January UFO is finished just in time

Yup, I cut that too close.

Just finished my January UFO project!

I am not sure when I put together the top.

To finish, I machined quilted it

(not one of my strong suits...

I usually hand quilt)

and put on the binding.

I even put on a hanging sleeve.

Tomorrow....I think I need to

seriously clean my Studio....

...it is kind of scary in there....

(the photo is an old one...I 

can't seem to upload my 

finished photo)

Where did the month of January go?

The month has just flown by....

I still have some quilting and

the binding to do on my

January UFO project.

I think I am going to keep this

wall hanging for myself.

For todays slow-sunday-stitching

I am working on hand sewing the

final row of my 

Trip Around the World top.

It is row 43 with 172 squares of

the red with white dot fabric. I

think it will look nice to have a 

double row of the red.

When finished, I will move on to

hand quilting it.

What are you creating today?

It's nice to be healthy again!

Two weeks and I have finally beaten

the flu. It was a nasty fight, but I won!

I also won at a blog drawing

(Winner...Winner...Chicken Dinner!)

Thank you to Paul at

Dying2QUILT.blogspot.com

for the beautiful weights and color.

I see some beautiful possibilities!

For my Slow Sunday Stitching

I will be working towards

completing my 

Trip Around The World top.

I have been hand sewing the 2" squares

for a few years now...all leftover scraps.

I plan to hand quilt it too.

What are you creating?

I will win!

Day 6 of the Cold-Flu 

that has consumed me.

Yesterday, I felt a little better

and needed to run some errands.

I made it to the library

(very overdue DVD's)

I made it to my LQS

(2nd Saturday BOM pickup)

I made it to the Bank and

I made it to the store for

more medicine.

Then I came home and

collapsed on the couch for

the rest of the day.

Sewing this week? Nope

Knitting? about 2 inches of a hat

Hand stitching? Nada

I will beat this flu...I will overcome it!

Today, I am going to attempt to 

cut the 2" squares for the 

final row on my 

Trip Around the World top.

Hopefully I can hand stitch

some squares today. I have

plans to hand quilt the top

this Winter.

What are you Slow Sunday Stitching?

Quilters unite to help...

The Ventura Modern Quilt Guild

is collecting this quilt block (below)

to make comfort quilts for

victims of the Thomas Fire

in California.

Hope you can help.

Pattern and info is at

Thomas Fire Blocks

Everyday!

First Slow Stitch Sunday of 2018

New year...

New goals....

New ideas....

I am going to try some of the

one week challenge goals

at Persimon Dreams-Project QUILTING

The first theme: Hometown Proud

My first thought was a landscape

quilt of the beach town I lived in...

Pier

 or Lifeguard Tower

But then, I haven't lived there in

years, so maybe something closer

to my current Home Town....

Mountains...Antelope Island...

I'll have to think quickly and get

working on it, since I have to

have it completely finished 

within one week.

For todays Slow Sunday Stitching

I will start knitting another

red baby hat for the 

Little Hats Big Hearts 

February Heart disease awareness.

What are you working on?

January Finish goal

My project to finish during

the month of January is my

Welcome Wall Hanging.

I need to finish machine quilting

it, then add the binding.

I will be keeping this quilt for me.

2018 UFO List

I have made my UFO list for 2018

...multiple times.

Some projects on the list are so close

to being finished.

Some projects, I am still debating

if I want to finish or just 

donate the blocks.

So....my list is...

1.Preprinted pinwheel

Quilt and Bind

2. K & H Stars

Local quilt shop BOM 

Last pattern will be issued August 

Piece blocks and put top together

3. Pinwheel Stars

Sew blocks-Finish into top

Finished March 2018

4. Pine Tree Quilt

Add borders-Quilt-Bind

5. Pieceville Village

Finish making the blocks

Sew top-quilt-bind

6. Paper pieced Butterfly

Make one more block

Sew top-quilt-bind

Finished-February 2018

 

7. Scrap 5" bowtie

37 blocks made-finish top

8. Purple pinwheel

Quilt and bind

9. Black n White with a zing

Put top together-quilt-bind

10. Welcome Hanging

Finish quilting and bind
FINISHED-January 2018

11. 30's Sampler

Sew more blocks

FINISHED-April 2018

12.Twenty-four Village

Make at least 9 more blocks

Finished-May 2018

There it is...in black and white

Here's to a year of Finishes!