Like an Inch Worm

 

I've been inching along.... I don't think I'm even half way finished with the blocks.

 

I've been working on these Confetti Star quilt blocks diligently all month
(I started these blocks TEN YEARS AGO!!) with the hope that I'd at least have all the blocks completed before the end of the month...but...

It has come to my attention that that is not going to happen, so I changed the plan.....

New Plan:  Work on these blocks through today and then do something else....I need a break, and I have a couple other projects that need attention.

Confetti Star Progress: All set up for chain piecing... Bonnie Hunter* would be proud.

Twenty-Two blocks...I am starting to like it....

The purpose of joining a UFO club is to make progress...that is what I'm doing. 😁

AND, so far I have not purchased any new fabric...using up bits and pieces of what I already have.

Good On Me!!

 

* Bonnie Hunter's Leaders and Enders HERE

Decisions, Decisions

Confetti Blocks....

I have two choices....continue making Confetti Stars and make a Totally Confetti Star quilt. 
OR, design a quilt around what I have completed (42). 
I guess I have THREE choices...make a lap quilt.

I have plenty of lap quilts....THE WINNER IS ... design a quilt around what I have! 

The American Patchwork and Quilting 2024 Quilt-Along pattern was my inspiration.

Evening Glow.  You can read about it HERE.  (And buy the pattern.)

A quilt-along participant's example.  She did a great job!

Firing up EQ8* and digging deep into the memory banks, I deigned a similar quilt.

The Rendering from EQ8

The finished quilt will be big, 116" by 128".  With all the cold weather we've had of late, I've been wanting a larger quilt: one that hangs well-over the sides of the bed and doesn't fall off in the night with all my tossing-and-turning! 

My Progress So Far

 Doesn't look like much yet....

There are still 40 Confetti Starts (and 40 Setting blocks) to go.  The Hope was to have the top finished by the end of January....that goal has been adjusted...I hope to have all the blocks prepared by the end of the month.  I can live with that.

*Electric Quilt 8

Slow and Steady

 

... Eventually Wins the Race!!

It feels like the first two weeks of January have crawled by!

 

I've been plugging away at the Confetti Stars all week,
and I have made some progress, I'm happy to announce. 

 

It doesn't hurt that it has been cold and snowy all week,
forcing me to stay in...

 

Paper Piecing is not fabric-conserving.  It's hard to resist saving all the little scraps....I have two buckets under my table....1.  Throw Away.  2.  Save (scrappy blocks?)  

I made my S-I-L a scrappy-block quilt 
a few years back...HERE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'd forgotten how time-consuming Paper Piecing is!  😟 
It takes about 20 minutes for each star.

Only 15 ... or so ... to go!

This Month Was Brought to you By ...

The Number 5 and the Letter "E" and the Quarterly Project W1

January's UFOs.

I have so many UFOs that I've joined two UFO groups. See this Post from December 11, 2024 HERE

American Patchwork and Quilting is drawing Numbers and River's Edge is drawing Letters. 

APQ's January Number is 5.  My number 5 was relative easy...a collection of Totes.

River's Edge Letter was E and Quarterly Project, W1.

The last thing on my January list is River's Edge Quarterly Project.  Memory Bears.

 

A dear friend, Terry LaDow, past away a few months ago.  His wife, Peggy, sent me a bunch of his shirts.  I will make memory bears for Peggy, Morgan (daughter) and Madelyn (grand daughter.)

So, there we have it....Our Marching Orders for January, 2025.

Un-Stuck

In my last post, I was stuck on two projects.... yes, I have two projects going.

.... ah...ok, I confess... I have a lot of projects going. 
I usually have a "main" project and then a smattering of things I work on when the mood strikes.
But in my own defense.... I'm not alone (you know who you are.)

Two of these, a baby quilt for a niece, and a paper piece project I've been dinking around with for a year, are the two I was stuck on.  I took an "open sew" class at Piecemakers (my local quilt shop) and got help from the instructor.



I'm happy and proud to say... the baby quilt is FINISHED and at the quilter.  YEAH!!!






















The paper piece project is also back on track.
It has a way to go before it is an actual quilt.  (I need 30 of these bad boys. (Confetti Star)  I have 13.)



 This is the third time I've had to ask for help with this paper piecing block.  So, now I'm making at least one every single night (that I sew) so I will not forget! 

TIP:  When I got help from Lorene at Piecemakers, this time I used my phone to take pictures of the steps.  It was truly helpful.  Give it a try.

 The moral of this story is "slow and steady wins the race."   So, keep at it.