January Progress

My January Mini was a record-breaker for me - inspiration to binding in eight days!  The quilt is 12" square, so hand quilting breezed along.  I followed the character (wrong turn on a couple blocks) to replicate the charm of the original.  There are 36 1" hourglass blocks in the center and 12 3" Four Patch blocks.  I might not have chosen the best backing, but my winter stash is limited.  Washing added a lot of texture - I used Quilter's Dream Request batting.

Here's my January progress on Dear Jane -

Triangle Right 7, F8 Church Window, D10 Battlefield, Triange Right 13, D12 Crosse Swords, A8 Florence Nightingale, J3 Rick's Volleyball Net, and A6 Uncle Homer.  The block that's missing sashing is A11 Pebble's Protest.  I ran out of fabric to finish the narrow outer block border so hoping I'll find more of the fabric when I return home in the spring.  The DJ blocks finish at 4 1/2" - tiny when the block contains lots of pieces.

I'm also working on a large quilt I started at a November retreat.  This project is fun to intersperse with other sewing because all the cutting is done!

I've selected my February Mini and started drafting the center applique block.  More Hourglass in my future this month.

Thanks for stopping by - Happy Stitching!

Excuses, Excuses

I've been creating my posts on a tablet - no keyboard.  It  suddenly stopped charging a few months ago.  The worst consequence was the loss of three years of photos :(  I'm hoping my tech savvy grandson can help me out when he's home from college.

The upside is Christmas brought me a Microsoft Surface (hybrid laptop/tablet).  I'm loving the keyboard, file system, and Office apps.  I'm hoping to be more consistent in blog posts.

Poking around on the internet on Tuesday, I found Katy's post on her 2019 Small Quilts.  What a great idea!  I'm on board - 'A Mini a Month'!  I started Tuesday night, finished the top on Wednesday and sandwiched and started hand quilting today.  What fun!

A 2020 goal is to get my Dear Jane into a completed top.  I started the quilt more than 20 years ago.  I'm roughly half done.  I'm targeting mid November - before the Dear Jane Retreat in Shipshewana.  I've been making good progress in January.

I hope your New Year has started off on a positive note.  Happy stitching!