SewbySanne

Last week I wrote about my plans for 2025, my WIPS, wishes and so on. This week I want to write down which projects I really want to work on soon, and show a bit more of them.

The older ones

On my list I have 4 projects that fall into the category “older”, they were started before 2024. My goal is to finish at least 3, and hopefully all 4…. The first one, I’m a bit ashamed that this one still isn’t finished. It is my puffquilt, I only need to replace the basting stitches with tying the quilt. It has been used many, many times, has a binding and everything. But if you look closely it’s not really quilted, just basted…

Then there are 2 quilts that are halfway finished, the Queen of Diamonds by Tula Pink, ‘only’ needs sashing and the top is finished. I loved the EPP part, the next part, not so much. I guess that’s why the top isn’t finished yet. The plan is to work on this one during Springbreak. A quilt I’m working on during my FPP zoomdates with a friend currently is The Wolf Abstractions Quilt Pattern by Violet Craft. This one will be finished by the end of the year.

And finally one of my older projects is the Fancy Forest by Elizabeth Hartman, I’ve only made 2 blocks (and don’t even have a photo). I think this one has to wait a bit, probably even after summer, but you never know. My goal for that one is to make it scrappy, so just work one block at a time and see how it goes.

2024 Projects

Last year I finished a lot of projects and didn’t start to many or actually finished them. This part of the list also has 4 projects, I’m gonna work on finishing at least 2 of them, the Tula Pink, pink squares project and the MQG Satsuma quilt. For the Pink squares I just need to sew the blocks together and then load it on to a longarm. The Satsuma quilt is 50% handquilted, so some colder evenings or afternoons on the couch and that one will be finished.

The other 2 might not get finished this year, first there is this amazing BOM I started hosted by Shannon Fraser called ‘the little forest BOM’. I absolutely love the finished quilt, but the process not so much, more and more I’m learning I prefer to work on smaller and more intricate projects. So for now its packed away, maybe I will get back to it later this year. T

And then ofcourse there is the Dear Jane, a project I started together with a friend, Mique! I love working on it, but don’t expect it to be finished any time soon…

2025 projects

The biggest part of my list are ofcourse the plans for this year, all the sparkly new projects. I’ve started a few and actually already finished some as of today, let’s have a look.

First there are the Dutch MQG project of 2025: shapes, the Dutch MQG Round Robin, and the KONA BOM. All of these are going well so far. As a board member I’m working ahead on the shapes project and the Round Robin has firm deadlines, so I’m very confident I will keep up with those. As for the KONA BOM, the blocks don’t take that much time, so I have good hopes for that one.

I a few days I’ll be going to Quiltcon for the first time and a few projects on my list were supposed to be finished before that. I ofcourse finished the mini for the swap and a pillow with a tiny version of the “Follow me” pattern by Sugaridoo for the Benartex booth. I also planned to make a bag/tote but that hasn’t happend yet, who know in the next two days if the magic will happen.

Other projects I’ve started this year are a kit for a cute cat I bought at a craft fair called Bobby, a hand applique mini quilt Christmas and very tiny blocks both for Christmas. The applique quilt is from a magazine from several years ago, and the tiny christmas are from Happy Sew Lucky. You can find that pattern on her Etsy.

The final two projects on my list are the ones I really want to make this year, but don’t have any set plans yet. Those are a Tilda pillow using Liberty fabrics and the Fab Farm by Elizabeth Hartman (once I’ve finished the Fancy Forest).

I’m sure some other projects will find their way to my sewing machine. I’ll check in again in a few months to see how things are going.

Have a creative time, Sanne