2013 Quilts in Review

2013 was the year of the UFO at the Sewing Center and with the incentive to complete as many projects as I could, I took off. I accomplished a lot and finished some UFO's I never thought would see the light of day. The ones that are left - they are all the big ones I can't finish with my frame in the small size. So I didn't work on them. I have about 10 or so of my own left and 10 or so of mom's left. All of them are fairly big, so I hope to complete at least 1 from either list each month next year. I also have some challenging quilts I want to start next year, just to take my quilting to a new level.
I finished this Briar Rose quilt made of scrap batiks. I plan to make another one from my regular fabric scraps, so I have been cutting up scraps and sewing sets of squares as a leaders and enders project this year.

I used up some of my Let it Snow batik to make a throw for the couch. I love the fabric and still have plenty to make something this year. I also made a table topper and pillow to match.

I used up some scraps to make this Teacups baby quilt for a class I taught. It's a baby size quilt.

I made this Peaks quilt out of 12 fat quarters for a sample for the store.

This quilt is a a Chevron quilt I made as a sample for a class I taught.

This one was a new quilt I made. It's an English Paper Pieced star I pieced in 1 month . It's a wall hanging.

I finished this Unity wall hanging. I thought the pattern was for a bigger quilt, but with only 1 1/2" strips, it finished very small.

Scrappy Hugs and Kisses was a fun quilt to make with leftover batik strips. I have enough leftovers to make a scrappy batik Trip Around the World next year.

I pieced some leftover batiks into this diamond. It's very small with 1/2" hexie's, but was a new project for me this year.

The Thangles BOM started as a fun project in 2009, but with lots of problems I just didn't enjoy the colors or the finished project, so I put it off for a long time. This year at retreat I finished the top, so I was able to get it finished this year.

Frolic Star Surround was made from a Quilt a Long. I love the blocks and did it after it was over, but still enjoyed making it. I used scraps from Frolic.

My oldest UFO was completed, thanks to a Year of Lovely Finishes. I made this appliqued wold for Paul. I started it in 2008.

This quilt was Mikaela's quilt for Christmas. I wanted to make a large Carpenter Star, so I used a piece of minkee and matched the colors to it. I used all Stash fabric to make it.

These are just a few quilts I made this year. I completed 55 UFO's, 60 NEW projects, 14 Samples, and 14 of Mom's UFO's. All in all I feel very good about how much I got done. I have projects lined up and waiting for next year. I have 1 sample I need to make before the end of the year and then it will be one to new projects.

10/10 in July

One of the most Cre8tive and talent quilters I know suggested in our Hexie group to do a July sewing challenge. The challenge is to sew at least a little, every single day in July.  So far I am 10/10 and have done both hand and machine sewing. The 1st and 2nd I trimmed up the Easy 4 quilt and the Hugs and Kisses quilts and put the binding on by machine. I also sewed hexies at break. On the 3rd I sewed hexies at both breaks. On the 4th I hexied at our camp site in the morning and sewed the binding on by hand in the afternoon evening on the Easy 4 quilt.
On the 5th and 6th I worked on the binding on the Hugs and Kisses quilt. I got about one side done each day. I again worked on it during breaks on the 8th, 9th, and 10th, and officially finished it today!

My hubby and I had a rare date night to see the World of Outlaws race on Monday night. I took my mini hexies and worked on them

I cleaned house and put up my summery wine glass shades.

I picked up a little sale fabric from Jennifer at Knotted Thread. Hexie's and chevrons with a piece of solid white. What can I say? That's where my interest is right now.
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I finished 3 rows of my hexi table runner. I have started piecing the other parts in rows of 7 & 8, so I can keep them in the box longer and play with it a bit more when I am ready to assemble. I'm really happy with how it is turning out so far.