Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

A while back I signed up for a UFO Challenge where I made a list of 10 quilts and every month a random number was called and the corresponding quilt would need to be finished.  Here is the list and my update... Project Status Before Status Afterward 1)  Pixilated Sunflower I created All cut out and sewn, needs to be quilted. April - still haven't started... Next on my list... 2)  Birds on a wire from Quilt Mania Have a birds cut out, and some of the small quilts.  Need to continue to put them on and quilt entire thing. January - Completed at the  start of March - and it's fantastic.  See 2016 quilts for a picture. 3)  Midnight Garden All material there but haven’t cut anything March - started, lost the pattern and some of the block.  Had to buy a new book and now some black wool. Need to look into this. 4)  Garden that’s applique and wool – block of the month All material is there but nothings been sewn or quilted. 5)  Blue stars Two stars made, need to come up with idea to b

It's been quite a while since I have blogged in regards to my quilting, and there is reason why....  In the past six months I have lost two family members, my father in November and three weeks ago my brother.  It's been hard to say the least and with it comes many feelings swamping you.   But like most people I turned to quilting to release some of my feelings and to give myself a few hours of not thinking.  So in the end I've been doing a lot of mindless quilting and here are the results.... A word in the quilting....  Canada Lady bugs quilt tabletop ... Great backing. Flower Rows Quilted quilt large..... With wandering, and free style flowers, and leaves on a vine.... And what else?... Tea time, the BOM that started 6 months ago... On the last row, and all flowers are completed.... See some pictures of them in the making... Two white strips around the flowers and then a green large strip and you're done....  so #8 is done, and almost another one, plus an extra for th