Winter/Christmas Crazy Quilt July 2020 Update

One of my goals for the year is to finally finish this crazy quilted wall quilt. Way, way back in 2014, I completed a round robin with 5 very talented crazy quilters through the Crazy Quilt International Group.

After embellishing the final block, I pieced all six blocks together to create a small wall quilt. Then I came up with the brilliant idea of quilting the borders with hand embroidered and beaded snowflakes. 

I love the look, but began to dread stitching the snowflakes after a while. As a result, this has been sitting in a bag for years. I made a tiny bit of progress in February, and set it aside again. 

This month, I worked on it a few days during my lunch break at work and actually made some visible progress. In August, I hope to be much closer to a finish! 

To push me along, this is my current project for the 1 Xmas Item a Month Blog and it is #9 on my 2020 UFO list.

Thank you for stopping by! I hope you are all enjoying some relaxing crafting time.

Renee

January 2020

I hope 2020 is a fabulous year for all of you and that it is a great start to an amazing decade!

The last decade had a few blips in the road, but there were a lot of positives. Discovering crazy quilting and hand embroidery was definitely one of the biggest highlights. And I treasure all of the friendships I have made through our blogging community.

This year, I am trying to keep my goals simple and only participate in challenges that move me closer to those goals.

Health Goals:

• Track the miles I run throughout the year.
• Participate in at least 2 races.

Cross-Stitch Goals:

• Finish Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) Storykeep Effects of Caffeine.

• Add at least 300 stitches/month to my charting Creations Fractal White Tiger.

• Finish a row of pages on my HAED Twilight Duel.

Challenges & Commitments:

• Share Fractal White Tiger progress on the Stitchy Start Blog monthly.
• Continue sharing cross-stitch progress every 3rd Sunday with the Stitch Along (SAL) hosted by Avis at Sewing Beside the Sea. (Our next update is January 5th.)
• January 1 - April 9: 100 Days of HAED Challenge to add 30 stitches to one project (SK Effects of Caffeine) every day. (This is organized by Porsche in the Stitchtalk HAED Challenges Facebook Group.)
• Make progress on an unfinished object (UFO) each month through the American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge. (Most projects on my list are the same as last year.)

• Share a post on the 1 X-mas Item a Month blog every month. (I plan to share progress on my Winter/Christmas wall quilt - which is also #9 on my UFO Challenge list this year.) If you are interested in joining, details are here.

This Month:

UFO Challenge - #2 was selected for January. So, my goal is to finally finish this crazy quilted fabric postcard Valentine.

1 X-mas Item a Month - Add more snowflakes to my Winter/Christmas wall quilt.

You may learn more about this piece in this post and see the block I embellished here.

We shall see how I do with my goals this month. Honestly, I will be happy with any progress at all. Life is busy and it is short. Spending time with loved ones is always a priority.

I wish you and yours an amazing 2020!

Thank you for visiting.

Renee