Yo-Yos, Circles, Coins and Flying Geese

My Yo-Yo quilt runner is done. Yes! *insert silly dance here* I have worked on and off on this thing for about 5 years. So *insert more silly dancing here*. This is my contribution to Sew and Tell.

 

I hate it and love it. I think it works well on our dresser, but it also took forever since the sewing machine never touched it. I definitely learned a new technique. The yo-yos were made from a butter spread lid. I have about 4 rows left over where it will hang over the dresser. Should I add them? Does anyone know what the rules are for stitching the yo-yos together? I used anywhere from 4 to 8 stitches depending on my mood.

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 I hate it when books say attach yo-yos together and that's it. Kind of like quilt as desired, right?

 So go visit Sew and Tell. There are more talented and crafty people than me out there.

I also made some progress on my cross stitch goals for the year- Cirque des Cercles.

The single color is relaxing. No more new stitching projects until I finish this. I have finished a lot more of it than I thought I would considering I was sick. The Ink Circle Stitchers are working on a lot of tempting projects. 


I just finished this coin quilt top with a Moda jelly roll called Spring Magic.

 

I am piecing the back out of left over pieces of the jelly roll. It figures that the width is 46 inches wide! I think I want to bind the quilt with a light pink polka dot. I need to find this first!

  

 My models helped me with the pictures. They did great! Of course we are still in our PJs. Can you tell?  


These are my Nancy's Quilt Shop block of the months that were cut but never sewn.

 

I finally bought a Bernina after spending a year without a sewing machine. Now I have no excuse to finish. The triangles and their points are killing me. The Marti Mitchell templates help line everything up, but the ironing is the hardest part. There should be books on just pressing! How do you press these things where 6 corners meet at really weird angles?

 

I thought I disliked the templates, but now I realized I just hate blocks with 70 or more pieces. LOL. I really didn't like hand piecing this one so that's why the rest of them sat around for a year. Why did I buy the warm AND cool colorways. 21 blocks to go! I can do it.

These are only a few of my yearly goals as blogged here. I think I am on track to remove a lot of those undone crafty things that make me sigh. It's been a busy two weeks.

Update:
Do the threads on the orange block bother you as much as they bother me? I also noticed I missed a yo-yo. Errr. Ok I was in a hurry this morning. :)