So far, So good!

Since it is the end of "the first quarter", I thought I would see how I was progressing, in regards to my "reminders" for the year....

1. Grocery bags: check

2.  Flagged Quilt?  Wedding Quilt for the Sweethearts? check, and check.

3. Coasters? of course!

Sherbet!

Sandhill Plums!

Awesome!

4. Barn Quilts?  One down, one to go...

Carla's Missouri Star :)

5. On other projects:

 I have made some progress on my Great Grandmother's quilts..have purchased backing fabric and will tackle them next, now that the wedding is accomplished:)

 I have also pieced a back and gotten the batting for the "It's a Hoot" top.

 I also spent some time cutting strips from my "old" fabrics in preparation for my "Jewel Box" top.

Aaand, I made a "mat" and a "bag", to boot !

Not too bad a showing, for me :)   

Finished Flagged Quilt!

with a light green fleece backing...no batting

big zigzag quilting

Thank you Jeni for teaching me the value of trimming...quilting this was a breeze.  No lumps or bumps or "gathers".  And thank you also for another great quilt tutorial, Flagged.  

I really, really want to make this with Jeni's "Color Me Retro"...but first things first :)

This really is an incredible accomplishment for me!  I basically began putting this together March 13th and finished it by the 25th!  Too late to take to the wedding with me, but my goodness, I will be sending it off to Paul and Sarah in the same month as their wedding!  I credit this timely finish to all the wonderful quilty, bloggy friends out there who constantly inspire me and who have taught me so much about this wonderful world of quilting and the possibilities, and who have motivated me to make more quilts!

linking up with Finish It Up Friday

Half Rectangle Triangles!

These have been fun!

Trimming, not so much!

How about that sweet Kenmore?!  The flags are finished, the quilt top complete, and I have started the quilting...will I be able to finish by Friday? 

solid purple binding, ready and waiting...

 We shall see, won't we?!

Linking up with Freshly Pieced W.I.P Wednesday(!!!!!)

Gotta work on the button-grabbing!

(I am making this quilt!)

Ready for Spring

...and longer days.  Aren't you too? :)

Sunday Something

"What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. In God I will praise His Word, in God I have put my trust...."
Psalm 56:3-4

By March 23rd!

Do you remember this sweet couple from this post? They've set their wedding date...to March 23rd!!!! I am so excited! And all my wandering notions of Sweetwater's "Hometown" crossed with nautical themes, in honor of his Navy service, are out the window! Instead, I am going to go with the beautiful batiks I recently received

and turn them into a "Flagged" quilt, which I have been wanting to make anyway! For my ability level, this should go together quickly enough to make this "sudden" deadline!
I made a bit of a start this morning, cutting the batiks into 9"x13" rectangles.

And I happen to know her favorite color is purple!