Make-A-List Monday

I hope everyone had a great weekend.  The weather was finally pretty nice here in upstate NY.  We had some sun and the temperatures were above freezing during the day.  It was still cold enough at night that we received a dusting of snow each night, but it was gone within a few hours during the day.

I did get some items done this week, but not as much as I would have liked.  I had some medical tests that I had to have run over the past few days, which ended up making it such that I didn't want to do anything.

Here was the list from last week:
1. Finish quilting the border for Lone Star. I didn't get to finish the quilting, but I have about half of the border done.

2. Post pictures of ceiling progress (we should get all the crown up this week). Done.  Posted about it here.
3. Press and photograph Bento Box pieces. Done.  I'll post some pictures here.

4. Setup Wildflower Fields for quilting. No progress.

I really hope to make some progress on the Lone Star quilting this week.  I'm at a stage where I can sit down and do 15-20 minutes of quilting easily and then be able to stop.  I find that when I am at stages where I can do just a little bit at a time, I am able to make more progress.  During the week its sometimes hard to find an hour or two to do something more complicated.

I have a guild meeting tonight, so that means no quilting will happen tonight.  I also have to make sure I start getting to the gym this week, so that will also take up some time.  We only have one full weekend left to finish the ceiling, so we're down to the wire and need a big push to finish that up.  So this week, my list is going to be shorter than normal.  Only two things on it this week...


1. Finish quilting borders on Lone Star.
2. Post pictures for ceiling progress.

Hope everyone has a great week! 

Happy Crafting!
~Sarah at upstateNYCreations

Quilt Guild Lecture

Monday evening was my local quilt guild's meeting for the month of February.  I've noticed that there are fewer quilters showing up when the weather is cold compared to earlier this year.  However, we did have a really great speaker last night.

Sue Pritt of Sweet Season Quilts was the guest lecturer.  She spoke about how she grew up not as a sewer, but as a "fixer" just like her mother.  They didn't sew for the purpose of making clothes or quilts, but for the purpose of mending items around the home.  Eventually Sue started making a quilt or two and then she got into paper piecing and fusible applique.  Her quilts that she brought to the lecture were amazing.  Here is an example of one of her patterns:

The amount of texture she has on her quilts is amazing.  She does her own quilting, too, on her regular sewing machine.

Sue's patterns can be found in many quilt shops as well as through Keepsake Quilting.  If you do have a chance to go to a lecture by Sue, definitely go!  It was informative and a fun lecture!

 Happy Crafting!
~Sarah at upstateNYCreations