Somes Robbie Burns sewing

My son's pipeband has their annual fundraiser this week...   Included is a Silent Auction, so I did a few items with the band logo.  The tea towel with the celtic snowflake were testing the embroidery machine after it "ate" some thread!

Two Tea Towels with logo

Hand Towel and Face Cloth

Blanket with Logo

Testing Stitch Out... 

My older daughter's dance class is dancing at the Robbie Burns dinner. We are re-purposing some older costumes, but one of our dancers is quite tiny (she's 8). So I took one of the largest tops and made her a smaller one.

New "smaller" dance top

2013 UFO List & Goals

#	Year	Project	Status
1	2012	Stars on the Mountain	Piecing
2	2012	Sew Happy Geek QAL	Quilting
3	2012	Wonky Log Cabin Blocks (Colour Challenge BOM)	2 Months Completed
4	2012	Just Take 2 BOM	Some done; turn into something else
5	2012	April Mae Designs - Sun BOM	2 Months Completed; 1 Started
6	2012	Craftsy BOM	2 Months Completed
7	2012	Quilt for my husband	Cut Out
8	2012	New Yor Beauties Quilt	7 Blocks Completed
9	2011	Dresden 4 Panel Quilt from QAL	Quilting started, Assemble (Quilt as you Go)
10	2011	Dresden Table Topper	Borders and Quilting
11	2011	Hallowe'en Quilt	Cut Out
12	Pre 2011	Bag for my Mom	?Might be finished?
13	Pre 2011	Rocking Chair Covers for my mom	stalled....
14	Pre 2011	Quilt From my Grandmother's Fabric	stalled.....
15	Pre 2011	Baby Rag Quilt	piecing
16	2012	Skirt	for dd
17	2012	Top	for dd - new neckline needed
18+	2012	???

I will be joining the Finiah-A-Long
Again... with goals to finish some of
my UFOs!!!

2013 Goals

• Move my studio down the hall
• Purchase with a plan
• Continue to Longarm
• Work on UFOs
• Enjoy!

Getting it Done - January!

As 2013 begins, I'm going to try and stay organized and on top of my projects....  And I will be joining many other bloggers out there both completing projects and starting new ones up!

Lynne at Never too Hot to Stitch has a great challenge going, encouraging finishing one project before starting new ones...  This sounds like a great idea!

Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts and Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs are hosting 2013 ~ A lovely year of finishes. For this challenge, my January challenge is to finish my daughter's skirt. Sorry its currently lost in the sewing room... Here is a photo of the fabrics - it the blue plaid, and the blue woven solid underneath....

Fabric from Our Social Fabric Sale

Judy over at Patchwork Times is hosting a Getting it Done Challenge in 2013...




As well as joining Leanne at She Can Quilt! for the 2013 Finish A Long 





So what is on my list?   Its going to be a simple list, sewing items anyways, as my main goal is home renovations and moving my longarm machine to my new studio.

1. Start the Starburst Quilt A Long by choosing fabrics.  
2. Load the Quilt from Sew Happy Quilt's Quilt A Long onto the lonagrm.  (UFO)
3. Finish a skirt for my older daughter. (UFO)
4. Embroider a blanket for my son's band fundraiser.  (DUE Jan 15)
5. Block for Quilt Guild BOM (January 11)
6. Jelly Roll Race Quilt at Guild Meeting (January 11)
7. Rennovations
   
   • Empty both Rooms
   • Remove carpets, wall, one door
   • Rewire, possibly adding a sub-panel for the room and better lighting.
   • Frame in closet, buy a closet door.
   • (I think there is some discussion about insulation and the ceiling.... but.... that takes time....)
   • Patch Drywall, Repaint
   • Re-floor (maybe some in-floor heating?)
   • Move Stuff!

I am also considering Quilt Sampler QAL to practice my free motion quilting....  but really don't need  another project right now.... so I really think I'll skip this unless it has a longer time schedule...  I also was thinking of doing the Dare to Dresden Blog Hop over at Sew We Quilt!

NewFO Challenge....

What's a NewFO Challenge?  Per Barbara of Cat Patches, it's permission to start new projects, without a plan to immediately finish them, thus leaving you with a nice list of UFOs for all those UFO challenges. 
I have lots of unfinished projects... and yes I want to work on those, but I really want to do some other projects too!  So here is my NewFO Project list... I'm sure I'll add to it!!!!

• A quilt for a friend who has a new house (probably this quilt-a-long)
• A quilt for my mom
• A Jelly Roll Race Quilt (January's Quilt Guild Challenge)
• A quilt for my cousin's new baby (due in April)