Quilt update

Ok. Time to update my quilts in progress list. I have NOT been finishing stuff recently, just starting new ones.

New resolution. I cannot start a new one until I finish one or more (how about two??) first.

I need to recheck all my stuff and see if there are any more projects hidden away.

Got a new box of fabric from Mom that was Aunt Margaret's last week. O BOY!

Quilts in active progress

1. Scrappy rail fence stars - 2 blocks done - leader/ender project
2. Table topper kit from my quilt group secret sister - center is complete need the outer row sewn and added to main.
3. Eli's Christmas Quilt - "A Christmas Quilt for a Christmas Boy" - very close. Just about 5 blocks need more free-form quilting. Add a label to the back.
4. Orphan turned Wall hanging - Need to add more quilting with my metallic threads.  Need to add hanging sleeve.
5. All Hallows QAYG quilt - 4 of 12 blocks done. Backing will be black and white with black and red (love fabric) to join. Should I make more squares and make this queen size? Maybe. I'm stuck on this one. The half-square triangles are not all the same size. I need to reqroup on this one.
6. Star Quilt #2 - All 32 blocks done and joined in 4 sections. Center needs more free-form quilting. Ready to quilt the four sections and finished the d*mn thing.
7. Wine Placemat #2 - One finished and given away. One mostly quilted until the Janome broke just before Thanksgiving. Now that it's back, I need to just finish it. 
8. Woodsy wonders small #1 - All squares together for the woodsy part. Still doing the stars on the other side. Ready to join several of the rows. Already pinned several together. Really close to finished. 

Quilts being planned or haven't touched in months

1. Animal ABC quilt - ready to quilt. Need to mark with stencils and pounce. Or should I just do different free-form patterns in each one? 
2. Star Quilt #3 - 0 of 32 blocks needed. Center is sandwiched. Ready to quilt center
3. Wine Placemats- Two pieced and need to be sandwiched.
4. Flower hand quilt - Can I do this with the machine to finish? Pull out and look at it.
5. 3 batik kits from my quilt group secret sister.

Quilts with the cleaner since the fire

1. Dogwood Hand quilt - with the cleaner since the fire - so close! Haven't worked on it in years. Need to pull it out and just do it.
2. Cross-stitch double bed quilt. Need to finish cleaning the back to clip threads. Backing fabric has been purchased as well as batting. Just need to do low-fat quilting.

Quilts being planned

1. 100 patch quilt - all scrappy - see this page: http://weddingdressblue.wordpress.com/2011/07/06/100-patch-quilt-tutorial/
2. Tiny Tailor book panel - all cut out. Just waiting for inspiration.
3.  Woodsy wonders #2 - fabric only. Nothing cut out.
4. ABC panel - really small. Need to figure a design to go around it. Don't really want to cut it.
5. Wine panels - placemats? I have a bunch more of these.
6. 2 cartoon space panels - 2 separate quilts?
7. Noah's Arc panel
8.  Quilt for Connor - Houses or something with a train and some houses/landscape?
9.  Cat and Dog quilt - 9 patch? QAYG strips on the other?
10.  Globe fabric - have 2
11.  Batik quilt? 
12. Pineapple quilt?
13. Log cabin quilt?

To-Do and Done

To Do:

• Take photos of my WIPS and other fabrics and add to blog so I can view them.

Done:

• Bought the backing for the cross-stitch quilt from Joann's - the premium muslin 108". Nice stuff.
• Got dressmaker's stencils at Michael's. Go figure.

Read a post where you can't have more than 3 things on your to-do list or you won't get anything done. sounds like me.

So I am re-sorting everything.

 

WIPs

I  really need to finish some of my WIPs. I attempted to attend a quilt meeting on Saturday and it was cancelled due to the weather. 3rd Saturdays at 9 am. I want to have several finished quilts to show next month. So CHOP CHOP...

I have listed my quilts in order from most completed to least. This should probably be the order in which I work on them. 

However, that being said, I am really thrilled with #5 right now and am working nightly on those blocks.

To do today:

• Buy backing fabric (7 yds) for the Cross-stitch double bed quilt. Joann's - $7.99 a yars Sew Essentials-Bleached Muslin 120''. Sounds like a good deal
• Take photos of my WIPS and other fabrics and add to blog so I can view them. 
• Buy dressmaker's stencil - French curve. Go online for it. http://www.amazon.com/C-Thru-Ruler-Company-French-Curve/dp/B001E1Z6PS
• Get Cindy's book? http://www.cindyneedham.com/handbooks.html

 

Quilts being worked on

1. Eli's Christmas Quilt - "A Christmas Quilt for a Christmas Boy" - very close. Just about 5 blocks need more free-form quilting.
2. Wall hanging - Need to add more quilting with my metallic threads.
3. ABC quilt - ready to quilt. Need to mark with stencils and pounce. Or should I just do different free-form patterns in each one? 
4. Star Quilt #2 - 19 of 32 blocks done - ready to quilt center
5. All Hallows QAYG quilt - 4 of 12 blocks done. Backing will be black and white with black and red (love fabric) to join. Should I make more squares and make this queen size? Maybe
6. Star Quilt #3 - 0 of 32 blocks needed - ready to quilt center
7. Dogwood Hand quilt - so close! Haven't worked on it in years. Need to pull it out and just do it. especially with more snow coming.
8. Flower hand quilt - Can I do this with the machine to finish? Pull out and look at it.
9. Wine Placemats - One quilted and ready to bind. One sandwiched and ready to quilt. Two pieced and need to be sandwiched.
10. Cross-stitch double bed quilt. Need to finish cleaning the back to clip threads. Figure out how much fabric needed and piece or buy backing fabric.
11. Green placemat - need to finish rest of quilting and bind it. One green one already finished.

Quilts being planned

1. Woodsy wonders small - motifs cut. Need to cut batting and decide on the back fabric. Butterflies? I am thinking about crooked squares and fill in with random strips or rethink this. Maybe sky/star fabrics?
2. Woodsy wonders #2 - fabric only. Nothing cut out.
3. ABC panel - really small. Need to figure a design to go around it. Don't really want to cut it.
4. Laurel Burch panels - I have two. Wall hanging size.
5. Wine panels - placemats?
6. 2 cartoon space panels - 2 separate quilts?
7. Noah's arc panel
8. Quilt for Connor - Houses or something with a train and some houses/landscape?
9. Flower QAUG for my bed
10. Cat and Dog quilt - 9 patch? QAYG strips on the other?
11. Globe fabric - have 2
12. Batik quilt? 
13. Pineapple quilt?
14. Log cabin quilt?