New Year's Eve

It's New Year's Eve and I spent some time sewing yesterday.  I finished one more sampler block.  I am out of leader and ender 9 patch squares.  So I decided to bag up the rest of the squares I need to finish the 9 patches I need for Rick Rack Nines from Bonnie Hunter's book "Adventures with Leaders & Enders". 

I don't have as much variety in squares that I want, so I'm going to spend some time today cutting some squares from my 2 inch strips.  I follow Bonnie's scrap system, which you can read about here.  Sometimes I worry about cutting too many squares, but so far I seem to use them up.  I can even see the bottom of the basket!  So I definitely need to cut some more squares.  I used most of them for this quilt.

Hope you have a wonderful New Year's Eve!  I'm sure I will be like my grandkitty, asleep before midnight! Or maybe not, it depends on my sewing.....

2018 Resolutions

This time of year I try and plan out some quilts or clean or organize.  But this year, my 2018 Resolution is simple, blog more.

I work on projects all the time.  I tend to jump from one thing to another, but I don't write about it.  So my "diary", this blog, isn't up to date on what I have worked on or what I have finished.

I plan on writing something, with or without pictures.  I just need a log for me.  I get to the end of the year and I can't remember what I did this past year.  So - no matter how little of a Post, I will write something.

For now, I am catching up on my sampler blocks.  I have 3 more of the bottom one to do.  The picture was taken inside as the weather here is cold.  According to the app on my phone the temp is 3 degrees but because of the wind, it feels like -22 degrees.  I plan on sewing this New Year's Eve.  Maybe even doing a little cleaning in the sewing room.  It could use it.

Check out Moda's blog, asking if you are sewing over New Year's.  You could even win some fabric.  Good Luck!