Christmas Quilt-a-long Finish

I have to make this a quick one, as I have too many errands to run before work tonight.

My Sunday project, the quilt-a-long hosted by Qubee Quilts, turned into a Sunday/Monday project. Turns out there was cooking to be done, dogs to be washed, a boyfriend to be tended to, as well as a garden, and then a little storm that involved a tornado touching down outside of the town Chad's parents live in. Whew!

Now to the nitty-gritty. I'll let the photos do the talking.

Fabrics used were Jovial by Basic Gray, Kona solids, and the backing is from Joann's.

Of course I had a little "help" when taking photos. This, my friends, is what I shoot around when I'm outside on the deck.

Until next time!

KQAL Update and New Things

This morning I spent some time sewing together my blocks for the KQAL. I want to get them together over the weekend (preferably today due to another project I'm doing tomorrow) so I can get to hand quilting them next week. I do still have to do the pieced back as well and want an idea of how big I need to go with that.

I am so behind on working on the ZZQAL. I haven't even cut my strips to start sewing them together. Instead of tackling that tomorrow, I've decided to join in on the Christmas Quilt-a-long being hosted by Qubee Quilts tomorrow. I am going to use charms Jovial by Basic Gray as the focus fabric and Kona solids for the top. The backing is a print I picked up at Joann's.

Last night before I fell asleep I also came up with some other ideas for projects. For now, they are going to be secret, as they involve me learning a new skill before I can even start. I love when ideas just come to me, from out of no where. Anyone experience this? I get most of my ideas right before I fall asleep, in the shower, and when I'm driving to and from work (long-ish commute). I think it's the passive thinking that's the key.

Hopefully tomorrow I will have a little something to show off as well.