New Years Eve Project

What an exciting life I lead - sewing away my New Years Eve.  Truth be told, I would much rather do this than go to a party.

Tonight, my plan is to turn this:

into this:

This is this month's Freebie Fifteen from Traditional Pastimes.  The block finishes 12 inches - those are all 1 inch strips.  I've never done a log cabin before, so this is exciting!

One thing about this BOM - each block has such tiny pieces, my accuracy is bound to improve!

Happy New Year!

NYSI

nysi, a photo by Scientific Quilter on Flickr.

The Boxing Day Sew In was so much fun that they've decided to do it again. New Year Sew In takes place over New Years Eve and New Years Day. To join, go to #NYSI on Twitter.

Boxing Day Sew In (BDSI) Results

Well, it wasn't on Boxing Day, but I did finish all of the 64 blocks needed for my son's graduation quilt.

These are 16 of the blocks - I laid them out to see what the finished quilt would look like.  I'm pretty pleased.  This is a pattern from an old Fons and Porter magazine.

BDSI was a lot of fun.  We joined in via Twitter.  I had never used Twitter before, so that took some getting used to.  It's like being in a big room and listening in on various random conversations.  Then, you just jump in.  I can't see myself being a big Tweeter, but for something like this, with a limited group of people, I quite liked it.  I set up my laptop next to my sewing machine and checked it every time I got up to iron.  There were giveaways set up ahead of time, and timed giveaways during the day.  It felt very much like a retreat, except that I could leave and get myself a coffee or have a quick break whenever I wanted.  I would definitely joing in a Twitter quilting event again.  The group was talking about doing one on either New Years Eve or New Years Day.

Boxing Day Sew In (BDSI) Project

Sandy at Quilting for the Rest of Us is hosting the Boxing Day Sew In (#BDSI on Twitter - although I'm not sure how to navigate Twitter).

The project I am working on is my son's graduation quilt.  Now, I have to admit that my son is 19 years old and graduated high school 18 months ago.  But, it's getting there, I promise!

These are the blocks that I have done.  There are 32 of the ones on the left - they are all completed.  There are 14 done of the ones on the right - 18 more to go.  I'm hoping to finish them all off, and maybe get some put together.

This will be much better than braving the Boxing Day sales.  There is nothing that I want to buy that badly!  (Now, if my LQS were open on Boxing Day, I may be singing a different tune!)

Merry Christmas!

From me and Frosty!

Quilt Whisperer Course

Carla Barrett, over at Step on Pins is starting her next Quilt Whisperer course on January 9th.  I took the course last summer.  It is very professionally done, with videos, narrated powerpoints, and the ability to ask her questions on her forum.  The class materials stay available for 6 months afterwards.

The course covers how to decide on quilting designs for your quilt.  This is the hardest part of quilting to me, and she gives LOTS of ideas.  She even takes some students quilts and shows how she would quilt them - and why.

I highly recommend the course.  It is well worth the cost, in my opinion!

Boxing Day Sew In

BDSI Blog Button, a photo by Pantsfreesia on Flickr.

Hop on over to Quilting for the Rest of Us  for more information about the Boxing Day Sew In. It sounds like fun!