Category Archive: quilts

I’m delighted to get this quilt finished.   This is the Aurofil BOMs that I did last year.   After finishing it, I quilted it instead of hanging it in the closet for future quilting.   That  excites me!

Yes that does leave me with some other BOMs from last years that are finished but not quilted, but I’m on a roll now.   I think the most difficult part of quilting is deciding how to quilt it.  I went with some easy for this and will for the next as I think they will both become children’s quilts.

Yes, I know I’m a bit out of season.   This was started a year and a half ago.  I made one for my friend and only had the applique done on this one.   I really planned to finish it “soon”, so it sat beside my sewing machine.  Today I quilted and bound it.   And look it even has a hanger on the back!   Now I am early for this year.

UFO finish #1 – 2 sets of 4 placemats – and the receipt in the bag is dated 1995.   And they are DONE!.   They were a fair amount of work which is probably why they didn’t get finished in 1995.

Here is a note from a friend who reads this blog (with her permission):  She apparently doesn’t have any ufos.   So whether you do or don’t, join us in recording what you’d like to accomplish this year.    You can use the comment section or email me.  I think it will be fun to see how much we actually do accomplish, because so often we don’t see what we’ve done.

Well I am hopeful as always regarding projects. I think I might actually finish some! I did make two pillow cases. I decided with the abundance of fabric I have I will cut them out, sew them for people at church who are struggling and send them with a card and note of encouragement. .. I am still trying to get used to the rotary cutter so this is also a learning process. Then the piece I chose for the trim was too short so I had to piece it. Finished two of them anyway and gave one away to a cancer patient in treatment. I have another one cut out ready to sew, may it will get done this week. It is fun to make surprises.

I am knitting a scarf using a pattern I haven’t used before. It is slow going because the yarn is fine and I am a very slow knitter. I am also using up some sock yarn by crocheting squares and learning new stitch patterns. The hope it to put it them all together with an nice edging for a baby blanket. This is going to take a lot of time because the yarn is so small and the squares are equally small. I can crochet faster than I knit. There is hope! My goal is to make at least 12 afghans this year. I have one done and haven’t even begun another one. The yarn keeps calling my name to get something done.  Note:  It is Jan 5th and she has already finished an afghan.

Also, still writing and started my new Bible study for the year. I am really dedicating some time to this because somehow or other I have not been as diligent as I want to be with learning more about Jesus. I am pray a lot during the day and when I can’t sleep, which is often.

Running parents to appointments of which there seems to be so many, really cuts into the day and seems to take away some motivation. I also write and tell stories for the Adventure Club meetings twice a month. I teach the Little Lambs every other meeting so have to prepare crafts and the lessons for those.

My ladies group meets once a month and this is a real blessings. There are only 6 of us, but it is so encouraging. We meet at our home and so I give a short talk, prepare goodies and we just visit. We pray for each other and others. Our women’s singing group will start again in late Feb. or early March to prepare to sing sometime in the spring. I love this so much. The music is inspiring.

I don’t have a garden, but want to grow fresh herbs this year and maybe some tomatoes if I can just figure out where to plant them. I have some space so will see if I can get the soil worked up and get it in.

I have made a list of all the unfinished items that I have so far found.   I think rather than make a list of what to do each day, I should just hang a dart board with them listed, and when I finish one item, throw a dart for the next.   That would keep me busy all year.

The lists consists of 22 quilts,  several  placemats,    12 sewing items plus the doll clothes,  1 pair of socks about half knitted and spinning for another plus the charity items I will make.   This list only consists of items started.    There is a much larger lists of things I’d like to do and for which I have the patterns and materials.   But I also know that I need to do much more gardening than I did last summer.   So I’m thinking that it might be a great idea to start with finishing some items already started with the option that I can start something new every couple of weeks.

Today, I went to the first box and pulled out these placemats which have patiently waited their turn.   I am not sure what I was thinking because there are enough blocks cut out for seven, enough backings for 8 and batting for 4, and borders for 4   I have now cut out the red pieces for the 8th one and selected a different green for binding the next four.    4 are ready to for binding.

Please tell me some of you have projects like this.   And then keep us updated as you pull them out and finish.

I feel really good getting this done.  Actually I feel a sense of accomplishment  every time I finish a top.   This time I put the remaining fabrics away to keep the table clean.

With the sun going dark so early, it makes a short day.   On the good side it is raining again which takes the temperature above freezing.    And I did get some housekeeping done which was overdue. 

How are you doing?   Have you sewing projects?    And are you enjoying the DAB readings?

We attended a beautiful Christmas music concert at church this morning.   There was a good variety of ages as well as songs, reminding us what we are celebrating with Christmas.

After lunch we sat inside and enjoyed the sun.  It is so warm coming through the windows and reminds us summer can’t be far away.   However, with dark coming about 4.15, we know it will still be awhile.  It’s only time to plan for summer.

I did get the last block of this BOM finished tonight and then looked at the instructions again.  There  are NO instructions for putting it together.   I’m on my own for that.  Usually the person who supplies the blocks has an ending in mind.   With this one, she chose a different artist each month to design a block using the same colors throughout.  Since I didn’t see this coming, I may make the easy way out and just assemble it with the remaining fabric.  I’ll give it some thought

Tomorrow is the last day this year that our church has meals and gifts of clothing for street people.   I quilted this little quilt as my gift along with the two cowls I made earlier.   Below is a photo taken outside, which is more true to color.