2020 Finish-A-Long :: Q1 Finishes

Can't deny I'm feeling pretty darn good about how my Finish-A-Long quarter went. All three of the projects on my list were long-term, so on one hand it was kind of weird finishing them all up in a relatively short time frame. But all's good!

First up was Begonia, a block-of-the-month from Seattle MQG.



There were months and months of HSTs while the design revealed itself. The pattern is by Stefanie Satterwhite, and was alot of fun to do as a group.



Next was my Summer Sampler 2019.



Gotta say, finishing this one was challenging. At 80" x 92", it helped that I chose a relatively simple quilting design of echoing curves, and finished it in good time. Not sure the last stitch was in before hubby claimed it for himself. So that was nice.



And finally.... two years in the making, my Teeny Tiny Trip Around the World.



Absolutely and completely hand-stitched, it was alternately a joy and a burden, but in the end, I am so pleased and proud of it.

So I felt real relief once those three were done. All quite different, but each a satisfying finish in its own way. Now enjoying seeing what else the year has to offer!

2020 Finish-A-Long :: Q1 List

It's a new day for the Finish-A-Long! Begun back in 2012 by Rhonda/@rhonda.j.laws, it is and always has been a supportive community working on finishing works-in-progress, and I've joined in from Day One. In fact, here's my very first finish - a set of color block placemats. Though once firmly blog-based, times have changed, and starting with this year, the FAL will happen entirely on Instagram. All the details are right here.

SO, one begins by making a list of the projects they'd like to finish in this first quarter of the year. If you've been around a while, you kind of know how it works. My first two projects are carrying forward from last quarter:

1. My Begonia quilt top has been pieced since November, and just this week I pieced a backing, basted it, and have begun quilting. Yay! So I have high hopes this will be my first quilt finish of the year.

2. Then there's my Summer Sampler. I feel like I've been working on it forever! Finishing the piecing of the top had its challenges, but it is complete now too, and I also pieced a back for it too. Now to muster up the courage to baste it - which is actually scarier than facing the quilting. At any rate, it looms ahead.

3. And finally, I'd like to add a project that's been on my list for ages... and that's my Teeny Time Trip Around the World. Begun at QuiltCon in 2018, I finished hand-piecing it last March(!) and finally, in early December, I started in on hand-quilting it, and it's going well! I'm about one-third done, and will do my best to stick with it.

Three projects should be easy-peasy, right? I sure hope so, cuz I'm itching to start something new!

Linking up with #2020FALQ1List.