fireworks” block to tease just a little-

Ongoing Projects

The #RSC2022 color for October was LIME GREEN. I made a LIME GREEN Sawtooth Star block and ten LIME GREEN Carolina Chain blocks during October.

Sawtooth Star

Carolina Chain

Progress Tracking

Here’s my updated task list, with only a few more unshaded cells:

Here’s my UFO list for PHD in 2022:

Happy quilting,

Sharon

Coming in December!