Finished Quilt and Many More Projects...

I bought a pattern for this quilt, but I cannot find it anywhere in my house and I don't remember the name of the pattern either. I just wanted to make sure that you know this is not my design. When I saw the sample quilt on the wall I fell in love with it and really wanted to make one. It is rare for me to buy a pattern for a quilt, but this one I had to! I pieced this quilt right away which was years ago but I didn't know what I wanted to do with it after words. It was just sitting in my sewing room. I hand quilted for years and years but there are so many quilts I want to make and there are not enough time to do hand quilting for all the quilts I make. Also, I was too afraid to do machine quilting. I felt like I spent all that time invested in piecing the quilt top, and that I would ruin it by machine quilting it myself.

But... one day I just did it. I thought to myself, "you gotta start somewhere!" It was not the prettiest quilting; there were uneven and skipped stitches all over, but I did it! I am learning and because I don't do it that often my progress is slow, but it is getting better.

I have a few more quilt tops that need to be quilted in my closet that I pieced years ago, and I want to complete them this year! I am trying to clear out my sewing room and finish the projects that I have started. It feels good to complete them and move on.

Because I am a girl with (too) many interests, I have refashioning, jewelry making, painting and sewing projects in progress all the time. It is almost scary to think about how many projects I should be working to finish. How many projects are you working on? Have you finished something lately that you are excited about?