January 2024: Row by Row Sampler Welcome to the 2024 Row by Row Sampler. This scrap quilt provides a different way to participate in a block of the month. This month we will be completing the log cabin blocks. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page and look for the January Link. I look forward to seeing the colors and patterns you choose for your log cabin row. In picture #1, I have all…
Quilt UFOs 2024 – First Steps We’ve been talking about Quilt UFOs for a couple of years now. Progress is being made! I have completed a good number of projects. Don’t let that fool you there is still a very large pile of quilts that need to be quilted and then to complete the bindings. This list will only increase as I finish up the partially completed projects. Most of the quilts in that pile…
Last Quilt UFO Project for 2023 Well, I am hoping that you conquered a project or two this year. Ultimately, it was all about tackling our projects in one form or another. I try to remember what my sewing area looked like before I accomplished some quilt UFO busting, especially since I still have too many projects on the shelf. Nevertheless, I will always be that type of quilter/crafter who has multiple projects going on…
It’s Time to Turn Project Quilt UFOs into Finished Products What is a Quilt UFO? You know those projects that are just sitting there on a shelf, in a closet, or in a tote? Those projects you start but never finish? Sometimes life gets in the way; sometimes, you just lose interest in it. Nevertheless, it is that time of year again, time to look at the pile of projects that are calling your name…
2023 Completed UFOs – Quilts in Review This year has been quite a year for Quilt UFO completion. I was barely hanging on at the end of the summer into the early fall to meet the challenge each month. Somehow I managed to pull it through and finish each project I selected, along with several others. I also added about six more quilts to the list for machine quilting and almost as many to my…
How do Quilters Prepare for the Holidays? The upcoming holiday season often brings stress with it. Finding time to prepare for the holidays usually means juggling the schedule. Many quilters sew year-round in preparation for the holidays. This year, I was not one of them. I had my focus on downsizing my projects, using up my scrap fabrics, and organizing my chaos. However, I still have a few weeks before I decide how productive my…
Time for the Next Quilt UFO Buster Number Each month I am surprised by how fast that last day came up. I was working on October’s Quilt UFO right up to the last minute. Nothing like a deadline to keep you motivated. Ultimately, the sense of accomplishment was still there. It’s almost time to look back at what has been completed in 2023. My project piles are looking a bit slimmer, but there is still…
Looking for Quilting Inspiration in this Autumn Adventure Off on another adventure, probably the last of the season with the coach. I finished September’s UFO, binding and all. October’s UFO was added to the quilting machine. I will be furiously quilting when I get home to finish that one by the end of the month. But, for the days we are away, we are focusing on some outside adventures – biking, hiking, and just not…
Hello, October Quilt UFO – Welcome to my Sunday Sew Day Well, it is that time again – Quilt UFO Buster time. Today’s Sunday Sew Day means it is time for the October number to be drawn. I also have to acknowledge I didn’t finish my project this month. I have all the big machine quilting done – YES!!! But I have the rest of the peel-back to do. I have completed 9 out of…
My Hope for Saturday Sewing I have been looking forward to my Saturday Sewing Day all week; my goal was to finish the September UFO. Well, remember when I posted my Thursday Thoughts on a broken needle over a week ago? Sometimes, a broken needle isn’t so easy to fix. All last week, I tried to find a couple of minutes to quilt. It wasn’t meant to be, so I planned for Saturday to be…