I have been very bad with posting lately. But I thought I would post something with maybe some goals for the new year. I already finished an old UFO. This is my "Zip Up Tray Pouch."
The pattern is for a tray that you can fold up and close with a zipper.
And this is closed.I also finished the top of a donation quilt made with strips that I plan to baste this week - maybe (Picture to come after it is quilted). I want to get this quilted ASAP, but I also have travel plans for next weekend.
My DS that lives near us has just gotten a job with a different airline and we can fly free, so I plan to do that on Thursday to go to our grandson's first time to play his violin in a concert on Saturday night. He is 14 and has been taking violin lessons a couple years and is making progress with it. If I am lucky, I might get to see his brother in a wrestling meet.
I went to my favorite quilt shop last week and while looking around, I saw a back pack made up that was new. I had been looking at various back pack and bag patterns there for a while, and this time I decided to get the new back pack pattern and everything needed to make it! I have never had a back pack before and thought I might be able to get by without taking a suitcase on my trip. Here is the back pack. (Actually, it was easier than I thought it would be.
I have tested putting the clothes I plan to bring into it and I think it will work. I will only be gone 4 days, so I don't need a lot.
I have been working on a quilt called "Double Duty" that I saved from the October 2017 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. I had started it last spring but didn't get very far. Now I think I have about half of the blocks needed for a good size quilt which I will donate. It is made with 2 1/2" HSTs and each block is 12" finished. I have over 30 blocks and I'm not quite sure how many I will use to finish it.
A few other projects that I have begun are:
1. Blue Pear Block of the Month by Minick & Simpson. This was the BOM for one of the guilds I belong to and I only have one more block to make and the top will be finished.
2. Grover's Hothouse Bouquet - this is a wall hanging that I bought last year at the Salem Quilt Show. I started it and then had to put it aside for other projects.
3. Table Cloth that I am making out of fabric by Tildasworld.
I will continue to try and find any other projects that need to be finished. Thanks for visiting!
