Ahhh, so another month ends! How fitting that it aligns with the weekly check in for "To Do Tuesday" that is usually hosted by Carol over at Quilt Schmilt.
However as of the time I'm posting this, Carol hasn't posted the link-up for this week (I hope everything is okay). So if she sets one up in the next day or two, I'll update this with the link to it.
So last week the plans for finishing up the month were:
1. Go back to "Modern Twist" and try to complete it for this month's UFO Challenge finish.
I am still working on it. I've only been able to sit down and stitch on it a little at a time as I'm still feeling my way on quilting it. So at best I can call it "moved forward" for March.
Even as I am looking forward to seeing what "UFO Challenge" number The Quilted Forest pulls for April, I also want to continue working on this and try to finish it by the end of that month.
2. (Finally) work on the "Picture That" QOV top.
Okay, finally made the final fabric choices so I can start cutting and piecing it. I expect this one to be a quickie to stitch up!
3. Start stitching the fourth (and last) "Hexie Snowflake" block to its background.
Yes, it has been started and is about half way done. Should be completed by the weekend.
4. "Fully finish" the "Year of the Horse" cross stitch.
Done! Detail on that in this post.
Also Accomplished as March Finished Up:
Having been able to finish the March blocks for my "Alaska" BOM a week early, I figured I'd put the blocks I've made to date up on the design wall just to take in how far I've gotten with this project.
Pretty good! Although when I went to take the blocks down, I realized I had placed some of the blocks flanking the outer most center blocks incorrectly. The blocks in those positions are pieced in mirror image and I clearly had put some of them in the wrong spots. I made a note of that for when I lay these out again.
I have two more blocks to make to fill the center and in both cases I'll need eight of them. So in April I'll tackle one of them knowing I need to make two blocks a week this time around.
Since I also have plans to make an enlarged version of the basic deisgn, I'll also be adding an additional border of blocks. Those blocks just so happen to have the same piecing as the other block I need for the center, just colored slightly differently. So when I make those (in May), I'll make both sets of blocks in tandem. I won't get them all done in a month --- I will just contiinue to work on them consistently until I have all that I need.
Ooh, since the block making and constructing the final top is likely to go into June, this will be a perfect project to put on my list for the Fat Quarter Shop's annual "Red, White & June" event that month!
Other Plans For April:
I'm trying to meet a deadline of making a Log Cabin quilt by May so I can send it down to my MIL to present at the June meeting of "our" guild. Originally my plan had been to make two new designs that I've long wanted to make. However with so many other projects in progress, I've accepted that it just isn't going to be possible to get them done in time.
I did start the "Sparkle & Shine" project that has only nine giant blocks and will continue to work on that in April and am hoping to get it done. However, the other week I realized that I already have two Log Cabin WIPs, both of which started as "Rainbow Scrap Challenge" projects and one of which just needs to be quilted.
So I decided it would make way more sense to try to get them finished up for the challenge. The hold-up on the finished top is that up to now, I couldn't decide how to quilt it. So I need to sit with it a bit more over the next few days and try to come up with a plan for that.
I also need to work on an idea I have for the layout of the other blocks which as of right now involves making additional alternate blocks for it. If I can get that done, then I can determine if it'll also be possible to get it quilted in time as well.
So plans for this week are:
1. Continue (and possibly finish?) quilting "Modern Twist".
2. Find out what the "UFO Challenge" project pick is for April.
3. Do the cutting for the "Picture That" QOV top and maybe start piecing it togther.
4. Finish stitching the fourth (and last) "Hexie Snowflake" block to its background.
5. Cut the pieces for the next set of the "Alaska" BOM blocks and make the first two.
6. Layer RSC "Rainbow Log Cabin" and (possibly) start quilting it.
7. Start making the alternate blocks for the RSC Rainbow Log Cabin Hearts layout.
Hope I don't shoot myself in the foot with such a long list to start off the month! I'm hoping Carol at Quilt Schmilt is able to get the "To Do Tuesday" link up set up. If she does, then I can go see what other quilters have finished for March and have lined up for the start of April. I'm guessing there should be a lot of pretty Spring projects starting to bloom in quilt studios around the world!
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