It occurred to me last night that I have 5 months to finish my 3 Christmas quilts. I can be a bit of a procrastinator. 5 months sounds like forever, right??
But when I divide that by 3 quilts, that’s roughly 1.67 months per quilt! Um… time to panic!
So, I have to make myself start putting some quality time into those quilts. Not only have I taken on a gargantuan task, but I also chose to venture into unknown and potentially complicated pattern territory.
It’s so hard for me to focus on just one project. I get bored, or I get super excited about something else! But I have to harness my energy, because I don’t want to give my sisters IOU’s for Christmas. That would be jerky.
So, here’s the plan:
Quilt #1- Deborah’s Owl Quilt
The front of the quilt will have 12 pink and blue blocks, shashed with dark brown. At least one block will have an owl. My sister wanted to think about how many owls she wanted 🙂
The back will have a pink and brown striped fabric, with a strip of pieces from the front along the bottom. Then I’m going to attempt to do a tree in brown, via ohfrannson!. I probably will not do patchwork on this tree, because I really don’t think it’s necessary. And then I’ll have 3 little owls peeking out of holes in the tree.
I have 6 blocks completed. So if I could do 1 block per day I’d be done in a week.
Week 1: Complete blocks.
Week 2: Cut sashing and piece blocks together.
Week 3: Work on the back. (I’m going to call this one week’s worth of work, but I don’t actually know how long this will take.
Week 4: Sandwich quilt and start quilting!
Week 5: Quilt.
Week 6: Bind the edges and clip threads.
Quilt #2- Alisha’s Bird Quilt
I have all the fabric for this quilt, and a general idea, but it’s still mostly in my head. It will consist of some combination of the following fabrics:
And it will have a design similar to this:
I sketched this out without really paying attention to the quantities of fabric I have on hand. Most likely I will have to play around with color combinations. So, Alisha, don’t get attached to it 🙂 Also, I’m not sure about how to put this together, so I sure hope ohfrannson! has a pattern!!
Week 1: Work on planning. Which color do I have enough of for the background, trees, etc?
Week 2: Cut fabric.
Week 3: Piece back ground.
Week 4: Piece tree 1.
Week 5: Piece tree 2.
Week 6: Piece tree 3.
Week 7: Cut back pieces.
Week 8: Piece back. Appliqué birds on front and back.
Week 9: Sandwich and quilt.
Week 10: Bind the edges and clip threads.
(Uh-oh. This plan is 4 weeks over time-budget.)
Quilt #3- Michelle’s Bird Quilt
Sigh. Now that I’ve mapped out Alisha’s quilt, I know Michelle’s is essentially the same except in different colors. So, it, too, is slated for 4 extra weeks. I can’t let this happen! I just need to remember this is just an estimate and kick it into high gear!
Michelle’s fabrics:
This batch is a little messy because I’m currently using some of the fabrics for another project 🙂
And for some reason, I thought it would be faster to revamp the same picture in Paint. It was *not* faster, but it was fun 🙂
Week 1: Work on planning. Which color do I have enough of for the background, trees, etc?
Week 2: Cut fabric.
Week 3: Piece back ground.
Week 4: Piece tree 1.
Week 5: Piece tree 2.
Week 6: Piece tree 3.
Week 7: Cut back pieces.
Week 8: Piece back. Appliqué birds on front and back.
Week 9: Sandwich and quilt.
Week 10: Bind the edges and clip threads.
Wish me luck! And the ability to focus. I’ll need it.
