What I have been up to...

Yikes!  It has been nearly a month since my last post.

This week I was very busy finishing up a wedding gift for a high school friend of mine.  I missed her wedding last August.  I have had blocks pieced for the gift for ages.  However, we do not see each other nearly often enough, and I tend to complete work best when I have a specific deadline.  I knew I would see her this morning, so I finally finished it up this week and gave it to her this morning. (I am a horrible person for waiting so long, I know!)

When I pieced the block, I hoped to finish it before Christmas, so the happy couple could use it as an ornament during their first Christmas together.  (Oops.)

For the back side, I used an off-white fabric with gold glitter sprinkled throughout.  (If you click on the image above, it should enlarge.  There is a glimpse of the back fabric in the upper-left corner of this photograph.)  Their names and their wedding date were couched down in gold metallic floss on the back side.  (I opted not to share a photo of the back for their privacy.)

The wedding took place at the beach, and the beautiful invitations had sea stars embossed on them; so, I went with an under the sea theme.

I do hope they like it!

On my Grow Your Blog post, back on the 24th of January, I included a list of items I would be sharing with you soon.  I thought I should take a look and see how much of that list I have accomplished so far.  Hmmm... only two items are finished and I have added more.  I had best get to work!

Here is the old list:

1. A gift I am working on (Pictured above.)
2. The purse I plan to make with my CQJP 2014 January block
3. The 6 blocks I need to piece for the CQI Heart DYB Round Robin
4. My CQJP 2014 February block (which is not yet pieced and will likely be a test run of the block idea I have in mind for the Heart DYB round robin) (Completed and made into a purse as seen here.)
5. My block to embellish from the CQI Winter/Christmas DYB Round Robin
6. The wall hanging I plan to create with all of my CQI Winter/Christmas blocks
7. My CQJP 2013 May block (better late than never?!)
8. A crazy quilted hexagon to participate in my first swap with the World Wide Crazy Quilters Yahoo! Group

As you can see, I still have a ways to go.  Here is the new list:

1. The purse I plan to make with my CQJP 2014 January block
2. The 6 blocks I need to piece for the CQI Heart DYB Round Robin
3. Complete my March CQJP 2014 block. (It has been pieced and a photo of the bare block is below.  I hope to finish embellishing it this evening!)
4. My block to embellish from the CQI Winter/Christmas DYB Round Robin (I will share what little progress I have made on Wednesday.)
5. The wall hanging I plan to create with all of my CQI Winter/Christmas blocks
6. My CQJP 2013 May block (better late than never?!)
7. A crazy quilted hexagon to participate in my first swap with the World Wide Crazy Quilters Yahoo! Group
8. A change purse for myself (to learn how to use a sew-in purse frame.)
9. Four gifts I hope to complete by the end of April.

Renee's March CQJP 2014 bare block.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Renee