The April number is #4.
So much pretty fabric in 4-6-8-10 yard pieces and what do I do? Of course--make a scrappy quilt instead of using the yardage! At least I did use a large yardage piece for the backing. The quilt measures 75x103. I should have used a dark fabric for the border--I may cut it down to a 1 inch border when I quilt it. It's always amazing which colors are dominant--when you look at a picture of the quilt, it often shows a dominant color that you did not see as you just looked at it. Maybe I'll cut this border down and attach a dark border around it. Now to proof the taxes and start ironing the huge stack of my husband's shirts!
Well, I had to do it--cut down the light border to a 1-inch finish and add a dark border. Looks better. Shirts are ironed and the taxes are done!
Finally--I have used the Innova longarm for something besides a place to drape fabric. I have finished quilting 3 quilts--1 baby quilt and 2 panel quilts. It is amazing how many things I "forgot" about the quilting process. I even needed a refresher on binding!
I used the Square Dance EtoE on the panel quilts--love the texture. I have another baby quilt loaded on the longarm but spent the last 2 days of March making 12 dozen mini cinnamon rolls! But I did get out the Lavender & Lace cross stitch so I can get it finished--in April. It is close to being completed. But what did I do next?! I started the cross stitch of another of Janet Powers' "watercolor" cross stitch flowers--a geranium. And in my surfing adventures on the internet, I found someone who must love them as much as I do (except she has hers for sale!). She had some I do not have the patterns for (tulips), some I have completed (lily, iris), and some other (not Lavender & Lace) patterns I have completed. I haven't gotten very far with the geranium but already love it! I also spent some time working on the crocheted afghan. I think April will be a month I concentrate on getting pieced tops quilted, finishing at least one of the cross stitch projects, and finishing the afghan.
The April UFO is #4.
