BOMs Away - Christmas and Valentines

Welcome to the link-up for BOMs Away Mondays!

Where we share what we're doing on a BOM-type project 

so they don't stall out in UFO-land!

(Linky at the bottom.)

It's been a strange year of unsurety, ignored fears, and inner struggles that knocked me way off my normal tracks. I haven't been doing much quilting work the past several months, which is usually a large part of the core of my personal identity. I've missed that creativy and productivity, even at the same time that I've been unable to fully re-engage. 

The good news is the weird thing on my elbow isn't another bout of dermal lymphoma, but the dermatologist still didn't like it, so off it went, and for the next few weeks I have an angry elbow that hollers any time I let it rest on a table/counter, or want to lie on my back to sleep. Hah! Hopefully it'll settle down soon!

 

This week has been a step toward recreating a balance I like better than what's been happening lately. I pinned up the "Raven's Throne" flimsy to get this quilted up for Scott for Christmas. My machine has something off in it, but it will work well if I go about 1/3 my normal free-motion speed. 

So it's slower going than normal, but I should be able to finish this during Mon and Tue workdays so he doesn't see it happening. :)

Also, this morning, I got a start on block 6 of the Forever My Valentine BOM:

I got some heart cut-outs from this one that I can play with later on, or use on the back of the quilt.

I hope you are having a nice Holiday time. Ours is extremely quiet, but we are happy, so all is good.

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I know you have some BOM work to share - so let's see it.  :)

Kate over at Katie Mae Quilts has joined me in hosting this meet-up, 

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