Switching gears -

This month I thought that I would "switch gears" -

And try to get some of my projects Quilted - ;))

Gee - what a concept!! - haha - ;))

My favorite part of quilting is making the blocks -

Sewing little pieces together to make bigger pieces -

Watching the colors play against each other -

Watching the puzzle pieces all come together to make the block -

And chasing that elusive 1/4" that I seem to lose on a regular basis - ;))

Sewing the blocks together gets to be unwieldy at times -

As the tops get bigger and bigger -

And I seem to get bored with the project after the top is done -

BUT -

I guess at some point I should actually QUILT them -

Or at least I should TRY to quilt them -

To finish them up - ;))

I can't afford to send them out to be quilted any more -

Retirement has seen to that -

So -

I figured that I could use SuzieQ to piece the backings and make my Scrap Hearts -

And use Lily to "quilt-in-the-ditch" -

Then switch to my White Jeans Machine to do some Free Motion Quilting - :))

I have some good Free-Motion Quilting books in my library -

And I signed up for one of the Craftsy classes on Free-Motion Quilting -

Which should help when I get to that point - ;))

So I checked my list of UFOs - Projects - and Squirrels -

And just about choked on the number of "unquilted" tops that I have to quilt - ;))

Yikes!! - ;))

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Need Quilting -

• Sampler Quilt
• Watercolor Heart
• Top/White
• Red/White/Blue
• Purple/Green/Black
• Pre-Stenciled Wholecloth
• Lion - H
• Lion - C
• Lion - J
• Cottage Wall Hanging
• No-Waste Windmill (Pungkin Peer Charm Pack)
• FMQA - Practice Quilt
• Jelly Beans
• LTRTCWSA 2012 - "Do You See What I See?"

Top/Heart/Scrap Card made -
Need Back - Sleeve - Binding - Label -

• B/W/R - Red Cosmo
• B/W/R - Red Stripe
• B/W/R - Black Cosmo
• B/W/R - Black Stripe
• B/W/R - Multi
• Rules
• Placemats/Throw
• LTRTCWSA 2013 - Christmas Sudoku Quilt
• Valentine's Day Sudoku Quilt
• St. Patrick's Day Sudoku Quilt
• Easter Sudoku Quilt
• May Flowers Sudoku Quilt
• LTRTCWSA 2012 - Folk Art Christmas Tree

Top made -
Need Heart - Scrap Card -

• Ladies
• Scrappy Tripping
• Orca Bay RED - Bonnie Hunter's Mystery Quilt - November 2011
• Floral Applique
• LHQSQ - LHQ Sampler Quilt
• O Happy Christmas
• Christmas Embroidered Blocks - Table Runner
• I Spy Quilt x 2
• Easy Street Detour Around The World
• Batik Placemats (8)
• 9-Patch Pizzazz
• January Sudoku Quilt
• June Wedding Sudoku Quilt
• July Americana Sudoku Quilt
• Halloween Sudoku Quilt
• Thanksgiving Sudoku Quilt

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I feel a bit overwhelmed at the moment -

But I think that if I start off with some of the smaller ones -

Like finishing off the eight Batik Placemats -

And then just practice - practice - practice -

I could work my way up to some of the larger ones - ;))

Who knows -

Maybe by Christmas -

I'll know what I'm doing - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -