Tuesday, January 5, 2016

UFO Goal for January

Since my ThimbleCreek Halloween Mystery quilt is already loaded on the machine (and has been for quite a while!), I've chosen it as my first UFO to complete in 2016.
I'm planning to do an edge to edge design since the top is so busy and the pieces so small. I found a fun spider web that I think will be easy to free hand--I'll have to practice it on a white board for a while before I try it out on the quilt top.
I still need to choose a thread color--gray, green, orange, black???
 Not sure yet!

I'm making slow progress on the double diamond border for Mrs. Billings--I may actually be about half way--yay!! Doing it a little at a time has been pretty painless.

More Lemoyne Stars--I'm practicing in anticipation of a demo I will do next week. 
The gals behind A Lovely Year of Finishes have decided to take a well deserved break, but there is a new link up stepping in: 
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9 comments:

  1. Linda M @ Pieceful KingdomJanuary 5, 2016 at 10:37 AM

    Your Halloween quilt is very nice! Best of luck on your goal!

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  2. KyleJanuary 5, 2016 at 2:30 PM

    I'll be anxious to see what you decide to do on your Halloween quilt. It's fabulous with all those gazillion pieces. It's nice to have a hand piecing project. Most of those tend to be slow but steady.

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  3. Janet O.January 5, 2016 at 9:54 PM

    I think a grey spiderweb design will be wonderful on your Halloween mystery quilt.
    Beautiful Lemoyne stars--no "Y" seams?

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  4. HeidiJanuary 6, 2016 at 11:05 AM

    Beautiful patchwork! I like how it is set into the striped border. I love the Lemoyne technique! is it the same? http://redletterquilts.blogspot.com/2013/01/8-point-lemoyne-star-tutorial.html

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  5. BarbJanuary 6, 2016 at 5:24 PM

    It is always good to start out with some lofty goals, good luck!

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  6. Christine BJanuary 6, 2016 at 8:38 PM

    Happy New Year Karen! Your Thimblecreek quilt is just fabulous and I can't wait to see how you quilt it! Your other projects look beautiful too... I shall look forward to watching your progress with them! Christine x

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  7. KarenJanuary 7, 2016 at 5:36 PM

    I didn't realize that you had a big set up for machine quilting.

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  8. Karen SJanuary 7, 2016 at 8:26 PM

    Good luck quilting your thimble creek mystery. I agree that an edge to edge is what it needs otherwise it could get far too busy.
    The Lemoyne stars are looking great.

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  9. Maker JoyJanuary 13, 2016 at 3:12 PM

    Good luck with finishing off your Halloween quilt. Spiderwebs will be such a fun design for that quilt.

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