OMG (One Monthly Goal) -- Fail or No Fail?

My goal for March was to get the felted wool table runner that has been languishing for about 20 years done.


There was some forward motion on that front.


Here is what it looked like at the beginning of the month:

And here is where it stands today. 

So, technically my OMG was a fail.


However, I have not been idle for the month!


I quilted and bound a quilt top (Turning Twenty pattern in 1930's repros) as a gift to a banker friend that is having her first baby.  Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of it since I could not find my camera and time was of the essence to get the gifting done.


I completed piecing 60 blocks for a Four Patch Stacked Posy quilt.  I don't have a picture of those yet. . . . but I will be able to post them soon.


A quilt top, to be donated through the Hands 2 Help program.  The crazy fabric was provided by a quilt forum I belong to as part of a charity challenge.  I had just enough of the fabric to piece one of the small squares in order to complete the top.

There were also several spool pin doilies made, much like this one:

Not all of them were done in white.  They were given out to some of my friends.


And there was other crochet work done:


This doily was made and sent out as part of a swap through a crochet group I belong to on Yahoo!.

This smaller doily will be given to one of my friends. . . . and I have several more to make.

I sent out my Stash Bee block earlier in the month. . . .

I also completed the body of a memory quilt for a friend of mine that lost her mother over a year ago.  I just have to sew the borders on, get batting and backing cut and then I can get this quilted and back to her.

I had never done a t-shirt type quilt before and I will admit that I was very nervous about cutting into the garments because I did not want to screw up any of the fabric.  This piece measures 39" square at the moment. . . .when I am done I think it will be about 45" square.

There is also a blog hop that I am participating in during the month of April. . . .and here is the block that I will be working with:

There will be more details about the blog hop later.


So, all in all, I am pretty happy with the progress that I was able to make. . . even though it was not on the stated goal project.




In peace and pieces,


Sherry






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It's my turn to be a Quilt Qwazy Queen

Good Morning,




Marian over at Seams To Be Sew is great at gathering wonderful people for the Blog Hops that she runs.










In Honor of National Quilting Day (which was March 17th) she has assembled a great group of Quilt Qwazy Queens!  How is that for a double alliteration!










She suggested a theme of UFO's (UnFinished Objects) for us.










Do I have UFO's?  Oh, you betcha I have UFO's. 









Granted, some are kits that have yet to be opened. . . but there are quite a few items that were started and then stopped for one reason or another.








Why do I have UFO's?  Well, because I am Qwazy!
 






Actually, I have UFO's because I have the attention span of a dog. . . . all of about 2 minutes.  And then something else catches my eye, or imagination, and I am off to pursue the "latest and greatest". . . . and yet another UFO is born.








Lately, however, I have been trying to curb my tendency to get distracted so that I can get some of these things done.  With retirement and a possible relocation looming in the "too quick coming" future I want to clear out as much as I can so that we don't have to move everything that has accumulated in our lives.








In fact, in both January and February I was able to complete 2 quilts. . . . one of which had been languishing for at least 7 years. 








This one was done in February and given to a banker friend that was having her first baby.  The quilt top had been done for at least 5 years.

 This is the quilt that was in process for at least 7 years.  But it was completed and sent out to California for the quilt drive for the wildfire and mudslide victims.

Now, in March my goal is to complete a felted wool table runner. . . .that I have had in progress for close to 20, yes TWENTY, years.

Here's what it looked like at the beginning of February (it was a secondary goal for me for February):

 

And here is what it should resemble when I am finished with it:

Here is where it is at the moment, well at the beginning of March since I have this posting scheduled to go out on my day:

Why has it taken me so long to finish this?  Well, intimidation is a good word.  The funny thing is, once I did some work on it I did not find the process all that hard.






I think I have been my own worst enemy when it comes to this project and I just need to "git 'er done" at this point because it is Qwazy to leave it go unfinished any longer.










Now, I am not the only Quilt Qwazy Queen out there. . . . Marian has assembled quite a few of us.  Please visit the rest of the gang to see what they have been up to:

Thursday, March 15, 2018

 | Quilting Queen Online | Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats |
| Melva Loves Scraps | The Quilted Snail | 

Friday, March 16, 2018

| FunThreads Designs | Elizabeth Coughlin Designs | Quilting with Vanda |
| Life in the Scrapatch | Thrift Shop Commando |

Monday, March 19, 2018

| Just Because Quilts | MooseStashQuilting | Pumpkin Patch BC |
| Quilting Affection Designs | Ms. P Designs USA |

Tuesday, March 20, 2018

| Words & Stitches | Sew Many Yarns | Quiltin’ Grandma’s Blog |
| Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc. | Adventurous Applique and Quilting |

Wednesday, March 21, 2018

| Kathy’s Kwilts and More | Seacoast Quilter |
| DesertSky Quilting | Seams To Be Sew |

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In peace and pieces,






Sherry










This content was originally posted on the quilt blog Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc. (www.bookshookssticksetc.blogspot.com). If you are reading this on any site other than the original or quilterblogs.com it is WITHOUT my permission and the content has been stolen.

March OMG (One Monthly Goal)

Elm Street Quilts hosts a blog hop each month to keep us crafts people motivated and moving to get projects done.




Check out this link to see what others want to accomplish in March.




As for my goals. . . . . read on. . . . .


I
n February I had listed a secondary goal of working on a felted wool table runner that I started about 20 years ago at a retreat with a quilt guild that I used to belong to.




Here is where I started at the beginning of February:

Here is where it is now:

Here is what is should look like:

I don't know why I have constantly put this project on the "back burner", but it is time for it to get done.

Have a lovely day.

In peace and pieces,

 

Sherry
























This content was originally posted on the quilt blog Books, Hooks, Sticks, etc. (www.bookshookssticksetc.blogspot.com). If you are reading this on any site other than the original or quilterblogs.com it is WITHOUT my permission and the content has been stolen.