Most of my quilting time this year has gone into the Joseph's Coat. It took 9 months to hand applique 637 petals & join the sections. I'm 4 months into the hand quilting and am almost 50% done.
I have updated my Finished Project page an am feeling really good about my progress in 2010. 3 queen size quilts, 3 lap quilts and 5 pillows makes for a good year's progress. That's not even counting all my distractions like the cat applique skirt, the hexi-caddy, etc.
I also cleared out all but 1 UFO from my stash by finishing most, giving away one, and turning another into a WIP.
My WIP list, however is quite long. I've updated that page as well. There are only 10. 3 are complex machine piecing, 3 hand piecing, 3 applique and 1 quilting. OK, so the 9 pieced and appliqued ones will need to be quilted too....
And then there's all those projects I have waiting in the wings...A strip pieced Ponderosa Pine. A crazy pieced "Carol's Crazy About Autumn". "Modern Hunter" based on Freemont Indian Petroglyphs. A dragonfly applique for which I have both the pattern and the fabrics. A Plains Indian quilt (yet to be designed) for Chris & Monte. A 20 panel applique quilt in the style of the Civil War Bride quilt.
Did I mention that I also have 2 large tubs of clothing fabric that wants to end up in my closet as jeans, pants, winter skirts & summer dresses. I wish that my seamstress skills were even 1/2 that of my quilt/applique skills. Oh...and I made the mistake of stopping by a yarn shop yesterday seeking ideas to use my fantastic Christmas gift yarn. Now I want to learn to knit so I can make socks. And something fantastic from the baby alpaca yarn.
Sigh.
2 comments:
There it is again...I love your Josephs Coat....I only wish it were Kellys Coat...in real life :)
Absolutely beautiful and I never will get tired of seeing it....I actually and honestly smile every time I see it...so it was worth all the hand stitching :)
Smiles,
Kelly
Best wishes on your 2011 projects. I just stumbled on your blog from a link from another quilter's one.
Best, Kyra (also a quilter)
www.BlackThreads.blogspot.com
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