Sunday, January 1, 2012

Happy New Year and a belated giveaway announcement

Hello, lovelies!

It's been many moons since I even logged on--suffice to say my semester got away from me and my sewing room got a bit dusty--but now that the semester's over I can breathe again and I'm back! I have a very belated congratulations to my giveaway winners, A.J. Dub for the hexagons and Lesly for the Luna FQs! Hooray, and thanks for stopping by my giveaway post!

I *do* have some progress to report: This past week, I've been clipping along on my hand-quilting and have gotten closer to finishing the two sampler quilts I've got going. To wit:

Quilt of Valor, Block 11

Block 11 for the Quilt of Valor. I'll be so excited to get this done!

LCQAL: Block 10

LCQAL: Block 11

And blocks 10 and 11 for the Layer Cake Quilt-Along quilt! Block 10 is the second block I decided to substitute, and the pattern is Love in a Mist from Modify Tradition. I love, love, love how this block turned out, but I wouldn't want to make a whole quilt of them, because hot diggety, that was a lot of HSTs for one block. ARGH.

The sashing fabric for the Dream On quilt is a solid orange--which to me feels rather bold!--so I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks put together.

As for the new year: I would like to finish the major quilts I've got in my queue: The two sampler quilts, my kaleidoscope quilt (which I need to baste and then I'm going to free-motion it myself: intimidating), and the queen-sized quilt for our bed. I have a couple of kits that I'm keen to get to, finally, and I'd like to get the seasonal wallhangings actually on the wall this year!

So we'll see how that goes...

3 comments:

  1. Happy New Year! Sounds like you are going to have a great year! Can't wait to see your progress!

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  2. Hello there!

    What lovely blocks - the HST one was worth the effort, I'd say :)

    Sounds like you've got a good plan for 2012! Here's to a good one :D

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  3. Happy New Year! Glad to see you back. :) Your layer cake blocks are so pretty! They remind my of my Grandma's house for some reason. Something about the fabric.
    Thanks for the prize! :)
    Have a great day.

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