Hooked on Quilting

This is going to help me finish one project as I've signed up at the   2013 - A Lovely Year of Finishes  hosted by Melissa of Sew Bitter Sweet Designs and Fiber of All Sorts .  I've chosen my Stop Sign to finish up. I don't have a deadline for it, so it might as well be February, right? I really should get this done! 

Today is the last day you can post a comment for the giveaway  for the  " Grow Your Blog " party, so please click through to this  post  and say "Hi!"  I will announce the winner tomorrow I am linking up the the 2013 NewFo Challenge from Cat Patches! So, here's what's been going on with me in January.  Started and finished the top for the  Sweetheart Mystery .   Started and finished a wall hanging for the  " Project Quilting " at Persimon Dreams , which I'm probably not going to do again.  I have too much on my plate to stop and do something start-finish in one month. :( Finished Baltimore Halloween, all but the eyes, spider eyes and legs and the owl's feet.  Sewed some Dear Jane blocks.  Did three steps of Easy Street (at least some of the three steps).  Finished my pot holder and mitt. I have three more sets to do.  Finished t...

I'm really enjoying visiting all the blogs from the " Grow Your Blog " party and if you've stopped by to enter the giveaway, please click through to this  post .  Thought I would update my January 13 projects (way too ambitious, will need to adjust that soon. LOL Part of a quilt journal is posting regularly about the projects as motivation to complete, right?  1. Tooth Fairy Pillow - Finished.  2. Apron Ties - Finished. 3. Easy Street - Steps 1 & 2 have almost 40 of each, Step 3 has a bunch half sewn.  4. Dear Jane - two more blocks finished,  A-7 and C-6 this week. Take note, they aren't trimmed yet. LOL I've chosen two more for this week, so I should have eight total for the month.  5. Stop Sign - SID in the horizontal seams, just have to outline the letters...need to practice that some more. Ripped a bunch out already. LOL 6. Spot - Not even touched. Not my favorite job, ripping out stitches, ...

I went to a demonstration of the Husqvarna Viking interchangeable dual feet foot and bought it for my new Ruby Deluxe machine. I also learned a few things that my machine can do. I'm not much into embroidery at the moment, but I could be swayed. :) I also bought a new Stitch in the Ditch foot to go on this accessory. It seems to move the fabric a little better and I haven't encounter a pucker yet. They had a new clear quilting foot that I bought, as well. I wasn't sure if I should outline the letters first or SID in the pieced seams, so I just did the short seams inside the letters for now to practice a bit. I've decided that I'm not proficient enough on my HQ16 to quilt it there, I need more control. I finished C-6 of my Dear Jane, I'll get a photo tomorrow. I'll start on A-8, too. I did a little more applique on the latest Dino, looks nice. Worked on Baltimore Autumn, Baltimore Christmas and Baltimore Halloween. I was gone most of the day, so ...

Decided to join in the Linky party for WIP Wednesdays  at Freshly Pieced since I have so many!!!  I've been steadily working on all 13 projects and a couple I've added...sort of.  So here's what's been happening: 1. Dino's - started a new one today   2. Dear Jane -C-6 Ashley's Aura 3. Stop Sign - I have white fabric at the corners, thinking of removing them altogether. Thoughts? 4. Country Cottages - Not loving my applique, but maybe pressing will help.  5. Pot Holder - decided I hated the binding and the square corners, so I'll use a coordinating fabric and round the corners. 6. Easy Street - I don't have Steps 1 and 2 finished, but decided to try Step 3 for a change of pace. The others aren't far along enough to take photos, maybe next week. :) How are you doing on your projects? Linking up to WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.