Tag Archives: One Monthly Goal

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At last year's QuiltCon I took an awesome Intermediate Improv class with Rossie Hutchinson. One of my projects that resulted from that class is this Wonky Cross quilt. It was chosen this month (#12) for the APQ UFO Challenge.

The blocks are created in pairs. I completed eight blocks in class. At some point I added a second fabric pull to the project that I thought coordinated well. Now I'm up to 34 blocks. I have no specific plans on number of blocks/rows or overall finished size. We'll see where this takes me this month.

January and February both resulted in finished quilt tops for the OMG UFO challenge projects. I'm hoping I'll get through the quilting step as well on this one this month!

I'm linking up to the OMG February Goal Setting Link Up.

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Another month, another finished quilt top.

I started the month with five finished quilt blocks from 18 months ago, originally intended for a mini quilt like my Cotton + Steel Mini Swap quilt. I decided I was less excited about a mini quilt and opted for creating fifteen more blocks to go with my original five. (This is where I mention that I realized this morning after finishing all fifteen blocks that I sewed them the wrong direction. In the end I decided the wild prints made my mistake not so noticeable. And done is better than perfect. Moving on.) With straight set blocks, this would bring my project to about 32" x 40". I cut all fifteen blocks, got organized on my trusty fast food tray, and set to chain piecing (and Netflix).

Like the first five blocks, my remaining fifteen blocks were made in sets of five. This photo shows five blocks in each row, created from five 10" squares. Each fabric is in each position once in the row. Since I was working in more blue and green with my additional blocks, I shuffled these all around for my final layout.

With a trip to QuiltCon, supervising some remodel work, and four other quilt finishes this month I had to settle for a finished top for my #8 UFO and One Monthly Goal project for February. Here's the finished quilt top.

I'm linking up to the February OMG Finish post.

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Fate (aka the APQ UFO Challenge) has thrown me an easy challenge for the month. Number 8, the smallest and only mini quilt on my list, was chosen for this month. This is so welcome after a very busy and stressful January, combined with the fact that I'll be out of town for QuiltCon at the end of the month for five days. Plus short month.

I made these blocks way back when I made my mini for the Cotton and Steel Mini Swap. I can't believe that was a year and a half ago. These blocks were designed to create five 8" finished blocks from five 10" squares. I could finish this project up by simply adding triangles to square it up into a mini quilt, but as I think about it, I'm considering other options. Unfortunately, most other options would create more work for me. I do have the remainder of the layer cake from this fabric line still. I think I may aim for a baby quilt.

I'm linking up to the OMG February Goal Setting Link Up.