A New Promise

Ok...It's a new year and I'm making myself a new promise.  I'm not calling it a New Year's Resolution...that's too much pressure. I've been wanting to start up my blog again and stick to it. I LOVE reading back on my previous posts to see what we have done and how much my kids have grown.

I'm really getting into this quilting thing and I'd love to 'record' my progress and projects, especially if I start parting with some and give them as gifts.

One benefit of having a birthday just several days after the New Year begins is a few extra days to get those "I'm going to make this the best year ever" items in order. Today, January 5th it really begins.

This is mostly a quilting update. So, here we go!

I've got one large quilt top pieced and ready to be sandwiched, quilted and binded.  I just received the backing in the mail so I'm hoping to jump into that next week while the kids are in school (in between a Gala meeting, field trip and CCS Open House).
Mom and Kate helped me pick out the binding at the cutest little quilt shop (that I've been to so far) near the mall.  I would LOVE to own a place like that!

The top is a zig zag pattern and was done as a quilt along with Ashley from mommybydaycrafterbynight.com It was fun and I'd love to do another, but I'm not that quick : )

The quilt has a lot of bright colors and I chose to go a little bold with the binding to pick up and accent those colors.

For the backing...I had to go with some chevron. Love, Love, Love! in blue from Riley Blake, which Kate thought was a nice comfy color with the yellow sashing. Good choice! (sorry for the wrinkles...another promise to be better with my picture taking)

I can't wait to finish up this quilt and get snuggled underneath it!  I've set a goal to finish it before my first quilting class on Monday, January 14th. It's a stretch as I'm not sure how long the quilting will take, but I'm going to try.

Last night I started piecing together another top. Why? Because I can never just complete something from start to finish...there is always another one started. This is the Perfect Prism pattern I purchased from Amy Gibson at www.stitcherydickorydock.com. It's made from charm packs and I chose to dig into my stash of Apple of My Eye which I purchased here.

I'm loving the red/pink, yellow and aqua tones in this quilt.  I'm sure it will be passed on to Abby as I think the colors are very girly and happy. I chose to make my triangle squares with white to really brighten it up.

I have a few more 5" squares to make into triangles, but I couldn't resist laying it out and seeing some progress. I love it! But, I'm wondering if I should throw in some green?