TTMT #338 - jewells68 - December 31, 2019 - More Bags and Happy New Year!

In which I show a few more bags and talk about making even more bags, lol. Wishing you all peace, love, and happiness in the coming year. Be well!

TTMT #337 - jewells68 - December 24, 2019 - Bagging It

In which I talk about making bags and other random things. And cough and sniffle... Been fighting a cold for a few days. It's good to be able to be off work from now through Friday. I can rest up for some serious bag making. Another go to bed early night tonight, I think!

TTMT #336 - jewells68 - December 10, 2019 - Just Chillin'

In which I talk about relaxing, rethinking my Project Room layout AGAIN, the tumbler quilt, Project Linus, and thrifting with my daughter. Nice and short this week!

TTMT #335 - jewells68 - December 3, 2019 - I'll Tumble for Blue

In which I show off a new quilt in progress, made with my new Accuquilt 6.5" Tumbler die! This is my new favorite die. So much fun! And so fast! A bit about another quilt that's waiting to be bound and what's next on the cutting list... more tumblers, of course! Happy December!

TTMT #334 - jewells68 - November 26, 2019 - That's Three, Three Finished...

In which I show my last 3 Project Linus blanket donations for 2019, reaching my goal of 12! The jelly roll race and small pinwheel quilt were pieced by Susan P, with Jennifer O. of Sewhooked adding a border to the small one and quilting that one for me. I pieced the Lobster Quilt earlier this month at retreat  and left it with Jennifer O. to quilt. She did an amazing job of quilting waves all over the quilt. I am so thrilled that with the help of these two wonderful ladies I will reach my goal of at least 12 blankets donated this year to Project Linus. Thank you both for your generous help!

TTMT #333 - jewells68 - November 20, 2019 - Still Doing Stuff

A bit of rambling but I still managed to keep it under 5 minutes. Not a lot of show but some tell about what's currently happening in the Project Room. Currently binding three quilts for Project Linus that will be turned in at the December meeting and holiday party. TTFN!

TTMT #332 - jewells68 - November 12, 2019 - Notes from the Sandbox

I got on a plane and did a thing! I had so much fun on retreat and can't wait until the next one. Seriously people, get together with your crafty friends and do the thing!

TTMT #331 - jewells68 - October 29, 2019 - Mysterious Progress

I did it! I actually got caught up on the Project Linus 2019 Mystery Quit and completed the layout of the top. This was a fun one. I made several blocks I'd never made before and used up a decent amount of my batik stash, at least until my awesome BFF Jennifer decided to replenish my stash with a bulging box of fabrics from her own stash. Now I just need to find another project for my NEW batiks, thanks for sharing, these fabrics are gorgeous!

TTMT #330 - jewells68 - October 22, 2019 - Granny Squared

The great granny square afghan is done and turned in. I joined all the squares with slip stitch on the back, and then joined all the rows the same way. It made a pretty good size blanket. About 47"x53". Now I'm just working on finishing up the previous two weeks of the Project Linus Mystery quilt so I can get it put together as soon as they release the layout this Saturday! Plus another crochet blanket is in progress, thanks to a tutorial by Bella Coco on youtube. You can find her tutorials on her website ... See you next week!

TTMT #329 - jewells68 - October 15, 2019 - Nearly There!

I'm ALMOST done done done with the granny ghan that began with an assortment of squares back in January. Thank goodness! In other news, not much sewing going on, but I got an awesome haircut from my amazing sister, Jan. Have a crafty week!

TTMT #328 - jewells68 - October 8, 2019 - A Forest of Trees

In which I show you my blocks so far in the Project Linus Mystery quilt for this year. Weeks 1-3 are complete! Meanwhile I'm working away on  turning ALL.THOSE.GRANNY.SQUARES. into a blanket to turn in a week from Saturday, so that I can move on to week 4's pattern for the mystery quilt, 2 log cabins.

TTMT #327 - jewells68 - September 24, 2019 - Candy Wrappers, Trees, and ...

In which you see the beginnings of week 2 of the Project Linus Mystery Quilt, as well as week 2 from last year's mystery quilt, which I abandoned while in the process of piecing week 2. That's pretty much all the craftiness going on over here.

I hope you all can squeeze at least a bit of craftiness in here and there... See you next week!

TTMT #326 - jewells68 - September 17, 2019 - Bearly Quilting

In which I show off my first week's blocks for the new Project Linus Mystery Quilt "Logey Bear Leads the Way". This year I'm using all stash fabrics/scraps. The Pfaff/Regulator saga continues, but I didn't go into it at all this week. Also I forgot to mention that a coworker gave me an old (but never used) quilt she won in a silent auction for her son's theater group years ago that had just been sitting in a bin. It looked ruined but I washed it in warm with a couple of color catchers and lo and behold it came out just fine. So I snipped a few threads, sewed a Project Linus label on it called it PL2019 #8, which means I'm still only ONE blanket behind for my donations this year, yay!

TTMT #325 - jewells68 - September 10, 2019 - Slowing Down

In which you can see a bit more progress on the Halloween Quilt #2, and I talk about Project Linus, Ukuleles, and Other Things.

TTMT #324 - jewells68 - September 4, 2019 - Halloween+

In which you get to see the finished Halloween Quilt top, yay! I know it's only the first week of September, so I guess that means I have time to make Halloween Quilt #2... and so I did. Or at least started it. Hopefully the top will be finished by next week's video.

TTMT #323 - jewells68 - August 27, 2019 - Rambly Times

A wee bit of crafty since last week. If only I had taken a photo... Anyway, here's a bit of a ramble about why I'm not piecing and why I'm not quilting, and why I committed a random act of knitting over the weekend.

TTMT #322 - jewells68 - jewells68 - August 20, 2019 - Eye See Halloween

In which I show a new quilt in progress, this time for me me me! Also an update on the stitch regulator saga and new glasses... Sorry I'm so out of it, didn't get enough sleep last night and have a bit of a headache, not to mention my blood sugar was low. All combined to make me sound half asleep!

TTMT #321 - jewells68 - August 14, 2019 - Crafty Snippets

In which I speedily show you what I've been up to over the past week. Yep, I'm making things again and that makes me so happy. So yay for that! Just think how happy I'll be when I can start quilting again.

TTMT #320 - jewells68 - August 6, 2019 - Trial of Errors

In the grand scheme of things, my woes are completely inconsequential, but in the interest of getting this thing uploaded as quickly as possible I didn't edit them all out. So yes, I am whining about stuff that doesn't really matter too much. It's only money and I have so many things to be happy and thankful for... my family and our relatively good health, my job, my friends, my home, and so much more. Life is good. Stay crafty my friends!

TTMT #319 - jewells68 - July 16, 2019 - Blast from the Past

I originally planned to insert this into a video I would record today, but have decided in the interest of time (mostly MY time, lol) I would just use this footage from Friday, in which you'll see the finished Red work/Bluework quilt for Project Linus, washed and ready to turn in, which I did this past Saturday. I'm right on track for my annual Project Linus goal of 12 for the year... 7th month - 7th quilt.

Thanks for watching and see you next week!

TTMT #318 - jewells68 - July 9, 2019 - Noodling Around

In which you see the beginnings of a special memorial quilt I'm working on while I blather on about basting with pool noodles and my dedication to imperfection. Cheers!

TTMT #317 - jewells68 - July 2, 2019 - Fuse and Cut

In which I talk about what's currently in progress. Mostly prepwork for the memorial quilt. Sadly, after filming, I went on to screw up the cutting of the scarf fabric so that now I'm going to have to piece my borders or use a different border fabric. This is why I mostly work on projects in the morning! My brain.... it not work so goodly at the end of the day.

TTMT #316 - jewells68 - June 25, 2019 - Space Quilt

In this video I show my 3rd, count 'em, THIRD Project Linus quilt top I have completed since the June meeting. Go me! Made from 2 panels, one donated space book panel called "wonders of the night sky" and one Stonehenge solar system panel I purchased. See you in July!

TTMT #315 - jewells68 - June 18, 2019 - Fun with Fragments

I've been piecing piecing piecing! And Cutting Cutting Cutting! And now that I have a new-to-me extension table for my grandquilter I hope soon to be quilting quilting quilting. Camera cut off while I was filming and it took me a while to notice, and I decided to just edit what I had rather than film again tomorrow.

TTMT #314 - jewells68 - June 12, 2019 - I Think You Mean "Teesday"

Well I'm late, but I did manage to record a video this morning and am just now getting around to uploading it. And I'll apologize in advance... it's a long one! I am currently in a timeout because of bringing home too many donations from my Project Linus meeting this weekend. So pour yourself a glass of wine or whatever potion you prefer... put your feet up and listen to the rambles of Jewells.

TTMT #313 - jewells68 - June 4, 2019 - Making Do

In which I show you a corner of my gradually evolving craft space... I keep plugging away at it as I try to get it to be the most efficient use of the limited space that I have. Also talk a bit about current Project Linus quilts and my friend's memorial quilt. Also I am pretty sure I need a new supreme slider for FMQ. Apparently I am pretty rough on my sewing equipment.

 In which I show you a corner of my gradually evolving craft space... I keep plugging away at it as I try to get it to be the most efficient use of the limited space that I have. Also talk a bit about current Project Linus quilts and my friend's memorial quilt. Also I am pretty sure I need a new supreme slider for FMQ. Apparently I am pretty rough on my sewing equipment.

TTMT #312 - jewells68 - May 28, 2019 - Charming May

In which I show off a new quilt top from some (72!) of the squares I cut from the fabric Susan sent me. Constructed following the tutorial from Missouri Star Quilt Co "Charm Squares on Point", but didn't add second border because it's for Project Linus so it doesn't need to be quite that big. Forgot to mention I "brewed" up some "Fabric Elixir" in my cauldron this weekend... home made pressing spray using the recipe Jennifer posted ages ago. I'm loving it so far! Guess I better start sewing up some more squares.

TTMT #311 - jewells68 - May 21, 2019 - Sew. Much. Fabric!

In which I show you the awesome box of fabric received from Susan in NC. Her generous gift will make the backs (and fronts!) of many a Project Linus quilt to come! And maybe a TTMT swap quilt, too! My accuquilt go is getting quite the workout this week!

TTMT #310 - jewells68 - May 15, 2019 - Quick Chick(ens)

Fowl Play is quilted and bound! Just have to bury a couple threads and add the Project Linus label before washing ans storing it til the June meeting. Woohoo! Also, I found my camera! We are back in HD, baby. :)

TTMT #309 - jewells68 - May 7, 2019 - Frameless

Hope the video looks ok, using an older camera this week. I am seriously getting concerned about my brain and possibly early senility. I have lost my camera that Jennifer gave me for my birthday a few years ago. I love it so much, but I'm pretty sure at this point that it fell into one of the boxes I donated to goodwill last week. Thankfully I have a backup (that ALSO used to belong to Jennifer) so at least I was able to record a video this week. I didn't want to miss!

I talk about the state of the project room, the state of my quilting setup, and what's on the horizon, as well as what's in progress right now. Also a crappy hat to visor redo. Fun times!

TTMT #308 - jewells68 - April 30, 2019 - Fowl Play Finite!

So excited to have finished the chicken quilt. All fabrics used in this quilt were donated, with the small exception of a few bits from my stash used in the two paper-pieced chicken blocks. Don't be afraid to play with scraps!

TTMT #307 - jewells68 - April 23, 2019 - Fowl Play

Fowl Play is an assortment of random scraps from panels that had been fussy cut within an inch of their lives and the leftover cut up remnants were donated to Project Linus. My mission, save them from the trash can and turn them into a cohesive quilt of some kind. Challenge Accepted!

TTMT #306 - jewells68 - April 16, 2019 - Dino Bits

In which I show you some recent fabric donations I brought home from Project Linus last weekend, along with my finished Linus quilt. I also brought home some of this lovely lady's book collection, to go through and see if I wanted to save any of the patterns, but I totally forgot to show you those! So I will try to remember to show you those next week.



Thanks again for the green and yellow quilt top, Susan!

TTMT #305 - jewells68 - April 9, 2019 - I Love a Piano

In which I briefly (for once!) show the border I'm working on for my 2018 Swap Block Quilt as well as what I need to get done this week. Strip piecing is pretty fun, y'all!

TTMT #304 - jewells68 - April 2, 2019 - I'm Mostly Talk

In which I talk about why I am not showing much. I do show you some pillowcases and a snippet of the 2018 swap blocks quilt. Having some issues with my 3/4 size Kenmore that I've been piecing with, so I am about to switch back to the full size convertible Kenmore for the time being, maybe for some paper-piecing and binding that Linus quilt I already finished quilting. See, more talk, blah blah blah. See you next week!

TTMT #303 - jewells68 - March 26, 2019 - Piece by Piece & a Gift

In which I catch you up on my week of piecing and cutting and an awesome gift from a coworker. Still plugging away on the the 2018 Block Swap Quilt but have made a lot of progress. Stay crafty, my friends!

TTMT #302 - jewells68 - March 19, 2019 - Makin' Progress

I could have edited this more, but am running short on time. Doing this on my lunch break! I'm working on last year's swap quilt while also finishing up quilting my first quilt on the frame so far this year!

TTMT #301 - jewells68 - March 12, 2019 - Little bits

In which I show off a finished fleece blanket for Project Linus, and snippets of in progress "stuff". Edited out random digressions about sewing machine feet and machines in general. You're welcome. ;)

TTMT #300 - jewells68 - March 5, 2019 - How Jewells Got Her Mojo Back

I am finally making things again!!! I'm crossing things off my to-do list for the year! And it's my 300th TTMT video. Woo!!! *throws confetti*

TTMT #299 - jewells68 - February 26, 2019 - Not a Lot

In which I show what I've gotten done so far on the Chinrest cover plus my swap strips and some surprise mail from Susan. So there's stuff to show, it's just most of it wasn't made by me.

TTMT #298 - jewells68 - February 19, 2019 - Snow and Shopping

In which I talk about snow, and show off stuff I bought yesterday. And the best part is that I had gift cards left from my birthday and Xmas, so I only had to pay 68 cents out of my own pocket for all this stuff!

TTMT #297 - jewells68 - February 12, 2019 - Bears and Cats

In which I am completely distracted and keep having to remind myself what I am doing. Includes photos of the finished Bear Panel Quilt that was turned in to Project Linus this past weekend. Video now with 100% more Pouncy.

TTMT #296 - jewells68 - February 5, 2019 - Bearying Threads

In which I talk about finishing the Bear Panel quilt for Project Linus for my donation for this month. It's almost ready to bind!

TTMT #295 jewells68 January 22, 2019 More Yarny Goodness

In which I show off my finished hooded cowl... and mention some of my modifications (original pattern from Gina Michelle). Also talk about granny squares in progress for Project Linus and that's about it.

TTMT #294 - jewells68 - January 14, 2019 - Feelin' Yarny

In which I talk (way too much) about my current knitting project without actually showing you anything. *smacks head*. Oh well, at least I show you my finished Project Linus Sideways Shell blanket donation. 1 donation down, at least 11 to go!

TTMT #293 - jewells68 - January 8, 2019 - Beary Busy

In which I talk about the bear panel quilt in progress and the sideways shell that's nearly finished. Easing into the New Year one project at a time.