WIP Wednesday 1.20.21

It's been a busy quilty week again!  Hooray for being productive.  I finished quilting Circle Lord swirls on a simple squares patchwork quilt for a friend.

Here's a closer pic of the swirls.  I think it really jazzed up the quilt and gave it movement.

I finished putting my Winter Blues (pattern by Bonnie Hunter) toddler quilt together.  It's cute in pink.  I'm happy to say I started using my sewing machine (Dora) to put together quilt backs.  I can lay the fabrics in the longarm room out on my big table and select fabrics to make the back.  This means that I don't have to grab a bag of fabrics from the one house and take them to the other house where my sewing machine is that I use for piecing.  Then I don't have to go from the bedroom and back to the machine to sew them.  I just use the big table in the quilt room.  This helps me be way more productive!

A friend gave me this little crib quilts to quilt and finish and donate to charity.

Here's crib quilt #2 that will be quilted and donated to charity.  These quilts increase my list two more, but it will be worth it to give a little one and their family a quilty hug from a stranger.

I completed my hashtag blocks for the Full Stop QA that Angela at SoScrappy is leading.  Each month we make some simple blocks.  You can find all the RSC21 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2021) info at Angela's blog, SoScrappy.   I am going to try to do an all solids quilt with this grey background.  Fingers crossed that a little over 4 yards will be enough for the background fabric.  I have seen more on eBay just in case, but I shall wait...

I currently have 61 on-going projects on my list.  They are separated into stages.  This seems like a lot of projects, but I used to have 93 items on my list.  I love the fact that it has gone down so much.

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. Peppermint Purple SAL -- Blackwork started 1.1.21 (This is a Facebook group.) 

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

 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.  Temperature QA (changing this project to a table topper)

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.  Orange, pink, grey kite blocks 2015

29.  Maroon Sampler Quilt

30.  Gypsy Wife QA started in August 2017

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

32.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching Blocks

33.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

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.  Block Swap Adventure Orange/Yellow Sampler (2011-2012)

 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.  Block Swap Adventure (2013) Churn Dash Blcoks

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

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

5.  Fortune Teller (RSC14)

Ready to Longarm

1.  Bubble Gum Pink & Navy Quilt

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

3.  Charity Crib Quilt of patchwork squares -- from JB @ CSHS

4.  Charity Crib Quilt of Christmas trees -- from JB @ CSHS

5.  Winter Blues in Pink (Bonnie Hunter pattern) (started 1.1.21)

6.  Go Four It!  Scrappy 4-patches started as leader/ender, June 2017

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