February - Got it Done / Get it done in March

I reached all my goals for February plus some. I had this planned.....
For February I hope to complete-
1. Two table runners for February for our Daughter and Daughter in Law for Christmas-Done!

2. Finish a Friends and Flowers quilt that I started on a retreat last year- Top Finished

3. Make a quilt for my nephew's high school graduation-Top finished

4. Catch up on my back to Square One blocks and do my Christmas block for my quilt group. Done

I did this in addition to finishing a baby quilt, a wall hanging that was a paper pieced UFO,worked on a wool applique UFO and made some pillow cases for charity.

For March I  will have grandchildren for Spring Break and again for Easter and I have jury duty so I am not sure I will accomplish quite as much as I did in February. 
March Goals
1.  Make door signs with Berkeley for her teacher's  for teacher appreciation week in May.
2.  Make the backings for the two quilts I made in Feb.
3.  Make two St. Patrick's Day table runners
4.  Make the blocks for the block of the month quilts I am working on.

I have a busy month ahead so better get started!

Design wall 2-25-2013

Wow! is it windy outside, a good day to stay in and sew.  We are having winds 35-45 MPH with gusts to 60!
 I went to a retreat this weekend and finished a couple things that I will show later in the week.  Today my design wall has a table runner for March.  So far I have kept up with my 2 table runners a month and by Christmas I will have a set for our daughter and daughter in law.  Here is the beginning of one of the March runners.

Fabric stash report for week 8

I spent the weekend with 6 friends at a bed and breakfast in a town that is about 30 miles from our house.  The weekend was wonderful! We stayed in a house that was built in 1907 and was just beautiful.  We had a wonderful hostess that cooked us 3 meals a day and all we did was sew! I made one quilt top and finished another and worked on two table runners.  So I have some pretty good numbers for the week. 

Week number- 8

Used this week- 20 yards

Used this year- 50.25

Purchased this week- 2 yards

Purchased this year- 6 Yards

Design wall Monday 2-18-13

My design wall has the blocks for the quilt that I am making with my quilt group.  This week we are getting together and going to a bed and breakfast and spending the weekend together.  I have a quilt cut out and ready to put together and another that I started at a retreat in Brownwood last year but haven't worked on since then.  I am also starting on my St. Patricks day tablerunners.  Here is my design wall.....

Stash Report week7

This week I finished up my blocks for our quilt group and then pulled out an UFO. I only had the bird house finished and stuck it back.  Luckly I had all the fabrics in the bag with the project. Now I am finishing  the binding and so details like the eye and berries on the holly  ( not sure if it will be a table topper or wall hanging).

Here are my stats for the week.

Week number- 7

Used this week- 1

Used this year- 30.25

Purchased this week- 0 yards

Purchased this year- 4 Yards

Next weekend several friends and I are going to a Bed and Breakfast in a nearby town and have a mini retreat so I should have bigger numbers.  Have a great week.

Design Wall for 2-11-2013

I have the next block for the quilt my quilting group is making on my design wall today.  I just have the wool pinned on and will get the handwork done this week.  I finished a Valentine table runner yesterday and will show it at the end of the month.  I spent most of the afternoon yesterday working on scraps and cutting them into strips.  It is a boring job but nice when you have them all cut and put away. 

Fabric Stash Report - Week 6

We had a storm come through last night and knock our Internet out! Our provider sent a service tech out and we are back in business.  This week I used 3 yards in making table runners.  I quilted one yesterday and hope to quilt the other tonight.   Here are my numbers.

Week number- 6

Used this week- 3

Used this year- 29.25

Purchased this week- 0 yards

Purchased this year- 4 Yards

Back to Square One- step 1

I love the Back to Square One mystery that Judy Laquidara and Vicki Welsh are doing.  I have done  the last two Bonnie Hunter mystery quilts, which I love also, but they have so many pieces,( many of them small).  I love this mystery because it is quick , I can sew my block and go onto another project.  Here are my January blocks. 

Design Wall 2-4-2013

It is a beautiful day in my little part of Texas.  It won't be long before it will officially be Spring.  For those you from Texas we don't think it is Spring until the Mesquite trees put on leaves, they are very seldom fooled!  My design wall today only has two block for my Christmas block of the month that my group is doing. I am doing wool applique.  I love the wool but it sure makes my block heavy.

 

Fabric Stash Report for 2-3-2013

This week I finished a baby quilt and used 2 yards for the back.  But... I started the Back to Square One mystery.  I like it !  I love that I can get it done in an hour and after doing the last two Bonnie Hunter mystery quilts, I like the BIG pieces.  I didn't like one of the fabrics I was going to use and didn't have enough of another so I fell off the wagon and had to go buy fabric.  Here are my numbers

Week number- 5

Used this week- 2

Used this year- 26.25

Purchased this week- 4 yards

Purchased this year- 4 Yards

Have a great week.