My 2021 finish...geez i'm running behind

 Why keep this blog going when I post so rarely?  It's a record of my sewing...so while I will probably continue to not update this blog that often, finishes - even though they are kind of rare.

In September of 2021 I (in about a week) made a quilt for a friend's birthday.  I patterned the quilt after a scarf for his favorite football team - Birmingham City.  I used the Refrigerator Magnets pattern by Elizabeth Hartman for the lettering.  I can't seem to find a pic of the final finished product that was gifted, but I'll see if the hubby has it!

WOW!

 Just realized I did not have a single post in 2021.  Shocking to me a little bit, but also not so much.  I actually did finish a quilt (just one) in 2021.  I'll add a post for that since this little blog that just keeps hanging on really is how I track all of my completed quilts.  I haven't really been in a machine stitching mood in the past few years.  I've been doing a lot of cross stitch though.  Oh well...new year, and earlier today the urge to make a quilt hit me out of nowhere...so we'll see where that goes!

but wait...there's more!

 Surprise!  I managed to finish a second quilt yesterday!  This is my version of Camille Roskelley's Swiss quilt pattern.  I actually started this and had it turned into a quilt top in short order in January of 2016.  I quilted it and have had it sitting ready for binding since July of this year.  I don't know why I've let this one go for so long, but oh well!  

I love the color orange and finished this one just in time for the Red River Rivalry today!  Hook Em!

Finally a finished quilt!

 Wow!  it's been a long while, but I have finally finished a quilt!  Quilt pattern is Legendary by Elizabeth Hartman.  

Fabric was pretty much all from my stash.  The background is Moda Bella Smoke (pretty much my favorite solid for backgrounds these days).  Backing was an overall green batik with leaves that I also used for the binding.  This one will be off to its new home later today (overdue graduation gift).

the urge to stitch

 The temperatures have dropped where I am (kind of early for us too), and the urge to stitch has reared up in my mind.  I have done a bit of sewing this summer (mostly masks) and most of a bag - but I have also got a quilt to dang near completion...

This quilt is from the Legendary Pattern by Elizabeth Hartman (I love her patterns!).  I've actually had this one quilted and ready for binding for a few months now but the drive to finish hasn't been there.  I also have another one ready for binding...maybe I'll knock out both of them this weekend.  

still going

I often wonder why I keep this blog - especially since I post so infrequently.  The truth is because it's a bit of a record for me of my quilts and the patterns and fabrics and process and how it's all changed since I first started sewing.  So, I'll keep the blog so that I can every once in a while go in and post what I've been up to, what I've been doing and so on.

I keep, slowly, working on a bunch of little pink animals

actually got something quilted, Orange Swiss from way back...now just need to final get the binding done

I've continued to add to my scrap vortex quilt top

started on one of two graduation quilts (which I really need to get done very soon!)

So that's where I'm at...lots of stitching to do - so off I go!

still alive and still stitching

Not much to say other than I do still sew...and have been doing that much more frequently of late:

Hope to get one of my many finished quilt tops actually quilted and finished this weekend (it's only been waiting for almost 4 years)...but the batting hasn't arrived yet....so back to piecing I go!