WIP :: 1/16/13

Back in the groove with my first WIP Wednesday in 2013!  The last week or so has been full of progress of the non-quilting variety.  
I've been cleaning/sorting/organizing *everything*!  Seriously, everything.  Closets, sewing room, fabric, work desk, work files, etc.  It's been great and allowed me to free up space and figure out what I have to use, but it has cut into my quilting time.  I determined to change that this week and finally managed a few hours at my machine tonight.


I signed up for the 2013 Finish A Long over at She Can Quilt, hoping to find motivation to finish off some lingering quilts.  I managed to baste my Summer Sampler last week and dived on into the quilting.  There's a general plan for what I want - something different in the grey background in each block - and I managed 4 blocks tonight!  So excited to see it come together.

Here's the Greek Cross block I pebbled quilted in, and after stippling in the Virginia Star block realized my feed dogs were still up!  Oops.  I couldn't believe how nicely I could FMQ with the feed dogs up. Who knew?!  I did lower them before continuing onto the next blocks.  **edit: using the Super Slider cancelled out having the feed dogs up**

Am also looking forward to the 4th annual Quilt Retreat with Momm and am planning quilts.  I plan on making Jaybirds Science Fair with these fabrics:

I've also wanted to do the Kaleidoscope quilt from Don't Call Me Betsy's QAL and will have that in these colors too:

Linking up over at Lee's this week and keeping my motivation in high gear!