Finish-a-Long Quarter 1

I mentioned yesterday that I discovered the Finish-a-Long being hosted at Quilter in the Gap. A genius idea (one I wish I had thought of first!) and there are prizes involved. If one of your goals this year is to finish your UFOs, then you need to check it out. I imagine this is all of you out there.

For my list, I settled on five items. This is for the next three months, but with school and everything else, five may be stretching it. But if I am able to do it, that could be twenty finished projects from UFOs by the end of the year. Yes, five is going to be my goal each quarter.

Without further ado, I present my UFOs, some of which have not been featured on this blog before.

1. My first knitting project. Yes, that's right. I never finished the first thing I cast on. It's a plain-Jane garter stitch scarf, so it should be easy to whip through, especially now that I have been knitting more frequently. You see, the reason it stalled was I got to the point of adding the second skein. I'm not afraid of something that little any more.

2. Halloween mini. This has been on my to-do list since before Halloween last year. It has also been cut out since that time. Another project that should go quickly.

3. Sewing machine cover. I've been meaning to make this since I thought of the idea and finally cut the squares for the hexies. I did start basting them on New Year's Eve and have six done. I don't really know how many I will need for the cover yet. This is my first time doing English paper piecing and did take a few tries to get a hang of it. My templates are plastic, not paper, so they are slippery. I think I got it now, sort of.

4. A long overdue wedding gift. I got it into my head to embroider some towels for a friend for her wedding. She got married in the fall and this is how far I am on the first one.

5. Druckard's Path quilt. The whole thing this time, since just the top was on my list to finish by the end of 2011. I do have four big blocks sewn and most of the drunkard's path blocks need to be trimmed. I find the trimming tedious and that's the main reason I haven't made much progress.

Wish me luck! I just realized I picked a few projects that can travel, which may be my saving grace in getting them done.

So what are you waiting for? Pick a few things (or a dozen) and link up with the rest of us!