Near Christmas WIPs Be Gone

I've made some real progress on the new baby quilt top.  A reminder - all these scraps were in the same bag, so that's what I have to work with.  Only 4 more blocks to sew.

The letters were colored by children at out June Church Festival.  I have no control over those either or I would darken that "E".  Have just a bit more shopping to do tomorrow and then a few pans of cookies and I'll be ready for Christmas.  How about you?  No linky this week as I figure everyone is busy getting ready.  Leave a comment if you have time.  To all of you, Merry Christmas!

Some of This; Some of That

First - destashing.  I'm working with small pieces, so small number generated for this week.  What with Bliss hexagons, En Provence units, test block, new baby quilt, and leaders and enders, I've used up about a yard of fabric. Then there was the back of the last baby quilt, so there was another 1.16 yards. My new YTD total is 55.63 yards.

Up on my design wall is a new baby quilt top:

These are again fabrics which I pulled out of a St. Anne's scrap bag.  I'm trying to use them up. I'm finding using the companion angle ruler and strips quite quick and easy to make the hourglass units. These blocks are 6 1/2" unfinished made from 3 1/2" strips.  Off to see what else is in that bag.

I'm linking to Judy's UFO Challenge for 2017.  Needed to make a list of 12 WIPs. And I've decided to do Meredithe's 17 in 2017 also (I've added 5 at the end of the first list - no, I'm not doing 29 -LOL. Button on the side bar).  Here are my twelve for Judy's Challenge:
1.  Finish this top from Karen at Faeries and Fibres QAL

2.  Finish making the blocks of this scrap log cabin.

 3. Make more blocks of Anna's Garden

4. Complete my Easy Street top

 5. Quilt my Riverside quilt  (also making this my 17 ufos in 2017 project for three weeks as there is much to do) as well as my March UFO for Judy's challenge.

 6. Add leaves to the nine baskets blocks

7. Finish this fourth Benjamin Briggs block.

8. Make the remaining two baskets in the center block of LE

 9. Make more blocks in this Blog Hop project  all blocks made as of 2/28/17!

10.  Sandwich and quilt my Mod Block Lotto quilt

 11. Sandwich and quilt the my Carolina Christmas top

12.  Make more string blocks - need 8 more.   all made and quilt top completed!

The five more for the 17 for 2017 challenge  (hers are every 3 weeks and is asking only for significant progress:

13.  Bonnie's En Provence

14.  Carol's December BOM win    four blocks made for the four too small and top assembled.

15.  Japanese placemats

16.  Crumb block quilt   crumb top assembled and ready to sandwich and quilt.

17  Women's Voices top.

Slow Sunday Stitching

Okay I finished hand stitching the first seven hexagons for my Bliss quilt. I've started on the next round of twelve.  These will go slower as one of the hexagons is 6 pieces. Here's the first three that I've made: 

To keep the pieces together I'm cutting one hexagon at a time and placing the pieces in a snack bag. I don't know why the fabric in the pink and green hexies looked blurred.  Here on the right is how it really looks.   Cameras!  Ugh.

Again, Julie's videos have been invaluable in showing me how to put these together. Go here to see them.  Her ruler is great for making the curved pieces. I bought it as a birthday present to myself. My DH always wants me to get something I want and say it is from him.  I'm agreeable - lol.

Since I have them on hand I'm using Beth Ferrier's Wash Away Applique Sheets and use the 2" templates from Love Patchwork & Quilting.  They print so nicely in my inkjet printer.  When I've used them all up, I probably will buy some of Julia's or make some more.  So that's what I've been working on.  I'll have to take some time to make my WIP list (I refused to call them UFOs - that's for the ones I haven't seen in ages). Then I'll link to Judy at Patchwork Times whose hosting a UFO Challenge again this year.  Oh, and I'm all caught up with my units for En Provence - did those yesterday.

That really isn't black in there - they are just the darkest purple I had - believe called eggplant.

Take a bit of time to quilt or hand stitch today.  It will give you a few peaceful moments during this busy Christmas season to contemplate the "reason for the season".  Blessings as we start the Fourth Week of Advent.