Quilts Finished in 2020

 I got sixteen quilt tops sewn this year but only 5 quilted and bound.  I have not been working since the pandemic started, so I have less money for longarming.  Here are the quilts I finished in 2020:

Batik Sew Many Strips:

Frolic:

Forest Friends:

Bram Bones:

Twilter Round Robin:

SAL Check In

 I have done no stitching at all since I finished my wool table runner.  My plan was to start Sue Hillis' Dark Shadows, but the fabric I ordered never came in.

In the meantime, I should have been working on an old UFO, Eileen Bennett's Southern Sampler.  

But this sampler is full of queen stitches, and I just couldn't face them.

A friend of mine just gave me a sweet little Christmas embroidery kit.  I may start that. 

Hope I have some actual stitching progress to report in 3 weeks!

To see what others in the group have been working on:   Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen

Grassy Creek Mystery, Clue 3

 I finished the third step in  Bonnie Hunter's Grassy Creek Mystery.  

I almost decided to scrap this quilt when I saw clue 3.  Most of the time, I can do the units the way I prefer:  oversize them and trim to the correct size, but the measurements were irregular this time, and I couldn't figure out how to do that.  I ended up using Bonnie's method and hope they turn out the right size.  

Grassy Creek Mystery

 I was slow starting Bonnie Hunter's new Grassy Creek Mystery, but I got caught up on the first two clues this week.

I haven't used Bonnie's colors the past few years, but this year, I think I will.  Only I didn't have enough gold fabric and don't want to buy any fabric for this quilt, so I'm using what gold I have and using yellow for the rest.  My gray is all the same for the first clue too since I had a big piece of it to use up. 

  I am also not going to deliberately make units of the same colors and keep them clipped together as the directions say to do. This is a scrap quilt, so I'm just not going to get that fussy about it!  Last year's quilt Frolic had the same instructions as to clipping units together.  I ignored them last year, and my quilt turned out fine.  Here's my Frolic:

Old Crow & Company Finished

It's time to for my stitch along check in.  The last things I had left to do on my runner were the feather stitching and attaching the backing.  

I am glad I decided to do the feather stitching on this.  I think it lightens up the design.  It isn't entirely even all the way around the runner, but I think it looks fine.  You can't tell from the pictures, but the entire outside is blanket stitched to attach the backing.  All ready for next Halloween!

To see what others in the group are working on:  Avis, Claire, Gun, Carole, Sue, Constanze, Christina, Kathy, Margaret, Cindy, Heidi, Jackie, Sunny, Hayley, Megan, Deborah, Mary Margaret, Renee, Carmela, Sharon, Daisy, Anne, Connie, AJ, Jenny, Laura, Cathie, Linda, Helen

Metro Rings

 I started Metro Rings about a year and a half ago when I was playing with my Quick Curve Ruler.  I wouldn't say this quilt was exactly a failure, but I am not happy with my piecing on this one.  I did my best, but there are lots of places where my points don't line up.  There are also some very thick intersections.  The pattern called for two more rows, but I was ready to stop.  I think I could benefit from some lessons on how to use this ruler.  

It is 57"x 57".  I think I will donate this top.