I know I have been MIA a bit but real life does take over. I have finally finished my Jan portion. Like every other quilt I have made, it's a learning process. Margo and Annis sure have taught me a lot including all those that have replied to my original post. I thank TQS for sending the additional fabrics. Having said that, I really would like to say a bit about that. The fabric we received was based on the pattern directions (some were a little short after washing) I chose to paper piece the portion - which does make a lot of waste. Margo ever the trooper taught us how to save some fabric with templates -THANKS! I also felt that if I chose to do that, it was my problem to fix, should I run short of fabric. Thanks to TQS for stepping up and sending additional fabric but in the long run, if I ran out, oh my - I would have to buy more fabric and if I couldn't find the same, I'd certainly think of it as a time to stretch my skills and use it as a design opportunity and go with plan B. So a big THANK YOU to TQS for fixing our problem.

Here are my pieces.

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a3dc28b3127ccef2070b9201f800000040O20AYuGrVk4bNGIPbz4Y/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D2/rx%3D720/ry%3D480/

I have also read lots of hints for February and did my practice piece last night so as to not waste anything.

Still snowing here in NH so it will be a quilting kind of day. Off my high horse now and onto coffee and studio time.

denise

Susan, I followed Margo's excellent video on freezer paper piecing. Today instead of folding the paper back And trimming to 1/4". I trimmed to 1/8" to save some work. I was using my straight stitch foot and it worked just fine.

Great Job Elaine! Wow!

Andrée

Yeah Elaine! I'll be happy if I finish by February 28! Was this paper-pieced?

Great job Elaine. Really looks great.

Thank you, Everyone!

Very nice, Elaine!

Way to go Elaine!!

That looks beautiful. I just finished January. Nice to have the afternoon off to do some sewing. Now onto Feb sashing.

Well done Elaine, they look great! I found a substitute fabric today in my LQS so I hope to finish mine tomorrow.

This took a lot longer than I thought it would, but I finished. Now I've got to get a couple other project finished!

I should have said sweeping the bits from the cutting mat. I use a lot of cat hair rollers for the floor!

Renata I looked it up a few weeks ago too. Wales is really beautiful. Sue your sashing is looking great.

Margo, you should shop your stash...and then go buy more fabric to fill the gap!

Susan, cleaning up the mess is right! I couldn't believe the mess on my sewing room floor today. If it wasn't just me using the room I could have blamed DH or the kids! It's the down side of paper piecing. And I haven't even taken the papers off most of mine yet.

Cleaning up the mess...I discovered that a cheap foam sponge brush is wonderful for sweeping the bits and pieces into the waste basket.

and my extra fabric came today so I'll be thinking about

http://www.onegoodthingbyjillee.com/2012/08/make-your-own-laundry-color-catchers.html

which is a duplicate of the site Frances posted in WoTT.