UFO projects for 2012

My UFO projects for the year may seem familiar. I didn't complete EVEN ONE from last year! SHAMEFUL I tell you.
Since I didn't complete even one project in my UFO piles last year, I have decided to add them all back in the lineup for this year. so for piecing projects please refer to this post.
For quilting UFO's please refer to this list, with the exception of the #10 BQ quilt. I finished that for my BIL for Christmas. He loved it! I will come up with another project when #10 comes up to play.
I'm sorry I am having you click to old posts but I am just too lazy to rewrite the whole thing. I am determined to get a lot more accomplished this year.

My latest project

I put one of my own quilts on today. This is a gift for my brother in law. We draw names at Christmas and this is my gift to him this year.

A closer look. YES, he's a huge Seahawks fan! My sister found this fabric at Walmart (I think) and brought it to me to make a quilt for him. I provided all the other materials and made it for him. It was decided I can gift it to him this year. I am using lime green thread too!

Near the end!

Well, I had planned to be finished with the quilting by now but I ran out of steam. This is what it looks like this morning. Two rows to go. I did put the binding on as I'm going and it is going so smooth. I think I am going to do this more often on my own projects. (the binding on the long arm)

I talked to my Aunt Madge yesterday and I found out that while on vacation next week the young girl who is to be the recipient of the second quilt will be there...................
It still needs the white background spacers and a pieced border. So, now I am on a tear to finish that one up to the hand work part so I can sew down the binding while on the way there and give it to her in person. I mean, that IS the pleasure of giving someone a quilt...the being able to see their reaction. Right?

Quilt Gift #1

So, I am pathetically behind! This is what the quilt looks like at 11 am this morning. I am going to attempt to sew the binding on as I go. I have applied the binding on the long arm before but usually not until all the quilting is already done and then that requires a lot of rolling back and forth again. This will be an attempt to save some time. So, this is what it looks like now. I will be back later with an update.

Sleep weary...It's gonna be a long day!

I went to bed at 1am and back up at 5am. UGH!

I plan to accomplish a lot today however.

First off, I need to have a serious talk with my adult daughter and will prepare for that. Secondly, I have both a wedding to attend in June and a graduation for a relative in June. BOTH events I want to give a quilt gift. Neither of which is even started yet. What am I waiting for?

I have a plan though. TWO quilt designs that are fast and easy with minimal piecing. A carpenter's star for the wedding gift and a drunkards path for the grad gift. I happened to have a bunch of the drunkard's path pieces already cut out (I used my Accuquilt GO cutter for that).
I will check back later with pictures.
First on the list....piece the drunkard's path! Wish me luck!

FINALLY quilting again!

I haven't touched my long arm in months! It is a shame really. I had plans a month ago to start up again but then fell in my house and wrenched my back. It has taken a long time to heal properly. It still hurts but not as bad, Quilting a row at a time and then resting. Only way I can do it. I am headed out to a family party now but will work on it tonight when I get back and I'll post a picture.

Still working on Thursday's list

Yes, I almost always underestimate how long these things take me. For instance, I did one step on the yellow brick road blocks wrong. 40 blocks! I sewed them, pressed them and UNSEWED all those seams which we all know take 4 times longer than sewing. I am almost done with those and will finish that quilt today I hope. I don't have any housework planned for today so I should get a lot done. We will see.

Thursday to myself

I unexpectedly have the day off from babysitting. So I plan to try to get more done today. I have some laundry in and picked up a bit but the house work is pretty much caught up. So I plan on working on 3 items today

1. Finish making blocks for the spring Yellow Brick Road quilt I started last week. This will give the girls something to do on Monday. They love to play with my fabric and design board and I will let them layout the quilt. I figure a yellow brick road...they can do a pretty good job w/o much help from me...and it will keep them occupied.
2. Quilt EZ swirls on a customer quilt today.
3. Start getting fabric cut out and quarter square triangles made for my new quilt that Ronda sent me all the fabric and pattern for. Gees, I got it a week ago and just now getting to it. I really wanted to complete a couple things first.

Christmas in July!

It is Christmas in July at my house!


Looky what I got today in the mail:

Do you recognize this fabric? You would if you know THIS lady! Ronda is so talented and super nice and when she was quilting this quilt last month and posting her progress I was blatantly drooling and commenting on how she was coming with my quilt. Ronda played right along but alas her daughter is getting the quilt. Then she turned around and sent me this! Including the pattern, the papers to make the quarter square triangles and her extra triangles. Can you believe it?

There is enough here to make a whole quilt which I will do promptly. I guess Ronda didn't know about my needing to finish 2 UFO's before starting a new project, but this breaks the rules...right? RIGHT?

Thank you so much Ronda. This touched me more than you know. I appreciate you!

Quilting today

The kids I babysit are at a friend's house for a play date and I am quilting Quilt EZ swirls on the strip quilt and it looks really nice. If all goes well, I should have no trouble completing this in time for Saturday gifting. Today is a good day. Tonight I go to my Tuesday sewing group meeting and I am picking up a quilt to do too. Yeah, it's a good day!