Five Shadows

The Big Count. Hmmmm, looking over my records, I have various types of quilts and projects in various stages from 2016. By listing them in groups, here is how 2016 turned out in my sewing world.

Customer quilts, 10 projects completed

1. one baby quilt
2. 6 t-shirt quilts
3. 2 pillows
4. 1 hobo bag

Longarm quilted quilts: I don’t own a longarm, but a friend offered hers for my use.

1. King size quilt my daughter pieced for her new home.
2. Timeless Tradition which I gifted to my brother and his wife for Christmas.

Quilt Alongs:

1. Christa Quilts Facets quilt with free motion quilting. It is one of my favorites for the year all complete from piecing to FMQ.
2. Tribal Block Club with 12 Spools, top completed and then altered. Back made, not quilted.

Block of the Month:

1. One Block Wonders with Upstairshobbyroom. 9 block patterns presented to create whatever you liked from the block. Of the 9 months, I completed 2 quilts, have 6 as tops ready for quilting, and 1 with only 2 blocks made.

• January – paper piecing, I only made 2 blocks but cut fabric for a lap quilt. Got to get back to this one.
• February – pieced a small table topper, not quilted
• March – lap size quilt, not quilted, love this quilt!
• April – baby size quilt, not quilted
• May –  table runner, pieced and quilted and a favorite!
• June – table topper, not quilted
• July – table topper, not quilted, but another favorite.
• August – table topper, not quilted kind of large, might make into a baby quilt.
• September – paper piecing, table topper, pieced and quilted, and another favorite.

Here are a few pictures of my favorite completed quilts from 2016:

Baby Olivia quilt!

Facets Quilt-Along:

Back of Facets showing the Free Motion Quilting:

Close up of turtle scene on the King size bargello quilt:

One Block Wonder, May, I added the appliqué and turned the pieced blocks in to flowers:

One Block Wonder, September:

Timeless Tradition BOM started 2015 and completed December 2016:

What 2016 projects are you most pleased with? I’d love to hear!

How did I do on last week’s To-Do Tuesday List?

1. I found the flannel for the pjs! Now to make them! – Kind of! I got the fabric cut and the sewing started, not completed yet.
2. Slip cover for the sofa. This is going to be a challenge. I bought the fabric 2 years ago and have put off making the cover since then. With all the Christmas gifts completed and gifted, I really want to conquer this slip cover before starting another quilt! ✗ Does thinking about it count? Life was just too busy with family and parties as the New Year rolled in!
3. Plan out my sewing projects for the New Year! ✗ Nope! But as you see I did revisit accomplishments from 2016! And, oh! I did print out some freebies that will help organize 2017.

To-Do Tuesday List for this week:

1. Finish pjs.
2. Continue thinking about that slip cover? OK, I’ll break it down into smaller tasks – this week make piping for the cushions.
3. Plan an attack on WIP from 2016.
4. Piece November and December’s blocks from Leah Day’s 2016 Sunshine Surprise Quilt-as-you-go BOM.

I’m linking to To-Do Tuesday and Linky Tuesday.

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