Welcome 2015

Happy New Year!

I think it's going to be a fun year. I decided to look though my WIPs and planned projects and make a list. Yikes! My main goal for this year will be to use what I've got. I expect that I'll need to buy some neutrals/backgrounds and lots of batting.

The wedding quilt is currently being quilted. The binding is ready to go! We just found out that my nephew and his wife are expecting their first baby in July! I'm happy to add a baby quilt to the To Do list!

Julia and I are planning to work on these jelly roll tops this weekend. We started them last March and it is time to add some circles and get them finished.

There are a few more WIPs in the wings!

Julia and I have always wanted to make a New York Beauty together, so I purchased block of the month kits from my LQS last year. Eleven of the twelve are waiting patiently in this bin. Where did I put block 1?

I bought this Phillip Jacobs print on clearance with the plan to turn it into a One Block Wonder. It could possibly become the most obnoxious OBW ever! NYB and OBW are bucket list quilts, so it will be a big year if I can get both of them done in 2015.

Thomas Knauer is coming to Ninigret Quilters in February. I'm planning to use these African and animal prints in the workshop. So excited!

This is the year that I will finally make a Marine Mom tote bag for myself. I have this pile string blocks, a worn out pair of Pete's pants and the pattern ready to go. I'll be looking for some red corduroy to add to the blue.

At the beginning of 2014, I made a list of twelve WIPs to finish. I only got five of them done. Let's hope I do better in 2015!

Quilty Bucket List

 I have enjoyed seeing other people's quilty bucket lists, so I thought I would join the fun.

Very soon, Julia and I will start working on a New York Beauty quilt. We have wanted to make one since we met Karen Stone in 2005 and bought this book. I love these blocks. I grew up in New York State and I have a thing for the Chrysler Building.

When our LQS started selling NYB BOMs a few months ago, I knew we had to have them. I was hoping we would start piecing at the retreat last weekend, but we were not that ambitious. It might be our summer project.

I have been intrigued by One-Block Wonder quilts since this book was released. Someday, the right print will scream "buy me!" and I will get started. 

I made a Giant Dahlia in 1990-91as a wedding gift shortly after I started quilting. The center looked like a volcano! As a beginner, I was excited and fearless and stitching way above my skill level. I'm sure lots of you did, too. Anyway, it might be time to revisit this classic pattern with modern fabrics.

What quilt patterns are on your bucket list?

I'm linking up with The Tilted Quilt.