January Update

I got everything done that I had hoped to at quilt camp earlier this month--the nine shoo-fly blocks needed for Afternoon Delight......

...all of the stars for Smith Mountain Morning....

...and the alternate blocks, as well.
I'm making a smaller version of the quilt--5 by 7 blocks instead of 7 by 8. I'm not sure what I will do about the border yet.
This is my "star quilt along" project with Bea and Cecile. 

When I got home, I figured I better work on my One Monthly Goal: getting this top completed. I had done most of the quilting before I left for camp, so just needed to do some chalk marking for the border and get stitching! I've since finished this one and also completed my second swap block quilt with some simple straight line stitching. 

Ever since I had finished piecing the Afternoon Delight blocks at camp, I had been so excited to start work on the four January applique blocks. These are almost like cutting out snowflakes--fun!  The applique shapes are cut from fusible interfacing that with be fused to the back of my fabrics. I use the method shown in the program trailer HERE.

Here they are--all ready to stitch down.
My fingers are itching to do that, but first I need to finish binding those One Monthly Goal quilts!