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January 2017 UFO Goal

Posted on January 1, 2017 | 25 comments

I have chosen to work on Aunt Sukey Spins Off for my January UFO Goal.

This quilt is already under the needle, and most of the top is quilted. I need to get the borders quilted, and that will be my focus.

The bonus will be to get the binding on, too, and be finished, but I’ll be pleased to get the quilting accomplished.

Linking up will keep me accountable, focused, and motivated, so I am linking up with Elm Street Quilts – One Monthly Goal.

Another goal this year, is to embroider the blocks for Aunt Bea’s Parlor.

I have two blocks done. I will be working on this project on Sundays.

Kathy’s Quilts will keep me company. I am linking up with her Slow Sunday Stitching.

May your New Year be filled with blessings and the achievements of your goals!

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Aunt Sukey Spins Off – Machine Quilting

Posted on January 24, 2016 | 7 comments

“As time goes by, I realize that I do trust the wind. And I often write my songs for myself.” -David Friedman

“How did it get so late so soon?” -Dr. Seuss

“It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important.”-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince

I have neglected my blog. I like blogging, so what can I say for myself?

A demanding job, apathy, depression, a time-out, a boring existence, self-pity, frustration at the lack of control of my life….

Sheesh! You’d think somebody died or something! Get a grip! Change the negative brain recording!

I’m shaping up. Mentally, that is. Many of those emotions I’ve listed above apply to a big project. That would be my Aunt Sukey Spins Off project.

Yup. I became bored and frustrated with it, and it became a monster sitting on my shoulders and whispering great doses of guilt into my ears.

I don’t understand myself. Why…oh why…do I insist on complicating things. I love the acronym, KISS…keep it simple, Stupid. I love it, but have yet to apply it to myself.

Here I’ve made this classic traditional red and white quilt. So far, so good. But I can’t decide how to quilt it, and I go all out on the thing. And then I become frustrated. The quilting doesn’t fit the quilt.

There are times when I really should take a cue from my good friend Judy Butcher. She knows how to quilt a traditional quilt.

Alas, I’m committed.

We’ll see how it turns out.

In spite of myself.

Aunt Sukey Spins Off