Finish Along Goals

This is my first time making Finish Along goals.  There is a possibility that we might be moving in the summer and we are trying to fix up the house and one of my jobs is to get my sewing room sorted and purged.  I have really been going through my stuff and trying to finish all the projects that I have started.  I am making progress, but realized that I have more quilts to finish than I though.  So here it goes...

Clockwise from the upper left:

1. I found this improvisational handwork while cleaning.  I want to do something with it.  Pillow cover?
2. These blocks need to be put together - finally - into a quilt.
3. These Dresdens need to be made into a quilt.
4. This English paper pieced top needs to be quilted.  I had thought of hand quilting it, but am probably just going to machine quilt it.
5. This quilt top for my brother needs to be quilted and bound.  DONE!
6. I started this quilt years ago and totally messed up on the quilting.  I need to go back, see if anything can be salvaged.  Worse case scenario, I can make it up into blankets to give to the local animal shelter.
7. I need to put a border on this and quilt it.
8. I actually quilted my Grandmother's Flower Garden quilt over break and "just" need to bind it.  With such a large and heavy quilt I am not looking forward to it.
9. I have gotten further than this picture and now need to quilt and bind this "Blue Birches" quilt for my other brother. 
10. I was so excited about this quilt, but appliqueing the small blocks on didn't work as planned and now I need to figure out what to do.  I am half way through quilting and just want to throw it away, but I will see what I can do with it.
11. Not pictured.  I found a shirt that I had cut out years ago.  It won't fit the girl it was meant for, but it should fit one of the others.
12. Not pictured.  I found a half finished 9-patch quilt while cleaning out things.  It was one of my firsts.  I don't know whether I will finish it our pass it on to someone who would like it better.
13. Not pictured.  I could always finish off my mustard/plum HST quilt, but it really isn't at the top of my list.  Literally.  :)

I got two quilts basted this afternoon, so I am well on my way.  Here's to a great year finishing things up and starting lots of new things too.

I am linking up to the 1st Quarter 2016 FAL and WIP Wednesday.

2011 in Review

Well, I am late putting up my 2011 mosaic because there has been rampant sickness in the house - it seems to be our yearly Christmas tradition for everyone to throw up over break!  Why?!?  :)

I did manage to finish up one last quilt on New Year's Eve.  That poor Chicken Quilt had been waiting for binding for over a month!  I will write more about it tomorrow because today is when I take time to review 2011.

Diamond Quilt, 2. Tree Quilt, 3. Close up of the 100 day Ticker-tape Quilt,
4. Amish Briad, 5. Tree quilt, 6. Baby Jane's Tumbler Quilt, 7. The Finished ToP, 8. Chicken Quilt

I was feeling bleh when I made this mosaic because I have "only" finished 8 quilts this year - and that is counting my daughter's ticker tape quilt as one of my finishes  :)  and I didn't finish any of my UFOs as planned.  But as I made a mental list of all the things I did do in my little quilting world, I realized what a crazy year of blogging and tutorial writing growth this has been.

I wrote my first quilt tutorial for the Diamond Quilt in April and then jumped into planning the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler.

1. Skill Builder Sampler, 2. Fabric I will be using for the sampler, 3. Value 9 Patch for the We Can Do It! Sampler, 4. Log Cabin, 5. Block 3 - Churn Dash, 6. On the Line, 7. Untitled, 8. Pinwheels, 9. Block 6 - Bow Ties, 10. Blocks 4,5 and 6 in the We Can Do It! Skill Builder Sampler, 11. Block 7 - Virginia Star, 12. Block 8 - Breaking Out, 13. 9 - Double Star, 14. Ohio Star, 15. 3rd Quarter, Hive 10, 16. Quilt Block Storage, 17. String Block, 18. Beacon Light, 19. House Block, 20. 14 - Crazy Quilt Block, 21. 15 - Diamond Dash, 22. Starry Night, 23. Circle of Geese, 24. Block 20

The Skill Builder Sampler has really stretched me.  It hasn't been easy, but I am so glad I am doing it and look forward to the second half of the Sampler.

Following along with the Civil War Quilts Sampler hosted by Barbara Brackman helped me grow as a quilter too.  The precise piecing needed for the 8 inch blocks, combined with trying to use larger scaled "modern" prints tested my skills every time.  I want to finish this quilt in 2012.

1. Look What I Can Do!, 2. Patchwork Skirt, 3. Girl with her 100 day Quilt, 

4. Not available, 5. Not available, 6. Easter Dresses 2011

I even managed to do some sewing with and for the girls this year.  It tries my patience to the breaking point to have guide every step of the sewing process as they learn, but it is sooo worth it.  Emily showed absolutely no interest in sewing until she sewed up a messenger bag with her friend, but now I find her sewing random bits of scraps together and trying to make simple totes and even slippers on her own.

What else did I do?  I led an online quilt bee, A Twist on Tradition, participated in 2 rounds of the 4x5 Modern Quilt Bee, joined the Des Moines Modern Quilt Guild, quilted a king sized quilt on a long arm machine and had three projects posted at The Moda Bake Shop.

 Bleh?!?  What was I thinking?   I realize now  how many amazing things I had the opportunity to participate in and do this year.  I am so very grateful and look forward to another great year of growth.

Thanks for stopping by - I know I wouldn't be writing if you weren't reading!  :)  Have a great New Year!