Greetings from South Texas where we are now enjoying some dry cooler air and I love it. My walk was so enjoyable compared to yesterday when the Humidity was so high! I am slowly catching up on the ‘mundane’ things like updating my Blog and doing this post! Maybe you will see something that sparks an interest for your quilt making projects.
I have been working on reviewing a stack of quilt patterns to work on in the next 2 years (yes I decided that if I chose them now and say 2 years I am ahead of the game) so that I do not feel I have to finish them all (which would be impossible). Here is what I started with and ended with:
Now for the 2019-2020 “List”. I have no time frame for finishing the list just hoping to finish all by the end of 2020. As I studied each pattern I labeled it from an Easy to Complex quilt. This allows me to easily pick out what I want to work on at the time – NO THINKING or INTENSE WORK!
1. Enduring Love by Carol Hopkins book Vintage Legacies. Easy. About a week (I want to remake the borders on this quilt)
2. Make 2 baby quilts – Use Jewel Box Quilt book by Eleanor Burns Easy 2 Weeks.
3. Stonefields – Complete Sections 6 through 10 Rest of the year Easy
4. Feather Star Quilt – Marsha McCloskey – Challenge Quilt: Blue and White Star of Chamble. Fabric is in the drawer by the design board. Plan on a month!
5. Bear Mountain Cabin – Intermediate – Log Cabins, Flying Geese and Bear Paw blocks.
6. Love Warm by Pam Buda – Easy Lots of 2″ squares Scrappy Quilt –
7. Infinity by Eileen Wright in Twist and Turn Bargello Quilts – Red and a Teal One! Maybe Nebula from the same book Intermediate – New Technique
8. Terracina Fabrics – a Panel Play quilt! Will take some up front time for placement and fillers. Use Panel Play by Barbara Becker for ideas on the setting – A fun project Easy
9. Ancient Stars – Sue Garman Requires Lots of Stars and HSTs – Need to decide if I am going to do it all at once, or space it out like a BOM. This quilt requires at least a month or more to make. Intermediate
10. Double Wedding Ring by Sharlene Jorgensen – Templates provided. Intermediate/Advance – At least a month.
11. Lynn Wilder Patterns – Lynns patterns are great and instructions excellent! I will pick one and maybe the wall hanging! Time consuming due to colorway selections.
The House on Edgewood Lane Intermediate/Advance
Country Sunshine Intermediate/Advance
Country Charmer Intermediate/Advance
Heritage Intermediate/Advance
Cute as a Button 31 x 31. Easy
12. Star Dance by Jilly Studio – some applique on the border. Easy
13. Eagle – Cheryl Phillips – Challenge Quilt – Circular quilt – New Technique
14. Liberty Homestead. 36 x 36 Wall Hanging – Easy and Fun pattern. About 2 weeks Purchased hand dyed fabrics from Liberty Homestead in March 2018 at the Dallas Show
15. With This Ring – Linda Ballard – 9” blocks! Easy Pattern – About a week or so. (Also known as Cog Wheels Block)
16. Boston Commons – Heritage Quilts – New Technique 2 weeks, maybe 3 weeks
17. Karen Combs Illusions and 3-D Fun with Pandora’s Box – New Technique – 3 weeks
18. Jelly Roll Book – Both Sides of the Pond. Unique Block Easy Fun to make 2 weeks
Appliqué
A Bountiful Life UFO from 2015
Dresden Plate UFO from 2018
New Appliqué Projects: Sue Garman’s – Maybe in 2020
Mama Said – Advance Applique
Yuletide Joy – Intermediate/Easy
On-Line BOMs
Blue Delft – I will download this pattern for a future project.
Capital “T” BOM – 1 Block a Month! This is my only BOM to work on each month!
If I participate in So Scrappy RSC 2019 Challenge this year, I will be using their colors With This Ring pattern (See Number 15 on the list above)
My Goals for January are:
Capital “T” BOM – 1 Block a Month! I am behind 3 months and plan on getting caught up today!
Baby Quilts for my Cousin’s great grand babies Addison and Brooklyn!
Remake the borders for Enduring Love (a 2015 quilt that I had given up on the Star Borders)
Have a wonderful day and a great week!
Nanette
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Wow you are really getting organized. I’ll be happy if I get done what I want to for the month…lol I look forward to seeing your progress. Hugs
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Well, I used to be able to be this organized before April 2014. This is me getting my life back from Hell! (LOL).
I wanted to have review the patterns before I decided if I wanted to make them or not. Reading the pattern will tell me if there could be a disaster waiting to happen or smooth sailing! It all hinges on how the Designer writes the pattern!
I am hoping to make one at a time and not have the mess I had held over from 2015 to 2018!
Have a great day and thx for commenting.
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Hi Nanette! WOW. That is quite a list, but I love how you went through your stack and eliminated some choices. I can’t wait to see you advance on some of these as it sure sounds like you’ve got it going on! You go, girl. ~smile~ Roseanne
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It really makes it easier to read through the directions and if it sounds like a winner, then label it on the level of work involved (some may take longer – some shorter timeframes) but it does eliminate a lot of upfront work and I know how to schedule time. I am trying to get back to where I was a few years back. Thx for commenting. Have a great day
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Nanette, I got tired just reading your to-do list (LOL). I wish you the best of luck with all of them.
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I was worn out when I finished reading the patterns! LOL – It will be interesting if I finish 1/2 of them!
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That’s sounds like a lot of projects but you’re right, some of them are quick and easy. They’ll all be beautiful! Happy stitching!
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This way I can either tax my brain, or let it rest. Either way they are projects that I have always wanted to make and kept making Show Quilts. We will see if this works for me! Hugs
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You have some great ideas. Good luck with your lists.
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Thank you! I want to enjoy the making of a quilt for awhile. Then when bored I will start a difficult one.
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Sounds like a perfect plan
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Whoa, Nanette! I can barely think month to month, let alone 2 years!
This is going to be fun watching you work through your lists!
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Well Laura, who in the heck knows where I will be in 2 years either. But it is documented in case I start forgetting who I am! LOL
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That is quite a monster list you have compiled Nanette! I will be enjoying the show!
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Well, at least they are put away in a box and I am not looking at the patterns every day (out of sight out of mind). I am taking this monster on one at a time! Enjoy!
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I ahve used the Sharlene Jorgenson Double Wedding Ring templates a few times. I enjoyed the process and all worked well.
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I made as a practice quilt and gave it away. Now it is time to make a real one for us!
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Nanette that is quite a list. Hopefully I can make a working list like that someday. I am glad you can do this. Thank you for sharing.
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You will get there Jaydee. It was a long 4 years that prevented me from doing this. It seems this year is going to go smoother and I am already organized and ready for whatever (as far as making quilts go). Thx for commenting – Hang in there and Hugs!
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Very ambitious….. You are an awesome planner. I have a list, but it looks very similar to last years…..lol
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So far for the month I am on schedule. I have finished one baby quilt and doing the 2nd starting today (should go faster) and then a RSC block and redo the Enduring Legacy! Reaching goals this year! Hugs
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