2013 Finish Along - Q2 List

I'm on a roll with finishing things, and I hope I can keep it going! Here's my 2nd quarter list. I've included the date the project was started and its current status, listed in order of due date.

Mod Guild Crayon Challenge (4/7/13)- due May 4, 2013.

 Three by three (5/09)- need to fix the border by May 4, then send to quilter. 

Pete's Album Quilt (3/13)- waiting for 2 more swap blocks. Due June or December. Will be a graduation gift from high school or boot camp!

 

Mod Mento (6/10)- layered and pinned, ready to quilt.

Swap Soup (6/11)- in a pile with pieced back and batting.

 Linking up because I love a deadline!

2013 Finish Along- Q1 Finishes

 It is time for the Q1 2013 Finish Along report. I had listed eight projects in January that I hoped to finish. I'm really pleased that I finished five of them!

Madrona Road Herringbone was finished in time to enter it in the challenge, and it was selected to be displayed in the Michael Miller booth at QuiltCon!

Olivia's quilt was made for my fourth grand-niece. Technically, it doesn't count for the FAL because I hadn't started it yet in January. That's OK. I'm counting it for myself.

After  ripening in the WIP pile for two years, Sugar Wave is done and I love it!

Highest priority, the Ninigret raffle quilt had its day in the sun last week.

My most recent and quickest finish was quilting up this mini Friendship Star quilt. 

I will be linking up everything but Olivia's quilt. Stay tuned for the Q2 list.

2013 Finish-Along Q1 List

Yay! I'm so excited to be participating in the 2013 Finish Along! It fits in nicely with the Threadbias UFO Group. Thank you, blogland, for keeping me motivated to keep sewing!

Here's my current WIP list, in order of importance.

1.  Ninigret Quilters Raffle Quilt. As the quilt show chair, it is my job to make sure the raffle quilt gets done in a timely fashion. The show is in October, and the raffle quilt is still just a pile of block parts.  Not good! I don't even have a picture to show you. Will update later.
Here's a little peek:

2.  Madrona Road MQG Challenge. The top is done, the back is piece, the binding is ready. I need to buy some batting and get this quilted by the end of January. I'm thinking about quilting feathers up the chevrons. My feathers need some work, so this would be good practice.

 3. Baby Quilt for Grand-niece due in February. Not started yet, but I have a pretty jelly roll waiting for a special little girl. I think I bought it 2 years ago at MQX.

4.  Sugar Wave. This isn't important, but it will be easy to finish. I layered it and did the in-the-ditch quilting in November. Now I can have some fun in the wavy parts!

5.  Friendship Star Mini. This would be another quick finish. I plan to donate it to our Guild's Silent Auction at the show in October, so it probably won't get done this quarter.

6. Swap Soup. My excitement has dimmed for this piece. I might be doing a trunk show soon, so it would be fun to include this one, for the swapping stories alone.

7. Three by Three. I'd love to finish this for my bed, but I'm not crazy about the piano key borders. This side is OK, but the side you can't see in this pic is not so great. If I can redo the offensive corner, I'll send it out for long arm quilting.

8. Mod Bento. I love this little swap top. Why has it sat undone for so long? I'll need to find a nice print on sale for the borders. (Love the hands and feet!)

Eight projects is not too bad, but you know something else will come along! I've resisted the Scrappy Trips craze for a whole week. How much longer can I hold off?