I know most folks don't love the month of January, but I'm in the minority. It may have something to do with where we live. We have sunshine over 300 days out of the year. Brilliant, clear blue skies are the norm here in our corner of the world, year-round.
So even though we get below zero temps, snow, and have bitter cold winters some years, I don't have the excuse that the gloomy weather drives me into the sewing room. If I waited for inclement weather to sew, I'd never be in there. If anything, I would want to escape the heat of the summer, but since we moved to the mountains, even that hasn't been an issue.
I kicked off January by finishing up this Book Nook Quilt that now lives in Oklahoma.
I focused on my Balsam Gnome Quilt this month and made all the blocks. And then, since I figured I'd need 2 of these, I went ahead and cut and pieced all the blocks for the 2nd one and stitched them both into tops.
Our granddaughter helped pull fabrics for a pink quilt she requested a few months ago and I started cutting pieces. Next time she's here, I'll let her lay them out, but I thought it'd be easier if I went ahead and made all the flying geese first. I'm just getting started.
I'm using this Carrie Nelson pattern, but plan on making it a tad larger.
And then I went off the rails and started a completely new project. (Shaking head). After a conversation with my DIL that led to her asking if I had any flannel quilts up for adoption, I had to start one. I pulled a FQB from my stash and started cutting.
I was able to make 80 blocks from the 20 fat quarters.
I also bound this Into the Woods Quilt so that's my 2nd finish for the year
Just yesterday, I just started stitching the binding on this quilt in the evenings
So the first month of the year allowed me to soak up the sun, spend some time working in the snow with DH, AND make some progress on projects. January was a good month. Wishing ya'll sunshine-y skies!
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