New Projects for 2013??
 

How many of you are planning new projects for the New Year? I found 2 BOM's online from last year (Shabby Cabins and Lecien Vintage Tiles) that I saved and printed to do this year for variety each month. I think I'll have 3 applique projects and two or 3 pieced ones: One for my DSIL- he pouted at Christmas when he didn't get one ;) and an Americana (Canadiana). I might even tackle Jinny Beyer's basket quilt BOM from her 2012 newsletters.
I like variety and am not interested in quick and easy, but every so often I do tend to get focused on one to the exclusion of everything else.

I bought some patterns from Quiltworx, so I will start with this one http://www.quiltworx.com/patterns/sea-urchins/ and I am still working on my Affairs of the Heart needle turn applique quilt, I have now done 22 blocks out of the 36 in the quilt. If I can get both of these finished before the end of this year I will be really happy. :) I might just have to throw in a quick and easy project somewhere just for fun.

I have several requests to make as soon as I finish the binding on one quilt from last year and finish the top on another that I'm loving!
The List:
DGD (age 7) wants a butterfly and armadillo quilt for her bed (This should be interesting!)
2 different 'star' quilts - one in blue and yellow and the other in cream and white
a horny toad quilt (another interesting exercise lol)
A carpentars star
i have a celtic design pattern but for the life of me can't remember the name at the moment
and my take on a sampler quilt (just started this one a week ago)
another OBW

I'm thinking this will get me thru late summer...

Just finished by DGD birthday T-shirt quilt - next project is a dragonfly applique quilt for my cousin - my Mom sent me a quilt my Gram made in the 40's that needs patched - my aunt sent me a another quilt top only my Gram made in the 30s that she found in a cedar chest and asked me to quilt it. Already been looking at patterns for next Christmas...but haven't settled on anything yet. Next tho is a crocheted blanket for my other DGD's birthday in February. Figure that's enough to keep me out of trouble for the next little while.:)

That is pretty! I am working on block 8 of Affairs of the Heart - needle turn too! :)

Woody, that quilt is beautiful. Affairs of the Heart is my next quilt to make. I have never done appliqué, except for machine appliqué, so wish me luck.
Sue

I am continuing work on 4 different paper pieced scrap quilts. I do a couple of each block everyday, get bored doing same one over and over. Then I just started a wedding quilt for youngest son getting married in April. After that, I don't know.

Lots of ideas but right now I'm focused on finishing UFOs. Wish me luck!

I like the idea of a paper pieced quilt I just haven't decided which one to do, Judy Niemeyer's patterns are all so beautiful.

Do you mean completely new or new from the list of ideas that has been growing for a few years? In my case, I'll probably do both. Not sure what yet. Right now I have 7 projects hanging over the banister that need attention. One needs binding. One is pinned and ready to be quilted, the rest are tops. That'll keep me in stitches for a while.

I am starting a double wedding ring, want to make a couple of Easter wallhangings, and then do a storm at Sea. I am sure I will also do some kind of applique quilt too since I love the look of applique.

I'm starting off the year with a bargello for my DS
and DDIL using material from the reception table runners. Then a purse for same DDIL, a string block quilt for us, a slash & stitch for DGS' s mom and a tablerunner for nieces' new house. oh yes and a braided with curves wall hanging called "snake in the grass". That should keep me busy for a while.

First, I'm finishing 4 UFOs, one lap quilt that was supposed to be for Christmas and 3 small ones from classes I took last fall. When they are done, I'm making a quilt for me using screen printed fabrics of pictures/post cards from Yosemite. This will be a memory quilt about my trip to CA last fall for BBF's 70th birthday and our five days camping in Yosemite. Then I'll see what I want to do; I have many, many PIGS with fabric bought, patterns decided upon. All I need is time ;)

I am working on handquilting one for ME!! Finally! THen over the next year, I have 5 more grandchildren to make a quilt for ( got 9 done this past year) I have a graduation gift quilt to make, and begin on quilts for each of my 9 children. SO>>>will be very busy health permitting!

I have a couple, I am determined to do a wholecloth just a cot size one to start with plus a sampler applique one, both will be done by hand (my favourite method) but first I must finish quilting 2 others which are for birthdays later in the year, as I do all my quilting by hand progress is slow!!!!

I go to quilt class where I will be taking a new pattern to do just there, 'hunter's star'. Not sure how big this quilt will be because I am making it with just 2 fabrics and one was purchased waiting for the right pattern.
At home I am doing applique at night and any sewing I feel like during the day as well as knitting. I am waiting for a baby bear quilt pattern to make for a baby due in February, followed by a frog quilt for an April baby.

Woody, that is a beautiful quilt you are making, the Sea Urchins. Let us see how it is going later.

I have about three new projects planned in my head that I want to do so far this year. My 5 yr. old Grandson will be going to preschool starting next week so that means I'll have the FREE time to do these!! I watch him and it is impossible to get serious about quilting etc. in my studio when he is with me. So God willing once he starts preschool to prepare him for Kindergarten I can get busy sewing again.

Two of the projects are paper pieced quilts and one is a scrap quilt using all the left over civil war repro fabrics from my Dear Jane quilt.

I have bought fabric for 2 of Debbie Maddy's quilts: 1) Carpenter's Star and 2) Ashley. I've also got some other projects with the fabric bought and organized for quilts. I'm going to finish some UFOs first.

We actually have a couple binders with patterns we've pulled from magazines. We decide who we need to make a quilt for and look through the books to pick one that fits.

One of the ones in progress is a Judy Niemeyer called Rain Drops. I am changing the layout a little. Another is a string x and I am putting little flowers out of hexies where the blocks join. here are photos of my progress.

Love your bright colors, I looked at the website last night and just can't make up my mind. I just sit and drool on my keyboard :)

I am going completely out of my comfort zone and decided to purchase Tula Pink's new "Hex on the Beach" quilt kit - it has over 1000 hexagons (pre-cut) and the hexagon papers for english paper piecing - never thought I would try that but I am excited to learn something new - I think it will be nice to have a travel project or watching the tv at night project - hopefully I will finish in 2013 also.

I love having a hand sewing project going, it is amazing how much you can get done in just those 15 or 20 minutes here and there. This sounds like a great project.

Ontheriver, I love your quilts, the colours are fantstic :)

My main focus right now is working on my daughter's wedding dress. We have everything we need now to start it, just the fitting of the pattern is next. The pattern is 4 sizes too small. Sigh. Its a vintage pattern and its the only size we could find. So, first I have to enlarge the pattern, make a sample dress, get all the fitting right, and then start on the real one. I have until April, so I should be good, as long as everything goes smooth after the sample dress. Wish me luck : )

Once I get done with that. Oh my I have a list a mile long for next year's Christmas presents. So I am going to be very busy.

I must finish a patriotic quilt for my husbands military reunion. I signed up for a Craftsy's Art Quilting: Pictorial Technique, debating on ordering a kit from Connecting Threads - Floating Stars, finished tops that need quilting - flip flop, delectable mountain, Ohio star variation two colored quilt, and a flannel. Wow!!! I need to get started. I'm sure as the year progresses there will be more request and things that I can't pass up.

I have way too many ideas swirling around in my head. I am trying to control them so I don't start too many projects and end up with a ton more UFO's. One goal is to finish my UFO's. I have a new rule for myself this year that I can't start a new project until I finish 2 UFO's. I am doing the stash buster train ride quilt on here. My DD ia pregnant and i need to make a baby quilt. I have a bargello to make called Bright Nights Bargello by Becky Botello. I have all 24 fabrics for it but haven't started. I also want to do a Judy Neimeyer quilt probably her new Mariners Compass one. I have a quilt to make for my nephew he is paying me to make a Tardis quilt (had to look up what that is). This is enough to keep me busy all year but I am sure I will start some other projects. I also will throw in a couple of charity projects. Unfortunately work and sleep interfere with my quilting time.

That's a good question. I'm really torn. I have a few UFOs that I need to finish and I've promised myself that I will finish them this year. But I'm afraid that if I do nothing but finish UFOs my "hobby" will seem more like a chore than a "hobby." My hobby is supposed to be fun but I've stopped working on these quilts for various reasons, boredom, etc. For me the fun of my "hobby" is choosing the fabrics and patterns and learning new techniques. I don't just start quilts, I finish them, too. But I've had these few UFOs hanging over my head for too long and I want to finish them. So, what I plan to do is finish them this year and get them behind me so I can go back to having fun again.

Thanks to the UFO thread I finally got mine done that has been lingering for 15 years. So up next is a Japanese inspired quilt for a friend of mine using red batiks and grey applique, then a baby quilt for my friend in Finland - it looks like a wrapped present and is so cute! Then I am going to get some small quilts going for local uses - Yale New Haven Hospital Childrens, possibly the local fire department or the Women's Club - anyone who can use them for people in need. The 5 Minute block pattern shold be just the thing for those - fun and easy to do.

This year I want to make all my gifts for my family . For birthdays and stuff I don't know though. I wanted to do this for Christmas but put it off because I don't know if they'll like homemade stuff or not. How do you all get over being nervous and just go ahead a make the gifts and risk them liking them or not?

Wow that Affairs from the Heart pattern looks time consuming but beautiful!! Would love to start it but have so many appliqué UFO'S :0(. Needleturn appliqué is my passion!!

My list includes finally quilitng 6 quilt tops. Finish the challenge quilt from my sewing club. Make 2 graduation quilts for nephews and a baby quilt for my sister's baby (due in July). I also want to do a scrappy log cabin and have already started started a EPP star quilt to keep my hands busy while watching TV in the evenings and when riding in the car. I also want to improve my bag making skills, make a couple of purses and work with my daughters (ages 9 and 11) teaching them to sew on quilts for their American Girl dolls.

Well, let's see: I am ready to begin a white on white Welch quilt--18" blocks QAYG and then put together; a top that my late sister pieced for her newest gd; a jungle quilt for dgs who is 7 and a tumbler top that is almost ready to put together. Whew! That's a list! Good luck to all of us.

That is awsome! Hope to see the finished product...

I hardly know where to start. I'm trying to finish Craftsy BOM 2012 as last year I was side-lined for 6 months recovering from a ruptured disk in my neck, surgery and rehab for over 4 months, and have signed up for the BOM 2013. My DIL would like a quilt for Zoe's bed, our DGD, and a quilt for their bed, but Zoe's quilt comes first. I have 2 other BOM from several years ago, pattern and fabric all included; HOWEVER, high on my list is to decide on a pattern and then make the top for our July 4th family reunion this year. If I can get the top done early enough my oldest niece said she would quilt it, as she just got a LAQ last year - she and her husband plan to have a quilting business up and running when they retire, and yes I said her husband, as he quilts too. Then there are the Bow Tucks bags I want to make for friends and lots of craft items for a craft show in Nov. Other than that there isn't much on my agenda for 2013 LOL.

I gave three quilts for Christmas, the ones who didn't get them wanted one too. More to be done for this year :)

I want to make each grandchild new quilts (9 of them) my sisters and myself .... I always forget myself

My LQS is having a mystery block of the month. They are 16 inch blocks and from Eleanor Burns. Also our monthly quilt club does a 12 inch block. You get a fat quarter that one of the employees picks out and buy it for a $1 and make how ever many blocks you can get then you get to put your name in for a drawing. If you make 3 blocks, you get to put your name in 3 times. I can't believe I have won 3 times lately, the last one I won was Christmas fabric from Thimbleberries which I kept, the Jan. one had 19 blocks and my name was again drawn but I declined as I already haven't worked on the Thimbleberries one.

first new quilt will be ten minute tiles a pattern from keepsake quilting. Then i'm not sure, mu dd hasn't decided what she wants her signature quilt to be yet. Then I have a bunch of ufo's to finish.

I joined a BOM program with another group I belong to. January is done. I think I can manage 1 block a month. :)

I started a batik quilt I've been wanting to make for me. Got the pieces cut out and started putting blocks together. Just happened to notice the directions said to use 12 different fabrics (how did I miss that?) and I only used 4. I think it is going to look alright so I'm going to finish it. Maybe I'll do the correct version next time.

I'm waiting on some clothes to arrive and then I have 2 lap size memory quilts to make.

That is all I have planned right now as far as quilting goes. We are painting the bathroom this weekend. Next, we are going to do some repair work and paint the kitchen. Guess my time will be divided up for a while.