I spent the better part of Saturday in my sewing room. First up were 3 more of the Addicted to Scrap Blocks. That’s Hot Cross Buns from Nov/Dec ’10, Scrap Basket from Mar/Apr ’11, and 4 Patch X from Sep/Oct ’10. I pulled out my bonus HSTs for the last two blocks. My entire cutting board was covered in bits and pieces of leftover blocks and parts. I was not working on ripping out the quilting on the Wonky Dishes quilt. Given I have a deadline, even if it is self-imposed, I shoved everything back in to the box and put away my Addicted to Scrap Blocks. My current plan is when I receive each issue of Quiltmaker over the next 2 years, I’ll make the current block plus 6 of the ‘backlog’ blocks.
Eventually, I did get the quilting ripped out. I finished up the feathered squares and found a feathered circle to put in the smaller blocks. In fact, I finished all of the quilting in the neutral squares. Now I have to go back and quilt the broken dish units.
While the computer was running the machine, I made one of the sampler blocks for my SILs sampler quilt. I started another block but ran into issues with my instructions. Since this was about 10:30 and the quilting was done I decided to call it a night.
I have just 9 days left on my Personal Challenge and I oscillate between I’m not going to get my main list done and I might just make it happen. Here’s the latest status:
- Alphabet BOM – Complete the top, I have a plan.
- MQA BOM – Assuming the rest of the tops is released I’d like to get at a minimum the rest of the blocks made. – Done 2/7
- Red, White & Blue Wonky Broken Dishes – Quilt and Bind. This is what I want to show at the meeting. – in progress
- Moda U – finish the binding. – Done 1/25
- Ruby’s BOM – I’d like to get at least the next 4 blocks made and instructions written. – in progress
- Runaround Bag – Everyone needs a new start on occasion. This is mine. – Done 1/16
- Wedding Quilt – Finish the top. – Done 2/6
I’ll go on the record and say none of the stretch goals are going to happen.
- 350 Challenge February = 40
- 350 Challenge Cumulative = 96
- Easy Breezy = 111
