2018 Finish Along Q1 – Goals

Does anyone visit this blog anymore? I’m going to continue anyway, It’s a good record for me to look back on, but I’m not sure if anyone else is here. I’ve had some issues with it being hacked, and maybe that’s why. Good news though, a new site is on the way imminently! I was going to host a sew along for the Delightful Desert quilt by Elizabeth Hartman, but there seems to be a ton of other EH pattern sewalongs, so many people had the same idea at once! So I decided to bow out, but I will make scrappy blocks monthly and run a video series, just without any obligation on your part. The Finish Along has opened up again for what must be at least year 4, so I’m going to keep on with it. First up is the Trellis quilt. All the blocks are done, I’m piecing together rows right now (all the ones with blue have been pieced), and I have a slim wooden border to add, then the top will be done. I was aiming to finish by the end of December. Ooops! Next up- I have a pattern I designed, I have fabric, but I haven’t got further than that. It’s also for a magazine.
After that I’m free to make stuff for myself (which will include the Bag of the Month club), and I’d like to actually make some progress on my Canada quilt. I designed a layout but it needs adjusting to accommodate more panels. I actually have a plan – it could hang on my stair well. Now I have an incentive!
I didn’t get any further piecing all the blocks together on this top, but I do have the backing. Maybe I’ll find some time to work on this.
I also have a final Blanche cut out ready to go. I have one last class at the end of this month, so I’m hoping to put it together then, but if it doesn’t run, I still want to get it together.
That will do I think. I could put so much more on this list, but I don’t want to get overwhelmed!
January 9, 2018 1:50 pm|
I love the trellis quilt.
January 10, 2018 11:46 am|
I don’t think it’s you, Penny. I, too, have had a link party for several years and it seems to be getting less and less traffic. In fact I’m not sure I’ll do it this year. The problem may be how much the quilting world has grown on the internet. Really so many patterns, BOMs, QALs, etc are posted these days, there is only so much a quilter/reader can follow without losing all the time available to the actual quilting. As I am trying to finish my own UFOs/WIPs I’ll come along with you.
January 10, 2018 12:51 pm|
Hello, I am here just not commenting much. Hope you get it all sewn. Today I got a new to me sewing machine, I haven’t had one or sewn for a couple of years so its a bit of a YAY day for me! Sue
January 12, 2018 9:42 am|
i’m still here! I’m just a bit crap at commenting… I gave up on instagram and deleted the app, I just don’t like it! I also don’t do well following you on You Tube, I’m not good at watching videos, but blogs, blogs I love!
January 12, 2018 1:40 pm|
I’m new to your blog, but I like what I see, so I’ll be back. I think Angie is right. There are so many quilt alongs that I’d like to do, but I just can’t take on any more. My goal this year is to FINISH ufo quilts.
January 14, 2018 6:15 pm|
I’m still reading this too – but have to limit myself to blog-reading only on Sundays…
Really like the Trellis quilt and your planned pattern – can’t wait to see it come into being!
January 16, 2018 10:55 am|
I’m still here too, I don’t read every single post, but I do read most of them! I think the FAL is on year 7 now! Time flies even when I’m not getting stuff done. LOL Lots of lovely projects here and I bet you finish up a few of them this first quarter! Thanks so much for linking up on behalf of the 2018 global Finish-A-Long hosts and thanks for playing along again this year.
January 21, 2018 10:14 pm|
I just found you browsing through the 1st Q finish along linky. Your sewing room and design wall look amazing! Jealous. I feel like my space is closet sized even though I do have a design wall. Trellis is gorgeous!
Good luck!
January 23, 2018 2:58 pm|
Love that woody fabric in your trellis quilt, and what a pretty (and BIG!) scrappy log cabin. I do a lot of big quilts. They sure do take a lot of time, don’t they?
March 29, 2018 4:05 am|
Nice Wooden Trellis Quilts, I like the work really it would take the place.