A Quilting Chick: Have a Jolly Little Christmas

Yes, I had another very productive week last week. I finished up both of the quilt tops that I was making for Free Spirit. And I managed to keep up with all of my quilt alongs. First, the blocks for the 365 Quilt Challenge.

That quilt is going to be simply amazing. I also did my block for the Adventurously Epic Sampler. I decided to add the 4-patch cornerstone for the settings and got them added to all the blocks I've made so far.

A Quilting Chick - Adventurously Epic Sampler

Isn't it gorgeous!! I'm absolutely loving everything about this quilt along. Saturday, Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts released the next blocks for her Have a Jolly Christmas Quilt Along. I need two of the mitten blocks for my layout.

A Quilting Chick - Have a Jolly Little Christmas

I love, love, love the fabrics and the layout I've decided on. It'll be almost Christmas before it's done, but oh my! Love!!

Sunday was the next day for the 52 Weeks with the Quilter's Planner Quilt Along. This block (on the left) took a while, but was so worth the effort. The block on the right is from Project 48 and I'm adding a border to make them big enough to go in the same quilt.

A Quilting Chick - 52 Week's with the Quilter's Planner

Along the way, I also got some more blocks finished for the Stargyle Quilt as leaders/enders.

I decided on the sashing last night and am adding it this week as I make my other projects. Not bad for one week! :)

Linking up with Oh Scrap!, Moving It Forward at Em's Scrapbag, Show and Tell Monday with Bambi, Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times, Main Crush Monday at Cooking Up Quilts, and Monday Making at Love, Laugh, Quilt. With Freemotion by the River for Linky Tuesday and with The Quilting Room with Mel for Fiber Tuesday. With Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Bee Social, with Midweek Makers at Quilt Fabrication, and with Jo's Country Junction for UFO Progress. With NTT at My Quilt Infatuation. and with Ft.Worth Fabric Studio for Fabric Frenzy, Can I Get a Whoop Whoop with Confessions of a Fabric Addict, and Busy Hands Quilts for TGI Finished Friday.

That's right! I finished up two UFO's over the last week! The weather hasn't been cooperating this weekend though so the good pics will have to wait, but here's a sneak peek. First, I met my January goal and finished up the Ugly Christmas Sweaters Quilt, designed and hosted by Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts.

A Quilting Chick - Ugly Christmas Sweaters QAL

I'm so excited about it! I cannot wait to get it quilted and use it next Christmas! Then I went back to my UFO stack and found I was very close to finishing up this baby quilt that is destined for the NICU babies at the local hospital. The pattern is "Framed" and is by Camille Roskelley in her book, Simply Retro.

I have two more of those cut out and ready to whip together. They'll be next in the UFO stack to finish up.

I also stayed up to date on my quilt alongs (thank goodness!). First, this year's 365 Quilt Challenge.

I love this umbrella block. It's for my Adventurously Epic Sampler. This pic captures some of the silver in the fabrics! :)

I have four more blocks done for the Stargyle quilt which is working as my leaders/enders project.

Lorna, at Sew Fresh Quilts, started a new quilt along, Have a Jolly Little Christmas. The first block was released Saturday. I got into EQ7 and made a plan then made up these blocks.

And lastly, yesterday's block for the 52 Weeks with the Quilter's Planner hosted by Gnome Angel. This block was designed by Cassandra Beaver and to be quite honest, I was dreading it. But the instructions were well written so it went together relatively easily. Here's the Sand Dollar Star.