Under the Needle: January

I felt like I got a good start on my sewing projects in January. I might make more progress if  I concentrate on one project at a time, but I bounced around and worked on whatever caught my attention when I found myself with time to sew.

I pieced a little baseball quilt and will be binding it next week:

I pulled, cut,

sewed, and pieced a top and made the binding for a quilt to donate to a VFW Post:

I had emptied my stash of 2 1/2" squares and strips when I  made my last 2 scrap quilts so I spent some time replenishing that with fabrics from my stash. I know it takes more time to pull fabrics and cut a 2 1/2 strip, but I like to keep my fabrics in bigger pieces because I never know how I'll want to use it. It's what works for the way I like to sew:

I cut matched sets from those strips with the Easy Angle Ruler and sewed a whole mess of little hsts:

I set them to the side to use as leader-enders during the year. I will match them with more low volume prints:

I think I bought most of these low volume prints a few years ago when I worked on one of Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilts and they have been sitting in their bin ever since. I pulled them out when I began making the HST Chaos quilt and fell in love with them all over again. Suddenly, I want to find more and make everything with them:

I also pulled and cut fabrics for the baby quilt I'm making

pieced it (I don't have a picture of the full top on the computer) and will take it to Jackie on Monday:

And I posted about my finished Color Box Quilt:

I hope I can carry that progress into the coming months!