December 2023 monthly recap................

 December was my best month for finishes.  Three were just waiting for binding so that was pretty fast.  Four of them were gifts that needed to be finished.  On the left are the two I Spy quilts for my two families of great-grandchildren. (64" x 80.5" and 67.5" x 79").  Next to them are Soft Colorwash and Small Colorwash (20" x 33 and 18" square).  Next is layered churn dash, 77" x 101" and below it flannel baby quilts, 38" square and 39.5" square.  At the right is Batik Stars, 73" x 99".

Only one quilt top was made in December and it was really fun. The green color is so welcome in our brown, black and white winters.  Since we have had so little snow it is mostly brown and black this winter so far.

This one is about 52" x 70", the size I am going to try to stick with this new year.  I still have many 60ish x 80ish ones to quilt.

Speaking of snow, we had flurries for part of the day yesterday and this is the total accumulation, mostly on the Sedum dried blooms.

I need to put my stats on my blog and this one was just finished early evening yesterday.  It is made of mostly Kaffe collective fabrics with at least one African and one batik as well a few other assorted prints.  It is 18" square.  The tiny squares are 1.5" finished.

I used a Kaffe fabric on the back and used folded squares at the top corners on the back to hold the hanging rod.

It has Warm and Natural batting and the top thread is Invisifil in 3 colors.

I started 2023 with 43 tops.  I finished 30 but also made 29 new tops.  Of the tops quilted 14 were older ones and 16 were new tops made in 2023.  I donated one quilt top for a comfort quilt and ended up with 41 tops still waiting to be quilted.  At this rate if I make 30 new tops in 2024 I would need to quilt (or have them longarm quilted by someone else) 6 quilts a month to end up with no tops waiting unfinished at the end of 2024.  Unlikely, I think.  I would like to sell some quilt tops.  Just a lot of thought to finish out 2023.

Happy New Year!