January's One Monthly Goal

It is time to set January One Monthly Goal target and I have decided to focus on my dresden plate table runner which is ready for borders. I just need to decide what to use which has held me back from completing it last year.

One of the options but still not happy, I will have a look to see if I have a solid blue the matches in then may be the red border. The binding was the easy part so that is already cut.

I have linked this post up with Elm Street Quilts so pop over and check out what everyone is working on during January.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

December's 350 Block Report

Our final report for 2017.  This month total is 17. I am not going to make the total this year but I promise myself I will sew more in 2018.

Round We Go blocks 3

Four Patch blocks continue  26

There they are bottom right in the picture above.
Plus I managed to join the blocks in this quilt together and add 3 more to this month total..

1 block on my Forget Not Me quilt. There is still 4 more to piece before I finish this section and I can move on to the next section.

3 Heart Blocks completed

Sorry this is a secret project for February

13 star blocks

8 blocks  completed from On Ringo Lake quilt along. Plus there is more sub blocks ready to sew together to make more of these blocks.

This month's Total is 57.

This mean my total for the year is 311 blocks. 

So I didn't quite make it in 2017. On a positive note  there is a stack of half finished blocks that will give the 2018 total a boost at some stage. They have not been appliqued to the borders and had their centres added which completes them so I have not counted them yet.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia

Project Uninterrupted 2nd Birthday

It was two years today I started our Project Uninterrupted group in store and online here on my blog and a Facebook group. There is only one requirement from you to join in. If you have sewing projects that you want to finish/work on, you can join us.
Looking back on  my 2017 list I wasn't very successful at completing enough projects off my list. In fact my list got longer. Let alone the projects I want to make and this year's shop samples. It will no doubt be a busy year. I am thinking I will need some structure to keep me on target. I do love routine so in theory I should be able to slot some sewing time in to my schedule. Why haven't I done that already. Ok I know it won't be perfect with a day job as a machine operator and running Cynthia's Ark, trying to find sewing time will be tricky. What do I mean will be tricky! It is tricky! I know, this is not a new problem for me it is an ongoing problem that I need to address if I am going to have any chance of making my list smaller.
This is what I am going to do.
I am going to set myself a challenge each month and see if I can complete it. It may only be a part of a project if the project is large or it may be completing something so I can cross it off my list. You are welcome to join me. Leave me a comment  about something you want to complete or join us in the Project Uninterrupted Group. They are joining in and challenging themselves too.

Now what is my challenge. It is this Dresden Plate Table runner. It was my English paper piecing demo project from 2017. It needs borders and then quilting.  The centres have been added.

I have selected another EPP project that has been on my list from 2015 to use for this year's demos to help me complete that one over the course of the year. There is two project on my list that are suitable so I selected the one closest to being finished.

So I am do hexagons demo's until I have finished my Forget Me Not quilt. I am 3/4 the way through this one.
As well as my challenge piece I will continue working on other projects in the background. There are days where I don't have time to sit in front of the machine and sew but on those days if I can manage some hand piecing work it will count.. The key is to sewing every day even if it only turns out to be 10 minutes of hand sewing before bed. It gets a project that little closer to completion.

Until Next Time

Keep Stitching

Cynthia