2024 Quilt Round Up

Early last year, we were thinking that there was a good possibility that we may move. We just had to sit back and let God work. I figured I wouldn't be sewing much when or if that happened so I hit the ground running at the first of the year and sewed any time I got the chance, trying to finish quilt tops so that when the time came and I wasn't sewing, I'd be able to hand tops off to Jackie and just need to bind them in order to have finished quilts. It worked great and I was able to sew through July and I felt good about the progress I was able to make last year. After July, the only sewing I did was to stitch on binding.

1. All in Good Time Spring Splash Baby Quilt - this had been a UFO for 6 years so I was happy to finally add it to the finished list

2. UT Quilt - Made this for our son-in-law. With updated photos once I gave it to him for Christmas.

3. Americana Quilt - I made this one for us

                                

4. Unicorn Quilt - for our 'Corn' loving grand daughter

5. Adventure Lies Ahead - for our son and daughter-in-law

6. Mountain Lake - the first of 3 blue-green quilts I made in an effort to tame those bins

7. Seascape Quilt - the 2nd of the blue-green quilts

8. Bunny Hill Row Quilt - using up the leftovers from previous quilts - this one has been pieced for a couple of years and just needed to be quilted and bound.

9. Buckaroo Quilt - using up more scraps - another one that was pieced 3 or 4 years ago and was just waiting for quilting and binding.

10. Songbook - Fingerprints of God Quilt - The blocks for this one were made in September of '23. This will always be a favorite.

11. Indian Summer Siesta - Squeezed this one in, using 2 favorite prints, in December

I had 25 quilts on my list at the beginning of the year and I'm pleasantly surprised that I finished 11 of those. The majority of them began the year as tops and just needed to be quilted and bound. I'm doubly surprised since this year included a big move and we're spending so much time working outside on the new property.

And then I had one extra finish that wasn't even on the list

12. Pink and Blue Gingham Baby Quilt - Gingham quilts are always a favorite and I love making them.

So, another 12 quilt year. That's a good number for me. I'll shoot for that again next year, but at this rate, I'm not making much of a dent in my stash.

Indian Summer Siesta Quilt

 Yes, that's an odd post title in January, but I finished this quilt before Christmas and just couldn't get it posted. 

I worked on binding this during the NFR and honestly, the warm weather we had in December almost felt like an Indian Summer.

                                            

 The focus fabric in this is one of my all-time favorites 

                                                    

and when I ran across the leftovers, from a previous quilt, last March, I just pushed everything aside, pulled coordinates from my stash, threw open all the windows to let the invigorating Spring air in, and stitched every chance I got. It was such fun pulling coordinating fabrics from my stash to build the blocks

                                     

This quilt finishes at 65" x 73" and I would have made it bigger but I was determined to use this  backing that I've had for years.

                                        

This design is basically a St. Louis 16-patch with a few No-Point Stars tossed in here and there. Jackie and Sandy quilted a design called sunflowers across it. This shot shows the quilting well                   

I bound it with a brown print from my stash

I don't participate in social media, but at times I DO look at Instagram for quilt inspiration. And more often than not, there are incredible shots of bits and pieces of beautiful quilts, but rarely do they show the entire quilt and that's frustrating when I am thinking of making a quilt. But I realize that the full shots are usually not the ones that draw you in and cause you to linger. Such is the case here, but I still think a full shot ought to be included.

                            

I named this Indian Summer Siesta because I picture myself lazing in a hammock on our deck,  immersed in a good book, soaking in fresh mountain air,  curled up with this quilt and that scenario will undoubtedly lead to a siesta. 😉 

Yes, even in December. 

It was 62° when I took these photos - we've been enjoying unseasonably warm weather all fall. I was happy to sneak one more finish into 2024.