Design Wall Monday 1-17-11

I thought that I would try to do Judy s' design wall Monday again this year. Since I have more time now, I might be able to keep something on the wall to report, other than one or two thing a year. I presently am the quilt mother for my guild's opportunity quilt. This is our 2010 opportunity quilt that I hope the top gets finished in the next month. I am so ready for this quilt to go to a quilter. It started out to be a project that sounded interesting. Last year I presented 4 quilts to the guild. I did not think that they would pick this one, due to that it is paper pieced. The problem was that not many guild members like to paper piece. Then I thought that it would look the best in hand dyed fabric. The problem was that hand dyed fabric would cost the guild to much money to make. So I learned how to dye the fabric myself. Which turned out to be pretty cool, so now I have a new skill that I enjoy very much. Its not a difficult pattern but it does have 27 pieces in each block and not all the blocks are the same color arrangement. Anyway the blocks are almost finished, just waiting to receive about 4 more blocks from a member and I will be able to put the top together completely. The pattern is from the magazine 'Quiltmaker'  the September/October 09 issue. Thanks for looking at my blog, go see all the other great post on Judy's blog of other design wall Mondays.

Happy New Year

Wishing all a Happy New Year. Hoping that you succeed in all your goals and dreams. 

UFO Challenge

If starting a new business isn't overwhelming already, I am going to add a couple of things to my already long list of "to do". In 2011 I am going to do an online UFO Challenge. I hoping that this will give me a reason to work on some of my things that I kind of keep putting off. Like when you say that "I'll do that project later" and the later never comes. In starting my business for teaching computer programs and quilting, I will most likely be working on class projects and my long list of UFOs will be forgotten to a later time. So in the spirit of doing things in a group. I have decided to join in Judy L. online UFO challenge to try to complete 1 projects a month for 12 months. I added a 13th project just to make things interesting to me. If I finish a project early then I will work on the 13th project a little at a time, so that this time next year I will have an added bonus of 13 UFO project done.
Here are the project list. Some of these project are close to 15 years old, like #9. I started this quilt when my son was in 7th grade I think. He is now 28 years old. Most of them are only a couple of years old.
 

1. Mysteries quilt #1 (blue and gold) - March
2. flamingo doll quilt - July
3. star quilt
4. red and white doll quilt - April
5. firework quilt
6. interlocking chain / bird quilt - January
7. Hope crumb small quilt
8. stack and whack star doll quilt - June
9. Angel’s graduation quilt - May
10. jungle fever quilt - February
11. pink and brown butterfly quilt
12. Asian circle quilt
13. puppy trip around the world quilt

Cheryl M.