Happy New Year

The year is coming to a close. I didn’t complete what I had planned to do, but I’m happy with what I did. I’m fortunate to be back to quilting even though it’s slow going. My goal (not a resolution) for this year is to complete as many ufos as I can and start a few new ones.

I’ve finished a quilt that I started in a class with Kimberly Einmo in Vermont several years ago. It kept coming to the top of the pile so I thought that I should finish it. After it was quilted, I liked it much better. It is going to one of my daughters.

The Marble Mystery Quilt is up to date. New instructions should come soon. This month was easy. Just some cutting and a few combining of pieces already made.

The large nine blocks were cut on quarters. This is a great technique for four corners.

Flying geese were added to squares.

One of my granddaughters favorite color is blue so she will get this quilt. It’s much more enjoyable to make a quilt when you know that it already has a home.

The Illusion quilt is coming along also. The 36 ten-inch squares have been cut and matched with the background fabric.

After sewing around all four sides, the squares were cut on the diagonal.

After all of the half square triangles were sewn, they were made into a pinwheel

There is a lot more cutting, sewing and pressing. It looked so easy and fast on YouTube. Of course, Jennie Doane only made one block. All the other bolcis were made off Camera. Making these two quilts will be my day job. My night job is appliqueing the Hexagon star onto the background. Dear Jane is in a time out for a while until I can finish the Hexagon Star.

Have a great day and happy quilting. .