PIF: on its way to California

Yay, after much to-ing and fro-ing I managed to get one PIF on the road to California. For the other one, I'm still awaiting a postal address and then that shall be on its way too ...

Phew!

Since September, the list of upcoming projects has changed to:

Coasters - working on it

Potholders - on my mind

long-term project: my first and only sampler quilt

Night on the Tiles

Done:

PIF

Stashbuster Quilt for my God-Daughter, well, sort of: used the fabric and finished the quilt

2 quilts in a day for new babies

Edited to add: PIF No. 2 is also on its way, also to California.

Upcoming Projects

I need to keep reminding myself of pending projects because otherwise - with all these ideas in my head - I will be losing track.

Since mid-July the list of upcoming projects has changed to:

PIF - not done yet, sorry

Coasters - not done either ... but then there's always Christmas

Stashbuster Quilt for my God-Daughter, well, sort of: used the fabric and finished the quilt

2 quilts in a day for new babies: working on No 1

a Big Zig quilt, based on Denyse Schmidt's pattern for yet another baby: this one has gone on the backburner after my cousin sadly miscarried

a long-term project: my first and only sampler quilt was meant for my first-born and to be ready when she starts school. She's in second grade and the thing still looks the way it did in November 2003. Yikes. I have plans to rework it and finish it off eventually. I will not hand-quilt and it will not be the size shown in that post dated January 2005.

And then there are: the WIPs and my Retreat Project. I am always itching to start a new project and have a million ideas in my head. Especially when work is tedious - like right now.

All a girl needs

to feel like a princess is a massive pile of quilts!!!

This was taken from my elder daughters stationary. I wouldn't mind sitting on that many quilts, especially because that meant that I had realised quite a few of my ideas. In the meantime, I'll just continue planning.

I have to say though that despite enrolling in Tonya's summer class - with the best of my intentions - I have not done squat for it. I might take some material on holiday to work on it ... or I might take my crocheting.

Upcoming projects:

PIF

Coasters

Stashbuster Quilt for my God-Daughter

2 quilts in a day for new babies

a Big Zig quilt, based on Denyse Schmidt's pattern for yet another baby

My next project ...

will be a few sets of coasters ... following this easy instruction from thelongthread.com. I still have two PIFs to do and this will go very well with a table cloth I made for my BFF's brithday last week.

Highlight on a crap day

Oh my, what a bad day I was having: my eldest woke me at 6 even though I could have slept till 7:15 and it all went downhill from there ... until I opened a package from a fellow quilter.



It's from playing PIF with Kristin Laflamme and a reminder that I need to eventually deliver as well ...

Thank you, Kristin, you really made my day.

Paying it Forward (PIF)

This should be interesting! As some know, I cannot resist things made by Kristin LaFlamme ... and when she offered a PIF, I had to open my mouth saying, I want one too ... She then asked me under the terms and conditions of her PIF whether I just wanted a fiber post card or whether I'd want the post card and PIF three items.

So, here it goes: I will send a handmade gift to the first 3 people who leave a comment on my blog requesting to join this PIF exchange. I don’t know what that gift will be yet and you may not receive it tomorrow or next week, but you will receive it within 365 days, that is my promise! The only thing you have to do in return is pay it forward by making the same promise on your blog.