Starting New Projects

Hard to believe we are more than half way through February already! I’m late with my January update and February list.  I did spend the better part of the retreat I attended at the end of January working on Indigo Way, and did get all of the cutting finished but am far from having my top completed.  I also managed to get the motifs finished on my Hidden Garden rug so all that is left now are the border and background. I did not, however, make much progress on my Twilight Stars blocks.  I think I only managed to do two last month, and so far have only done two this month.

Our January TAS program featured Diana Boston, daughter-in-law of Lucy Boston.  Her presentation was amazing!  Lucy Boston was incredible talented at fussy (or as Diana refers to it, ‘precision’) cutting.  Her quilts are truly amazing!  I was inspired to dig out my Patchwork of the Crosses project and finish a couple of blocks. Here’s one of them. I find the fussy cutting challenging - I need to work on getting better at figuring out those angles.

Although I should be focusing on finishing up some of the many, many projects I have already started, I’ve been having a lot of fun starting new projects this year. At the end of last month I jumped into the  Tiny Nine Patch (TNP) challenge led by Taryn of Repro Quilt Lover. I am working from little scraps and am really loving the little blocks so far, even if I am not keeping up. I have 31 so far (19 short of being on track). These blocks are 2" unfinished and are super cute.

I made a quick run over to Mexico, MO on Super Bowl Saturday to check out Homestead Hearth's open house.  The store looks great and pretty much everything was 25% off so of course I had to bring home loads of fabric I didn't need.  I can't pass up a good deal!  And then, of course, I had to stop at Dagwood's for lunch.  Their food is delicious!  


I also got started on the new 2024 Wool Box project from Primitive Gatherings.  Here are the first two blocks. Lisa indicated that there may be more embellishments added to the blocks later on.  These don't take long to do so I might actually be able to keep up with two every other month.


My focus projects for February are:

1. TNP - goal is 40 blocks
2. Temperature quilt - finishing the tree applique
3. Twilight Stars February blocks

I also want to work on my Hidden Garden rug this month.  My goal is to have it completed before I return to Eureka Springs in May.  It seems so far off but I know it will be here before I know it!