December Wrap Up

Early in the month, 

I stitched my Colorwash 360

class project quilt top together.

I also quilted and bound Marathon,

and even added a sleeve and label.

On a whim I pulled fabrics from my resource boxes

inspired by the colors chosen by Bonnie Hunter

for her 2018 mystery quilt named Good Fortune.

(let's all say it together -- SQUIRREL)

In the weeks since that fabric pull,

I've changed my mind about how I plan to use them

which should come as no surprise

to those of you who know me.

I am not going to die cut half rectangles.

Instead, this will be the fabric pull for 

my first quilt of Sujata Shah's 

Uncommon and Unconventional Quilt Along.

(nicknamed the U&UQA)

I'm looking forward to our January 7th start.

Feliz Navidad moved from fabric pull 

to pieced blocks ready to be webbed together.

As I pieced those sixteen patches,

I also stitched quite a few pairs of squares

for one of several leader-ender projects

prepped for next year - all designed to 

use my over-abundant stash of 2.5" strips

that have accumulated over the years.

And in the space of two weeks,

I conceived, designed, pieced, quilted, bound,

and gifted Busy Town to Little Man.

You can read that story here.

Now that I have a new plan for the BH fabric pull,

I've shifted the half-rectangles idea

 to THIS fabric pull featuring 

fabrics from Needle & Thread and my stash.  

AND I finally finished up the current 

AHIQ Maps and Mapping Challenge.

You can read my last few posts using the links below:

Years 11 and 12 (2014-2015)

Year 13 (2016)

Year 14 (2017)

Year 15 (2018)

I'm curious to see what the 

next AHIQ challenge will be.

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I've also been thinking about

what I want to work on in 2019.

I'll be back to share those ideas on January 1st.

Quiltdivajulie