You know the old story. I had these tumblers on my UFO list.
I figured if I cut a few more and some background, I’d have a quick baby quilt.
I have what I need for that now. But I also have these left over.
Another UFO….
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I used my Accuquilt tumbler die to cut the pieces for this quilt. It’s one of my favorites.
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I’m excited to be making progress on this old UFO!
The hand stitching has been very relaxing. This is where I was when I picked this back up.
And where I am now.
I still have a long way to go, but it feels great to be progressing!
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We’ve enjoyed an amazing 10 days in Arizona, but today we fly home. I so love the desert and enjoyed some time with Daughter #2 at my fave place, the White Tank Mountains.
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Time to see how I did on my goals!
1. I need to make a baby girl quilt. I already have the perfect fabric in my stash for it. Done!
2. Baste a quilt for hand quilting. Not done!
3. Finish my leader/ender quilt blocks. Done!
4. Quilt 5 QOVs. Done! Actually, I only had four to do.
5. Finish my Gather UFO. Done!
What else did I do?
I made this little doll quilt.
And I finished the baby quilt from my UFO list.
Time to look toward March.
1. Quilt five QOVs.
2. Finish my leader/ender quilt.
3. Come up with a plan for a wedding quilt.
4. Finish another item from my UFO list.
5. Start on a secret sewing project.
I sure hope the groundhog was right. I’m so sick of winter! Have a great day!
Another UFO is off the list! I opted to leave the borders off this scrappy little quilt. I think it works.
After all this time, I still love these Denise Schmidt prints.
This will be donated to our local Habitat for Humanity Quilt Auction.
This pantograph was given to me by a friend. I love it.
It’s that time of year when I have a hard time finding a place to photograph quilts. The weather is yucky.
Feels good to finish another UFO. Have a great day!
Linking up with Alycia Quilts , Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Perhaps I am longing for spring, but my mind is returning to these bright quilts today.
I hope this look back brightened your day a bit. Have a good one!
My bins of pieces and parts for this quilt are getting empty!
This next photo shows 9 blocks. I now have 25 pieced.
I need to make just a couple more half blocks yet. Then I will add a narrow border so this will end up around 100 inches square.
I should be able to finish this one in March! Have a great day!
Remember when hubby and I went to antique shops on New Years? I passed on this quilt top. But since February is my birth month, I went back and got it for myself.
Do you ever buy gifts for yourself? This top is so nicely done and I couldn’t stop thinking about it.
Many pieces are pieces like this.
I just love all these fun fabrics!
As you can see, this one is pretty big. I may add a narrow solid border yet.
And thanks to the kindness of a blog reader, Ila, I have the perfect backing for it!
isn’t this perfect? She is so kind! I’ll enjoy looking at all these fabrics while finishing this one.
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I always get questions on cross hatch quilting on my long arm, so I thought I’d share how I do this.
First of all, I have a couple of these “rings” that fit over the wheels on the carriage of my machine. They prevent the head from moving front to back so I can quilt a perfectly straight line from side to side.
I load up my quilt and start making lines from side to side. I wanted my lines to be about 3/4 inch apart. So I set my stitch regulator to 12 stitches per inch.
At the end of each row, I gently pulled the machine forward for 9 stitches. Even with the rings on the carriage, you can still force it to move by pulling firmly on the machine. After advancing for 9 stitches, the equivalent of 3/4 of an inch, I start sewing another line.
After I’ve done all the lines in one direction, I take the quilt off the frame and reload it. Then I follow the same process to create the crossing lines. By the way, I used Superior Mono Poly thread in the top and Magnaglide Classic in cream in the bobbin. 
I love seeing the difference in a top before and after quilting! 
What a difference! Have a great day!
Here is another project from my UFO list. Since I have a trip this month, I figured it was a good time to work on this.
I have two more rows ready to add and then a bunch more pieces.
I’ll leave the big part at home and work on putting those rows together and then adding in to that.
We shall see how far I get! Have a great day!
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