Saturday, January 2, 2016

Finishes 2015 - Starts 2016

As noted in my last post that I found a couple of UFO's in my knitting stash. I am happy to say that I was able to finish up this pair of socks ( only had to finish one of the feet ).


I also finished this Santa sack that was supposed to be a Christmas 2014 gift for a friend. It too was well past the half way point when I abandoned it for greener pastures.  It is scheduled to go out in Monday's mail.  Better a year or so late than never.  Actually I know if I kept it to send to her next Christmas I wouldn't be able to find it.


  
Once I got my quilty mojo back I started on a baby quilt for a cousins first grand child. Since I shopped my stash for these blocks I am going to use it as my first  piece for


I have committed to Cindys BOM 2016 you can find the details here

I got my deer done.  ( also from my stash ) Hope I can be as efficient  with the remaining months.


For the last few weeks I have been trying to come up with something to do for 365 days in a row. I have tried a couple of things in the past but never got more than 30 days done before fading out.

Then I saw the button for this 365 Project and thought it sounded very doable.  I have opted to use only scraps from 2 bags of scraps sent to me by a friend in the Carolina's. There isn't
 enough background fabric in her bags to complete this project so I will shop my stash for creams enough to finish. (it won't be a problem)



I cut some circles and some background and pulled together a sewing kit.


Tossed them all into the nifty bag she sent with the scraps and I'm off.


Well I'm off to a good start. It's the 2nd and I have 2 blocks done.  I'm hoping that posting will keep me on target.

Off to a wonderfully quilty start to 2016. Hope you are too.

15 comments:

  1. You're off to a great start! It seems there are quite a few of us with the plan to create mostly from our stash this year. I love the idea of your quilty 365. But I'd never survive probably after just a few days. LoL. I'm going to love watching your year long project come together.

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  2. Cute Santa bag; your friend will be so happy to receive it. Then she can worry about finding it next year!;-)
    I like your idea of making them all from scraps. Mine started like that but now I'm cutting some fabric as I work on new projects. And just like you, I keep them in a ziplock (not as cute as yours.)

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  3. Two blocks in, great start. Looks like a fun way to put all those scraps to great use.

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  4. Finishing hidden UFOs is a great start. I'm not doing the full quilt of Cindy's, but making one small project from each month's block - that will give me 12 gifts by the end of the year. Love your 365 baggy idea - and the baggy!

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  5. Welcome to Quilty 365 - it's a lot of fun and you are off to a good start. I have found that after a week or two it develops its own momentum and then it's not too hard to keep going.

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  6. You got the gas-filled year! Wow!
    I, here, I'm still trying to start the engine... I will inspire me in you.
    Hugs!

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  7. The deer are adorable! What a wonderful way to use the scraps your friend gifted you in your Quilty 365!

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  8. Looks like you have started the year off right with these accomplishments , love the socks and the baby quilt and oh the deer are just perfect !

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  9. Great starts and finishes. The reindeer's are great! Looking forward to reading and seeing your accomplishments in 2016.

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  10. Very cute Santa bag! And great start on the circles. What a fabulous bag to be keeping them in.:)

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  11. Looks like a good start on the circles. Love that you're using up sent scraps.

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  12. You're off to a good start with your circles. Enjoy the ride! Love the project bag!

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  13. Happy New Year!
    Love your socks! Sounds like 2016 is going to be a fun and productive year for sure!
    Hugs!
    Shell

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  14. Love the deer. And I am happy to say that the 365 circles project is alive and well on my WIP list and haven't run out of steam yet. I have 31 circles finished and 32 more are ironed and basted! I'm interested in how you are doing your applique circles. I'm using the cardboard template and starch.

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  15. The circles look great, its going to be fun to see how we interpret the game plan!

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