Sunshine, Tidal Pool Stepping Stones, Shiplapped and #AdoretheSchwarz |
Joyful |
The big finish was my mother's quilt, Sunshine, completed early in the year. Then came my first wedding quilt, #AdoretheSchwarz. Love the colors in that (although I had to laugh that I picked colors so close to Sunshine). The stretch goal in that quilt was attempting a large all-over free-motion design. Really happy with how it turned out. Next up was Stepping Stones, in which I spent weeks fighting with the colors, but everyone was thrilled with the result. I made Tidal Pool in part with Stepping Stones leftovers. Shiplapped was assembled with three years' worth of string triangles. So many quilts represented in that single quilt.
Then I squeezed in a third wedding quilt before the end of the year, named Joyful.
In addition to the big quilts, there's the odds-and-ends type of projects that I don't plan, but pop up in my schedule for one reason or another.
Coil bowl, pillow cover, name tag and dance skirt Mug rugs, shoe bags, knot bags and a table topper |
A few partial extras from #AdoretheSchwarz became a throw pillow cover. The dreaded dress fabric made appearances in a shoe bags, a mug rug and a table topper. I finally decided to use the other Italian stretch cotton to make a dancing skirt. Came out quite nice! (Thanks, Mom!) It's remnants went into a pair of knot bags and a coil bowl. Love all of them. Skinny strings and leftover shirt flannel went into several mug rugs. The tiniest finish was a name tag - a fabric one this time, instead of the usual Sculpey ones I've made.
Last minute entry - finished just two days ago - was this sweatshirt appliqué. Love how it came out. I have another paper pieced appliqué planned for a grey sweatshirt next.
I still envision doing a mostly black-and-white NYB quilt, but may pass that up once I finish a queen-sized quilt for my sister with that pattern. Whew. I am both looking forward and dreading tackling that project. My bag of 2-inch squares is just about bursting, so I have plans for them, too. Somewhere in there I will be starting a new selvedge string block for a future quilt. Plus I am sure there will be a few unexpected projects. There's always something to sew!
You are incredible productive! What a fantastic portfolio for 2018 :)
ReplyDeleteAll so beautiful!
ReplyDeleteWhat an incredibly prolific year! I love reading your blog describing each of your journeys.
ReplyDeleteYou may not have made the NYB but your had a productive year just the same. I love all these projects, especially Stepping Stones and Shiplaped. The last minute sweatshirt addition is fun too!
ReplyDeleteA lot of lovely work here, I like the pretty quilt colours and the work on the sweatshirt applique, Always something interesting to see on your blog. Happy New Year.
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