An Auspicious Start

I had a few leftover holiday projects to finish this season. First was finishing Benton's sweater and fixing Eamon's neck on his sweater. Those two tasks were relatively easy and quickly accomplished. The other project was a bit bigger. Last summer, I decided to opt out of the gift exchange my siblings do. Instead I wanted to give each of them a quilt made from tops and  blocks my grandmother and great-grandmother had pieced. I bought the needed supplies and then relied on my future self to work magic. Unfortunately that did not happen before the exchanging and shipping of gifts.

Faced with those unfinished quilts, I decided to make use of a fresh page on the calendar. I began them on the first day of 2012. One quilt is now finished. It is currently in the washer for a quick cleaning and subsequent fluff in the dryer. I will mail it out tomorrow. My grandmother and her mother had hand-pieced the top. I tied the quilt instead of quilting it. I am so pleased that one is finished, and I like how it came together. The other two are in various stages of completion. I am planning to work on them this week as I have two other quilts waiting in my queue. 

With such a flurry of activity, I think know 2012 is going to be a great year.