2013 TOTALS

The month has quickly slipped by.  I started out a bit slow as I recovered from the flu, but have finished out the month with a bang. 

I started the month by taking some time to organize and list all the UFOs I have in my possession with the idea of making a plan to actually complete them... see my earlier post here:  http://madakamom.blogspot.com/2013/01/ufo-listing.html  So with that in mind I decided to attempt completion of one UFO each month.

Back in 2010 Pat Sloan offered up a free wall hanging pattern, Lucky Charms 
http://patsloan.typepad.com/quiltershome/pat-sloans-lucky-charms-sew-along-part-1.html  .  
The center block included some applique and since my zig-zag stitch is not working correctly I had to do that by hand and fell behind completion.  I eventually finished the top and it has sat in Topville joining other tops waiting to be quilted while I worked on customer quilts, gifts and various projects.  Recently,  I had several delays in working on customer quilts (waiting for backing or batting to be delivered) so I decided to pull this out and get it done.  I am pleased with the way it turned out!

I have worked every spare minute (hours) this month working to complete parts and assemble Easy Street... a mystery quilt by Bonnie Hunter.. offered free on her blog until June 2013

 http://quiltville.blogspot.com/p/easy-street-mystery.html

 I didn't want this to become yet another UFO!

I didn't have Bonnie's neon color choices and since the goal was to shop the stash, I used my Civil War Reproduction fabrics that I have been hoarding.  If I had known how this would all come together I would have changed the color placement, making either the purple or the blue dominant color rather than the green, but I am happy with the results.  Now I have to decide on final borders, but that will be a post for next week.



WORK COMPLETED IN JANUARY
.....10.....customer tops quilted (YTD 10)
.....02.....customer quilts bound (YTD  02)
.....01.....flimsy completed waiting to be quilted  (YTD  1) Easy Street
.....01.....quilted flimsy (YTD  1) Lucky Charms

..............hand-work hours (YTD )
        Bonnie Projects
.....00.....cheddar bowties blocks hand-pieced YTD  0 ...  81 of 162 in 2012)
.....00.....cheddar bowtie rows stitched (YTD  0 .... 9 of 18 in 2012)
.....00.....Orca Bay Step 1 hourglass blocks made (YTD 0 .. 21of 112 in 2012)
.....00.....Orca Bay Step 2  3.5in string blocks made (completed in 2012 )
.....00.....Orca Bay Step 3 2in HSTs (YTD 0 ....120 of 175 in 2012)
.....06.....Orca Bay Step 4 5.5in string blocks (YTD 06....24 of 32 in 2012)
.....00.....Orca Bay Step 5 cut 350 triangles and stitch to part 3 (0 of 175)
.....00.....Orca Bay Step 6 cut 2.5in squares and assemble Ohio Stars (0)
.....00.....Floribunda Blocks (12 YTD).... with parts completed to assemble more blocks
..............Talkin Turkey..... 2 blocks complete plus parts
..............Midnight Flight....1 block complete plus parts
..............Winston Ways... 2 blocks complete plus parts
..............Easy Street Steps 1-7 Completed in 2012
.....13.....Easy Street Step 8 Block A (16 of 16)
.....09..............Block B ( YD 9 of 9)