I missed another couple of months. I sewed very little in June and May was very hit and miss, so I suppose posting the same thing over and over would be boring.
I sewed for awhile with wild abandon and it resulted in some quilt projects I delivered to the quilter, but it wasn’t that much fun. I felt confused and overwhelmed. Of course there was a lot of stuff going on in regular life, so I know all of that stuff contributed also. Still, while I like to have a couple of projects going at once they need to be at different stages and I need to be able to focus on one at a time.
Finished 2015 Quilt Projects
- Fabric of the Year 2013 – finished 4/11/2015
- Hawaiian Donation quilt – finished 4/7/2015
- Pink T Donation Quilt – finished 3/3/2015
- Russian Rubix – finished 4/2015
Finished 2014 non-Quilt Projects
- 7 Christmas pillowcases as gifts – finished May 4, 2015
- 1 College pillowcase – finished 7/5/2015
- 2 Christmas pillowcases – finished 7/5/2015
Still WIPs
I still have WIPs. Who doesn’t, after all, but the list is getting a lot smaller.
- Aqua-Red Sampler – Frances and I finished the Basket block and you can make one as well by looking at the tutorial series. Now I am tasked with doing a tutorial on partial seaming.
- The Tarts Come to Tea: I still haven’t worked on this since April 2011, though, I have been moving it around the Fabric Closet. Periodically, I think about working on it.
- Pointillist Palette #4: Fourth is a series of 6 quilts; needs tiny square patches sewn together. I still haven’t worked on this project either, but I do think about it. The Lunns have a new line of PP fabric out. I saw the new colors and didn’t feel I needed them.
- Self Portrait: started in 2006 at a class at Quilting Adventures in Richmond, Virginia. My career counselor breathed new life into this project for me. She asked a simple question and the end result was inspiration for this piece, but I kind of lost steam again after printing images on paper to try out different designs. Lately, I have been feeling like I need to finish this piece as it should be a good reminder to keep in my office.
- Under the Sea: class project; like the design, but not the colors. Still a possibility for abandonment.
Ready for Quilting
Wow! Everything on this list is new, as in it was never on the original 26 Projects list.
- Field Day Zipper; at the quilter
- Table runner: Basted; needs quilting and binding. I am planning on free motion quilting this myself for practice, which may be a challenge when my main machine is not working.
- Box Full of Letters; at the quilter
- Food Quilt #2; at the quilter
In Process
I decided that I had better put in an ‘In Process’ category. The difference, at least in my mind, between ‘In Process’ and ‘UFO’ is that I am actively working on a project and that is defined as“In Process.”
- English Paper Piecing Project– half hexies
- City Sampler/ Tale of Two Cities blocks
- Serendipity Lady Quilt
- Stepping Stones #2 using primarily Bonnie & Camille fabrics Bliss, Ruby, Vintage Modern: I made two test blocks, but wasn’t quite happy with them, so I added a number of other reds and turquoises to the variety to make the piece more scrappy. I ending up deciding against using a solid turquoise for the background.
Hunting and Gathering
- Blue Gradation Quilt: cutting 2.5″x4.5″ blue rectangles
- Blue Lemonade: cutting blue, green, purple 2″ squares
- FOTY 2014: cutting out 3″x5″ rectangles.
- Pink Gradation Quilt: cutting 2.5″x4.5″ pink rectangles
- Spin Wheel: really not started, but supplies gathered. I probably have enough fabrics and just need to decide to start.
- Stepping Stones #3 using the Macaron pre-cuts from Hoffman. I just remembered this project-to be. It isn’t started, but I have all the pre-cuts and should think about actually using them.
- Windmill quilt: Still hunting and gathering. I am cutting a variety of greys for the background,to preserve the pattern. The pieces are too oddly shaped and I don’t want to lose the pattern in a mass of scraps
What’s on your list?
Love the Under the Sea. They colors are not you, so I can see why you would be hesitant, but maybe it will find room in your life somewhere.
I’d love to finish it and find someone who loves it who will hang it on their wall. We’ll see.