Monday Milestones 1/29-2/4

Last Week's Goals 1/28-2/4

1. Be Attitude Feb block-prep; applique'
2. Emilee's Winding Ways-finish blocks need to rip it out AGAIN
3. String pieced-quilt
4. Cowboys and Indians-jut getting started not sure how many blocks I can do  cut 6 blocks, applique'd 1 tepee, 1 cowboy 1 indian
   

This Week's Goals 2/5-2/11

1. Lazy Heart Feb block-prep, applique' (Lacy and Cindy)
2. Boot Bash Feb block-prep, applique'  (Lacy and Cindy) 
3. Cowboys and Indians-applique' 3 tepees, 3 cowboys, 3 indians, 4 sheriff stars; cut 4 ivory, 6 blue

If you wish to do your own Monday Milestones, be sure to visit Kim (A Peach In Stitches) and put your link on her post! 

January/February Goals

Well, let's see how I did in January.

• Batik Hexagon-make more hexes, sew hexes together (made 2-6 hex and 1-8 hex flower)
• Farm Quilt-finish blocks, add sashing between blocks (25 blocks total 25 completed)
(bunny, crow, chick, monkey, bee, beehive,cat, cow, tractor, paw print, horse, hat, sheep, puppy, A, I, D, E, N)

• My Flower Garden-finish tying
• Pretty 'n Pink-complete last block, add borders, applique' borders

Plus I completed the following:

• Lazy Hearts January BOM
• Boot Bash January BOM
• Cut 25 8" blocks using various fabrics
• Cut 60 2.75" squares
• Made 22 Snowball blocks
• R wall hanging 
• Prepped Jan Be Warm block 
• Applique'd Be Warm block 
• String Pieced Quilt - layer, baste, quilt
• Table Topper

Well, January I did pretty good so let's see how I can do in February. I have several finished quilt tops that just need to be quilted, so I'm going to try to quilt one per month starting with the oldest.

• Emilee's Winding Ways - applique' blocks, sew blocks together 
• Feb Lazy Heart BOM - prep and applique'
• Feb Boot Bash BOM - prep and applique'
• Feb Be Attitude - prep and applique'
• Snowball - layer, baste, quilt 
• String Quilt - quilt
• Cowboys and Indians - cut 10 - 7 1/2" ivory squares, cut 10 - 7 1/2" squares using various blues, applique' 5 teepees, applique' 5 indians, applique' 5 cowboys, applique' 5 sheriff stars

Happy quilting!

Emilie's Winding Ways

I got started on this quilt. I had this kit for 10 months thinking it was piecing and it was applique'. Amazing what you learn when you read the instructions.

In one day I traced all 56 pieces, sewed all 56 pieces and cut background, corner stones and borders. Whew! No rocking needed for me that night. Betsy sent me a great link for needleturn but I don't know how to do needleturn and I didn't want to learn on this wall hanging. So I used interfacing and sewed on my traced line.

This is after the interfacing had been sewn and the piece cut out.

And this is showing where I cut a slit in the back and one turned. I hope you can see the slit I cut for turning.

And the next picture shows a finished block. I'm so unhappy with it. The instructions said to use needleturn or invisible thread so it would show. Well, mine does.

Yes, I will finish it but I really want to cry every time I look at that block. I won't bore you with another post about Emilie's Winding Ways until much later.

Happy stitching!