Under the Needle: January

Boy Howdy! What happened to January?! If this is any indication of the year to come, I had better take a deep breath because the first month of the year just blew by. I am digging my heels into the dirt in an attempt to slow down time. I know...I know...it's not working. Even so, I get to spend so many of my days as I wish...riding shotgun with DH, trotting down the trail with Skeet, puttering outdoors, keeping the home fires burning, keeping the feathered flock in line, mucking out closets and shelves, enjoying a few road trips, celebrating a birthday, soaking in the kids when they visit, dishing up vittles, keeping pickup seats filled with cookies, and sewing a stitch or two between it all. I guess life has kept me away from the computer and my blog has suffered, but it's been a good month.

This month I worked on turning scraps into blocks for a quilt I am making for a friend - I'm about half way there:

I also left 2 baby quilt top with Jackie and picked them up yesterday - I love having quilts to bind:

I cut out the Zoologie quilt

 I turned the monkey fabric

into a quilt top that still needs a border:

And I pulled out these fat quarters, pressed them, and began cutting for a new project:

It seems I have spent the month making a little progress on a lot of projects, but eventually that ought to yield some finished quilts.