Resolutions
I made a New Year’s Resolution on January 1st,
2015, to finish tops I have that need to be quilted. I always seem to have something of my own in
the tub to be quilted and I have a cupboard of rescued tops that sit there day
after day looking pretty but never getting closer to being usable. Since I know I won’t stop making tops (but I
CAN stop purchasing ones that someone else didn’t finish) and I want to see
some good come of what I do for fun, I thought I’d challenge myself.
My goal was to do at least one of mine a week, rescue or
tub, whatever moved me or whatever was easiest to get on the frame, and just
get them DONE.
On March 31st I had 16 done! That was better than
a weekly average of one! I may not get 52 tops quilted this year, I am quilting
a lot of custom quilts this year and they make me too tired to think some
weeks, but I have made progress I am happy with at this point in the year. I have had a week of vacation in that time
frame and I did at least 3 during that time off.
The little quilts are crib quilts that get donated to local
charities. My sister made 225 crib tops for me to quilt and donate. I am almost done with them. The larger quilts are going
to grace the quilt room for inspiration.
I sent 36 larger quilts to charitable organizations this year so I could
get a fresh look in my studio. I know someone is enjoying the ones I sent
on. I enjoyed looking at them for a
while.
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| crib 1 |
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| crib 2 |
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| crib 3 |
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| crib 4 |
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| offset log cabin inspired by customer quilt |
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| crib 5 |
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| rescue 9 patch |
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| close up of quilting of quilt above |
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| strippy jelly roll quilt done from a picture |
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| The Rest of Bill's shirt. Quilt #2 that I made with this pattern. The first one was red and yellow and i called it Bill's Shirt because the white in the 9 patches was from Bill's shirt! |
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| Stars over Shallot (Bonnie Hunter Design) |
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| Bear Paw made from bonus half square blocks, my design |
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| Whirly gig, my design |
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| crib 6 |
