2024-the Year of the Finish #2

My phrase for last year was 'the Year of the Finish'

It went reasonably well, 27 craft projects completed. I only started one quilt (which meant so many added to the list! ). 

I am continuing the theme this year, focusing on getting quilt tops together, so at least I know where I'm at and I won't be overwhelmed by tubs of projects. 

Here are some I completed last year. 

This puzzle quilt was on my bed during the winter. I made it from leftovers from another one, pictured below. Using a neutral as an alternate block made assembly much easier. 

I finished this little table topper chess board from precut 2 1/2" squares. 

This was a housewarming gift for a friend. I love the pieced backing, lots of orphans and offcut backing strips. 

This 100" square quilt was my granddaughters first big girl quilt. Made from 2" strips. She insists there must be another like it somewhere in the world! We play I Spy with it. 

I made and yarn bombed lots of jellyfish, they are mindless TV projects. 

I love this decaying harbour, it has so much character. 

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I am still ironing strips and assembling crumb quilt squares, made form over 10 years of bits and pieces.  

I KEEP FINDING MORE!

All the orphans and scraps will make lovely crumb quilts, which I would love to use as backing. 

I am trimming to 10" squares. 

It's definitely something I should have been working on regularly, instead of stuffing the strips into tubs! 

This weeks audiobook is a free Librivox reading of Anna Karenina, on Youtube

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Charity quilts update

I have one more bound and ready.  This one is backed with a donated duvet cover . 

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And the next, layering in progress....

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The last three flimsies of the current batch have been webbed.  

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The webbing of my bow tie quilt  is in progress...

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A little bit of cutting-I found this block a while ago, loved the sample and have been cutting the strips for a while. It looks complicated though it is only HSTs and four patches from 1 1/2'' and 2 1/2'' strips. 

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And of course, MORE binding. It has been a week of record temperatures in the UK, so sitting with a quilt on my lap hasn't been an option for most of the week! 

I got this silver thimble in a house clearance. It is marked 'James Walker the London Jeweler'. 

A little bit of research told me that they were given as a free gift with wedding ring purchases.  It came from the house of a 90 year old bachelor!  Maybe he had a romantic disappointment. They used to make thimbles in much smaller size increments, this one fits me perfectly.  Shortly after, I bought another antique one in the perfect size from Ebay.