may UFO: done!

Maybe being done so early this month will make up for my failure last month?

Fresh out of the embroidery hoop (the stems on the upper right were last to be done), here are my 4 blocks, the chosen batch for the May UFO challenge.

(You'll remember that the actual number chosen was the one to sew all these blocks together, but since they weren't all complete, I flipped the numbers a bit.)

These blocks are relatively simple, so they go fast.

Now it's back to working on the Whig Rose appliques from last month.  But hey, I feel really good about these being done already.

Not much quilting going on otherwise this week.  Studying my brains out, but it will all be worth it in the end.  I hope to longarm quilt one of the three in the lineup next weekend, schedule permitting!

Happy quilting,

Katie

PS I almost forgot!  Happy Mother's Day!

may UFO

Can you all believe it's MAY?  (I sure can't, which is why maybe I keep trying to write March on everything!)

Time for a new UFO...  This month Judy drew #9.

Uh oh...

That would be putting the blocks together for the Lavender Mist quilt.  Hmmm...they're not all done yet!

But wait!  I left myself a loophole!  Way back here when I listed my UFOs, I said if #9 was called before #s 6, 7, and 8, I'd readjust. 

Phew!

So here's a reminder where I'm starting:

At the start of 2001, not one of those blocks was done.  The kits hadn't even been opened!  But in January, #6 was called, which was blocks 1-4 of the kit, so I've got these done.

I've been waiting patiently to find out what number would be called because I'm antsy to get started on the next assignment.  So this afternoon, after washing dishes, getting groceries, making lunch and other assorted chores, I headed up to the sewing room.  Here's where I am at already:

Two blocks done, two blocks pinned and ready for hand applique and (the one on the bottom right) a little embroidery.  (And those pieces that look blue to me are actually a very pretty purple, but I can't ever get purple to photograph purple.)

I looked at the two remaining block sets (5-8 and 9-12) and opted for 9-12, or #8 on the UFO list because there are two applique blocks in that set and only one in the other set.  I thought I'd get the more time-consuming set out of the way first.

And I don't feel guilty at all starting these because before I cut one template or sewed one stitch, I went out to fight the wind to get a photo of this:

Ha ha ha...just kidding, but really, if I hadn't been patient and fast on the trigger, this is all I would have gotten.

Still not the best (and pardon the dead plant stalks I still have to remove...), but it's a top!  About 50" square and large enough even without the originally proposed circle border.  I'll bind it using the circles instead.

So now I have a lineup of three tops to be quilted.  (No, I've never heard the word procrastination before...what does it mean?) 

And what am I going to do?  I think a nap sounds nice.  The kitties agree.

Happy quilting,

Katie