My weekend plan...

Just a quick post, I'm sure I'll post more over the weekend (maybe even tonight), but had to share my weekend plan with you...

Judy Laquidara at Patchwork Times has put out a call for quilts for the people of West, Texas.  You can read about the details here.

So my plan, is to make a pair of quilts to send to Judy:

So I'm off to get to work.  If you have a quilt you can share, please check out Judy's post and info and consider sharing some quilt love with the folks of West, Texas!

15 minute challenge...week 40

It's Tuesday, and that means it's time to check in with Kate and the 15 minute challenge.  I'm back on night shift for a week or two, so it's really hard for me to tell if I'm coming or going right now, so I best just get to it:

Tuesday:  Soda Shoppe

Wednesday: Soda Shoppe

Thursday: RWB

Friday: none

Saturday: Soda Shoppe

Sunday: Soda Shoppe

Monday: none

5 for 7, not too shabby.  I finished quilting Soda Shoppe on Sunday and now just need to make the binding and get it bound!  RWB is another quilt that has been hanging out in some form or another for awhile, so I'm hoping to get it finished and quilted soon.

It was difficult to leave the house yesterday for work, I really just wanted to stay at home with my family and just be with them.  My thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Boston and all victims and their families.

UFOs on Parade...

Linking up with Judy at Patchwork Times to share my list of UFOs.  I am making this it's own Tab at the top of the page and I'll update through the rest of the year, I'm very curious to see how it stands at the close of 2013!

1. Deploy T
2. 2012 FQS Designer Mystery BOM
3. HST BOM
4. Terrain Swoon
5. Christmas Quilt
6. RWB Starburst
7. Our Quilt
8. Coming Home Ruby
9. Christmas Quilt
10. Scrappy Trip
11. Sisters Ten
12. FWQAL
13. Soda Shoppe
14. Marcelle Medallion
15. RWB

And to think...just last night I was trying to figure out what quilt I wanted to START next!  Even better...I've only been doing this for just over 2 years...heehee (NO ONE TELL GUY!) !

Road to completion...

Regarding last night's post, and some questions I received on the quilts-in-waiting...I figured it was time to make myself a list, and figure out what all needed to be done to finish the quilts.  Here goes:

1. Soda Shoppe - have all supplies to finish and I know how I want to quilt it
2. Terrain Swoon - need backing and binding fabric, need to figure out how I'm going to quilt it
3. Coming Home Ruby - need to decide what to use for backing (started making backing ages ago, not sure if I still like it) and binding
4. HST QAL - need to add final border, need backing and binding fabric and to figure out how to quilt
5. Christmas quilt - have backing and binding fabric, need to figure out how I'm going to quilt it
6. Scrappy Trip - need backing and binding fabric, and to figure out how to quilt

Not too shabby I guess.  Soda Shoppe will be completed first, as it is for Girl.  The others have no hard deadline as 5 of the 6 (if not all 6) will be staying with me.  HST QAL is mine...all mine.  Scrappy Trip will become a beach/picnic blanket. Terrain Swoon will probably be the last completed, because just the idea of quilting it scares the dickens out of me!  But I will get it done one day!  Ruby was originally a gift for someone, so I may still gift it to a person, but not the original recipient (took care of that already).  And Christmas Quilt is just to have a splash of something around Christmas time on the couch.

So there we go...we'll see how having this list as a ready reference works at clearing out the line!

number 6

Soda Shoppe is now number 6...as in the 6th quilt waiting to be basted, quilted and bound...

First up, a peek at how she looks as a quilt top:

and now...the quilts-in-waiting:

from left to right: Soda Shoppe, Terrain Swoon, Coming Home Ruby, HST QAL, Christmas quilt, and Scrappy Trip...

I think I know what I'll be working on the rest of this week...or maybe not...I could just keep adding to the list!

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Marcelle Medallion...Border 2 and 3

So excited to have finished up Border 2 this past weekend.  So many tiny pieces, but it took more time to cut them out than to actually put it together.  I will say that measuring every single step is the most important thing in this border.  I had some issues and had to do quite a bit of trimming (and still was off a little...but I'm plenty ok with that!!)...but in the end...I love the result!

Here is a pic with both borders on:

So easy to put #3 on, but it didn't quite line up (much like Border 2), so it's a bit off, but again, I'm ok with that.

I haven't started Border 4 yet, but part of that is I'm waiting on some fabric to arrive, particularly some pink pieces.  The other thing is, the next border is the flying geese, which I think looks fabulous, I'm just not sure I'm as excited to put it together!  I'll start laying out fabrics for it towards the end of the week, and work on it this weekend.