2015 Finish-Along - Q1 List

I just had to share some of the beauty that I enjoyed while I was in the North Carolina mountains with my mom.  This is a picture I took just about a mile before reaching her home....

Isn't it just so peaceful and nostalgic?  

The fog coming in over the mountain was simply magnificent!!!

I really would like to thank all of you who sent such lovely get-well wishes and prayers to me and my Mom!  We are very, very blessed to have received wonderful news - as of right now, she is considered cancer free!  Her surgeon is confident that he was able to remove all of the growth on her colon during surgery, and the pathology reports on the lymph nodes were ALL negative!!!!  Halleluiah!!!  She will probably need to have some preventative treatments of some sort just to make sure there are no cancer cells hiding out anywhere, but we are thrilled with this blessing!

As you can see, she was able to go home earlier this week, and she was very happy about that!  The staff at Mission Hospital in Asheville were superb, and I can't say enough good things about her surgeon, Dr. Bradshaw.  But nonetheless, we were definitely ready to blow that taco stand!!!  Of course, that meant that I was able to come home too.....  Nashville, here I come!

Can you see my angel who goes with me everywhere?

I took a few days of down time when I got home, but I've slowly begun to get back into the swing of my quilting schedule.  One of the things I really wanted to participate in this year was the 2015 Finish Along with Adrianne over at On The Windy Side. 

I'm pretty sure I'm sliding in with my list right under the wire!!!  But here goes ....

2015 Finish-Along – Q1 List

1.       MCQG - UFO #10.  Bind Indian Summer.  

This quilt was started in 2007 and quilted last year.  All it has needed for the past year is the binding – yikes!!!  Time to finish ‘er up!

2.       Finish quilting Montego Bay and bind.

This is actually quilted, but there’s a section with some tension issues on the back.  It’s been sitting because I've been avoiding making a decision about whether it’s bad enough to tear out that section and re-quilt or keep it as is.  It’s time for it to move out of the studio and into the Finished Quilts stack!

3.       Quilt and bind the Bargello Baby quilt for Downs Syndrome Association from 2014.

This was such a fun quilting day with my Guild friends!  I made the quilt that first week – and then never found time to get it quilted and bound.  I really can’t think of any acceptable excuse for taking this long to get this sweet quilt finished up!

4.       Quilt and bind Whooooooo's Your Daddy?

I started this one last year as a Rainbow Scrap Challenge project.  I kept up with making the owls each month, but then got bogged down in life toward the end of the year.  I need to finish the applique stitching on about half of the Hooties, perch them in the tree and attach their little clawed feet, then quilt and bind.

5.       Finish a secret gift for a blog friend – she deserved it long ago!  I can’t share pictures now, but I’ll be sure to do that when it is finished and gifted.

6.       Complete five Bertie’s Year wall quilts that need to be embroidered and quilted.  This will leave only the December kit to do later in the year.

7.       Quilt and bind Amish Beauties.

8.       Make a tabletopper quilt from this orphan block for display in February.

9.       Finish Sara’s Shark Pencil Case.  All the fabrics are pulled and the pattern downloaded from Patchwork Posse- I just need to sit down and make it!

10.  Complete my Peacock See-N-Go bag.

This has been on my ToDo list since early summer 2014.  You can see more about this bag I designed for Jacquelynne Steves HERE

That should keep me plenty busy don't you think?  Of course, I do have three months to finish these up, and I'm not obligated to finish them all - which is a good thing I'm thinking - LOL!!!  I have several new projects I've started too, so look for some fun posts coming soon.  I'm also looking forward to catching up on all of YOUR news!!!

Hugs & Blessings!

Teresa

=^..^=

Also linking up with Angie at WIP's Be Gone!