I'm super antsy for the last stitches to be in on this label, because then I get to strike a UFO off the list and make a blessed project switch -FINALLY- at one of my stations. :D Yes!
Coming to the stitching station tonight:
Pulling UFO Hawaiian Etude back into active work.
This is my first hand-quilting piece.
I've made progress already in shortening my stitches.
You can see that here in the difference between the stitches on the fuchsia batik and the the cream stitches outlining the inner motif. I've gone from 5/inch to 8/inch. (We do count only the top stitches, right?)
Koko zeroed in on this 15" mini pretty fast when I trespassed on his sun patch to get some shots.
At the FMQ station:
Finished the grass!
Now to do the loopy "flight lines" around the flower heads, then I can do the quilting for the bias print and that's all. On track for having this UFO quilted by New Year's. That is happiness.
At the piecing station:
Fences all made!!!!!
Just need to attach the top and bottom and put the last border on this UFO. I'm just not certain whether I'll leave it as is, or if I want to applique something in the plain green corners you see on the pattern pic.
I think their emptiness bothers me, and since I've made other tweaks, shouldn't I do something here, too? I'm thinking of appliqueing this motif in those squares with some of my medium and light-tone pink scraps from the blocks.
Thank you to Lee and this week's host for facilitating this motivational link-up!
Quilter's Corner is coordinating a pillowcase drive for all the students at Sandy Hook.
Went through my stash right away and found some fun prints and coordinates to use.
I hope these will help two kids smile again, even just a little.
P.S. I used this tutorial at "Lovely Little Handmades": A Magic Pillowcase Tutorial
BOMs Away Monday is here:
Barbara's running her really fun program again for 2013.
As I already have a huge (though shrinking) UFO list and a ginormous untouched kits list (gathered and itemized during our cross-country move), I'll be "shopping" from the Denizens of the Creepy Room for my NewFOs this year (scroll down on the Horizon tab to see a truly astonishing list). - Except when I need a gift and my birthday month - for those, I'm allowed to put together something entirely new if I want. I'm sure I'll want! ;D
Here's what I anticipate adding to the mix next year:
- January - Run, Kitty, Run - a special gift with one purchased fabric and the rest from stash
- February - HST baby quilt for my sister's first child, stash plus Kona background
- March - Hoot Twister (or use the pattern for Kristy's Dream that's saved, with quilting like here)
- April - You Must Be Croaking
- July - Quilting By the Bay's HST beauty
- August - something from a local quilt store! :D woohoo Happy Birthday To Me
- September - That Lanterns Thing
- October - Jovial 3D Trees
- December - Martha's Holiday Spin
I figure My Tweets, Quilting by the Bay's, whatever I get for my birthday, and Martha's Holiday Spin will not be finished within the year. They are hugely involved quilts that will need cyclical attention. I can't stand to work on one project straight through for as long as I know those will need. Long-term friends are good, though. They make really fun runs of finishes when they're all close to the binding stage.
Here's what I anticipate finishing from the existing UFO list to counterbalance that inflow:
So I should have 12 new friends and 22 finishes next year - most of them quite large quilts - if I can toe this line. :)
