Making Progress

I got the baby quilt top put together today.  Now to get it quilted and the binding on.  I can make it by Thursday!

On Order...One Baby Quilt...by Thursday

It's been a crazy couple of weeks, and I haven't pulled my sewing machine out in days.  But I am ready for a project.  I just might have bit off more than I can chew on this one.

We went to visit my MIL this weekend and she casually mentioned that my husbands niece is having a baby shower next Sunday.  I probably should have kept my mouth shut at that point but instead what came out was "I need to make her a baby quilt!"  Did I mention the shower is on Sunday?  On top of that I'm headed out of town on Friday, which means I have to get it in the mail by Thursday to have any hope of having it at the shower.  Sometimes I just need to learn to say less, but what fun would that be.

Luckily she is having a boy and I have been dying to make a boy's quilt.  I picked up fabric on the way home today and will be frantically quilting to get it done in the next three days.  Here's what I picked up.

  Needless to say, I will be using a simple pattern and wish me luck that I can find the time to get it done by Thursday without staying up all night.

Another UFO Down

and so am I!

I actually finished this up a week or two ago, but I've been down with a stomach bug for a little bit now and haven't gotten around to posting it yet, or for that matter doing much of anything.

Here it is finished.

Due to the sheen in a lot of the fabrics I've had a hard time getting a good photo.  Here's a close up that shows it a little better.

I'm thinking it needs a dark blue border to set it off a little better.  I like the way it looks against the dark blue sofa in the photo above. 

This quilt actually started as a mystery quilt and the teacher wasn't too optimistic it was going to work, since I didn't follow the rules.  I think it worked just fine!  Blue and yellow has always been a color combo I've liked and I'm glad I decided not to listen.

The background fabric is a pale yellow fairy frost and the blues are a pack of eight fat quarters I had picked up at a quilt show.  If you look closely they are actually suppose to represent the four seasons.

Can't wait to see what UFO is next.  It's halfway through the year and it's feeling so nice to get some tops done!  (Well minus the borders anyway.)

July UFO

Remember this quilt?

I think it was one of the very first things I ever posted on my blog.  That was a year and a half ago.

This is what it looks like now.

 

I guess it's time to buckle down and finish it off as it is the lucky UFO number picked for this month.  I'm not sure why I lost motivation on it in the first place, but I did.  Maybe it's the prospect of sewing all the squares together.  I would like to have it done though, so here's to adding it to my monthly to do list.  I think I've started more projects in the last month than I have finished so far this year.  So not helping my UFO count, but making a nice long list for next year!