WIP Wednesday 3.3.21 -- The One With More Starts Than Finishes

It's Wednesday already.  Oooops!  This week I had three starts and only one finish.  I promise there will be finishes in my future.  Here's what happened this week...

I finished the quilting on my friend's patchwork quilt.  I quilted it with a design by Urban Elementz called Dewdrops in the Garden.

I did finish my table scraps challenge for February.

I loaded my Sand Castles onto the frame.  It will be my March OMG to finish this quilt.

I love it when I have some large pieces of batting left over from other projects.  It was my machine, Dora, to the rescue to make some quick frankenbatting.  This machine used to belong to my MIL.  I'm getting to know this machine more and more.  It is quite handy to have in the longarm room.

Quilt cat, Newman, watched as I quilted.  You can see the ice still in the driveway.

I started a Santa Claus tree skirt.  These blocks too ALL day, but I LOVE them!

I was so excited to GO TO WORK on Monday!  My sister-in-law came over to spend quality time with our son and I took my crafting on the road.  I typically walk in the gym during my planning periods, but the gym was in use.  Glad I brought my cutting so that I could cut some 1.5" pieces.

Look at the bright lighting in this room!  It definitely brightened my spirits.  It was fun to see all the "smiling eyes" of the students that I haven't seen for so long.

I started a new quilt called Bricks & Stepping Stones (a free pattern by Bonnie Hunter.)  I made some sample blocks and started making red four-patches.  These seem to add up quickly during some mindless sewing.

I'm excited to work with GREEN scraps.  Green is one of my favorite colors.  I love all of them, but this week I'm working with forest greens so that I can continue to work on the tree skirt that I started last week (using those Santas above.)

This brings me down to 60 projects on my WIP list.  This is getting exciting for me. 

Pieces Need to be Cut & Sewn

 1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern from 

 2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

 3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt

 4.  Picadilly Circle

 5.  ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)

 6.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

 7.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

 8.  Leah Day Building Blocks QA

 9.  Jelly Roll Rug

10.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

11.  Veggie Patch from Katie Mae Quilts

12.  Mod Mod QA (from Block Lotto, circles w/lines)

13.  Owl's Well That Ends Well (RSC19 project started 1/26/19)

14.  Kevin the Quilter's Sapphire Stars Mystery (started Summer 2017) I can't find it!!!

15.  Gobble, Gobble, pattern by Lori Holt, started February 2021

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

17.  Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons  Porter Magazine) only one house block complete.)

19.  2.5" Scraps from Dani -- making "cracker" blocks

20.  Waffle Blocks (August 2019 -- RSC19)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22.  Pumpkins & the Beanstalk (a 2nd quilt)

23.  Dresser Scarf (My Grandma's WIP from the 1970's found 1/1/20

24.  Linen & Threads Mystery SAL, Started 1/1/20 for my sew-to-go-bag

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- needs blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March 2017

27.  Unity Quilt Along with Bonnie Hunter (started 4/1/2020)

28.  Full Stop, started RSC21 (January)

29.  Maroon Sampler Quilt--I found this on 2.6.21

30.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

31.  Kathleen Tracy's 2019 Mystery Quilt Facebook QA started in March, 2019

32.  Rail Fence started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

33.  GO! ABC Quilt started during the pink month of RSC21, January 2021

34.  Stay Centered started February, 2021

35.  Santa Claus Tree Skirt

36.  Bricks and Stepping Stones, Bonnie Hunter Free Pattern started 3.2.21

Blocks Still Need to be Made

 1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

 2.  Scrap Crystals (RSC15)

 3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

 4.  Drunkard's Path Variation quilt

 5.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt 

Blocks Are Made But Need to be Sewn Together (and/or Some Sashing)

 1.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks 5/17/17 QA

 2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby

 3.  Cathy's CRAZY BY DESIGN Dot Dot Dash Bag, Won April, 2018

 4.  Split Stars (blocks won from the Block Lotto, October, 2012)

 5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)

 6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; October 2012)

 7.  Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May 2018)

 8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt

 9.  Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

Quilt Back Needs to be Made (Tops are Done)

1.  Card Trick (pink and blue)

2.  Hunter Green Star Quilt

3.  Good Fortune -- A Bonnie Hunter Mystery started Thanksgiving weekend, 2018

4.  Block Swap Adventure Orange/Yellow Sampler (2011-2012) -- Now named the Citrus Quilt

5.  Temperature QA (changing this project to a table topper or crib quilt)

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

2.  Patriotic Folk Animals (from Americana Quilts Book) 8/8/19

3.  Block Swap Adventure (2013) Churn Dash Blocks

4.  Sand Castles -- Bonnie Hunter string quilt started January, 2019 -- an RSC project

5.  Soul Searching -- Julianne sent it to me on 8/29/19

I'm linking up with Midweek Makers.  Enjoy all the eye candy -- especially the super cool peppermint reindeer this week.