Mid Month Check-In

Time to provide an update on my project for January, which has evidently morphed into several projects.

1. The Paddington Bear Baby Quilt. As per my previous post, the quilt top is now completed. I  removed one of the rows so that the dimension are now suitable for a standard cot. I have Friday off of work, so I will pop down to the shops to get the backing fabric. I will use an adhesive spray to baste and then plan to FMQ  a meandering pattern - nothing too complicated here given that the quilt is a gift and that I have only limited FMQ experience. Paddington Bear was my childhood toy, so I have built up a bit of sentimental attachment to this quilt - I will be sad to see it go... however as you will see from my next project, not all is lost!

2. My latest project (picture above) which I only pieced together last night. I used the left-over Oakshott fabrics from the above Paddington Bear quilt top plus the additional row from this quilt. I had planned to use these leftovers for the backing of this quilt, however I felt it was 'too busy'  and will opt for a more neutral backing composition. So what will I do with this you might ask? Why not use it to complete a second Paddington Bear quilt. This is perfect because I can use this quilt as an experimental quilt. I have been contemplating for some time about using a high loft batting (i.e. double up cotton batting with a high loft batting).

3. Baby Quilt for a Boy. So this quilt has not progressed since I last posted about it. The reason for this is that I have decided to re-baste the quilt using a fabric adhesive spray rather than pinning. As recommended to me by Suz, I plan to FMQ either a geometric square pattern, or a meandering square pattern - to be decided :) I want this one finished this weekend!

I mentioned previously that I needed to post about my goals for 2013. I have so many things that I want to achieve but to save me waffling on too much I will share with you just a couple of my goals for this year. My main goal for the year is that I want to complete at least one quilt per month... binding and all - and I hope to this 'link up' will give me some accountability for this goal :) I have so many projects I want to work on - and this goal will see these projects through (and provide a good amount of FMQ practice) as I tend to fall into the trap of thinking the quilt is finished when the quilt top is done.

And the second goal of mine is to complete a 'quilt a quarter' for charity. My stash of scraps is quickly building up, and what better way to get reduce this then by creating scrappy quilts and donating them to a charity. Please let me know of any charities that would benefit from this.


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