Well, I finished the latest quilt I was working on and sent it off. The new Mum is thrilled to bits with it. She sent me a photo of her little chap lying on his new quilt. She doesn't want him to make his internet debut just yet though, so you'll just have to believe me when I tell you that he's adorable and he looks so cute on his quilt. I was so pleased to see him getting use out of it already. So, then I had some free time. And what do you do with free time? Catch up with some of the things you've put to one side. I go to a sewing group every other week and we decided a while ago that we'd all make something using the tumbling blocks pattern. I decided to make a cushion cover. Most of the other ladies have almost finished their projects and I was holding up the rear, as usual. But after I'd sent my quilt off to its new owner, I concentrated on tumbling blocks and I think I've caught up now. I think it's turned out really nicely. Now I just have to turn it into a cushion cover. That's going to involve a zip. It's been a very long time since I sewed a zip into anything, so wish me luck! Then, a few weeks ago, I started a "sew along" with Temecula quilt company. It's called Secret Santa. They sent an email every Friday with a new set of instructions. They said if we kept up, it would be ready to quilt by Thanksgiving. Well, guess what, I didn't keep up. I kept all the emails though and now I've got all the various bits cut out and I've already joined some of them together. I think I might get the top finished this weekend. Then it could be ready to quilt by Christmas. Not bad eh? I don't think that's too much behind schedule. Maybe my New Year's resolution should be to not start something new until I've finished what I'm working on. Yeah, right. Like that's going to happen. I love starting new things. It's always so exciting. And it's not as bad as it sounds: if I'm working on a quilt for a client, then all my other projects get put to one side until the quilt is finished. I can be disciplined when I need to be, but when it's just something that I fancy making, well, the more the merrier I reckon!
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