{"id":67521,"date":"2025-08-31T07:24:19","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T14:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=67521"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T00:59:47","slug":"26-projects-august-2025-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/26-projects-august-2025-8\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Projects August 2025 #8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Finished August 2025 Quilt Projects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>No quilt finishes this month.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Finished (for me!) <\/strong><strong>August <\/strong><strong>Donation&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Quilts<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-67521 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/diamond-test-blast-from-the-past\/20250803_150120_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250803_150120_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Diamond test with borders donation top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-67433\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-67433'>\n\t\t\t\tDiamond test with borders donation top\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/cosmic-crazy-complete\/20250823_150103_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823_150103_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Cosmic Crazy donation top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-67694\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-67694'>\n\t\t\t\tCosmic Crazy donation top\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/diamond-test-blast-from-the-past\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diamond Test<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/cosmic-crazy-complete\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cosmic Crazy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Finished Bags and Small Projects for August<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-67521 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/epp-ball-8-finished\/20250803_135546_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250803_135546_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"EPP Ball #8, one side\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-67441\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-67441'>\n\t\t\t\tEPP Ball #8, one side\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20250815_201231_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250815_201231_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Sewing Date Traveler 3\/4s view\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-67568\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-67568'>\n\t\t\t\tSewing Date Traveler 3\/4s view\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/09\/multi-pocket-organizer-complete\/20250823_184754_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20250823_184754_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Multi-Pocket Organizer front\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-67689\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-67689'>\n\t\t\t\tMulti-Pocket Organizer front\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Projects Ready for Quilting \/ In the Quilting Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-67521 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/chain-link-top-complete\/20250629_190101_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20250629_190101_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Chain Link Top finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-66952\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-66952'>\n\t\t\t\tChain Link Top finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/old-town-top-complete\/20250524_172802_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/20250524_172802_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Old Town top complete\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-66645\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-66645'>\n\t\t\t\tOld Town top complete\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/triumphant-top-finished\/20250708_100345_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250708_100345_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Finished: Triumphant top\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-67082\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-67082'>\n\t\t\t\tFinished: Triumphant top\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/26-projects-2025-7\/20250720_162758_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/20250720_162758_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Handbag Sampler top finished\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-3-67249\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-3-67249'>\n\t\t\t\tHandbag Sampler top finished\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h3><strong>Projects In the Finishing Process<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I had to change this from &#8220;July Projects In the Finishing Process&#8221; to just &#8220;Projects In the Finishing Process&#8221;, because the projects might linger here for a few months.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;none yet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>All the WIPs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>WIPs are projects on which I am working. This means that I am past the cutting out of pieces stage,&nbsp; some sewing has taken place.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/more-on-the-sad-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Country Revival<\/a> &#8211; I have just started this quilt for my friend who is grieving her daughter. Photos soon.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/la-pass-border-continues\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">La Passacaglia<\/a> \u2013 I am working on the border, but need to work more and harder<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/pantone-going-somewhere\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pantone Project<\/a> &#8211; it has been nearly a year (where does time go?) since I worked on this. I need to get back to it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Cut Out &amp; Stopped<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/more-about-the-eppic-bag\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EPPic<\/a> &#8211; This is all cut out and I have made tiny steps towards starting<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/oxbow-tote-start\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxbow<\/a> &#8211; SueS is organizing a Sew Day at her house to help us all finish our bags. It won&#8217;t be until the Fall so it gives me time to make some progress<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/rose-petrillo-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rose Petrillo bag<\/a> \u2013 I found the pieces for this bag cut out, but not sewn.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Still UFOs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>I still have UFOs. Who doesn\u2019t, after all? A project in the \u2018UFO\u2019 category means I am stalled, it hasn\u2019t been worked on in awhile or it is waiting its turn to be worked on. The list is a lot shorter and the projects are newer, for the most part.<\/p>\n<p>I am annoyed that some of these are still UFOs. I have to give myself credit for completing some of them last year.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Self Portrait<\/a>: started in 2006 at a <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/pamelala-teaches-at-quilting-adventures\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">class at Quilting Adventures<\/a> in Richmond, Virginia. After a brief burst of inspiration, I am stalled on this again. As one of my oldest (I am pretty sure) UFOs, I put it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/whats-your-oldest-ufo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my blog<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/artquiltmaker\/status\/987744235699879942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">out into the Twitterverse<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ddrquilter\/status\/987747460075458560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diane suggested that I not consider this as a self portrait<\/a>. I think that strategy is a great idea. I am now trying to think of a new persona for her.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/serendipity-lady\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Serendipity Lady<\/a> \u2013 I am still planning to take this piece to be framed. It might need a bit of quilting first.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric of the Year 2020<\/li>\n<li>Fabric of the Year 2021 \u2013 I may combine 2020 and 2021 into a COVID edition.<\/li>\n<li>Fabric of the Year 2022 \u2013 yes, I added this one to the list, but this is the last one I plan to do.<\/li>\n<li>Stay Tuned<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finished August 2025 Quilt Projects No quilt finishes this month. Finished (for me!) August Donation&nbsp;Quilts Diamond Test Cosmic Crazy Finished Bags and Small Projects for August Projects Ready for Quilting \/ In the Quilting Process Projects In the Finishing Process I had to change this from &#8220;July Projects In the Finishing Process&#8221; to just &#8220;Projects &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/26-projects-august-2025-8\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;26 Projects August 2025 #8&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[538],"tags":[195],"class_list":["post-67521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-538","tag-26-projects"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67521"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67747,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67521\/revisions\/67747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}