Tuesday, 22 January 2013

Way back when....

Back in 2009 I received this most wonderful covered book from my friend CD.  I decided the moment I unwrapped it that it would be kept for my quilting 'To Do' lists.



I have re-opened it today to do my list of 'wishing quilts' for 2013.  I just wanted to take some time to share my past projects - a few completed (!) and many more which seem to progress from one year's list to the next!!!!

I started quilting in 2004, my 'to do' list, of course, started not long after - although I still have many UFO from that period...my list starts, as it did in the book. Do I need to mention the drawer of UFO that have never made it into the 'to do' book ........ no thought not!

2009:

Judy's Star - Made for my friends 65th birthday. Started 2008 - Finished Jan 2009.

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Quilt for L - requested with a fleece backing: Started end of 2009 - Finished Jan 2010.
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Purple Throw Quilt for BH - when we purchased the BH we got most of the furniture with it.  The settee was badly stained and I purchased dome cheap furniture fabric to make a heavy duty throw.  Never actually got round to making it... and now the flood has happened - we have an actual purple sofa.  So this one I can mark as finished by default.

Fan-tastic - started 2006/7 (I think) in class, a pattern designed by Junita Dobb my quilting teacher. Just a boarder to finished and then to quilt. 





Quilt as you go - blood, sweat and many tears were shed completing this quilt: Started 2005 - Finished 2010

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Sunflower - started 2005 - love this one - really, really must finish it!!


Coloured 3D hexagons - Loved this - many happy hours - no tears, many smiles!!!  Started as one coloured section, for paper piecing technique in class - and developed into single quilt. Started 2007 - finished April 2011.

3D - English Patchwork April 2011

Chenille Bag - started, mmmm not sure...2008 - Finished 2009


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Uni Quilt - this was my very first quilt made back in 1993 - made while at university - mainly when I could not afford to go out.  This was back in the days before I knew about strip piecing and rotary cutting.  The quilt was damaged by damp in the flat D and I lived in when we first met - the boarders were removed and the quilt left to one side until I could replace - made the list in 2009 - finished 2011.

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Pinwheel - this was an attempt at a quilting pattern - free from the Internet - outside of my evening class.  Not sure to this day if the pattern was incorrect or if I just cut completely wrong but it worked out ok in the end, but definitely not a Pinwheel pattern!!! Started 2005- Finished 2009.

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Wholecloth Quilt - made the wish list in 2009 for the future.  Started 2009 - Finished 2012



Quilts made during the year - that didn't even appear on my 'to do' list - they just somehow got done!

Three baby quilts, all arriving in April! - Feb 2009 - April 2009.

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Birthday gifts for the QQ - One in Feb - Three in April (really need to space these projects)!! All started and finished in 2009.


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Small Projects for Christmas gifts.  Started November 2009 - Finished December 2009

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And final project started in 2009 for my friends 50th birthday (yes you've guessed in April 2010)

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I have amazed myself - I think 2009 was a bumper year for me - I don't know how I managed to finish so many projects - OK, not all of them were started in 2009, and some needed more finishing than others, but a few were completed the same year they were started - very good for me!!!

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1 comment:

  1. Wow Wow and wow again
    Look how much you've done!!!!

    Fabulous review- keep up the good work

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