I have been admiring these adorable envelope blocks from around the internet for some time now. 1. Received from Natalie, 2. SWAK Swap envelope for Pam, 3. SWAK envelopes received, 4. Nearly done ....., 5. SWAK Envelope for Ginny, 6. SWAK Block -Received from Ginny, 7. SWAK Blocks for Rachel, 8. Sweet Giraffe - SWAK block, 9. My quilt so far!!!! Eeeeeeeee!!!!

Working on the Schnitzel and Boo Mini swap for a partner who likes Tula Pink... I decided this would be a great time to try out some envelope blocks. I haven't paper pieced in a long time... since I made the Ribbit quilt many years ago. I got my hands on a copy of Patchwork, Please! (yeah I know, I'm about 18 months late to the party!) and got to work. These weren't the fastest couple of blocks, but i'm happy with how they turned out and I'm looking forward to making more.

 

Since I declared that I should only have three quilting projects in my work pile at a time (a system I'm already gaming and trying to rethink -- more on that later) my ALYoF December Goal should certainly be one of them. Also, of the three projects, I have been working on two of them. So, here it is, I declare that I will finish the other one, my mystery quilt, in December. (P.S. I also have to finish and ship my IG mini quilt this week and I'd like to finish up my Little Letters quilts... so perhaps by this time next month I'll have three new projects on my list!)

Finishing the mystery quilt is good for a number of reasons:

• The top is almost done.
• I have new project ideas that I'd like to work on.
• I'd like to give it as a Christmas gift.
• I started it in 2006!

It still doesn't have a name. I'd love to hear your ideas! (It feels a little Christmasy to me, but the backing definitely isn't.)

There are just a few pieces not yet pieced into rows.

Linking up to A Lovely Year of Finishes - December Goal Party.

I've LOVED seeing the beautiful work coming out of the do. Good Stitches and Stash Bee quilters for many months. A while back I put in my interest in joining do. Good Stitches and this month they had a spot for me! I've joined the Promise group as a stitcher to make quilts for Threading Hope, an organization helping to provide quilts for children in poverty stricken and war torn countries.

These are my first blocks for the group. Ailish chose the pattern for this month. They went together very quickly and easily. We used this Alternative Method of piecing HSTs.

I look forward to seeing the finished quilt. I think it will be lovely. My wheels are also turning on how I could make one of my own with this pattern in another color scheme... I'm kinda feeling a rainbow look.