January is for getting started, so I spent time getting my Creativity journal ready that one of my quilting partners gave me last year. I kept trying to decide how I wanted to use it & decided it will hold quilting & scrapbooking notes, then live in a bookstand on my desk. So here’s my RSC plan for the year. We’ll see how well I do. LOL
So there was cutting. I cut out the new quilt for my quilt group project using the Albion FQ bundle I got for Mother’s Day & have been saving for this project. Because of all our various surgeries last year, it took longer to get last year’s sampler done than we planned, so this project started in 2025.
And in this week’s FaceTime group meeting, we got the A blocks done & the centers for the B blocks. Love!
Using this curated jelly roll I got on clearance in 2023, plus the leftover white from Shine, I cut out blocks for this quilt & will sew up each month’s color as it comes. Using my stash!
I powered through this overdue kit for Stitching Hearts Worldwide using Mister Roger’s Neighborhood fabric. I checked it out just before the fall that broke my hand, so there was no sewing for quite a while, then holidays. I wanted to get it done & turned in, so got it finished up on Friday. It’s twin-sized & a cute pattern for a child using 9.5″ squares.
The first finish of 2025: Bonnie Hunter’s 2023 Winter Mystery, Indigo Way. I had it quilted in the summer & it’s been waiting in the binding queue to finally get done. I made a lap version so there are orphan pieces leftover to use for something else. Isn’t that always the way? Progress on the 2024 mystery, Old Town, has stalled out, but I’m working on Pt. 2!
And here’s a little quilty fun: we did the Lori Holt puzzle of her Let’s Make a Snowman QAL for some winter evening brain work.
I’m a sucker for block within a block blocks. So that heart with a center really caught my eye. What a great project for your FaceTime group. Looks like you are making up for the lost time of 2024.