Quilting plans for January 2013

Here are my 4 quilting things I will get done during January:

1. FINALLY finish my black Kaleidoscope quilt.  It needs quilting and binding.
2. Get 16 blocks made for Starburst.
3. Finish the rail fence donation quilt.
4. Spend 15 minutes per day working on Carolina Crossroads with the Stashbuster challenge.

I would also like to get the quilting started on either my Autumn 8's quilt or the brights and blacks quilt.

And not buy any fabric.

Stash Report 1/8/2012

Nothing finished this week, but I hope to be positive (or at least less negative) by next week.  Everything I bought was on sale for $7.99 or less - including batiks!  The largest piece is a border print I've been waiting to buy and was able to get 35% off on New Year's Day.  




Used This Week:        0      
Used Year to Date:     0       
Added This Week:     10.5
Added Year to Date:  10.5 
Net Used 2012:        -10.5

Stash Report Week 1

 I'm reporting this morning, since this afternoon I will be going to the LQS and buying at least 4.5 yds at 35% off.  Have been waiting to buy this border print for months!  And something else just might catch my eye ;-)


Used This Week:     0     
Used Year to Date:     0      
Added This Week:     0
Added Year to Date:     0 
Net Used 2012:     0

2012 UFO Challenge

I'm going to try this again this year. Hopefully, I'll be more successful than last year!!  Although I did finish a couple and moved several further along. I will list the quilts for now and post pictures later.  We've recently put down laminate flooring in my sewing room (YAY!!!!!) and I don't have all these quilts available for photos.  Hopefully the first one Judy picks will be one of the ones I CAN get to!  Here goes.

1. Piano
2. Cuddle
3. sno ball
4. Billie mystery
5. blue and yellow
6. pineapple blossom
7. brights and black
8. wonky house
9. star struck
10. heart mystery
11. kaleidoscope
12. Bright 8's

Uncle Eli (Whitney)'s Quilting Party

I had the pleasure of attending the 80th Uncle Eli's Quilting Party today.  It is the oldest continuous quilting event in the US and was held at the Eli Whitney, NC Community Center.  The Center is a former school and the party started in this agricultural area when the principal of the school tried to get the parents more involved at the school.  I checked the sign in a little before noon and already almost 300 people had shown up.

While there, I learned how to hand quilt!  DH's response when I told him?  "You already know how to do that from watching that lady at quilt bee" - which meets at our house.  Anyhow, here is a pic of my first effort. I'm pretty pleased with it.

All in all, a good day.

Design Wall Monday April 4 2011

This is my UFO for this month. Thank you Judy for choosing a fairly easy one for me.  This was supposed to be a bargello quilt, but when cutting, I neglected to allow for going back up.  I intend to look for a border fabric, but if I can't find one, I'm ok with just finishing this off.  Will probably just do a diagonal waving line down the center of the colors, so it shouldn't take too long. I do have another I'd like to finish up this month - or at least get it to the completed top stage.

Design Wall March 21 2011

Yesterday was one of those days.  Our guild was having a sew in to celebrate National Quilting Day.  And NOTHING went smoothly.  No one had gotten the key to the facility we were using - because they don't GIVE us a key.  We finally got in touch with security and they let us in.  Fred had just called to say he locked himself out of the house, could I come let him in.  So back home I went. And brought coffee, since no one else had bought coffee.  When did I start running this?  It's not a workshop.  I didn't really get very much accomplished, due to a lot of interruptions - but the Tarheels won!! Fred kindly kept me updated since I missed the game.

On to the design wall.  This is a UFO from several years ago.  Since Judy's choice for me for March was a quilt that was fairly far along, I'm trying to get 2 completed.  This one is ready to quilt and will hopefully be finished tomorrow.