1. MMMQG challenge, 2. Sunbeams in Perfect Pairings, 3. Sherbet Pips Charm Square baby quilt, 4. Pacific Crest from Beyond Neutral, 5. Plus, 6. Pink Plus quilt Modern Meadow Hope Valley, 7. Acacia Birthday Cake, 8. Acacia Birthday Cake, 9. Warm HST quilt, 10. Riley Blake leftover geese quilt, 11. tree pants, 12. Crazy Piece Purple Crossknot variation, 13. Icky Thump Modern Metallics quilt, 14. Values Whirlwind, 15. IMG_2273, 16. IMG_2248, 17. RBC challenge
In addition to making clothes for my kids, I made clothes for myself that I actually wear. I don't feel like posting pictures of me wearing those clothes so they have primarily gone unblogged.
In January of 2014 I said
- sew more clothes for myself and kid 1. Kid 2 has so many hand-me-downs that it would be foolish to sew much of anything unless I am asked to.
- Sew more quilts to donate using the fabric I already have.
- Finishing the minky quilt for kid 2. It has been waiting to be trimmed and pressed for more than a month. Oops.
Kid 2 did ask for clothes and I did sew for him. Both Kid 1 and I had handmade clothing added to our wardrobes. I sewed and donated quilts primarily using fabric from the stash. The minky quilt was finished pretty quickly after this.
New Year's Eve I spent time organizing my fabrics so I could find everything and put away the fabric for projects and clothes that I just did not get to. Why leave them lying around visible if they make me feel guilty about what I didn't accomplish?
I do love that I generally clear the slate around this time so I at least don't feel quite as guilty about the intended or started projects that I didn't get to. This winter break was not an exception as three projects got crossed off the list.
The project list for 2015 seems to be big already. I am not sure how I feel about tha,t but I do know that the challenge quilts will probably become donation quilts so all will be well in that realm.
- Firecracker by Jaybird Quilts using Freebird or possibly a churn dash quilt using the same fabric (this has already changed to 20" star blocks)
- Hexagon quilt using Modern Meadow Jelly Roll (desire some assorted solids for this to pair with prints)
- Greek Cross quilt using Perfect Pairings leftovers from the Sunbeams quilt (recently ordered neutral fabrics for this at FQS clearance as I didn't like the solid I purchased originally so that will go on the back)
- Spring MQG challenge quilt
- Fall MQG challenge quilt (assuming they have one)
- More quilts for Katie's Comforters Guild (using fabric given to me by the guild)
- SSMQG Arts Walk Solids and AMH quilt. I think I chose a pattern for this and can get started. And I feel content that I am using a pattern and not any original design or layout. You can't win them all....We can use only solids and this AMH print.
- Sew two blocks a month for the charity bee with the guild.
- Keep up with growing kids and their clothing needs but know when it is better to just purchase basics as to not go insane.
- Undecided whether I will participate in the Patchwork City BOM activity with the rest of the guild. I have the book but I'm not sure if it floats my boat or if I want to use the quilting time I have for that. Perhaps if I make it with the fabric from Katie's Comforters Guild
- Undecided about the Harry Potter Bookcase QAL. This will depend on how interested my kids are in it. I think this might be best done in the summer and not right now.
And if I do not hit publish now, I probably will continue to sit on this post for yet another week or so. Here goes nothing....
Great work, so many beauties here!! Love that AMH print...should be a great quilt. I hope you decide to do the HP one, I will need some nudging once I get going, lol! Block two is up today and it looks quick, yay!
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