Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

I got the last one of the month - the December goal, really happy with that, and how well the OMG really helped me in 2019.  So I'm looking at continuing on.  I really need to get the UFOs down.  I just added 5 more to the list, so the idea is to not start any more this coming year, just concentrate on finishing a number of the UFOs.   So the goal for January is to finish the "Time for all Seasons" quilt as a Bar Door.  I'm using the "quilt as you go" idea, doing four squares at a time.  I still need to complete September to December's blocks before I go with this, but during the holidays, I completed one "four block" section and working on the next one.  I also completed one of the December blocks.  Soooooo, my goal is to complete this and have it up on my door by the end of January.  That will be one box containing one UFO and moving on to the next one.  The next time you see this one you'll see it on my Barn door.   Things t

It's been a busy year, not just in sewing but in my job as well.  Because I've gone to teaching full time, without the computer repairs I am now teaching seven classes in the four blocks that I teach.  But next term I have my spare so I'm hoping to have more time to be creative. So with that in mind I'm looking at joining the #2020PlanningParty at Quilting Jetgirl's blog to help me plan.     You can read many of the other participants in this party and see what they're doing so you have an idea of what you want to think about and try as well. I want to consider what I've done last year and what I will try to complete this coming year. Summary of 2019 I completed 21 quilts, one was an edit to make a black wool quilt bigger so my mother could use it on her bed for the winters in Manitoba.  A number of the quilts were gifts, for babies, for a wedding and for birthdays, even one (made of books) for a librarian that retired June (lucky her). I kept t

At the start of the year The American Patchwork and Quilting Magazine made a list of things in the "Now Trending" page to help you check off items form your list.  You can download your own list here and read all about it. So I made my list and have been updating it throughout the year.  So here it is in the middle of December and I've decided to finish this before the holidays because I won't have much time then.  (At a glance you can see which ones I did - green and which ones I didn't do (red))  Lets review what I've gotten done (in green) and my plans are in red. 1. Use acrylic or paper templates to piece a block.  the Gracie SchoolHouse used an acrylic template for it's white pieces. I wasn't that good at it, but the people who I gave the quilt to loved it. 2. Donate a pillowcase to charity. (Add it to the online counter: AllPeopleQuilt.com/donate.)  Didn't make a single pillowcase but I did donate a number of quilts to the h

It 's a lovely design from Patchwork Posse .  Each row is a disappearing nine patch that was created, then cut up and moved, and redone.  Thus the different designs for each and every block.  There are nine in total, and the quilt is very very large.  I did 6 of the rows in total, with a strip of fabric in between each row to separate them. Some were more easier than others, some very elaborate.  My favorite is the one that my cat is modeling. It looks like a mountain range.  A triangle cut up and then resewn but in the opposite direction.  All the material was left over from two other projects.  This quilt row by row was excellent for getting rid of scraps in a wonderful way.  Look at the colors. I quilted it in large swirls with variegated thread.   The cat approves.  The back is pieced as well with different scraps of material from the other quilts.  It looks fantastic, the colors are so rich.  All have flowers on them, so they all match.  I love

Missed registering for the end of Novembers OMG club.  It's a lot of fun, and it helps motivate you to finish those UFOs that just lay around, and when it's done, you're sooooo happy that you have another quilt for a gift, or just for yourself... Get over to Elm Street Quilting website and check out all the details.  While you're there take a look at the quilts there, they're amazing... But what is also amazing is now she's trying to finish the Harry Potter quilt that I just finished!!!  It's a fantastic quilt, super beautiful from Sew Fresh Quilting.  Lorna's designs are absolutely amazing and super easy to do because she uses  "stitch and flip" to make these quilts.  The finished results are what you're looking at.  It's queen/king size... Each block is quilted circular, and the trips on the side are up and down as is the top and bottom blocks.  To make it look like waves.  It was a lot of work, one block a month and I got behind