Design Wall Overloaded with WIPs

How many of you are on overload!!  Nine days till Christmas and my Design Wall is on overload. 

I have five of these memory quilts that need to be quilted, three are a must for Christmas.  One got finished last night and at 10pm I ran it across the street to the quiltmaker for the binding.

Above are my December blocks for the Country Thread BOM.  The finishing directions have been posted but there are a lot of filler blocks.  I had hoped after the December blocks it would go together quickly and be an easy finish.  I have the backing ready and pattern picked out for quilting. It will take sometime to complete the HSTs and add the border.  This will probably have to hibernate awhile on the Design Wall.

I mentioned in an earlier blog, looking for an eleven year old (wedding) project.  Found it.  Got one block done.  Many more to complete and they would like to receive it for Christmas.  (I am not going to make that deadline.)

Smith Mountain Morning is in hibernation already. (Got a sweet deal on the backing for this quilt.)

 

This blue log cabin beauty needs to be finished and quilted with wool batting.

 

Also, have Celtic Solstice as a work-in-progress laying on the cutting board.

 

S.O.S., help......I don't need to start anymore quilts for 2014 (New Year's Resolution).  So my mantra is now going to be "I think I can, I think I can" and keep chugging along until these quilts get completed.

 

I have linked up with Judy at Patchwork Times.

Yours in quilting,

Terry

 

 

Country Sampler Finishing Directions

I have found the directions on Chicken Scratch Blog for the Country Threads Free Sampler.  I must have missed their blog post when it originally came out.  I have one more 12" block to make for December and then all the filler blocks.  I love the scrappiness of this quilt.  Unfortunately, it did not really make a dent in my scraps.  This is my 6" block for December.

This is how I keep all my blocks together.  I use a pant hanger to hold all my blocks.

Here is my backing fabric.  Got a great deal on this at Quilter's Garden.

 

This fabric will be my checkerboard border.

 

This will be a WIP for awhile longer but will keep plugging away at all the finishing.

If you are working on one too, would love to hear from you.

 

Yours in quilting,

Terry

 

Country Threads Block of the Month for November

I finally checked Country Threads BOM pattern for November's blocks.  I pulled some fabrics from my stash.  The three fabrics to the left will be the 12 1/2" block and the three on the right will be the 6 1/2" block.

Will add this to my To Do List.

Have a great Monday!

Yours in quilting,
Terry

Easy Street Special Block

This has been a busy week.  I finish my 60 contract tomorrow, working back at the job I retired from on May 31st.  So this week I have been trying to get the counselors caught up.  Then during the evening I fixed dinner with my hubbie and then head to the basement studio for quilt time.  Finished the queen size quilt on Monday night.  Loaded a cute 1600 strip quilt with cute fishies and got it half quilted last night.  Quilting it with fishies and waves. 

Tonight (Thurs.) is usually our "quiet" dinner night.  Its our chance to sit and chat about whats going on just like our dates many moons ago.  We started to watch an old movie with Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker but hubbie's bed was calling.  These extreme cold days really wear the guy out.  So he headed upstairs and I headed to the studio.  Bonnie Hunter was on quilt cam so I listened to her and worked on the block shown below.  Bonnie talked just a little about the quilt retreat they are planning in Augst.  She did not reveal the dates yet.  She states she will reveal the plans when she gets back from Georgia.

Look closely to the block in the lower right-hand corner.  This was a special gift from my prayer partner to make my quilt special.  THANK YOU!

Tomorrow is the new block release for County Threads.  What to you think the next block will be?  Flying geese, churn dash, 9 patch?  Leave me a comment with your guess.

Stay warm and be safe in this chilly weather.

Yours in quilting,
Terry

Country Threads Block of the Month

I am trying to complete all my UFO's and not purchase new kits, etc.  On Country Threads' blog,
www.country-threads-chicken-scratch.com, they started a "free" block of the month on Jan. 1, 2013.  The first of each month, Country Threads will release additional blocks.  For me this is a good way to use up my Thimbleberry fabrics left from my sample making years.  I have a whole drawer full of scraps.  The next block(s) will be released Friday, Feb. 1. Below are my blocks completed in January.

Care to join me?  Oh, come on ..... you must have a box, bag, or draw of fabric scraps that need to be used up.  Notice the background in the large star... I didn't have enough of the same background fabric so added another background fabric.  THINK Scrappy!

Yours in quilting,
Terry