17 ufos for 2017 Year End Achievements

I was delighted to take part in Meredithe's 17ufosin2017 challenge and did complete some quilts.

I wrote about 17 different quilts I was working on. You can see the original list here. 

Some I hadn't touched in years. I had a lot of fun pulling them out, putting them up on the design wall, photographing them and writing about them. I really enjoyed that. 

But this past year was a busy one with travel and mission trips

 then babysitting grandchildren so I did not work on all of them. 

I completed and quilted 4. 

I did nothing on 6.

That means I progressed on 7. 

That adds up. 

I sort of started only 3 by making a few blocks.

I have made my lists for 2018 by moving a few over from last year 

and finding a few others to work on for

6 & 6-for-2018-challenge-with-pomegranite

2018-ufo-challenge-with-patchwork-times.

This is what I am working on this week. 

I could have a flimsy before the end of the year. 

I so appreciate the space I have and the 8 foot tables that are easily moved around. 

Blessings, 

Chris

Final OMG Completion for 2017

My One Monthly Goal for December was to complete the 13 blocks with corner leaves to use for the borders of my 1857 Album Quilt. I out did myself this month. Not only did I complete these 13 blocks and cut them for the borders,

but I also made no less than 12 more blocks

bringing the total to 36. Several of these were started more than a year and a half ago but they are all complete now. I still need to do a bit of embroidery to finish up a couple then comes the fun part of assembling the top as a whole. I will rearrange some of the blocks to balance out the circles and I want each of the corner leaves to be different. I can get the little girls to help.

 

Now its time to change gears and start looking forward to the Rainbow scrap challenge block colour for January and Gay at sentimental stitches has something new up her sleeve for 2018. Can hardly wait. I wonder what colour I will choose? And what number for the 12 ufos for 2018 challenge. I will try to be patient.

New Year's blessings,
Chris

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6 & 6 for 2018 Challenge With Pomegranate and Chintz

Meredithe has a new challenge for 2018. 

6 & 6 for 2018

Simply choose 6 ufos that could be carry-overs from the 2017 list

and work on 6 new projects throughout the year. 

You can read more details here.

I was not planning to start 6 new projects next year but you never know what could happen. 

My 6 ufos list for this year. 

1. Serendipity

   

   The plan is to make remaining blocks in the designated colour each month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

2. 1857 album Quilt

   

   This one is so close. Only 12 blocks left to applique by hand then assemble and machine quilt.

3. Disappearing 9-Patch

   

   I made this one several years ago. All it needs is a border and quilting. I thought I could practice some domestic machine quilting with rulers. 

4. Shades of Pemberly

   

   Started this more than 10 years ago. Those 70 degree triangles still have me scratching my head but should be easy enough to connect all those rows evenly. I hope. 

5. Biblical Blocks 2

   

   This is one of Rosemary Makhan's patterns I started in about 2004. There are only 6 more nine inch squares to make then assemble the thing after removing all the freezer paper from behind all the appliques. 

6. Dear Jane

   

   I am finally going to hand quilt this top that I started Oct 2009 and completed Sept 2014.
   I will be doing the big stitch technique using perle cotton. I am aiming to do a bit every day.   

Blessings

Chris
(there are at least 3 drunkards path blocks in this post. Can you find them?)
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2017 Dreams, Goals, Plans Progress

I have been looking at the year ahead making plans and setting goals. This is my list from a year ago. Let's see how I did.

Quilt Dreams (What I want to do)

• Start 150 Canadian Women  Started in May. Got 6 blocks made and about 30 ready to stitch.
• Start Stonefields    Gretchen and I discussed doing it together this Jan. This will  now have to wait until Jan 2019.
• Start Caswell I wish.
• Make significant progress on Morrell  Completed several foundation pieced saw toothed blocks. I plan to make some more of the 24 broderie perse blocks in 2018. Well, at least one.
• Make progress on AWS  Completed 2 applique blocks. 
• Complete to 100 blocks of Bright Jane  54 done so far and again plan to make more for the Rainbow Scrap challenge
• Complete the rest of  BTCT blocks Finished 8 for a total of 18 completed. Working on 5 with 2 not yet started and I dream about the border. So looking forward to all those leaves and cherries but they will probably wait until 2019.
• Complete Ben Biggs  In my dreams but it was on the 17 ufos list for November. I prepped the border swags and cut out a few corner buds but not much else. 

Goals (What I should do)

• Complete doctorate. Still slowly working on book reports and outlines.
• Complete 6 quilt tops. Completed 5.
• Quilt 6 quilts. I have a few small flimys to practice on. Machine quilted 5 that I took to Poland.
• Not write anymore goals. I keep writing lists is that the same thing?

Plans (What I did do)

• Visit Poland for Easter    Done. It was amazing
• Shipshewana Retreat November with Di Ford Hall.  Done, It was amazing. Retreat and room booked for April.
• Do another Whole30 program to find out what foods are aggravating my hands.  Tried twice but only lasted 9 days each time.
• Promote my book and sell enough copies to cover the cost of publishing.  Yes and not yet. Web site is finally up.   www.chrisczarnataforster.com 
• Q@F quilt retreat at The Quilt Farm in spring.  No go.
• Blog at least once a week   Been blogging several times each month. I took lots of time in June to put blocks up on the design wall, take pictures and write up posts for some of the 17 ufos for 2017  instead of real work then took the summer off because I took a mission trip to Rwanda Africa. It was more than amazing.    

Blessings, 

Chris

2018 UFO Challenge With Patchwork Times

I like a challenge and patchworktimes has a ufo challenge for 2018.  You choose 12 unfinished projects to work on for the year. I suppose it is similar to pomegranate and chintz 17-ufos-in-2017 except they will tell you which number on the list to work on each month.  (I was a bit hasty making this list and plan to revise it slightly)

1. Serendipity   (I might work on some Bright Jane blocks each month like I did in 2017)

   

    BOM from  Sentimental Stitches 2012.
   The plan is to do the RSC each month to complete the remaining blocks then assemble it to flimsy status.

2. 1857 Album Quilt  

   

   Another BOM from Sentimental Stitches 2016-17. 
   I have 12 blocks to complete then I want to assemble it and machine quilt it. 

3. Ben Biggs Wedding Quilt  

   

   Yet another BOM from Sentimental Stitches. There seems to be a pattern here.
   I will be happy to get a few more of the 25 blocks made. This one is machine appliqued. 

4. 150 Canadian Women (I plan to move this one to the 6 & 6 New quilts list since I only have 10 of 150 blocks made and started it in 2017 so it really is more a work in progress than a ufo. I will give Ben Biggs a second month since there is so much more work to be done in it.)
5. Bally Hall Birds (This is another I am moving to the 6 & 6 list since I have  yet to put in a stitch because I just started it. I will work on my Morrell Sampler here instead.)
6. Disappearing 9-Patch 

   

   Made this several years ago. Just needs a border and I can practice some rule work with my machine quilting.

7. Disappearing 4-Patch
8. Shades of Pemberly

   

   Lots of 70 degree triangles to connect then machine quilt this one started more than 10 years ago. 

9. Biblical Blocks 2

   

   Started this one in 2004. Most of the hard work is done except removing all the freezer papers behind the applique. 

10. Biblical Blocks 2 (I am taking 2 months with this one because I really want to complete it including machine quilting.)
11. 1718 Coverlet. 

    

    Started 2015 and made about 16 blocks. 

     
12. Birdy Wreath (Another that I am moving to the 6 & 6 New list. I started it at a retreat in Nov. I guess I will put Beyond the Cherry Trees here. The plan will be to complete the last 7 of 25 eighteen inch hand applique blocks.)

    

    This will be the center block of something in the future. Started it at the Shipshewana Retreat. 

Wish me luck. It will be a surprise each month which number is picked. I will do a blog post at the end of each month to show my progress. 

Blessings,

Chris

1857 Progress

Now that I have started working on the-1857-album-quilt again, I seem to be making remarkable progress. Some of these I have cut in half for the borders and one is cut in quarters for the corners. The colour is really off. I am using a Kona snow which reads as white.

Since I completed my -one-monthly-goal the 13 blocks for the borders with 3 weeks to spare, I guess the next thing is to complete some of the blocks that are started. This should not take too long since the corner leaves are already done and at least half of the rest of the stitching is started.

If I stay away from the solid reproduction fabrics, I can progress with greater joy using prints since they turn under with more ease. And since my hands are really hurting now that it has turned wintry cold, that will be nice. I saw an arthritis doctor last month and after more Xrays and ultrasounds on my hands and wrists, toes and ankles and more blood work, I am told that I am quite normal and should take Turmeric supplements and immerse my hands in a big bowl of heated lentils (not beans).  

Blessings,
Chris
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December 2017 One Monthly Quilting Goal

My omg-one-monthly-goal will again be simple. Since I decided to do only 36 of the 64 blocks for the-1857-album-quilt , I will need to make enough corner leaves/melons/petals or whatever you want to call them, to add as a border. I prepped 13 background squares with 4 leaves in each corner. I will cut 12 of them in half for the borders and then cut 1 into 4 for the four corners. I got a head start sitting at the garage the other day as well as watching Peppa Pig and Max and Ruby with the boys. 

Blessings, 
Chris

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