Hi all, I wonder what you're doing in your quilting life at present? Pop onto the forum and tell us what you're completing. Is it a quilt? Some embroidery? Some knitting or crochet. (I know all quilters like to dabble in other needlework genres).

Love to hear from you

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I just read your review of Doubledipit. In it you mentioned the stack and whack quilt. I have blocks that I have had cut out for 6 years or so. I had chosen some bright veggies as well as I remember. It is unreal how you can turn the pieces in different ways to make unusual blocks. I guess I just could not decide which ones I liked best. I also have a star that I started about 15 years ago using red and green prints and an of offwhite tone on tone. My plans were to put it together with a block to match the offwhite that I had embroidered a redwork poinsettia on. Needless to say life got in the way. Hopefully this year will find me looking these up and attempting to finish them. I always enjoy reading what others are doing. Kathryne

Hey Kathryne, that star quilt is intriguing. Love to see a photo when it's completed. All the best

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iam trying to make a quilt . iembroidary a121/2 square f from dakota collectibles blooming beauty quilt. daisy blue center gold/. but don,t know yet if i will do all 12 blocks the same. i have till june to finish for a wedding gift what do you think?

As always, Connie, us quilters bite off more than we can chew. But go for it I say, you won't be the first or last quilter not to make a deadline! I've just about finished my daughters 21st Birthday quilt and she turns 30 in August this year LOL

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I am working on my daughter's Christmas present now, only three or four months late. I just have one more side to handstitch the binding, so she should get it for Easter. I know about deadlines!!
I am also working on a community project quilt, Farmers Wife blocks, and have a border to add to a quilt, then quilt it. I have too many projects at once, but I certainly don't get bored.

Please don't feel special about not making deadlines. I am just about to complete my daughters 21st birthday quilt, and she will be 30 in August. Can anyone beat that?

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I do think you have me beat! I probably have some UFOs that old, but they weren't gifts.
Off to the quilt shop this afternoon. Good time ahead!

Maureen

Good morning from Hansville, Washington. I am working on a Nine-Patch Pizzazz quilt and going a little nuts. I looked and looked for the right colors and finally found them, but in panel format. Thinking it would be OK I cut the pieces and then found I was hard pressed for focal fabric to nicely complete the nine patches. So, I'm struggling - hoping I'm just being too critical:).

Hello !glee59*, I think you can over worry your fabric choices. A long time ago I made a whole quilt blindfolded. Well, not literally. I placed all my scrap fabrics into a large brown paper bag and made myself (and believe me I really had to MAKE myself) use the scrap I pulled from the bag. The quilt turned out great and looked like I'd spent sooooo much time on fabric choices. I'm glad I learned that lesson early on in my quilting journey. All the best with your Pizzazz quilt.
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I have just cut 2 patriotic quilts to donate to Soldiers Angels. One will be a Slanted Star pattern and the other a Basket Weave. I'm relatively new to quilting and need to practice the point placement of the Slanted Star. I also spent 2 hours today, choosing fabric to make my sister a Golden Petals quilt for Christmas. Now I need to pull out the sewing machine & get to work!!

Hi Curlytop, You sound like a quilter on a mission. Good on you. Tell us a little more about Soldiers Angels. I've not heard of them before.

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Judie B

Soldiers' Angels is a volunteer-led 501(c)(3) nonprofit with hundreds of thousands of volunteers providing aid and comfort to the men and women of the United States Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, veterans and their families. http://www.soldiersangels.org/ I have 2 sons currently in the Army National Guard and feel this is a great way to give back. Through this organization you can sponsor a soldier or join one of many support teams. I feel it is a great service and I stumbled upon it a few years ago. curlytop

Right now I am working on 4 UFO's. (You know the feeling where you get stumped on one and need to put it aside and work on something else.) Anyway,I am working on the embellishments on a wall-hanging that was a sample from a Reflection Class from Quilt University - I really love that site!
And a snowflake sampler using a different technique for each block.
And adding some applique to a rail-fence I made a couple of years ago.
And finishing some small baby quilts - no larger than 24" square - for the facility that takes care of drug addicted babies.

Maybe I'll be finished with at least one by the end of the year.LOL

Linda