More sewing

I spent today sewing.  Didn't finish anything, but lots of progress.
I have binding to do on 2 quilts.
I can't get photos added tonight, so I'll just describe them
Jo's club purple quilt is ready for binding.
A baby quilt for BAMC High Risk Pregnancy ward is ready for binding.
I have 3 Christmas quilts from the 6" squares,  I need to add borders to those 3.
I got the borders added to Uncle Dick's quilt that is Fabricaholic's NYE Mystery.
I'm making progress, just need to finish them off.  Maybe a road trip tomorrow.

New Years Day

Marge Gordon of Delaware Quilts had this mystery.  As I look at it, I see a couple of turned blocks.  Might have to fix that before I border it.  Not sure what I am going to use as a border since this was from jelly rolls.

One of the groups had us list 9 projects we wanted to finish this year.  We listed them, and she pulls the number for the project we are to work on in the month.  Liz chose #6 for January.  So, I pulled the 6" squares and laid them out.  I used it as a leader/ender project while working on the NYE Mystery.  I need a small inner border and a larger border for this to be ready to quilt.  Of course, I didn't use all the blocks in my box, so I am going to see if I can make another one.  Then, I will have 2 Christmas gifts from 1 listing on my UFO list.

Hope everyone had a Great First day of the year.  We had fun with family.

Happy New Year!

New Years Eve for me was some sewing, some cleaning, lots of watching DD dancing to Just Dance on the Xbox and eating good food.

I'm going to embarrass myself here and copy my list of UFOs to this page.  Maybe that will help me to finish up more than I have in the past, though I do work on them.  The problem is I don't like these as much as I did some of the others AND they take more work to finish.

1. 4 patches black/bright (77)

2. 9 patch strips

3. 9 patches brights/white (84)

4. ABC Quilt

5. Angels and Trees

6. Appliqué block of the month

7. Batik Tulip Quilt

8. Bee Quilt

9. Beginner/Ender hst – 1.5”

10. Beginner/Ender hst – 2.5”

11. Beginner/Ender hst – 3.5”

12. Birthday runaways Star blocks – 2007 (16)

13. Black and White Blocks (BOM) (35)

14. Blue and beige misc

15. Bright and Black BDB 2009 (birthday runaways) (20) (2010 is bright and black also)

16. Bright Pinwheels

17. Brown rail fence top

18. Cajun quilt

19. Calendar for Mom and Dad

20. Cat swap blocks (12)

21. Cherry apron quilt

22. Chicken blocks (14)

23. Chicken makings

24. Chicken strips leftover from making a purse

25. Children's book

26. Children's book

27. Christmas Alphabet Quilt

28. Christmas animal panels (7)

29. Christmas block swap (14)

30. Christmas block swap Calico kitten (12)

31. Christmas rectangles

32. Christmas skirt -- blue

33. Christmas sweatshirt project

34. Christmas Wall Hanging

35. Coaster squares

36. Coffee quilt

37. Copper and teal quilt

38. Corn Bags

39. Cozy kitten mystery blocks

40. Crazy heart paper pieced

41. Cross Quilt (2)

42. Dino pre-quilted

43. Dino pre-quilted

44. Disappearing 9 patches

45. Eagle embroidery (4)

46. Eagle Round Robin

47. Embroidery blocks (30, 28)

48. Eric Carle quilt

49. Fall dress

50. Fall Quilt

51. Feathered Star pieces

52. Flower garden top

53. Future Heirlooms (can’t get in touch with her)

54. Green & floral (15) 6.5” squares

55. Green and Brown blocks

56. Halloween quilt

57. Hawaiian appliqué

58. Hawaiian turtle appliqué

59. Hummingbird blocks

60. Imperfect Squares (29)

61. Insect swap

62. Jo’s club retreat teal and brown

63. LBT (mystery) (SFQ)

64. Liberty blocks

65. Love of Patchwork wall hanging

66. Madam Mim

67. Marge 2012 NYE Mystery

68. Marianne’s star

69. Mini Scrap baskets

70. Minkee pillows

71. Misc 12” blocks (12)

72. Misc blocks (20)

73. Misc 12.5” blocks (19)

74. Misc 4.5” blocks (49)

75. Misc 6.5” blocks (20)

76. Misc 7” blocks (6 whole, 2 half)

77. Miscellaneous Cross Stitch outs

78. Odd sized blocks

79. Office going away squares

80. Patriotic GMFG

81. Pet beds

82. Pheasant blocks (7)

83. Pink and Green quilt

84. Prayers and Squares tops (6)

85. Purple 54/40 or fight blocks (pieces for 30?)

86. Purple and green 9 patches (7)

87. Purse

88. QBS Mystery Quilt

89. Quilter wall hanging

90. Race Track quilt

91. Rectangles and squares sampler

92. Red and Black blocks (5)

93. Red Hat purse - Mira

94. Red, white, blue stars blocks (BDB) (19)

95. Road Quilt

96. Road Quilt

97. RWB blocks (12)

98. Sewing room valances finished

99. SFQ BOM (blues and yellows) (15)

100. Signature Tulip Siggy Pots

101. Stockings (4)

102. Teal and blue BDB

103. Teal Mystery Quilt

104. Tessellating Pinwheels

105. thanksgiving wall hanging

106. Tie Quilt

107. Trip Around Texas

108. Triple Irish Chain

109. Troll pillowcase

110. Tropical 2006 Birthday blocks (2)

111. Tropical Blocks (BDB) (4)

112. Tropical Landscape wallhanging

113. T-shirt quilt – Ashley’s

114. T-shirt quilt - Randy’s

115. Tulip Signature swap

116. Valentine Bear Cross Stitch outs

117. Wall hangings (3)

118. Yellow and Blue Birthday Blocks

119. Yellow and Green BOM blocks

120. Yo Yos red and black table runner

These are already being worked on and were taken off the UFO not touched list in the date before the name.  They should have been done by now.

121. Apr 11 Red and black yos

122. Aug 12 Precious Moments 4 patches

123. Jun 12 Teal quilt for Ashley – strips

124. Jun12 Sunset quilt for Jon

These are part of a group's UFO challenge.  We had to pick 9 items and she will pull a number from the hat each month and that is what we need to focus on.  We did #9 in November and took December off.  So, I will have a way to focus. #126 and #127 are BIG challenges.  That might be ALL I do during the month they are chosen.

125. Liz UFO #1 4 patches flowers/white (53)

126. LIZ UFO #2 Baby clothing quilt – boy

127. Liz UFO #3 Baby clothing quilt -- girl

128. Liz UFO #4 Batik 9” – 9-patches (45)

129. Liz UFO #5 Bug Jar Quilt

130. Liz UFO #6 Christmas 6 inch squares

131. Liz UFO #7 Circular Bulls eyes (6)

132. Liz UFO #8 Horse Panel quilt

This one was given to a friend to help her learn to piece better.  It needs to come back so I can finish it and donate it.

133. Lorena Disappearing 9 patches (Purple and black)

So, this is really embarrassing to think I have this much stuff started and still started Marge's NYE Mystery quilt.

How do I plan to get more of these done and less added to my list next year?  I plan to check the UFO cabinet first when I need a gift and consistently work on getting them completed.

This is what is on my design wall.  It has been a DIP (Dream in Progress).  It is so complicated that I get frustrated with it.  I can't chain piece, and anyone that knows me knows that I love to chain piece.  So, I need my design wall back and want this done.  So a group is doing a DIP challenge and I am working on this one first.  The other challenge is to get the mess away from the design wall.

I will be charting my progress and hoping to accomplish lots this year.

As soon as I get more of the room cleaned up that I can take photos of things (won't be perfect, but not quite as bad as before) I will post my sewing area/studio.

working off depression

Ever get to a point where there doesn't seem to be any joy going on?  Well, that is what is happening here and I'm trying my best to work through it.  What did that get me today?  A mini migraine.  I stopped the full blown, but didn't get anything done today.
I really want to sew.
I am appliqueing a turtle onto the blue background.  Trying to focus and do that does not help lots when things are blurry.  But, piecing is not going to happen.  Maybe a photo later.

I finished my applique of the Hawaiian Turtle.  I think this is going to be framed in brown and then it is going in my bathroom.

Merry Christmas

I'm so thankful to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas! 
I hope everyone had a blessed Christmas!

It has been a family day.  I came upstairs a bit ago to clean up the wrapping station and put it back into a sewing studio mode.  :)
My desk is cleaned off.
My pressing table is cleaned off.
My cutting table needs a little more work.
My floor needs vacuuming.
I would like to load a quilt tonight to start on tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow is a full day of sewing for me.  No more cleaning and all focused on family and sewing.  Mostly sewing.  :)

I want a couple more finishes this year, so I start my UFO list off a couple smaller.  Right now, I have 126 logged items.  I finished 34 UFOs in 2012.  I must admit some of those were only 1 on the list, and became 3+.  LOL  But, that feels good to know.  I didn't think I had done that much this year.

Have you been thinking about New Years Resolutions?
I have a bit.
1.  Continue to reduce my UFO listing
2.  Work on something I want -- DIP (Dreams in Progress)
3.  Use up more batting pieces so I can see out of my side window.
4.  Learn more about my embroidery machine.

Not sure if those are all, but those are the key ones at this point.  I'll have to focus and make sure to focus on them.

Have a wonderful rest of the day and year!

No more sewing before Christmas

I feel good this year.  I am not working on something at the last minute.  I have not had any planned projects that are not done.

I made this one for DD's band director.  she loves pink, so I had to add tht in.  In the future, I will be careful to have darker fabric hear the center.

15 minute table runner.  I have 2 of these.  The other one is red in the center.  They are quick, but I think I am going to put batting in the next one.  Flimsy without it.

Made about 20 of these embroidered towels.  Gave them away as fast as I made them, so I didn't get the photos.

What are my plans for the rest of the year?  I hope to work on this tessellation quilt and finish it soon in 2013.  I am also working on cutting out the 2.5" squares of baby clothing.  That project has been on-going for years now and I am making progress, but not quick enough.

I do hope to work on the picking up and cleaning of my studio.  This place has been hit by a bomb.  The wrapping bomb, the completing bom, the put everything in there that doesn't have a home bomb.  LOL

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Working on Christmas gifts

I don't know which person this is going to, but I like the way it turned out.  This was a UFO with only 5 blocks.  I used the 3 here and then below

I used the 2 extra ones and the Jo's club applique.  This was my first applique, so I'm keeping this one.  The echo quilting is the first time I've done that.  It's in our family room on the coffee table.

I have so many Christmas scraps leftover that I decided to make some simple quilt as you go table runners.  I have this one done and the second one almost ready to trim and bind.

Here is the other UFO that was a rail fence.  The problem, the amount of fabric in the bag was not enough to make it a lap quilt.  As it is, it is not all that big.  A nice car quilt.  I used scrap blue fabric for the inner border and then used the Christmas scrap bin to make piano keys that are not the same sizes.  I bound it in the blue.  Not bad for a scrap quilt.  This is for another teacher.