Changes to the WIP List!

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It's May.  I used to think Christmas season was busy, but in some ways it's got nothing on May.  There's a great parody video out there that sums up my feelings perfectly...


But one of the events on the calendar was our guild's spring retreat!  (And to go I had to NOT help at a TTT Bake Sale, a 4-H Sewing Workshop, the State Large Group Vocal Contest concessions for the Fine Arts Boosters and turn down an invitation to a party.)

So progress was actually made on the WIP List!!!  It's becoming obvious I really need to buckle down and spend some time on the long-arm.  It's hard to find large enough blocks of time, but since I have a long-arm I really have no excuse for having a pile of half a dozen unquilted tops.  Although I swear half my problem is decision paralysis about what thread to use and how to quilt it. 

Crystal Gems is definitely going to be just an all-over pattern, and I could probably use six different colors of thread and no one would notice, so maybe that should be first.  Although I still have to decide if I want to put wide borders on it to make it a king, or leave it as is.  A part of me just wants to make enough more blocks, but I would have to buy another fat quarter bundle.  So it's border or nothing. 

Row of cats is probably also an all-over pattern, and is smaller, so another quick finish.  Maybe this weekend?

Recent Finishes 

Anne Marie Cheney mini from Glamp Stitch-a-lot
Batik Half Square Triangle quilt
Making Modern - Blues
Anna Maria Horner Little Fan Dance (need to post pictures)
Anna Maria Horner applique mini (need to post pictures)
Libs Elliott mini (need to post pictures)
Mom's table runner

Piecing 

QAD Flight Effects mini  
Angela Walters BOM - six blocks finished
Classic Meets Modern BOM - January through April blocks finished
Morris Apprentice - for Bev (set up as Leaders and Enders)   
Prism Star - demo for guild 

Needs Binding

Loominous (Almost done! 12 inches short of binding at the retreat...)
Social Ladder

Top Completed, Waiting for Quilting

Crystal Gems
Every Which Way - ready to load 
Moda Building Blocks
Frond butterfly quilt
Rows of Cats
Making Modern - Rainbow quilt


Planning 

Sparklers
Quill
Aviatrix - stalled, need to get moving on this one! 
Moda Love quilt - Barb 
Shenandoah (messed up the cutting and need more fabric...) 
Stellar Stars BOM 
Church Dinner projects

UFO's

Craftsy QAYG
Fabulous Flowers
Blossoms
Farmer's Wife - should move indoors for the smaller projects...
Quilter's Patch - BOM from FQS.  Finished six(?) blocks

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