Tuesday To-Do #29: Singing, Finishes & Two Winners!

Hello and welcome to another round of

Tuesday To Do where those of us who like

to stay motivated join Texas Quilt Gal's link-up, 

make our lists and get things done.

I have some special things going on today

here on the ol' blog so let's get right to it.

First, some singing:

Happy birthday to me.

Happy birthday to me.

Happy BIRthday to mee-ee.

Happy birthday to meeeeeeeee!

Now, the finishes:

1) Quilt Once in a Blue Pumpkin

DONE.  A finish!

This turned out even prettier than I'd hoped for.

I'm sharing some teaser pics that I took for IG but I need

to fit in another one of those multi-quilt photo shoots to

try to do this quilt any sort of justice.

In person it just pops!

I've been trying to use up my stash of quilting threads,

all the while waiting for the perfect moment to audition

Glide thread, along with Magna-Glide Delights prewound

bobbins.  Holey moley, in all my years of sewing and

quilting, never have I felt such a difference.  I'm sold.

Now can someone out there tell me how to get my

hands on more pre-wound colors?  Or do they just come

in a few?  And if so, how often do you use a similar but

different bobbin color from top to account for this?  

I use those puppies for one quilt and I'm already spoiled.

2) Quilt West Point Stars III

Top finished.

Quilting delayed until today.

I switched thread plans (see above!)--thus the delay.

Never fear!  I made good use of time and started

and--get this--finished another WP quilt top!

Er, that is to say, West Point Stars IV--and actually

my 7th WP quilt overall but that's getting off-track.

Let's stay focused.

At 67x82, WP Stars II got pretty big so I wanted to

offer another smaller one.  This one is 55 x 55

so perfect for displaying on the back of the sofa.

On both of these I've decided to go with biscotti (left) but I

do have the mocha (center).  I just can't choose white

with those dark borders.  My only bobbin option is

light tan (which is fairly dark) but with a backing that

is mostly white with small black print, I don't have

warm fuzzies for this plan.  I think I'm going to be

winding  biscotti bobbins and praying the light sheen

 to this thread has it blending with white instead of

sticking out too much.

3) Work on Snow Day

I don't think I've posted anything about this one but I started

cutting this one out a few weeks ago.  I have three quilts that

must be finished first--and listed--but I want to start sharing

a little more about this project as it will be in my to-do's for

the coming week.  

It's MSQC's Stars and Pinwheels pattern, a fun one that

I've already made twice.  I'm working on a post of

"upcoming projects" where I'll share more about those.

Hopefully later this week still.

Now to announce the two winners of my giveaways!

I really appreciate the positive feedback I received on

my projects for Get On Board With Sewing Blog Hop.

There are so many quilts out there that I want to make that,

outside of my West Point Quilts, I never get around to trying

my hand at any originals.  I'm not sure I have the brain

energy for it but I guess like anything, the more you do it,

the better you get at it?  I found the pineapple projects

to be a good taste of that whole area of quilting that I

tend to avoid.  If anything, making even the simplest of

originals can certainly impart a big appreciation

for the work of all the pattern-makers out there.

Well, without further ado, I had hubs choose two random

numbers, corresponding to the number-order of

commenters and here are the winners:

Diann of Little Penguin Quilts

Kathleen of Kathleen McMusing 

Both were notified last night by email.

Congrats to the winners!

In other news, hubs and I took a quick trip up to

Omaha to visit our other son and play a little golf...

in the rain.  We got soaked but sometime in the back

nine, the sun came out and all was well.  Memories!

Looking ahead to next week

1) Finish quilting West Point Stars 2

2) Quilt West Point Stars 3

3) Get pics of and create listings for all three quilts

4) Keep working on Snow Day

5) Finish Upcoming Projects Post

Happy quilting!