February Progress

February was a cold month and we are all looking forward to a bit of warmer weather.  My focus has been on finishing projects this year and my goal for this month was my Sweet Life quilt.  I am happy to say that my quilt top is complete and the back is pieced together.

The fabric line used in this quilt is Modern Roses by Stephanie Ryan.  It is good  finish another project from my list.  I will send it out to be quilted as soon as I can.

Sherry 

February Goal

Here it is, the end of the first week of February and I have not posted anything.  I am not getting into the swing of things as quickly as I had hoped.  I will admit that I was not feeling well for several days so not much was accomplished here.  I have started working on this month's goal, number 7 on my list for the APQ UFO Challenge.    Making a list like this really helps me to keep focused on finishes.

  

I have completed six of the sixteen blocks for this quilt but may have to make a few changes once I complete the next ten.  I used the back side of some of the fabrics in the first blocks I made.  I am not sure that I like the look so may have to make changes.  This is a fun pattern from Camille Roskelley's Simply Retro book. I plan to link up with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.  I enjoy visiting a few of the others linking to see what they are up to.

Some Goals Met and Projects Complete

We make plans to complete projects and we are often surprised by how the month goes.  I did not even work on my "Oh Deer" project but was able to complete the binding on three quilts.

Three's Company Quilt bound and labeled, ready to give to a friend.  The binding is scrappy using leftover pieces of the jelly roll the quilt was made of.

The blocks for this quilt were made with scraps from the quilt at the end of this post.  These blocks were from Amy Gibson's "Sugar Block Club 2014".  I put them together using the quilt as you go method and leftover fabric from other projects.  It is a smaller quilt, but I do like the way it went together.

This last quilt was the Fat Quarter Shop Designer Mystery Quilt 2013.  This is one from my early days of quilting and I think I will keep it here with me, at least for a while.  I am going to link my finishes with the January One Monthly Goal Link Up at Elm Street Quilts.  Motivation is a great help to me.   

January Goals

As I have chosen the word peace for a focus this year.  Therefore, I do not want to set lofty goals that will be a distraction.  Getting organized and accomplishing goals can add to peace in my life but these things can also make me anxious.  I have decided to try to keep it pretty simple and checking things off a list always helps me to see progress.  I have made a list using the   American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge print out.  

Number 12 is the project to complete in January, so this is what I will be working on.

I am also participating in One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts and adding another goal to my list.  The two quilts below are back from the quilter and in need of binding.  My goal will be to get the binding added to these quilts.  I will share more about each quilt when the binding is complete, then I can take a good picture of them.

Starting small and working away at old projects and starting a few new is my plan for this year.  Maybe we will get the chance later this year to travel a bit in the USA.  That had been our plan when we retired in mid 2019 but things don't always go the way we think they should.  We are still blessed!