Ran across this topic while searching something else in the forum and thought this might be a good topic to revive. My update #2 is that the Blazing star pillow shams are now finished, and my SIL's double wedding ring is peiced and I will be basting it today! You can see an under construction picture of it in my profile in my personal photos. It ended up being a signature quilt, with signatures collected at the reception. The color scheme changed to her wedding colors - hot pink, lime green, orange, and yellow (sounds like yuck but they worked ) and I added pictures from the wedding to the blank circles.

Ok, other things in progress right now. I have the TQS BOM I am working on, a mountain of UFO's, a Rhapsody quilt that is in its planning stages with skeleton drawn - I think I might try my hand at fabric dying for that one, a hand quilted wholecloth baby quilt inspired by show using a sheet my husband cross stitched four years ago when our son was born, and I am considering starting the Civil War Diary Quilt. I also have promised my husband that I would start making stuff to sell to offset some of my costs so I will be starting on a line of table runners, place mats, and wall hangings soon. All in all I am keeping pretty busy here. So folks, what are you all up to right now???

Update - My Blazing star is finished and presented, but I have had a request for matching pillows and a wall hanging if I have enough scrap left, my first DWR has all it's scrappy parts done and I am adding melons and making rows now, I am planning a second DWR in shades of brown and gold for my SIL's wedding present (wedding's in June but she already knows I is going to be more like a first anniversary thing, lol), and I found out that at 31 years of age I am expecting to have a new sibling (My dad is only 53) so I have a baby quilt to make!!! Boy, the projects just keep coming

I have too many WIP/UFO's, but what I'm actively working on right now is Thimbleberry Club '06, a log cabin (wedding gift - wedding 6/9), 3 snowmen wallhangings (all alike except some color variations) and a poinsettia wall hanging. I'm losing motivation for the wallhangings since it appears spring may finally be here - I'm not taking any bets on that with the snow we had Wed and that other areas are getting now!!

Darce

lwiniger wrote:
I love the "Roswell" analogy! My dh was born is Roswell (you can imagine the kidding he takes about being an alien). I'm going to label my stack of UFO's as my Roswell Cupboard! And I also have about 100 "want to makes." If I wait long enough, they actually fall off the bottom of the list!

Where shall I start: queen-sized double wedding; circle in a square-wall sized; throw-sized quilt started at IQF last year (I really am trying to get it done). The list goes on and on. ritzy

I'm going through a Japanese phase at the moment. I just put my Japanese Dear Jane quilt back on the frame for the second time. I took out about 12" of hand quilting and started over -long story don't ask if you don't want to hear.

I'm also hand appliqueing pine trees onto diamond blocks for a Japanese longetivity quilt - I manage to applique about two a week. I've done 129 with about 31 to go.

I also have all the blocks finished on a quilt I'm calling Sun Spots, Polka Dots. This weekend I should be able to sew all the rows together and put the borders on.

This week I cut out the templates for two other quilts that I'm planning. I'm having trouble staying focused lately. Too many projects in various stages of completetion. Years ago I would never have done that.

I, too have a list as long as my arm of what I'm working on. For my biggest project, I'm attempting a rhapsody quilt for my son. I have all the templates cut and all the applique drawn out and now I'm auditioning fabric. I'm also working on a couple of easy piecing projects and two of my friends and I are trying "collaborative quilting" where we each make lots of "parts" and then we will get together and combine them in a quilt. I'm anxious to see how that works. Next month I'll get 18 assorted blocks from bee members (we each made 18 blocks to share) made with autumn fabrics, and then we each have to have them assembled in a quilt by our retreat in October. A nice challenge! Busy, busy!

Lets see......working occasionally on a scrap quilt with fabric squares from "Mr. B's" fabric club, designing and trying out square ideas for a baby quilt, need to finish machine quilting a bottle quilt for guild show.......that's about it for today.

oh my gosh I'm not sure the forum is big enough for my list so I will try to condense it into categories. ( guess what I am a little hyper active and a whole lot distractible so bear with me) I am finishing the third in my teacup series - this one is mine so often gets put back until later. a bed quilt for the granddaughter incorporating chantelles, convergences and reversible quilting--( now how about that for a seminar topic) I also working on a quilt for our motor home which is oddly shaped to accomodaate the fact that the bed stands are attached to the head of the bed. I also have about firve wall hangings in various stages of construction --experiments for used for designing future products. In addition to quilting I do bead applique brazilian embroidery tatting and many types of greeting cards I teach the crafts in our park and work two mornings a week at a flea market any extra time goes to bread baking and laundry. Needless to say we do not always have clean clothes sometimes but oh well Lets see then I participate on this website and once in a while I sleep BUT BOY DO I HAVE FUN AND ISN'T THAT WHAT RETIRE FOR mULTITASKING IS MY MIDDLE NAME aNN

Weeellll, lets see. I am working on a queen sized blazing star surrounded by a double border of smaller stars, I just started my first DWR using up the mountain of scraps I have been saving - that one will be wall sized, and have a SLEW of UFO's to work on. Guess I had better get buisy, lol

Hi Everyone!

My BIG project right now is my first quilt, a king sized French braid. (what was I thinking???)
I'm also doing working on a small lap quilt for the friend that bought me a sewing machine for Christmas (and started all this craziness!), some kalidascope blocks, a McKenna Ryan pattern of a loon, a rag fur jacket (from Ami Simms pattern), a pillow cover, and I'm working on designing some landscape quilts of Great Lakes lighthouses(my passion).

Of course, if you would ask my DH, he's tell you my biggest project is buying fabric.
No one told me this quilting thing was so addictive...

Thanks to snow and ice in our part of the world, today was a perfect day to sew. I actually brought out a kit for a baby quilt and finished the top today. Yeah me Now I only have 3 more baby quilts to do and who knows how many other UFO's not to mention new projects........

Why not put fusible web on the squares and half squares and let the kids assemble them into a design on muslin or offwhite cotton and have chaperones or your staff help them iron them on. That way they could go home with an actual piece of cloth. Also using crayolas to draw their own designs would get them even more involved. Our grandaughter started sewing sitting on my lap when she was five and now she has advanced to making some of her own clothes with her Mom and to making pillows and quilts with me. She is now 8.

I'm getting ready to start (again) on my square dance quilt. from a book by martha thompson. you make a basic trip around the world, then cut it into squares at the seam intersections, give them a little twist, and voila! a beautiful pinwheel design. it's a little tedious tho, you have to work in sections w/out too much rearranging.