Pretend Potted Plants

My March goal is now complete. 

I enjoyed sewing and quilting this Potted Plants pattern from Make Mine Mini. I may hang this once in a while on a wall in an area of my camper. I will just hang these smaller mini-quilts with those Command Strips. 

My original post was here.

March Goal - Pick a Patch of Potted Plants

 I chose 12 projects to complete for the year 2026.  I do tend to stray away from my goals, unfortunately. So I will declare a March Monthly Goal and see if I can finish these within a month. Plus, with the UFO Challenge, maybe I will keep my goal.

For the Month of March, I would like to finish Potted Plants. This is one of the projects on my Annual Goal.

There is a space on my Camper that I can hang small quilts. This one would be good to hang in that space. It's kind of outdoorsy, too, for a camper. I think I can just hang my small quilts with those Command Strips - I do not want to drill any unecessary holes into the camper walls.

Completed Swallows Quilt

 This is a quilt that I started a little while back. I put it on my 2026 Challenge and I decided to try to finish it in January. This was my original post where I just had it basted. Surprisingly, I did finish it! 

The back is just plain orange and so is the binding. I had a little extra orange fabric so I figured that I might as well just use it for the binding, too.

I really like my new Swallows quilt. I kind of like the size of this one, too. It will be good to throw on my legs or just lay on the back of the couch. This pattern is by Elizabeth Hartman and it came in a Sew Sampler box.

I am definitely not the best at posting blogs (or Instagram, or Facebook, or anything else). So this challenge might help me to make a few blog posts, too.

I am linking up my finish to Connie's Completed January quilt project

Thank you, Connie, for helping me along with my unfinished quilt projects.

A Red Heart for February

 

The Color of the Month for February is RED. Seems logical. I sewed this heart block. It has yet to be attached to anything yet - possibly a small basket down the road. 

I am linking my Red Heart to Connie at Freemotion by the River.  Thanks, as always, to Connie for these small challenges throughout the month. Sometimes I need a push to get started and keep me going.

Teal Mittens for a frosty day!

 I thought that I would like to participate in the Color Challenge of the Month at Freemotion by the River. Plus, along the way I can actually sew some of the cute patterns that I receive monthly from Make Mine Mini membership. I have sewn a few, but I would like to try to sew one each month. 

This month, I decided to sew the Mittens and combine it with the Teal Color of the month. Of course, I had to take a photo of my mittens in the Pennsylvania snow. This is snow on my front porch.

Thanks to Connie for this fun Color Challenge!

My 2026 Unfinished Quilt Project Challenge

 Well, it has been ages since I posted on my Blog. But I decided to post my uncompleted project list for 2026.  Connie Kresin is having a challenge so I figured why not challenge myself to Finish some projects instead of starting new ones which I do quite frequently. 

First up is my Swallows quilt top that I finished maybe about a year ago. I did start working on getting this quilted in January. Not sure if I will have it quilted and bound by the end of the month but I am going to try.

Another quilt top that has been neglected in my cedar chest is this Diamond Divide quilt top. This was a Sew Sampler project from 2019 so I would say that I have had the quilt top completed since 2020-2021. I loved it when it came and ordered the paper pieces and worked on it right away. But it has sat and not been quilted for going on 5 years now. I hope to have this completed as a gift for my Brother and Sister-in-law.

This is the Ultimate Sewing Case. It has only been partially completed since the Fall. So one month I would like to work on it to finish it.

This quilt top is Shine by Sweetwater. I've only had this top completed a month or so. So not too bad for me.

This Pam Kitty Morning quilt top has been collecting dust for well on up to 10 years. It really is not even very big so why it has not been quilted is beyond me. It would make a cute table cover when I'm done.

This is part of Make Mine Mini membership - Potted Plants. I just love this and would like to get it quilted and bound. It's small so I'm sure I can get this organized.

A Sew Sampler box called Spring Flags.  I've had this top done for about a year. 

My Gingerbread Man is from Make Mine Mini,  also. I would like to add him to a bag or basket or something. That is yet to be figured out.

This is my completed "Goodness Grows" monthly Quilt along from Sew Sampler. I really do need to complete this one. 

I am not pleased with this Tula Pink quilt top so it sat forever. It did not fit together nicely in the center. So I will try to just do some extra quilting in the center at first. Not sure what else I can do to help it. Yikes!

These little guys are from Make Mine Mini, too, and I would like to add them to a bag or basket, also.

I'm going to add this quilt top, too because I would love to have it finished. This is the Potting Table Block of the Month by Rachael Rossi. It was a 2023 Block of the Month and I did enjoy participating.  It needs quilted and bound.

 

I do have a few more quilt tops needing quilting but I can only get so many projects together. This list leaves me with 8 quilt tops needing completed - that may be doable for me this year. My main problem is sewing the back together and basting the quilt sandwich to start my quilting. I am very lackadaisical (I looked the spelling up on dictionary.com) about doing that. I am linking to Freemotion by the River