{"id":35577,"date":"2017-02-02T05:02:52","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T12:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=35577"},"modified":"2017-01-31T10:25:04","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T17:25:04","slug":"26-projects-february-2017-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/26-projects-february-2017-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"26 Projects &#8211; February 2017 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am clearing up my workroom a bit after taking down my large design wall and finding a plethora of odds and ends behind it. In the course of cleaning, I am assembling fabrics to donate, which count in the &#8216;used&#8217; (e.g. no longer in the stash) column of my fabric spreadsheet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finished 2017 Quilt Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>None yet<\/p>\n<p><strong>Finished 2017 Non-Quilt Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/pincushion-gifts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Clippy Pincushions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Doing Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maureen&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/retreat-donation-top\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bits Donation Top<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/yellow-donation-quilt-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yellow Donation Top\/Back #2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Process<\/strong><br \/>\nThe\u00a0 \u2018In Process\u2019 is used to denote projects on which I am actively working or pretending to stitch. I try not to put away projects, because that will ensure I never work on them.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/carpenters-wheel-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">Carpenter\u2019s Wheel<\/a> blocks \u2013 I made a few more blocks and am ready to put the blocks together. This means making text\/low volume blocks, which I want to do quickly so I can also get this piece to Colleen.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/city-sampler\/\" target=\"_blank\">City Sampler<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/city-sampler-continued\/\" target=\"_blank\">blocks all made<\/a>. Need to sash the blocks and finish putting the top together. I have the fabric I will use, but I think it needs to be washed.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"EPP Stars\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/epp-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">English Paper Piecing Project<\/a>\u2013 half hexies \u2013 I am still making stars. I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/pre-thanksgiving-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">am using the big stack of fabrics<\/a> I cut over Thanksgiving to make more stars. This piece is a weird shape otherwise I would just finish it and move on. I do still have 4 months of traveling with DH.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/tag\/en-provence-mystery-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\">En Provence<\/a> &#8211; Working on the second clue, I think. I put it off while I finished The Peacock as the mind shift was making me a little crazy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/12\/foty-2016-early-december\/\" target=\"_blank\">FOTY 2016<\/a> &#8211; time to start arranging it. I wanted to do it immediately after finishing the Peacock top, but with my design wall issues, I don&#8217;t think I will.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/lobster-placemat\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lobster<\/a> \u2013 have more stitching to do and then I need to quilt it.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/octagon-9-patch-returns\/\" target=\"_blank\">Octagon 9 Patch<\/a>: ready to put together. Not sure what I am waiting for. Another leaders\/enders project or do I want to lay out the blocks more carefully?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/peacock-quilt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Peacock Quilt<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/incremental-peacock-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\">off the design wall<\/a> and the top is sewn together. Next step is to make the back. My deadline is Feb 6 as I want to take it to Colleen that week.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/pamela-cqfa-2\/pict3895sm1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Under the Sea<\/a>: class project; like the design and am happier with the colors. I bought a few spools of Sue Spargo&#8217;s embroidery thread and continue to embroider. I want to finish it soon, though the piece does keep calling for more embroidery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Still WIPs<\/strong><br \/>\nI still have WIPs. Who doesn\u2019t, after all? A project in the \u2018UFO\u2019 category means I am stalled. A nicer way of saying UFO is a WIP. The list is a lot shorter and the projects are newer, for the most part.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/2011\/07\/sampler-quilt-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">Aqua-Red Sampler<\/a> \u2013 The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/sampler-class-partial-seams\/\" target=\"_blank\">partial seaming tutorial<\/a> was finished in September. Now I need to lay the blocks out and put the piece together.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/2010\/06\/basting-quilting\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Tarts Come to Tea<\/a>: I still haven\u2019t worked on this since April 2011, though, I did bring it to the 2017 CQFA Retreat as a potential project. It is still in a prominent location so I have easy access.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/pointillist-palette-4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pointillist Palette #4<\/a>: Fourth is a series of 6 quilts; needs tiny square patches sewn together. No progress.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/quiltcon-day-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pies and Points<\/a> from Victoria Findlay Wolfe class. No further progress. I did wash the background fabric I found when I went to Portland, so I am ready to cut. I need to focus on this and it is not up high enough on the list yet.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/3198\/262\/1600\/Portrait.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Self Portrait<\/a>: started in 2006 at a <a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2006\/06\/pamelala-teaches-at-quilting-adventures\/\" target=\"_blank\">class at Quilting Adventures<\/a> in Richmond, Virginia. My career counselor breathed new life into this project for me. She asked a simple question and the end result was inspiration for this piece, but I kind of lost steam again after printing images on paper to try out different designs. Lately, I have stopped feeling like I need to finish this piece. I am not ready to give up on it yet. I think it really needs major surgery.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Serendipity Lady Starts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/serendipity-lady-starts\/\" target=\"_blank\">Serendipity Lady Quilt<\/a>: no progress.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/a-few-more-stepping-stones\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stepping Stones #2<\/a> \u2013 I am ready to make the border blocks , but haven&#8217;t done anything yet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Ready for Quilting<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nothing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In Quilting Process<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thanksgiving tablemat &#8211; I started quilting this piece at the 2017 CQFA Retreat. I made good progress, but it isn&#8217;t finished yet.<\/li>\n<li>Theoretically, the Tarts Come to Tea is in the quilting process, though I haven&#8217;t worked on it in a while. It did come with me to Retreat and almost made it high enough on the list to get some love.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Binding<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>None<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hunting and Gathering<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/quilt-inspiration\/\" target=\"_blank\">30 Something<\/a>: I am still cutting 1.5 inch squares. I am pretty sure I have the 800 I need, but I am not ready to sew these yet, so whenever I have a chance I cut more. It will give me choice when the time comes. I&#8217;ll have to think up a new name, too.<\/li>\n<li>Blue Gradation Quilt: cutting 2.5 inch x 4.5 inch blue rectangles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/pink-and-blue-lemonade\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blue Lemonade<\/a>: cutting blue, green, purple 2inch squares<\/li>\n<li>Pink Gradation Quilt: cutting 2.5 inch x 4.5 inch pink rectangles<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/hooked-on-hexagons\/\" target=\"_blank\">Spin Wheel<\/a>: really not started, but supplies gathered. I probably have enough fabrics and just need to decide to start.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/windmill-project\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windmill<\/a> quilt: Still hunting and gathering. I am supposed to be cutting a variety of greys for the background. I bought a new template, so I should be able to get going again<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Other<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Stepping Stones #3 using the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/and-in-other-news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Macaron pre-cuts from Hoffman<\/a>. I have all the fabric in pre-cuts and am just waiting for space (and desire) in my schedule.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What\u2019s on your list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am clearing up my workroom a bit after taking down my large design wall and finding a plethora of odds and ends behind it. In the course of cleaning, I am assembling fabrics to donate, which count in the &#8216;used&#8217; (e.g. no longer in the stash) column of my fabric spreadsheet. 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