Finish-Along Q4 2019

1.  (Q3 2015)  I'm making a low-volume and turquoise version of a scrappy trip around the world quilt and I've made sixteen blocks so far. I'm hoping to have twenty-four by the end of the year so that I've averaged two a month. 

2. (Q2 2016)  I have been planning this quilt since at least 2013 and would like to at least make a start on prepping blocks.  (I've been saying that for a while...)  I have a range of backgrounds and some gorgeous Oakshott (Scandinavian, I think).  The block pattern is in the photo and I've already completed a test block. 

3. (Q2 2016)  This needs layering and pinning ready for quilting, once I've bought the wadding and decided on how I'm going to quilt it. I doubt I'll make progress on this for quite a while, but once a project is on my FAL list, it stays on until it's either finished or officially abandoned! (No, they're not two different colours of background, it's just the difference between pieced/unpieced and straight/bias - you don't see it in real life.)

4. (Q4 2016) I'm going to turn this pink pin cord into a round neck pinafore version of the Kate dress:

5. (Q4 2016) This rather 80s winter sports print (it really could be from then as it came out of someone's loft!) is going to become a version of the Kate dress, possibly with a v neck and long/elbow length sleeves.

6. (Q2 2017) The top fabric is going to become a Kate dress:

7. (Started around October 2012)  I've recently cut all the pieces for the nine patch blocks which will alternate with the embroidered blocks and I'm going to start writing the rest of the stories the stories behind the blocks, maybe one a week?

8.  (Q2 2017) I want to make a Christmas quilt (yes, another one!) from these pieces of Winterkist.  I'm going to make a version of Sarah's Stained quilt, with navy sashing (thanks for the idea, Salley!):

9. (Q2 2017) This Italian lawn is going to become a top version of the Kate dress or a shirt no.1, depending on how I feel when I lay it on the sewing table:

10.  (Q4 2017) The pinafore I made last year needs a lining (it needs a slip under it, but the armholes are too low for the slips I have, so a lining it is):

11. (Q4 2018) Jen (Mum In The Mad House) and I are making jeans together and we are having our hands held by a very talented friend of ours, without who we wouldn't be doing this! I'm ready to cut out the legs and a trial yoke and waistband so I can tack them together and assess the fit... 

12  & 13. (Q4 2019) Socks.  I need to finish the other two pairs of socks I'm making in yarn from Made By Penguins:

14. (Q4 2019)  I need to make a penguin hot water bottle cover for my niece for her birthday using these fabrics and a miniature version of this pattern:

15, 16 & 17. (Q4 2019) Rope baskets. I need to make three rope baskets: a small one to hold my keys, a medium one to keep a pair of shoes/boots in by the front door and a larger one to hold rolled up quilts in the front room.  I've got as far as buying the rope:

18. (Q4 2019) Socks for a friend. These will be the last socks of the year and should grow fairly quickly because the yarn is DK.

By adding seven things to the list this quarter, I have broken my own rule about not adding more to my FAL list than I've ticked off the previous quarter (I finished six things in Q3). I have dithered over doing this because the system is working so well for me, but decided I could give myself permission: the two pairs of socks are nigh on done and it seems daft to leave them off the list.  Decision justified!  (The Committee are currently discussing their ruling.  If my list suddenly goes down to 17, you know it didn't go my way...) Oh, and I'm definitely still a member of the #ridiculouslylongFALlist gang because there's no way all those dressmaking projects are going to be finished in a mere three months!

Mini Archie has already being using the rope:

Just like the song says:
Rope, rope, rope your boat,
Tie it nice and tight;
Watch the fishies swimming by,
Don't worry, they won't bite!