March Finishes

There is something magical about trimming the borders on an almost finished quilt. 

I do it so rarely that I feel it. Well, I felt it four times this month. 

This magical trimming the edges thing.

Trimming Borders

I did the simple straight line stitching in the ditch around

the borders and sashing on this quilt.

But wasn't sure how to quilt those blocks. 

Then the thought popped into my head to do a simple spiral.

So I did. 

Machine Quilting

 I completed not one, not two, not three, but FOUR quilts this month.

My omg-one-monthly-goal 

was to finish only three.  
This makes four 17-ufosin-2017 
complete so far and I have worked on

three others. 

 Time to celebrate and start a couple new ones. 

Well, maybe just one. 

For now. 

I still have to do a few ties on the crazy patch on top.

Completed Quilts

I also made five Bright Jane blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

The power was out two different days and I had to do something 

that did not take electricity, so I prepped these blocks. 

I sewed them up another day. 

In the meantime, Devan came over to visit and 

removed all the wonder clips that were holding the bits together.

I still love her. 

Bright Jane

Not much Slow Stitching  

going on this month. 

But I did get just one more grape stitched on. 

One of those Devan added.

 

BTCT

And I finally and completely finished Simple Simon. 

 I did a simple straight machine quilting stitch 

 through all the white squares with the walking foot.

 I was so proud of myself, until . . .

Simple Simon

I found the oops block. 

Blessings,
Chris
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OMG March 2017 Goals

I often say Go Big or Go Home. It's not an original saying. Actually, my husband used the phrase last night at our small group. I so often do things feast of famine - all or nothing. Sigh.

My  OMG quilting goal for March is to machine quilt not one, not two but three quilts. I got help layering them the other night and they are in a pile waiting for my Brother machine to come home from the beauty spa where it has been this past week for a tune-up. While I wait for that machine to come home, I can prep the binding for the other two. 

In the meantime, I plan to write my next book. Yup. The whole thing. I have been making notes for years and this month's challenge is to write for an hour each day and get the first draft on paper. Today's task is to draw up a MAP - massive action plan. I prepared a few 11x17 ledger sized sheets of paper to look like spread sheets. On these I will map out the book chapter by chapter and see where the words take me. I like to write long hand on paper when I do this kind of thing because I can see everything and I can add notes here and there whenever I need to. I will type the whole thing out later. I have a few friends praying for me this month as I write and invite any of my readers to join in with prayers if you are a praying person.

Did I say the plan is to write for an hour each day? I have been practicing going to bed early this week. I even got to bed a 8:30 one night and had a refreshing 9 hour sleep. My usual practice is to stay up really late and do my best work late since I get this second wind after 9 pm. But I have also learned that I do good work in the early mornings if I get up and start. We have had more rain in the night and daffodils are popping up their heads in my flower beds. Looks like spring but is supposed to drop down to -13C tomorrow. A good day to stay inside and write.

Blessings,
Chris