Finish-A-Long — First Quarter

The basic idea here is to confess to the world at large all the projects you have on your To Do list.  I think this is a great idea because I love embarrassing myself to all my blog friends about how I have what Leanne calls “start-i-tis,” or the ability to bite off more than I can chew, quilt-wise.  In this I know I’m not alone, because I am joining in Leanne’s Finish-A-Long, in order to catch myself some “finish-itis.”

Here’s some that I’m considering trying to finish up this quarter:

My Autumn Quilt.
Downton Abbey is tonight and I think I can finish up the binding–then figure out the label and add it to my 200 Quilts list.

Wonky Star pillow shams/Wonky Quilt
The quilt is at the quilter’s–should be done in a month, and I have to finish up the construction and quilting of the shams.

English Paper Piecing
I’m putting this on the FAL list, but frankly, finishing it is a fantasy.  Perhaps it’s good to trot out those Pie-in-the-Sky projects just to keep them in the front of my mind. The flowery fabric is my guest room bedspread, not part of the quilt.

Summer Treat
Can I please finish this?  Please, please, please? If I wait until June, it will be one year.  It’s pinned, sitting there, awaiting quilting.  I even have the binding picked out.

Lollypop Tree Quilt
This is lurking somewhere in the realm of Yessiree-I-can-finish-this, and Fantasy. I first saw this on Material Obsession’s website, then lurked on the Kim McClean blog for months before I got the nerve to start it.  My friend Rhonda said we should do it together, and I agree, but she’s forging on to new and interesting territory, while I feel honor-bound to finish this up.  (No. She hasn’t started hers yet–smarty!)  I was smart enough to shrink it down to 9 blocks from the original 16 blocks that the pattern called for.  And yes, the borders are full of little dinky, wonderful flowers, too, along with a snazillion little square blocks for the sashing.

And last. . .

Here’s another wonky project that I need to finish; I call it my Snowman Quilt and it’s two years overdue now.  If you count when I started collecting the fabric, it’s been eight years.  Pathetic, I think.  Let’s just face it.  Wonky blocks and I are NOT friends.

I still have others, but these are the worst offenders — perennial wallflowers, so so speak — hanging around when I wish they would sprout wings and fly.  Maybe with the help of the Finish-A-Long, they will.