Originally Posted by
Janice McC
Welcome to all the new train riders and to last year's passengers who are going for another trip! How lovely to see new names and the veterans as well. What was that little ditty from when I was a child...you know, eons ago...sitting around a campfire at the Girl Scout camping trips? I think it was "make new friends but keep the old; one is silver and the other gold". Welcome to our Silver and Gold riders
Today is the 5th day of the year and we've got a weekend coming up. Does anyone have any plans to work on their UFOs this weekend? I do. I've got 30 9 1/2 inch scrappy blocks I'm going to set off kilter with black and then I HOPE to QAYG. Those blocks date back a couple of years but I've had to make a few more to get enough for a small quilt. It's the QAYG that will be the challenge as I've never tried it. Sewbizgirl made a tut on how she does it. Her directions were so clear I should be able to pull it off. But first, all the blocks must be set in the black. I work fairly slowly so it will take me a couple of weeks just to get the black added with all the other things going on around here. BUT, I've begun!
How about you?
We have a couple of inches of snow forecast for us... which, here in the South, is something of a big deal, as we don't really have the street equipment to deal with it. So, I'll be staying inside as much as possible. I have three customer quilts that I neglected over the holidays (was working on the MQ), so that will be my primary focus.
However, I have decided that on the couple of yard-sale flimsies I have, instead of quilting them, I'm going to cut them up into patchwork teddy bears. That will allow me to quickly get two flimsies, and a bag of stuffing out of the way, and probably produce at least 4 UFO finishes. I may just work on those tonight and tomorrow when I get home from work. That will give me a very quick "jump-start" to my 2017 UFO/Moratorium plan this year!
So, while I wait/watch for snow, I will be being productive - consuming my stash, finishing UFO's, finishing customer quilts (and making $$ doing that!!). Sounds like a plan to me - what do y'all think?
