Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Another round of Viking hats

How I spent the month of January


Back in January of 2010 I had a custom order for 34 blue and grey Viking hats. The hats were for a group of high school cheerleaders from Staten Island, NY that were going to a cheerleading competition down here in Florida. This year the same school (different girls) ordered another set of 19 Viking hats because they once again were going to a competition down here.

I haven't been in the sewing room much lately and I sure do miss it. I think I will need to spend some quality time with my sewing machine very soon. I have a couple projects that need to be finished soon.

Saturday, January 21, 2012

A few finishes



Before making my too long UFO list I actually finished a few quilts. The one above needed binding and it's twin


also needed some binding. I love the aqua and brown and those little elephants are adorable.


More binding finished off this little doll quilt.


Guess what? Yep, just needed binding.


Another finish that just needed binding. Notice a trend here? I seem to lose steam when it comes to the binding stage.


Added the binding...



...and some more binding lol.

That's it for now but I think crossing 7 quilts off the UFO list is a good start to the year.  It seems January is a good month for custom orders so I won't be able to get anymore projects crossed off the list for a bit. At least I will still be creating though. I enjoy working on custom orders so it's ok.

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

The List....the very, very long list

I had already decided that this year would be the year I finish up all of my UFOs from previous years (it's an ambitious goal but you know what they say...go big or go home) when I came across a fun blog .  . Sew It's Finished is a blog where a bunch of bloggers have gotten together to motivate each other to finish UFOs from previous years and cheer when someone finishes a project.

I went through some of my old UFOs and grabbed some pics so I could list them here for accountability. I skipped all the little things like the HSTs that are sewn but not ironed or trimmed and all the coins I cut for some coin quilts.

It's been rainy and dreary today so the pics aren't the greatest.


In no particular order...


1. blocks in  a baggie


2. This is a very large pile of blocks from swaps that I joined over the last couple years.  They need to become quilts, table toppers, or tote bags.


3. my string blocks with black centers


 4.  tufted tweets quilt. Needs borders sewn together.


5. snowmen wall hangings


 6. Bonnie Hunter workshop quilt


7. Valentine's quilt


8. brown kite. Just needs the binding sewn to the back and the tail added.


9. Pastel and white. I didn't make this flimsie, it came to me in a box of scraps.


10. Tropical


11. snowflake runner


12. Central Park goes grey


13. red, white, and blue stars


14. large star. Just needs binding


15. crazy pinwheels


 16. green


17. stockings


18. September calendar quilt


19. Thimbleberries apple cores


20. Christmas strings


21. Halloween swap quilt


22. pink and grey thrifty top


23. I spy a circle quilt


24. Christmas zig zag


25. doll quilts


26. brown and purple


27. black 4 square


28. I have no name for this because the list is getting too long for me to be creative lol


29. ME stripes


30. 2 Boo table toppers


31. Samoan stars.


32. embroidery blocks


33. Birdie blocks. I still a few more to make


34.  USA quilt needs binding


35. World quilt needs binding


36. flannel #1


37. flannel #2 ( don't ya just love my creativity?)


38. owl quilt


39. dinosaur quilt


40. grey and green pinwheels plus


41. boy 9 patch


42. Oh! Cherry-Oh coin quilt


43. girl 9 patch


44. owl 9 patch


45. Christmas 9 patch



46.  Birthday wonky log cabins

 Oh boy is that a long list!