Quilting ufos to be completed and what needs to be done The goal is to finish one per month
- Circus due 1/15 appliques cut n sewn, assembling, quilting
- tumbling blocks – blue quilting
- baby block – black quilting
- turtles quilting
- heirloom quilting
- fishing due 8/1 appliques cut and sewn assembling,s quilting
- storm at sea quilting
- tell it to the stars borders. quilting
- mittens 1 block, borders, quilting
- BH king size quilt skirting, quilting
- sunbonnets quilting
- sunbonnets 2 assembling, quilting
New quilts I want to make:
- http://twosistersandaquilt.com/ These are snowman Block of month
- http://www.seamstobesew.com/polls-fixed-and-new-previews-of-sue-and-sam/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+seamstobesew%2FUceh+%28Seams+To+Be+Sew+News%29 another sunbonnet quilt Block of the month
- 2 “warm wishes” quilts for charity on line pattern
- shop hop tote that I acquired the kit for in 2005
- child’s teddy bear with piping pattern
- “Frost’s alter ego”” pattern
- “Gift wrap” pattern
- “rob Peter to pay Paul’ GO cutter
- “drunkards path” GO cutter
- an owl quilt GO cutter
- choose a book and make a quilt from it
- “twinkle little tree” pattern
That should handle the quilting, I have spoken for the Cormo sheep, not sure yet how many, 6-10
For sewing the plan is 2 doll dresses per month, plus we need placemats for 10 months and I like a set of 4. My goal is to make them one month ahead of need. So I will start these in February I plan to make a couple “Bendy Bags” and “run around bags” as well as a bolts worth (about 130) of purple baby hats for the hospital. Then there is a request for the microwave bowl holder for gifts.
I am doing the yahoo groups knit along wash cloth which is monthly. They offer 2, but I’ll be happy to get one done each month. I also have enough yarn to do at least 10 pair of socks. If I can squeak them in here, I’d like to do a couple crocheted baby blankets as well.
So these are my 2016 craft goals. What are yours? I’d love to hear them.
After some barn cleaning, Bracken and I came back to the house so she could chick sit. She loves that. Just standing there watching their every move.
The 8 kennel quilts are finished. I will wash them and they are ready to donate.
Some days it feels as if I spend the entire day feeding triplets, even though that is not true. It just seems that way. This morning for the first time in 3 weeks, I was able to spend my hour at the gym. Although I come home tired, it is worth the time. I try to get a rest time on those days, for at least half an hour. However do humans who have triplets manage all this – they can’t walk away for 2 or 3 hours, knowing all will be safe until they return?
I tried something new today, which was using fleece on the back of this quilt. It is very cuddly which I’m hoping makes up for the “issues” I had. It quilted beautifully, but I must have stretched the fleece, so it doesn’t lie flat. Another factor was that I wanted to do it freehand which is not something I’m good at. I like how that part turned out, but it distracted me to the point that I didn’t keep all the quilt tension bars at the proper tension. So this also affected the overall look. I’m going to put it through a wash and see if that relaxes it more together. I am pleased with most of it and I think the soft cuddly”ness” of it will override the beginner look. I’m always learning, but I also see where I’ve made progress.
When I get the chance to take a break and lie on my lawn chair, this is my view, which I love.
There is only this tack stitch left to do and then turn them right side out. We have 148 of them for the hospital. So later this week, I’ll finish them up and in September we will deliver them. What a great afternoon we had, catching up and doing a good deed at the same time.
