Summer 2013 Quilting To Do List

After getting my sewing table and area decluttered and organized and everything put away, I made a list of all the quilt projects that need to be worked on.  My goal is to atleast put a dent in this list over my summer vacation.

1. Redo borders and quilt Mystery Quilt
2. Finish Welcome Great Pumpkin Quilt
3. Quilt Snowflake Quilt
4. Quilt  Christmas Block Quilt
5. Finish Sarah's Six Pack Quilt
6. Finish Emily's St. Patty's Quilt
7. Finish Christmas Placemats
8. Finish Sticks and Stones Christmas Scraps Quilt top
9. Make Mrs. Cherry's Denim Guessing Bags
10. Finish Christmas Trees Quilt Top
11. Quilt "E" Quilt
12. Finish Harvest Holiday Table Runner
13. Finish Let It Snow Wall Hangings
14. Finish Cardinal Wall Hanging
15. Finish Easter Bunny Table Runner
16. Finish Pink Lemonade Quilt Top

Wow, I didn't realize there were that many until they were numbered like that.

Welcome Great Pumpkin

I purchased the Welcome Great Pumpkin Quilt kit from Hancocks of Paducah .  Over the weekend I put together the quilt top.  It called for mitering the stripe borders.  I haven't mitered a border in several years and even then I was a little shaky about it.  After looking at a few videos on YouTube  I felt confident enough to try it and they turned out great.

I finished the backing and it's pinned and ready to be quilted.  Hopefully this weekend I'll be done with it.

Okay, so here we go.  I'm currently working on a mystery quilt project our Quilt Guild, the Twilight Stitchers started a couple of weeks ago.  It was the first time I've tried a mystery quilt and it was a lot of fun.  The pattern is called Undercover in Long Beach IV.  Here are the colors I picked out.

After I got all 48 squares completed I laid them all out an the floor in the 8 variations, took a picture of each one so I could compare and see which one I liked best.  They were all nice.  The one I liked best you needed to make 16 more blocks for and I wasn't interested in doing that so I chose my 2nd favorite and sewed them all together.  Emily decided she wanted it for her bed, but wanted it big enough to cover it. so I ended up making 6 additional blocks anyway!

Today I'm hoping to get the borders and backing done.