Under the Needle: January

 Sewing time has been negligible since August, thus, monthly Under the Needle posts fell by the wayside. Now that we've finally settled in, I've enjoyed popping into my sewing room every now and then again.

We've still got lots of projects we're working on, but when DH is running the skid steer, working on a shared water line with the neighbor (he lives in town, but has property 6 miles from us and some cows on a forest lease) or in the shop, I can't be much help. 

Such was the case on New Year's Day, and I spent the afternoon sorting through old UFOs to take stock of what they still needed which turned out to be backing. Three tops had been hanging in the closet for too many years so I shopped through my stash and pulled fabrics and pieced backings. 

I found this piece of blue, leftover from the Gypsy Quilt I made for our girl 12 years ago. I had used it for the backing and I just needed to even up the edges and sew one seam down the middle for the perfect fit for the Baby Dinosaur Quilt...sometimes it's worth holding on to things!

The Jungle Baby Quilt backing was pieced with stash fabrics as well.

I found this old Robert Kaufman, Kiss the Cook, piece of leftover fabric that I wanted to use for the Farmer's Market Quilt, but it wasn't big enough so I added this gingham to bring it up to size

 Then I pieced this fabric for the back of the Love You S'more camping quilt I pieced last year. It's an old Debbie Mumm print that I found on clearance for $2.54 at a Lubbock quilt shop that was closing probably 10 years ago. I bought everything that was on the bolt...10 yards. And yes, for that price, I brought home more fabric. 😉

I also pieced a backing for this Autumn Gatherings Flannel Quilt

One day I dove into my Christmas fabrics and started pressing, and cutting for a scrappy Christmas Quilt

I managed to make all the blocks.

And towards the end of the month I started pulling, pressing and cutting browns for my Old Dirt Road Quilt although I haven't made much of a dent yet.

I finished this Peaches & Cream Gingham Quilt

As well as my Radiant Red & White Swap Quilt

And that's a wrap for January's sewing progress. It sure feels good to have something to share in an Under the Needle post again.