Crossing this off my list..for now

 Finished this quilt top in December which was my OMG at Elm Street Quilts for December

My original post was here.

In looking at this photo, plus laying on my floor, the quilt top looks very "white". The fabric, itself, shows Santas and elves and thinks like that, but I just don't know how "Christmasy" it looks. But, no big deal, I will put it out for Christmas down the road, anyway, when I get it quilted. I received this in the Jolly Box from Fat Quarter Shop in 2018

and I hadn't done anything with it until this year. I would say that it's about time.

I guess, in hindsight, I could have added a colorful border to make it less white. Hopefully, when I get it quilted it will look more Christmasy. I do have a backing to use that has Santas on it 

I understand that people are getting away from the traditional dark red and dark green, but when you add in pinks and light blues and low volume prints, it seems to make it almost summery instead of wintery. Maybe it's just me. I wonder if anyone else has made this quilt the same way as it came in the box? I guess I need to start "thinking outside the box" and kind of making it my own way instead of the way that it came "in the box". 

Well, it is one quilt top done. Onto the next one.... and Happy New Year 2021!

Christmas items 2020

 Starting another project at the last minute so I am making this as my OMG at Elm Street Quilts.

I received these fat quarters from 2018 Fat Quarter Shop's Jolly Box. So they have been sitting untouched since then. I really would like to have a Christmas quilt so I am starting this now. I'm going to try to have the quilt top done by the end of December. That way, I can quilt and bind it sometime through the year and pull it out for Christmas in 2021. 

In reality, I had thought those fat quarters were from 2019, but when I looked again, the box from 2019 were these stockings. I did just finish these up a couple of weeks ago.

I, also, completed this Festive Star Pillow at SewLux Fabric. 

I am enjoying the Pillow Club at SewLux and already joined again for 2021. I do not have all of the pillows completed yet for 2020, but I will eventually get to them. They are nice to pull out and have a different pillow for my couch. 

My husband has decorated the house and Christmas tree because, well, that's his job. Merry Christmas!

Quilting Done on Stargazer!

Finished my November OMG at Elm Street Quilts just in time. This was my original goal for November. In reality, I didn't start it until a week or so ago, but I had a few days off from work and I just kept working at it. The quilt top is 90"X90" so it's a fairly large size for me to quilt on my domestic machine. 

I quilted this with my walking foot because, well, that's what I do. I did a 2-inch grid across, and up and down so it did take me a little while. I just went slowly and listened to some music or tv. 

I just used this wide backing of Hand drawn lines purchased from Connecting Threads

Having this wide backing on hand helped me get it organized. I was glad that I didn't have to piece a backing this time.

Now I am on the downside so I just have to trim it up, zig zag the edges and bind it. Yeah!

Stargazer Goal for November

 I really need to get a few of my old completed quilt tops quilted. So, as a result, I plan to quilt this quilt top that I completed back in November 2019. I would like to have this quilt completed to give to my son for Christmas.

This is my Stargazer quilt top by Rebecca Bryan.

This is a paper-pieced design and I really did like it back when I was working on it. Well, it is time for it to be moved to the top of the pile and see the light of day. I am posting this goal for November at Elm Street Quilts OMG for November. 

I believe that I am going to quilt straight lines in a cross hatch which really is my easiest way to quilt using my walking foot. Since this quilt top is dark, I do not want to be drawing lines on it. Hopefully, the seam guide will help. This is the large size - 80" X 80" and that is big for me to quilt on my domestic machine. But I've done it before so I need to get on with it. There are a lot of seams on the back and I don't want to get jammed up sewing through some of the seams. 

Not sure if I will have it bound by the end of November, though. I don't want to rush through the binding. After quilting a larger quilt, I kind of want to take my time on the binding.