Snow on the River quilt top

Winter has come to Minnesota once again.  Snow everywhere!  It's the perfect season to share this recently completed quilt top: Snow on the River.

It's my version of Barbara Brackman's "Snow on the River Wandle", a free pattern she posted on her blog Material Culture in 2012.  I printed out the pattern then, but had not had time to make it up until this fall.  It went together surprisingly quickly, and I was able to use my Tri-Recs rulers to cut the star points.

The checkerboard border helped make the quilt large enough for our queen size bed.  It is also a good way to avoid white around the edges.  I made one quilt that way.  Never again!  The top edge discolored badly from handling, ie: pulling the quilt up at night and making the bed.

Bonus:  Almost all the fabric was from my stash!  I only had to purchase the navy blue for the outer borders (and enough for binding.)

October Cheddarback blocks

Are you keeping up with the Cheddarback blocks from Sentimental Stitches?  Here's what I have for October so far...

A couple initials using a Cheri Payne alphabet, and the larger blocks for this month.  I figured out how to do the flower basket by piecing rather than the partial applique.  That would never have looked right to me.  I usually machine applique with a zig-zag or a blanket stitch, and that just didn't seem to be in the spirit of the quilt.

Snow on the River

In my efforts to work on projects I already have planned - rather than chasing off at every new internet idea or sew-along that I find...
I've pulled out a quilt that I first downloaded and set aside fabric for in 2012. 

It's a free pattern by Barbara Brackman which she posted on her Material Cultures blog.  (click here for the link)  She called it "Snow on the River Wandle." 

 I was drawn to it by the lovely rich jewel colors.  Before Mill End Fabrics closed, I found this snowy tree fabric and bought it for this project.  Time to get 'er done!

A rainy weekend at the cabin gave me time to cut out all the blocks, and start sewing.  Here's my progress so far.

The Tri-Recs rulers by Darlene Zimmerman & Joy Hoffman at EZ Quilt.com have been Wonderful!  My points on the stars are coming out beautifully. 

This is kind of a practice quilt for the Storm At Sea quilt that's on my bucket list.  I think I'll have the confidence to do that one fairly soon from the way this one is going. Yay!

Remembering Cheri finish

Remembering Cheri 52 x 58 inches

Besides being one of the loveliest days of autumn today, another quilt was finished!  Remembering Cheri was quilted up this week, and this morning the binding went on. 

A year and a half in the making, it turned out quite nicely.  Quirky, whimsical, primitive.  Not my typical style quilt, but a fun change of pace.

I'm not a big fan of applique, but enjoyed making these monthly blocks.  By the time it came to adding more applique to the borders though, I cried "No more!" 

I used buttons for some of the smaller applique design elements, and they are very cute.  (Flowers in April, May and September, berries in March, eyes in August, October & November, snowflakes & snowman in January and Santa's packages in December.)  A bit of a challenge to quilt around them, but it worked out.  The red star block is my label and the border is quilted in diamonds.  Most of the blocks have echo quilting around the applique.

As in all my Cheri Payne quilts lately, I've liberally used scraps from my Dad's cotton shirts and pajamas.

A few little things

Heritage Days is over!  The past three years I've had a major role in putting together part of our community festival, and the process is all-consuming in the last month before the event.  Last weekend was the big day, and now I finally will have some time to sew again.  Isn't that a great feeling?

I haven't been totally away from the sewing machines though.  Just to keep my sanity over the past month, I've escaped to the sewing room a few times to do a bit of quick and easy stitching.

Bed sheet on the left, Daisy Kingdom on the right.

Only one block of the September 'Cheddarback' blocks was done - the easiest one.  And then, of course I didn't like it, and made a second one.

Searching around for a print fabric that was large enough to make the flowers proved a challenge.  I found one - Daisy Kingdom from the early 1990's left over from a sewing project for our daughter.  Looked lovely, but clearly the wrong era to go with the rest of the quilt so far. 

So, I tried again another day.  Found a bit left from a bed sheet - of all things - and gave that a try.  Better I think.  At least it looks older.

Dashing Through the Snow

Temecula Quilt Company has a little sew-along going on from now till Christmas called Dashing Through the Snow.  Adorable 3-inch Churn Dash blocks in red and white, with an alternate block in green.  I probably won't make all the blocks, but have another half-dozen cut.  I used up the whole scrap of red/white stripe making them.  Maybe a table runner??? 

Can you see the mistake in one?  Taking a photograph will bring out all those little things.  I might have to turn the center piece the correct direction in the lower left block.


Finally, I played with some selvege strips a bit.  I made an adorable basket weave quilt with them a while ago, but the pattern was to alternate color & white (with the selvege white strip being the white), so the lightest selveges kept getting rejected.  Bonnie Hunter does a lot with string blocks, and I thought that some of the neutral fabric selveges would work nicely in one of her patterns.  These are 4-1/2 inch blocks, and the plan is to make a version of Jamestown Landing.  I'll need 160 for a big quilt.  I have 25 done.  Guess I have a ways to go.  On the other hand, those 25 went together super fast, in an evening, so I just have to collect more selveges to keep going.

Neutral selvage string blocks

Basket weave Selveges 2019

A productive weekend

Lots of quilting happened at the Cabin last weekend!

Aunt Addie's Blue Ribbon Quilt, which I finished quilting during the week, received it's binding and is officially FINISHED.  It turned out to be such a sweet little quilt.

Aunt Addie's Blue Ribbon Quilt - sew along
designed by Kathleen Tracy

Three borders went on the Moda Love quilt.  The center blocks are from a gift pack of Pam Buda fabrics that I won through her blog.  The red border - which matches perfectly - is a Thimbleberries fabric I found at the local thrift store a while back.  Inner and outer borders are both chocolate brown.  This one turned out to be queen sized after all.  It will probably go in the pile to be quilted this winter sometime.

Moda Love

I also tried to work on Cheddarback month #6 blocks. Lesson learned - don't try to do these from memory.  Where were the directions? At home.  Typically I stitch and cut 3-inch squares into 2.5-inch half square triangles.  So, off I went, without realizing that Gay from Sentimental Stitches had us cut them down to 2-inch HST's.  Of course, nothing fit right.  I fiddled, I re-cut, I trimmed down... I made a lovely block.  But it's the wrong thing altogether.  Fortunately, I stopped after making just one, and  I had enough extra fabric to re-do the block.

Wrong block on the left, Correct block on the right.

I seem to have to re-make a couple blocks each time.  But, of all the crazy things, the one with the difficult set-in seams (upper left small block) went together perfectly the first time! 

I love this quilt - much more than I expected! 

Remembering Cheri monthly sew along

The last two buttons have been sewn on and Remembering Cheri is ready to pin and quilt.   One block for each month of the year, plus a few odds and ends in Cheri Payne's distinctive primitive style.  The pattern was available through Quilts by Cheri Friendship Group on Facebook. 

The pattern is also supposed to have a lot of applique in the outer border, but I'm just not an applique quilter.  At least for now, I'm saying I'm done! 

I learned so much from Cheri, even though I have a different preferred quilting style.
1.  You don't have to follow the pattern!  Make a quilt your own.  If you don't like a certain element, change it!
2.  You don't have to have things perfectly match.  Colors, fabric lines or points.
3.  Spontaneity brings joy and motion to a quilt.
4.  Work outside your comfort zone for a change.

I have difficulty quilting applique pieces like this with lots of buttons and trim things on it.  Perhaps just a meander that avoids all those things will work.  And what was I thinking when I didn't change the Whale?  There aren't whales in Minnesota!  I think I was just too busy (lazy) last August to change it to a sunfish, bass or walleye.  Do you think it will always bother me?

Aunt Addie is ready for quilting

Aunt Addie's Blue Ribbon Quilt is a sew-along from Kathleen Tracy and the top is finished!  The pieces are quite eclectic, all scraps with no rhyme or reason, but it works.  In the end, I only re-made two blocks.  Both contained one contemporary fabric that just didn't play well with others.  Now it's all pinned and ready to quilt!

Aunt Addie's Blue Ribbon Quilt  40 x 48 inches

Cheddarback monthly update

July's installment of Cheddarback by Sentimental Stitches is finished!  The pattern is available free at her shop during the month of it's release, then for sale afterward  at  https://sentimentalstitches.myshopify.com/

 As usual, there are a couple tweaks to make it my own.  The door and windows on the red schoolhouse didn't play nice, so I just took them off all together.  And, I decided there was going to be  enough of the white sashing fabric (just barely) that I could go all around the whole quilt and then add a border at the end to make it fit our bed.

Cheddarback quilt along - Months 1 through 5.

Forget me not

Here is my version of another of the little quilts being shared as a remembrance of Cheri Saffiote Payne, a wonderful primitive quilt designer.  Many of her designs have been put in files on a Facebook page "Quilts by Cheri - friendship group".  She started the page before her passing, and it is maintained by her dear friends.

Though I never knew Cheri personally, I have enjoyed making a number of her designs.   I frequently use scraps from my dad's clothing in them.  A wonderful way to remember them both.

Forget Me Not  15 x 16 inches

Look what followed me home!

The elementary school our children attended had a rummage sale last week.  Of course I stopped in. 

The Singer Featherweight seems to be the 'Holy Grail' for quilters.  I never expected to own one, and was not really looking.  But, what should I discover at the school sale?  Oh yes, you guessed it.

I debated.  Should I buy her?  Nope, I really don't need another sewing machine.  I don't use the vintage machines I have.  (You will notice that was a plural.)   I headed home for lunch. 

Then I checked prices for Featherweights on the internet, and reconsidered.  (Such a bad girl!)

She was not cheap mind you, but within the amount I would have donated to the school if I was asked for a donation.  So, back I went, and brought her home.  This little darling was made between August and October of 1950 in the St. John's Quebec factory.   She's missing her bobbin case, but it seems to be easy enough to order one on-line.  Hubby will repair her power cord and hopefully after a cleaning and oil she'll be up and running.

Six more blocks

Have you been sewing along with Kathleen Tracy's "Aunt Addie's Blue Ribbon Quilt"?  The final set of blocks was posted this month and here's what mine look like.

I'm looking forward to seeing how she puts the block sets all together on July 1st.

Sewing along on Cheddarback

So far there hasn't been much quilting going on this summer.  That seems fairly typical for me.  I'm really motivated and productive in the sewing room from January through March and then.... well, things just get in the way.

But, I've kept up with the Cheddarback monthly sew along from Gay at Sentimental Stitches.  Here are months 3 and 4.

Gay is doing a wonderful job drafting patterns from her vintage quilt.  It wouldn't look exactly the same, but it is easy to see where modern piecing methods would be easier on some of the 5-inch blocks. Especially that one on the lower right. Sometimes the math just doesn't work out nicely and clearly the original was hand pieced. 

The angles on that bow tie were hard to get right by machine.  On the basket blocks I just finally hacked off the base to make it all fit.  Why not?  No quilt police at my house!

It's a fun challenge.  I can see how Gay was particularly drawn to this quilt.  The way the quilt maker balanced a large block and four smaller ones using columns and rows is so creative.  This would be such a great layout for orphan blocks - and maybe that is just what it was for the original quilt maker.

Scrappy Stars finished!

Keeping the enthusiasm to quilt up the pile of quilt tops pieced last year has been tough, but I'm still working at it.  This past week I finished quilting Scrappy Star.  The pattern is from  "Toppers" by Lynda Milligan & Nancy Smith and published by Possibilities Quilt of Denver, Colorado in 1998.  I found the book at the police department auxiliary's annual book sale last June.  (or maybe the year before...)

Scrappy Stars  86 inches square

The main body was quilted in vertical rows with the walking foot, but there was fun to be had with free-motion borders.  The blue border has fish, the red border has stars and the green border has Baptist fans.

This was such a great quilt for using up scraps from my 5-inch and 2.5-inch bags.  I sure thought it would make a bigger dent in those than it did.  Isn't that always the case?  I even expanded the size from the original 6 blocks to 16.

Sometimes I feel like my scrap bags are magic - you can take out as much as you want, but the bag will still always be full!  Even Harry Potter would be amazed.

My Bonnie Hunter "Grand Illusion" was sandwiched and pinned this weekend.  Look for that one to be finished next.

Can't resist a sew along!

No matter how busy I am, it seems I just can't resist a good sew-along.  Especially when it is a reproduction of a vintage quilt!

Gay at Sentimental Stitches is sharing the patterns for a lovely vintage quilt she has in her collection.  She gave it the name Cheddarback from the brilliantly bright color of the backing fabric.  I've had to re-make two blocks because I wasn't happy with a couple of my first fabric choices.   (Medium green did NOT play well with others.)   But, now that I've decided on a more unified and subdued color palette, I love it!

Here's the first two months of the sew along.  I just hope I can keep up with the patterns while they are still free on line and don't miss any months. (Sometimes I get behind on my blog reading.)

My favorite block is the basket - where the plaid ended up quite wonky.   I cut all of the pieces out of a single 6-inch block of fabric.  Classic vintage look!

Good Fortune with Scrap Squares

Two more quilts are out of the UFO pile this month. I've made so much progress in quilting things up this winter! 

One more queen size quilt is pinned and ready to quilt, but that might not be done for a while.  My Elna is in the shop for repairs.  I prefer to do my quilting on that machine.  She seemed to think that the top thread was always broken.  After 6 or 7 re-threads I finally just took her in to the shop.   I was hoping that a piece of broken thread was stuck in there.  Looks like it will be a more expensive repair than that. (sigh) They seemed to think a sensor has gone bad. 

Fortunately, I have a back-up machine that does nice piecing and applique.  The lights are shot in the display panel, but a flashlight seems to do the trick to help me see where to press on the panel to get the stitch I want.  (Don't let anyone tell you quilters aren't persistent.)

Here's the second version of Scrap Squares.  This pattern sure helped use a lot of 5-inch scraps!  The backing is a cute fleece print, and there's no batting.  It will make a great little throw to curl up and watch television or read a book.

And...  Good Fortune is all quilted up too.   That makes 4 Queen, 2 Twin, 2 Lap quilts, 1 small wall hanging and 2 table runners so far.

Navy and Tan

Navy and Tan throw 53x45 inches

This little lap quilt went together over the summer.  It was an attempt to use up some matching, but fairly dull fabrics from my stash.  On their own, the colors weren't much to write home about, but put together they make a nice combination. 

It' great to get these fabrics moved along from the stash and made into something useful! The backing is fleece, and there's no batting.  Fleece is warm enough for a little throw.   Time to snuggle up with this quilt and some popcorn to watch a little television.

A peek of Summer

A really snowy Minnesota February was brightened by quilting up this cheery quilt.  It's a traditional Hen and Chicks block, and the crisp colors in the fabrics are a burst of summer.  The border is a chicken wire print found at JoAnn.  Perfect!

Cute Chick!  61x73 inches

It's so exciting to see the quilt tops that I've pieced up over the past year or so being finished, and that UFO pile dwindling.  Hope I can keep it up for another month!  So far this is the 5th quilt for 2019, and two table runners besides.

Here's the table runner I made with the three leftover blocks from this quilt.

Love the little chicks in the red print fabric.  So sweet!

Not quite Pfeffernusse

Yummy chocolate brown, warm reds and not quite according to Original Plan.  That's what happened with my version of Bonnie Hunter's Pfeffernusse quilt from her book String Fling.

Here it is, all quilted up.  All the blocks were from her pattern.  Instead of strings I used a thin striped shirting for the white, and a whole piece of the brown.  That saved a lot of time, but the layout was just not speaking to me with when it came to put it all together.  Perhaps without the strings the large brown and white pinwheels were too bland.  This barn raising layout was what I came up with in the end.  But, now it needs a different name.  How about Cinnamon Twist?

 Cinnamon Twist - 88 inches square

Snowflake table runner

Don't you just love it when several ideas all come together just at the right time?

Recently, at a fundraiser, a friend mentioned she'd love a Christmas table runner.  So, I started looking around for patterns on line.  All People Quilt had a super easy table runner made from strips of reds with white applique snowflakes.  Snowflake table runner by Gingham Girls.    Why not give it a try?

Red strips were cut and sewn, and the applique pieces cut out, when I took a break to check e-mails.  Among them was something from Embroidery Library, which has wonderful embroidery machine downloads.  There in the monthly free download was.. lo and behold!.. a snowflake.  Well, why not???

So, the three white snowflakes were embroidered on the runner instead of doing applique.  Turned out pretty well!  What do you think?

Simply Charming

My flurry of quilting up those flimsy tops is keeping up with the snow flurries.  Next up was Falling Charms.

Falling Charms 65 x 71 inches

This quilt got started because there was a red and gray print in my scrap bag that, at least to me, was Really Ugly!  I wanted it gone!  There were lots of 4-1/2 inch blocks leftover from a dress sewing project, but that's not a commonly used size in quilting.  They were too small to use as 5-inch charm squares, but this pattern was easily be adapted to use them.

Adding more grays and reds, and here's the result.  The gray and red lattice border is vintage fabric from my Grandmother's house.  Boy, did the red ever run on that fabric when I pre-soaked it!!!  It was 36-inch wide fabric, so probably 1960's or earlier.

Basket-Weave Selvages

Selvage quilts and string quilts seem to be really popular among quilters these days.  Putting those two ideas together, I used Bonnie Hunter's Basket Weave Strings pattern using selvages instead of strings.  (Bonnie Hunter has a wonderful collection of free patterns on her Quiltville blog.  Get over there and take a look if you have not already done so.)

Basket-Weave Selvages 70 inches square

My squares are cut 6-1/2 inches, just because that size worked nicely with the rulers I have.  A lovely deep green from my stash was perfect for the setting blocks and border.

Many selvage quilts stitch onto a muslin backing, but, hey, who reads directions?  I just overlapped the 'strings' 1/4 to 1/2 inch and stitched through.  Hope that it will hold together! I did have one seam come apart just a bit where I wandered too close to the edge.  I'll have to hand stitch to repair it because I didn't notice it until the quilt was sandwiched and under my machine being quilted.


 Hubby has already laid claim to this one as he sat in his easy chair and read library books during our recent cold snap.  (Polar Vortex to all you non-Minnesotans.)  We actually noticed when it got to about -20F.  Our furnace worked hard for several days, and there were some two-quilt nights for sure!

Linking up to share at:  http://confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com/2019/02/can-i-get-whoop-whoop-jewel-toned.html

First Finish of the Year

January is when I usually get motivated to quilt up some of the tops in the "to do" pile.  The first one to be completed in 2019 is Secret Santa, the December sew-along Mystery from Temecula Quilt Co.   I love it!  Burgoyne Surrounded has long been a pattern I've admired, but never had the desire to take the time to piece.  But, step by step as a Mystery quilt, it seemed the quilt was done in no time at all! 

Secret Santa 83 inches square

Four additional blocks and some borders made it big enough for our queen size bed.  The narrow inner border, and the outer border are both dark brown to match the brown center square in between the green squares.   A Christmas tree border stripe from my stash nestles right between.  

An on-line search of vintage Burgoyne Surrounded quilts revealed that many of them were quilted with simple diagonal lines.  I also stitched diamonds around the pine trees in the border stripe.

Quilting close-up: Secret Santa 2019

I can totally see this one going on our bed every December.  Do you have a favorite Christmas quilt?

Not Scared of being different

Here's a bright and fun little leader-ender project on my design wall. 

The problem was what to do with a whole bunch (maybe 50!) of Scarecrows that were 2x3 inches. 

They were leftovers from some children's clothing I made years ago.  I just couldn't think up what to use them for.  The can't be squared up without cutting off part of the design. 

Well, there's no reason that the center of a log cabin needs to be square, and no reason that the logs have to be the same width.  So... ta da!  A little math and we're on our way.

The center block is cut 2" by 3".  The side logs are cut 1-1/4" wide.  The top and bottom logs are cut 1" wide.  Two rounds make a 5 inch block, all nice and square. 

Don't you think that white sashing will set the colors off nicely? 

I'm not sure what size quilt this will make.  Maybe several small quilts, or two baby quilts.  Anyway, it's using up some tiny pieces and makes a great leader-ender. 

Good Fortune Flimsy

It's always great to start off a new year with Good Fortune, and here it is in my sewing room!

Good Fortune 81 inches square

Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville always does a fabulous job designing a Mystery quilt to keep us busy over the winter months. 

I simplified the borders quite a bit.  I have to admit being lazy.   I just didn't feel like trimming down all the little bonus green triangles.  I'll use them for another project someday.

Another quilter had posted her version of Good Fortune, and had turned every-other square in the pieced border so that it formed a ribbon border.  I decided to do the same.

Now it's ready to quilt... I think.  Still debating whether to add one more border in blue so it will fit our bed better.  But for now, I'm calling it done.

Remembering Cheri with SNOW

Don't you just love this adorable January Block in the Remembering Cheri series?  Such a cute little snowman!  I used some snowflake buttons that I had on hand instead of applique'.   You can barely see them in the photo. The holly in his hatband is a button too. The snowman fabric and buttons were from my Dad's pajamas.

Looks like the whole country is getting hit with snow this weekend but nothing here in Minnesota.  Sigh.

Good Fortune in 2019

In between all else I really have been trying to keep up with Bonnie Hunter's Good Fortune Mystery Quilt.  

The start of Good Fortune!

The final reveal came out, and I put together two blocks just to see what they looked like.  Then I packed up the rest of the pieces to take along on our ice fishing trip this weekend.  Yes, the sewing machine will be coming along!

I've made a couple small adjustments to the instructions.  In my stash was a nice rich gold fabric with orange/peach roses.  I love it, and it's been in the stash way too long!  So, instead of string piecing orange - which I have almost nothing of in my stash- I went with the gold as a solid piece.

My other time-saving change was making most of the blue half-square triangles by the Magic 8 method.  I don't think you can see it, but the lower left blue HST is actually a pieced cut-off from my On Ringo Lake border.  There are going to be about a dozen of those sprinkled through the quilt.

And, for the sake of just getting this one done, I'll probably use yardage pieces instead of the string-pieced neutrals in the border.   Most of my narrow neutral strings have been used up in recent leader-ender projects anyway.

This quilt will finish smaller than queen size, so I might add another solid border of the gold to make it a more usable size for our family. One step at a time.

It looks like this is my 400th blog post!  That's a great milestone to start off a New Year.  Thank you for stopping in and quilting awhile with me.

Linking up with Quiltville to share my progress at : https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2019/01/mystery-monday-link-up-reveal.html

A run for the border

In Old Westerns "a run for the border" was an attempt to escape the law.  If you're hungry, it's a stop at Taco Bell.  But for us quilters it means that a quilt top is nearing completion and it's time for a run to the fabric store for more border fabric!

Plans for how to finish my Secret Santa quilt (Temecula Quilt Co. free on line sew-along) have changed a couple of times.  You may recall I had planned to piece a border of Christmas tree blocks.

Secret Santa top - 81- 1/2 inches square

Well, I was digging for green fabrics to use and stumbled across a wonderful green Christmas stripe... with Trees on it already!

Originally purchased with the idea of a Christmas Stack'N'Whack type quilt, it languished in the stash until now.  Out it came, and there was enough!  Could a border really be this easy?  Well, mitering the corners might count as a challenge.

Doesn't that border give the quilt Scandinavian look?  It reminds me of the intricate Norwegian  knitting designs on mittens and hats that you often see here in Minnesota.

A run to JoAnn Fabrics for another yard or so of the brown fabric used in the first border was just what I needed.  On it went!  A pop of red for the binding sounds like a good idea, so I've cut some red strips and and set them aside.

This quilt might be at the head of the line for quilting up this winter.  Now that the holidays are behind us it's time to start quilting up some more tops!

Year End Recap

It's hard to believe that another year has come and gone.  The New Year 2019 is full of promise.  We were greeted by a stunning sunrise, all pinks and oranges, this cold and crisp morning.  Hopefully, some quality time will be spent quilting today, and all through the year.

The first order of business is to see what was accomplished last year.  Counting my bag of used thread spools we find that 18,650 yards of thread passed through my machine.  Wow!  Wish I could find a cute craft idea that would use those white plastic spools, but I haven't found anything yet.

Twenty quilts were completed in 2018:  4 Queen size, 2 Lap size, 4 Baby quilts, 7 table top quilts, a wall hanging, a table runner and a mini-quilt.  This year my quilting is much denser and I've done more free motion quilting successfully.  The discovery of Crayola Ultra Washable markers to draw in my quilting lines has been amazing!

I pieced my first selvage-edge quilt blocks this year, and enjoyed learning that skill.  With the passing of quilt designer Cheri Payne, I have also been trying primitive piecing and applique blocks.  One of her quilt designs was completed, and another is in progress.  Her philosophy of making each primitive quilt block uniquely your own, rather than following her exact pattern, has been freeing.  I am now comfortable using her pattern as a guide, and taking it in my own direction.  No guilt!

This past year my embroidery machine was humming too as I stitched designs on dish towels and aprons for the Ashland, WI museum, and my daughter even sold a few at a craft sale up there.

Of course, there's a UFO list to finish in 2019.  Here's what I have in progress....
7 tops ready to quilt (queen and twin sizes)
5 tops ready for borders to be cut and added
3 quilts with blocks completed but need sashing
2 quilts still piecing blocks
4 types of blocks as leader-ender or scrap clean-out projects
1 Storm at Sea that's still not started, but getting close

Wishing you all a New Year filled with quilting adventure and creativity!