Progress

Our Bedroom Quilts (take 2)

Recent Progress: Top 1 is finished, Top 2 is finished
Yet to do: Make 1 back, baste, quilt, bind,
I have a lead on the second back, so these might be at the dreaded baste point. I have no idea when I'll have a chance to work on something so massive though.

Scrappy X Plus Blocks / Quilt

Recent Progress: -- re ironed after finding it!
Yet to Do: MAKE A BACK! (how did that fall off the list? did I have a plan I've forgotten? I should have been more organized but I had no idea how scattered I would be now) baste, quilt, bind, wash
Actually, I think I found some fabric for the back of this one -- although as I'm thinking on where this one might be headed, I might decide to go with something cozier like fleece after all this time. I had thought this one was a keeper for me, but at the moment, it is on the short list for one of the many babies who will be entering the world this fall/winter... so I might want to warm it up a little bit.

Half-Square Triangle Quilts (Saturated/Black and Muted/Brown)

Recent Progress: Ha, this has looked exactly the same for over 2 years.
I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the brown one at this point, but there's a 50% chance the black and bold will end up as one of this year's Welcome Baby quilts.
Yet to do: Cut solids (half done), piece tops, make backs, baste, quilt, bind, wash


Embraceable Quilt

Recent Progress:
Yet to Do: bind, wash, give away

Black and White and Panda All Over Quilt (for Baby) -- DONE! 

Recent Progress: basted
Yet to Do: final photos / write up / add to list as finish (#30?)

Panda-monium Mini -- DONE! 

Recent Progress:
Yet to Do:

Selfish Sewing: Raspberry Kisses Blocks

Recent Progress: began cutting
Yet to Do: um... let's talk about that later...

Quilted Sleeping Bag

Recent Progress: Finished Exterior and interior panels
Yet to Do: baste

CQG Joy of Quilting Starburst 2016 Quilt

Recent Progress: finished 1 starburst block
Yet To Do: complete top, make back, baste, quilt, bind
I really want to add another border to this one before I call the top finished, but I don't think I have the time to play around any longer. I made no progress on it at the last meeting because I couldn't decide and I just couldn't bring myself to start in on the next set of blocks if I wasn't certain. I think that no progress might just mean it is time to call this top completed and move on. The back is probably going to be conversation hearts on black, though it'll need a little work to make the yardage fit, so it might get a scrappy little surprise too. Hmm... I have a lot of red or pink options that could work if the black + conversation hearts doesn't, so it's just a matter of sitting down and doing something.

Modern Baby Quilt

Recent Progress: completed top (I think), ordered backing fabric
Yet to Do: all the hard work
This is the one that got my attention at the last meeting (which realistically is the only time I accomplish things anymore). I think I'm going to bind it in one of the coordinating yellow prints (though not the boldest one, simply because I couldn't get it). I don't remember now which fabric I ordered for the backing... so it'll be fun to be surprised when the package gets here! I was hoping for the darkest purple, but I don't think that's what I wound up going with. I think it might be one of the multi color prints. Well, I'll be almost as surprised as you will be once it's here. I think this one should come together really quickly. Quilting wise, I'm thinking simple straight lines (probably echoing the ditch, at least in the center patchwork) with minimal work in a multi color thread in the outer borders. I won't do much, so I don't need to go bold (though I do have that as an option), but I'm not sure I want to go too safe (grey/dark grey/black) either.

Waiting to Start:

• Possibly: Modern Neutral Baby Quilt
• Possibly: Arrows/Chevron/Fish Baby Quilt for Baby (identifying letter coming later)
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Tiny Updates

I'm still here, but there's very little to share -- unless you want updates on diapers and laundry and litter boxes. No? Me either.

But -- things are happening. Not a lot and not quickly, but they are.

I'm working on a quilt in my local group time -- it's kind of a free form barely medallion style quilt. It started with my favorite starburst style block, and I'm building out from there.

 At the end of the first month.

At the end of last meeting. You can't really tell, but the strange multi colored border is dogs in sweaters. I think it needs at least one more border. Maybe red with white dots? Maybe another set of HSTs or something else more time consuming?

I obviously hit the wall on making decisions for that quilt, so I started on something else before the meeting was up and it was time to quit for two weeks.

This is a little farther along now, but I haven't taken a new photo yet.

On my own I've been working on this oddblock (leftover blocks and fabric from a project the quilt group did for me) leftover thing:

It's grown -- slowly -- into something larger, and hopefully large enough for what I want to do:

Please ignore the nursery decorations hanging in the way... that ribbon jellyfish is the best thing in the world right now, and I don't dare move it. I have the fabric for the backing of this oddblock project, but I haven't taken the time to work on it yet. I think I'm dragging my feet because I don't want to baste -- and I can no longer claim I'm putting it off for being pregnant (like I did all last year on many projects).

Quilt group is this week, so I'm hoping to make some serious progress again. Or at least, some progress. If not, at least I'm going to have some fun!