Saturday, February 22, 2014

Friday Night Sew In......

....started early for me to hopefully finish a quilt top i've been working on for the better part of the week. The heat hasn't been good for sitting & sewing. Sometime in the last 10 years i bought the fabrics to make my son another quilt. Cut it all out & yep you guessed it, straight into a box. Seems i have a thing for putting fabrics/ ufo's in boxes. Lol. 4 years ago at quilt retreat i took the box & made up all the blocks & yes back into that box they went until this week.
This pattern was in a Homespun magazine many years ago. I just love the churn dash block. Another ufo has made it to the flimsy stage. YAY. Slowly ticking off UFO's which is making me very happy. Now if i can only find the buttons needed for today's UFO.

 Last night i worked on block 2 of A Merry Christmas Garden by Gail Pan.
Slowly getting all the applique done.

Pop over to visit Wendy our lovely hostess to see who else joined in for the sew in.

Happy Stitching,

11 comments:

Terry said...

Good for you working on an old UFO! My goal this year is to empty out all my many project tubs. I have two empty so far! Well, one I've now filled up with pincushions, but it still counts! LOL

Sheila said...

Love your quilt Jeanette , I have always loved the churn dash block . Your Christmas block is looking great too .
Hugs Sheila

De said...

Churn Dash is my favourite block! Well done on finishing the flimsy

Jenny of Elefantz said...

Churn dash is my all time favourite block, Jeanette. In fact, you just jogged my memory...I have about 26 of them waiting in a box to be added to for a bed quilt. I think I started it back in 2009....naughty me. They must feel quite neglected.
hugs
Jenny
x

Fiona said...

great quilt top... churn dash is so effective and yours is lovely... good work on that block.. lots of stitching and it looks beautiful
Hugz

Cath Ü said...

Jeanette I just read your blog posts for this year... WOW you certainly have been busy. I thought I was going good starting and finishing eight projects for the magazines. My new year's resolution was to finish items and write the instructions straight away. So far so good... hey but it is only February... LOL

Cath Ü

Anonymous said...

Jeanette i love your flimsy and you have inspired me to finish my UFO's,i have a couple finished and a few more to go,but i am getting there thanks to you,love your Gail Pan block also.xx

Michelle Ridgway said...

Love your churn dash quilt. Beautiful stitching xx

Marilyn said...

The churn dash quilt is gorgeous, Jeanette. It is great to get those boxes emptied isnt it.

Kim said...

Love the churn dash quilt and your block is beautiful. You seem to be doing well with your UFOs.

Farm Gate Creations Incorporating Hummingbird Quilting said...

Lovely work, your quilt top is looking great.

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