Seeing Red

 
My Red and White Snowball Challenge quilt is finished.

And what a little gem she is! I can't wait to get it quilted and washed and crinkled. Hello, little Color Catcher sheets...how I love thee. I have a heavyweight deep red flannel with little teeny white pindots for the backing, and a scrappy red binding all set to go. This quilt will be perfect for Christmas, Valentine's Day, and since this is Alaska, even with the flannel backing, it'll be great for the 4th of July. It's the Universal Holiday quilt. "Opree calls is multi-tasking" (Anyone know what movie that's from?)

The pattern in the book calls for this quilt to be assembled in eleven horizontal rows. For a little shortcut, assemble your rows vertically and sew nine rows of eleven snowballs together instead of eleven rows of nine snowballs. That's two less times you'll have the bulk of your quilt hanging off the side of your machine, causing you to say words that'll make your mama cringe.

As you can see, I have decided to leave it small...er, I mean lap sized. It's fun, it's cute, it'll be perfect to snuggle with on the couch while dreaming up new quilt projects to start. And speaking of new quilt projects....I present to you my New Year's Resolution. This is a doozy for sure, but I need to be more disciplined with my UFO's/Quilter's ADD. For every NEW project I want to start, I must first finish TWO projects on my busting-at-the-seams UFO list. And I have so many UFO's, that believe me, most of them will be like new projects once I pull them out, since it's been so long since I've seen them. A rather pathetic practice to fall into, but it's certainly helped keep quilt stores across the web in business. I'm all about supporting the economy. So to all my favorite online quilt traps shops, I bid you farewell (it's only temporary. Promise.) and thank you for inspiring me to start a new quilt every Monday, and twice on Sunday. But for now, I will devote myself to thinning out my UFO stash. I am very excited to see what sort of things I will un-earth this year.

Now, for all you snowballers....we are just TWO WEEKS away from the challenge deadline. Woot! Hope you're getting close to the big reveal.

Comments

[Lesly]

Oh, isn't it gorgeous! I love mine, and so much more than I thought I was going to. It's such a simple colour scheme and pattern - I had no idea it would be so compelling. I took mine to the LQS for their Saturday show and tell, and it got lots of attention. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's finished product and the different backings and variations. I think I am the first to have the entire project quilted and completed, although Thelma had her top completed first.

[Rose Marie]

Good for you to get the top done!!! My top is done, but it won't be finished by the deadline as I will be handquilting it and it will be a while ......

I'm thinking of doing this again with different colours. I love this pattern!

[Colene Russell]

I love how it turned out.

[Melissa C]

Love your quilt. Thanks for doing the challenge or I never would have looked at that quilt in the book.

[Janice]

Two weeks?? TWO WEEKS?!? I don't remember anything about a deadline! Aww Jeez... I guess I'd better get cracking. Yours is GORGEOUS by the way...

[Ariane]

Wow!! It looks amazing.

[Chris@catsonmyquilts]

I have been sewing all day and I am almost done! Sort of. I need to get the last little pieced borders sewn on and I have decided to add 2 borders but that's it so I think I will make the original challenge date with the original quilt. I may not have my 2 borders on by then but I'm considering myself done! I love my quilt too!

[Helen]

I am a follower of your blog and have wanted to get the book that you are using for the red and white snowball challenge.
I finally got the book yesterday.. hope to start it soon.. won't be a able to meet the 2 week deadline, but hope to have it done by xmas 2010.
The book has lots of other good ones in it, too.

[Lori]

Congratulations on the finish! It is lovely!!!

[Gail Sciortino]

Well...Iam done also...Er,,,see my blog, thats all I'm a gonna say...And I'm a stickin to it!
Pink-a-Palooza

[wendy]

Congrats....it looks gorgeous. I've seen so many bloggers making this quilt. Where do I find the pattern?

[Tamera]

I like your resolution to finish 2 UFOs before starting a new project...and your assertion that "most of them will be like new projects once I pull them out, since it's been so long since I've seen them" made me laugh out loud!

[Mary]

Well, I will have to keep sewing my blocks. Loved the swap, love the blocks. Yours is gorgeous, oh and Pearl Smooter would love your multi0taksing too.