Wednesday 16 January 2013

Time to Challenge Myself

I'm not one to make new year's resolutions, however........It's time to be serious about my stack of unfinished quilt tops.


Or should I say basket of unfinished tops.  A friend asked my how many I had, I was amazed when I counted them up and I had 32 in the basket.  Time to be serious about finishing a few of them.


I dug out one of the smaller quilts so I would get some immediate gratification.  This cute little baby quilt will go to a friend to bind and keep.  One finish down.


Next up was my Sunday Morning quilt.  I fell in love with this quilt when I quilted Carla's version of it.  I couldn't wait to piece my own.  I had finished the top and then some other project just had to be done, and there this one sat.  Now it is quilted and as soon as I have the binding done, I will be using it as my couch quilt.


I played with the overall leaf design on this one.  I tried it on one quilt previously and thought it needed a little work, so here it is again.  I used a soft variegated Superior Thread on the top, and used up several different odds and ends of bobbins for the bottom.  This is definitely a scrappy quilt!

I have promised myself that I will have this basket cut in half by the end of the year.  As I get towards the bottom of the basket, the fabrics date some of the tops to prior to 2000.  Yikes, I need to get buys!

Have a great day everyone!  Keep stitching.

8 comments:

  1. Finish? What is finish?
    Great idea there Linda! The finished quilt looks good.
    Perhaps I should make a resolution to finish some things.

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  2. Seriously!!! 32 quilt tops!!! WoW!!! I wish I had that many tops done.!!! I make it to the borders then get bored and move on to the next. I never seem to get the borders on!! Have fun quilting them:):)

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  3. 32? I'm afraid to count mine ; ) love your Sunday morning quilt. What ever will you do for an encore when all those are done!

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  4. I love your Sunday Morning quilt. That was a good one to finish! It's way too pretty to sit in a basket!!

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  5. I am glad I asked about how many quilt tops you had.... now I feel the need to get onto my 76 UFO's Damn these are big numbers lol
    We are having fun right??????

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  6. There looks like some serious work to be done there! Good luck with your UFO basket!

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  7. Wow 32 tops but look you already got 2 done, keep focused, and the pile will soon get smaller, even if you just get them quilted is a big accomplishment good luck

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  8. wow! That sound a lot! Hopefully if you can get some smaller ones finished you will be on a roll ... and can make a "dent" in the pile xx

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