18 in 2018 February Recap

I'll start with my 18 in 2018 PIECING LIST . . .

I finished the top for my first Jack's Basket quilt

using RSC's January prompt for light and medium blues.

I'll back it with the puffy clouds in a blue sky yardage.

This is the second quilt top for Jack's Basket

using February's prompt for purples.

I'll back it with the Marcia Derse purple in the foreground.

I'll wait until Angela Walters shares an appropriate 

design as part of her Free Motion Quilting-along 

challenge before I pin baste these two.

The first week was meandering 

(which I don't care for)

and this week is curved stitching.

(think orange peels)

I already have a waiting RSC 16 quilt top 

that is perfect for this style of quilting

so I will use it to put in my practice time.

(link to the quilting along in my sidebar)

Painted Daisies is now a flimsy.

Rainbow Charms is also now a flimsy.

The blocks are sewn and squared for Groundhog Day

which features my 2016 Cherrywoods purchase

mixed with other solids, near-solids,

and plaids from the stash.

My new goal is to get this one sewn together

and off the design wall in the next week or so.

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Now on my 18 in 2018 QUILTING List . . . 

This adopted project moved quickly from 

the PIECING List to the QUILTING List

and now qualifies as a full-fledged finish!

Gerry's Pumpkins was quilted by Chris Ballard -

because she truly loves to quilt pumpkins.

Sunflower Summer has been pin-basted

so this one should become a finish during March.

Dumpster Diving 3.0 aka Waterfall

has also been pin-basted since this photo was taken.

I plan to get this one quilted and finished during March.

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I'm very happy with this month's progress . . .

Linking up with the February 18 in 2018 page.

Click through to see what the others

have accomplished this month.

Quiltdivajulie

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"There's always a work in progress - 
be it in the mind, the soul, the heart, or in your hands."
Rick Howse