Finish-Along Q3 2016

Lots and lots and lots of this will look familiar *hangs head in shame*  Lots and lots of these look exactly the same as they did at the start of quarter two *head gets lower*  Many of them look exactly the same as they did at the start of quarter one *lower still*  Some of them have been on the list for over a year *sinks on the floor in a heap*  I think my report would say must try harder!


1. I'm hoping to start hand quilting this quilt at some point this quarter. No, really I do!  I won't get much done, but if I can make a start then I'll be happy! 

2.  I need to start machine quilting the background round the (hand quilted) star, ready for more hand quilting over Christmas.  This is my Christmas Cherry quilt (based on the Made In Cherry pattern by Sarah Fielke). 

3.  I'm planning to make two 'bolster' cushions to go with the blue and white quilt and intend to use the 508 'bonus' HSTs which resulted from making the snowball blocks.  I need to decide how to arrange them.

4.  I need to turn this pulled thread work into a pin cushion.

5 and 6.  Mam and I need a bag to take our cutting boards and rulers to workshops.  We don't usually go to the same one so we can easily share a bag rather than having one each.  (I'm not quite sure why I've been landed with the job when she takes her board far more often and will probably use the bag much more!)  We got this off-cut (with an extra 30% off!) just before Christmas (2015) and I'm just going to make a simple bag (French seams, no lining, short handles) for the board (item 5) and then a padded pouch for the 24" x 8.5" ruler (item 6).  I'll use the curtain fabric for the mat bag and the canvas for the ruler bag, unless there's more fabric in that bag than I think.  (That's right, I haven't even opened the bag!)

7.  I only have one Christmas/winter cushion and that obviously needs rectifying.  I have 32 mini charms (not sure what I've done with the rest!) and the remains of a plain white charm pack and a plan involving hexagons - I'm going to make a Christmas version of this cushion.

8.  This is a cushion kit which I won from Kerry/Seamstar.  It's been on my list for a while now and I have made some progress since this photo was taken: I've ironed all the fabric!

9.  A friend bought me this lovely embroidery outline (is that the right term?) a while ago and I'd love to make it into a pouch.  (Yes, another one!

10.  This project has been long in the planning (well, more long in the fabric collecting and thinking!) and was going to be simple squares with lots of hand quilting.  I've slightly changed my plan and it will now be a scrappy trip quilt, inspired by Lynz's version.  I have some gorgeous low volume strips (sent by a wee treasure!) to add to these, they're in the photo below this one.

11.  This table runner (block pattern by Reene Witchard - find them here) was started in Q4 2015 and it's now ready for layering and quilting.  (I even have the backing and wadding sorted.)

12.  This is also going to become a table runner for my new coffee table, once I can bring myself to cut into the embroidered (not by me!)  table cloth!

13.  This is the result of a paisley free hand embroidery workshop and, when it's eventually finished, this will become the front panel of a Lola pouch.

14.  Oh, this poor quilt!  It's been on several of my FAL lists and was, briefly, a finish.  Then I realised that there was a problem with the quilting (the bobbin thread keeps snapping) and I've been meaning to replace the quilting.  I've done one line (with different stitch length and tension from the first time) but, I'll be honest, it's mind-numbing work.  I'm going to change my plan slightly and replace the lines where threads have snapped and then leave the rest but quilt in the ditch of all the sashing strips.  That should be enough to stop the bias stretch on the quilt, which, I think, is exacerbating the problem with the quilting.  If it doesn't, I might quilt in the ditch round the grey block borders.  I have to be careful not to add too much quilting as it's already bound but I'm hoping I'll get away with it...

15.  These are the last remnants of the grey and yellow fabric that Mam bought to make her sewing machine cover and I'm hoping to cobble something together to use them all up.  Two pieces have wadding fused to the back (the result of a miscalculation) and I'm planning to make a storage basket with these last oddly-sized bits.

16.  Last quarter, Hadley had a 'win my WIP' giveaway in order to foist her hexies onto someone else pass on a lovely project and I was the lucky winner.  I'm going to turn these into (yet another) table runner, once I've quilted it.  I've layered it and marked the first set of quilting lines.

17.   I'm making a mini quilt from the test block (and friends) for my Oakshott runner:

18.  I have been planning this quilt since at least 2013 and would like to at least make a start on prepping blocks.  I have a range of backgrounds can't decide whether to go scrappy or not, which is why I have quite a lot of some of them) and some gorgeous Oakshott (Scandinavian, I think).  The block pattern is in the photo and I've already completed a test block.  (See the fabrics third and fourth up from the bottom?  They're supposed to be the same colour...)

19.  If I don't get the pointy points quilt started, it would be nice to make progress on my ET quilt instead.  I have two blocks pieced and pieces cut for more blocks (but not enough background to make a whole block).  One more completed block would be nice!

20.  I also need to start preparing for the FAL tutorial I need to provide in January 2017 (yes, really!).  I'm going to make a table runner from these gorgeous Oakshott fabrics:

21.  I'd like to make a sewing machine mat out of the remnants of the fabric I bought for my trug and sewing machine accessories:

22.  Lynz and I have started another leisurely knit-along.  This time we're making the Pebble Beach shawl, and I've made a start:

23.  I need to finish my Kate dress.  I altered the pattern before cutting out my (hopefully wearable) toile and now need to make another couple of tiny adjustments to the pattern before adjusting the pieces and sewing it together:

24.  I need to turn this piece of embroidered ticking into a pouch (with detachable strap) for my ipod:

25. I'm going to knit myself another pair of socks, using the same toe-up pattern as the pair I've just finished:

26.  I'm knitting a pair of socks for myself in dk yarn, using the top-down pattern shown:

27.  I'm knitting a pair of socks for Sarah using the same pattern as the pair above:

28.  Archie has requested a new collar.  In yellow:

29. Mam has requested two cushions for her recently painted front room:

30. And a table runner for her dining table:

31 and 32. I want to make two Lola pouches (one large, one small) from this indigo fabric:

33. I've started a bag for me:

34. (*sobs*) And I'd like to alter the Kate dress pattern to make a pinafore out of this pin cord:

Sorry, it's a bit blurry!  Not in real life, I hasten to add!

Ahem!!  *coughs meaningfully*

You do know your#2016fal list is supposed to get shorter, not longer, don't you? The idea is that you finish more than you start. Finishing six things last quarter is all well and good, but not up to snuff if you add twelve things to the list this quarter...

Anyone else fancy joining me in the #ridiculouslylongFALlist gang?! I don't stand a chance of finishing even a quarter of my list, but I'm going to give it a go!