April Progress

I'm wrapping up April with a look at The List . This was my big quilt-a-thon month, which kicked off which great success on Grayson's quilt. Then the throw I planned to quilt next morphed into a full size quilt and has been a pain in the neck ever since. I am taking a break from it, then I am going to rip out that quilting and try again with better thread!

Since I only finished one quilt (and a mini!) I am going to continue the quilt-a-thon into May... and as long as it takes!

Finished Quilts of 2011

12 x 12" mini

1. Christmas Tree Mini Quilts done 1/11
2. Baby quilt: spring strings (top done 3/10), basted 8/10, done 1/11
3. Bloom Mini Quilt done 1/11
4. 3 Quilted Book Covers started and done 1/11
5. Girly I Spy Quilt done 2/11
6. Baby Blocks: Blue #1 done 3/11
7. Garden Path baby quilt done 3/11
8. Grayson's baby quilt done 4/11
9. 12 x 12" Mini done 4/11
   

2011 WIPs:
This list actually got smaller! I finished one quilt, and added and finished another for the 12" x 12" mini quilt swap.

1. Stars & Strings tabletopper (started 2009) top done 7/10, basted,hand-quilting in progress *
   
2. Houses Donation quilt top done 8/10
   
3. Bright Snowballs (started 2009, top done)
4. Applique Flowers Wall Quilt top done 8/10
5. Indian Summer top done 12/10, expanded 4/11*
   
6. Gypsy Madness Leaders & Enders top done 1/11
   
7. Wedding Ring Table Runner top done, quilted 10/10
8. Amish-ish Mini Quilt top done & basted 2/11
   
9. Triumph Star top done 3/11
10. Stash Busting Bee International Log Cabin
11. Say Cheese Self-Portrait
12. Seasons Mat for R's preschool *
    
13. Crumb Blocks-->stars
14. Pinwheel Quilt
15. Holy Night
16. Soup Dragon
17. Yellow & Orange Log Cabins
18. Rainbow String Quilt*
19. Scrappy Sixteens*

* Quilts I worked on this month

On the design burner (fabric has been pulled or cut, but no sewing has been done):

1. Bricks & stones baby quilt
2. Girl blocks baby quilt
   
3. 2233 Pineapple
4. Bento Boxes for S
5. Leopard Roses
6. Christmas quilts
   
7. Donation quilt for A's school auction
8. Retro Rail Fence
   

Quilting
I had a great time free-motion quilting Grayson's Quilt. Then I tried quilting with a different kind of thread for Indian Summer and it has been a real disappointment. Lesson learned! It's time to go back to the stuff that works, even if it costs a little bit more.

I am hoping to finish at least 2 quilts this next month... with decent thread this time!

Stash
My stash situation has not improved. There were a few thrift store finds that I could not pass up, then some reds that needed to be restocked, and then the cuteness of the new Denyse Schmidt collection. The good news on that front is that all this beautiful fabric makes me so happy and gets my creative juices flowing!