2017 Finishes

I didn't think I had finished so many quilts, table runners and wall hanging.

I was happy to go back and see exactly what I had finished. 

So in no particular order and no comments,

I present My Year of Finishes.

2017 UFO Challenge Report Card

It's that time of year to confess to how I did on the 2017 UFO Challenge hosted my Judy L of Patchwork Times.

January 

Finished in January and gifted to my sister Karen.

February

Jamestown Landing is a quilt top.

March

Quilt top finished in March.

Still unquilted.

April

Garden Party is a quilt top, 

still unquilted.

May

Strings and Stars

Quilt top complete.

June

Deli Geese

Quilt top complete

July

I didn't even take this one out of the box. 

August

Garlic Knots blocks were put together at November retreat.

September

Windows to Heaven

These blocks were put together but still need borders and quilting.

2018??

October

Tumbler leader and ender

I'm currently working on this between mystery clues.

I have 4 more rows to add and 2 border rows.

November

This still needs side fill in pieces added.

I should get it out for evening tv time.

December

Millefiore has also been ignored all year.

Even though it's only December 1, I know I will not work on her this month.

Needs side fill ins and border.

Seems to be a pattern going on here. 

Thanks Judy for hosting this. 

After writing this post, I don't feel so bad about my accomplishments.

I am thinking about what I want to put on my 2018 list.

Design Wall Monday...

...And a couple of awesome finishes.

It's been a busy week.

My niece is expecting a baby girl in a few weeks and I need to make them a cuddle quilt.

I like my baby quilts to cover Momma and Baby.

Way back in 2013, I participated in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge at SoScrappy blog.

I planned to make a row quilt and true to form, 

I got part way through the year and stopped,

and now I have a box of awesome 6" blocks. 

Then Bonnie writes a post about Getting Serious With Scrap Reduction.

She shows a picture of Dancing Dashes and that's all I needed to get this quilt started.

I grabbed some yellow polka dot for sashing and soft lavender for the corner stones.

I'm hoping to have this top together before Thursday.

Maybe I'll name this Dashing Dashes and Friends. 

Because Friday is Mystery Day!!

I finally pulled my fabrics for On Ringo Lake.

I don't have one single piece of fabric in Bonnie's main colors so I went stash diving.

Red, Blue, Black and Creamy Neutrals

Depending on the clues and sizes of pieces needed, 

I'll pull from my strip bins and deeper into the stash.

Granddaughter Taylor will turn 18 in a few days.

She had hinted about a quilt with black, white and aqua. 

How could I say no.

I knew Bonnie's Scrappy Trips was a perfect design.

This is found on the Quiltville free patterns page.

Fun strips were pulled from the black and white strip bin.

Most of them were from strip swaps at retreats.

I had a blast quilting this.

Somewhat straight lines in a random pattern.

I used gray thread and my walking foot.

Finally En Provence is finished!

These photos are from Jane right after she quilted it for me.

We decided soft yellow thread would be perfect.

The panto is called Lovely by My Creative Stitches.

And Lovely it is!

I used bright pink for the binding. 

It's been dark, gloomy and wet here so no full on pictures.

Check out Design Wall  Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts.

Design Wall Monday

Wahoo, wahoo, wahoo!!!

Midnight Flight is finished and headed to my bed today.

I started this quilt in May at a retreat with Bonnie Hunter.

I am thrilled to have it finished.

My friend Jane quilted it.

I told her I wanted gold thread and swirls and to just do her Jane thing.

I love what she did!

I have been working hard on trimming up the scraps.

I am pleased to report that the backing extras are cut to usable sizes and put away.

Each retreat I stop to take a picture of this snag.

It's on the road into Royal Ridges.

I was a bit disappointed that the leaves weren't all orange yet.

Maybe they will still be there when I go back in November.

Like this photo from November 2015.

I worked on the secret birthday project until all the blocks were complete.

They are now stacked and pinned in rows thanks to help from friends.

Next up was Garden Party #2.

I just took posy block kits and I think I completed 30 more blocks.

These are so fun to make.

All the while, leader and ender Oklahoma Backroad blocks were being made.

I think 21 more blocks were completed.

I'm almost ready to lay this one out for real.

Retreats are fun.

Retreats are energizing.

Retreats are exhausting.

Retreats are special.

I get to spend hours sewing with one of my daughters and a bunch of my friends.

Today is catch up at home day.

Lots to do!

Hubs was lucky and harvested a deer on opening day so today is processing day.

And when that's over, you'll find me in my sewing room.

See what others are working on at Design Wall Monday at Small Quilts and Doll Quilts.

Design Wall Monday

 What a fabulous 2 weeks I've had!

We spent 8 days at the beach!

Lots of clamming, reading, relaxing, walking, talking, resting.

I worked on Wild and Goosey.

I knitted on socks.

We did a few small projects on our property.

We made major plans for improvement.

Doug and his family visited one day.

It was a wonderful vacation!

When we came home, 

I was in the mood to sew!

I finished my Crabapple quilt.

No picture yet.

I finally got the borders on my Garden Party.

I'd love to have it quilted before retreating with Bonnie,

but that just isn't going to happen because it's 8 days away 

and I have other things to do between now and then.

Clamming finally opened for us and DWFW was generous

and upped the limit from 15 to 25.

That brought out hordes of people.

HORDES!

I'm not a great digger but I do my best and 

Ernie will have yukky clams to eat whenever he wants.

I don't have to ration them. 😉

This is my favorite beach picture.

My gray haired men.

Now it's time to get back to a bit of reality before retreat.

My list is long.

Check other design walls at Patchwork Times Design Wall Monday.

Design Wall Monday

2017 UFO Busting continues.

This table runner is finish number 6.

This is from July 2009.

I put it away and promptly forgot where I put it.

 I thought it was gone forever.

Recently I opened a bin to get something else out and there it was.

How long had it been since I had opened that bin?

I asked on Facebook which color binding I should use.

I even posted pictures of a few selections but no red.

Only because I didn't have any that looked good with these repro prints.

Thousands of Bolts to the rescue again!

I finished and wore another new shirt.

I made a design chance,

then neck too low for my comfort so I added a piece of lace.

After wearing it, 

I'll take the lace off and rework the neck.

I have enough fabric to combine with another piece 

and I'll use the lace on that one.

My plan to work on this month's UFO was put on hold.

I chased a squirrel instead.

This is The Mischief Quilt.

I wrote my story here.

I see some great links at Patchwork Times Design Wall Monday.

I think I'll chase a few squirrels. 😀

Finish Number 5

Yes, table runners count as finishes.

I started this a little over 2 years ago.

All I needed to do was quilt it.

Why do I put this off?

I'm blaming the squirrel.

Actually I was going to hand quilt this but decided to just get it finished.

This will go to in the bus.

Yeah for UFO Busting!

Design Wall Monday

After finishing Grand Illusion,

(4th finish this year!!)

I decided to get to that pile of t shirt knits.

Shirt one is done and after another press it will be ready to wear.

I've discovered a new online fabric shop.

Knitpop, they sell knits.

Really nice knits.

I may have already ordered a couple of times.

With my design wall empty and my machine clear,

I'm going to spend time with my serger and my ball point twin needles 

and make myself a few more shirts this week.

See what others are doing at Patchwork Times Design Wall Monday.

Doing The Happy Dance!

2017 UFO Finish #3

This just  happens to be #3 on my Patchwork Times UFO Challenge list 

and the number for January.

I love all the colors in this quilt and the quilting makes me happy.

Each block is quilted different from the others.

The block backs were made from 5" squares that I won at a retreat.

I think it makes it's own fun quilt with lots of novelty prints.

I wish I could get an outside/better light photo but it is pouring buckets.

Melting snow and ice, flooded roads and general yuckiness outside.

Now I think I will build some mystery quilt blocks.