Sleep Tight (Kit, PIGS List, Grandniece Quilt)

This is a kit I bought some time ago for a potential David child. The fabric features hedgehogs and David had a pet hedgehog as a boy. Also the fabrics are neutral and work for a boy or girl. As it turns out, the baby is a girl and the colors serendipitously go with the Harry Potter neutral color scheme David and Chelsea selected for the nursery. This quilt is #17 on the new PIGS list. It’s a win-win-win all around!

“Sleep Tight” is the name of the fabric line. “Brioche and Baguette” is the name of the pattern. The pieces are fairly big, the seams are straight, there are no corners or points to match—all wins for my current bad eyesight.

As I quilted in wavy lines, I thought about Sally’s favorite books when she was a child, the Mother Westwind stories with the Merry Little Breezes. The wavy lines are the Little Breezes. If the Mother Westwind books were Sally’s favorites, and the Harry Potter series was David’s favorite, what will be Baby Quinn’s favorites? The popularity of children’s books changes rapidly. I can only imagine the progression in children’s literature.

• 39 3/4" x 58"  Crib size
• Quilting: Quilted in shallow wavy lines, similar to modern quilt all squares and sashing that I recently saw in a quilting magazine. Used cream-colored 100% polyester thread (Omni from Superior Threads-named "Cream"). Free form quilting. 5 bobbins. Quilting by Patty.
• Backing: Tan, neutral-colored print from a fabric.com sale of wide cotton for quilt backs
• Batting: 80% cotton/20% polyester Winline “Comfort Blend”
• Binding:  Black print cotton from the kit
• Pattern: “Brioche and Baguette” from the Connecting Threads kit.
• Piecing by Patty
• Pinned into frame January 22, 2020. Quilting on long arm quilter January 24-29, 2020. (Patty). 
• Binding by Patty. 
• QC by Spencer.

THE HEDGEHOGS

Nap Time, Quinn at 4 months

Made More PIGS

I started the organizing project, including making more PIGS. Now, not to lose momentum is the goal. I wanted to document the PIGS because it was such a huge effort. Also, I found the kit for David and Chelsea’s baby. I think that should be my next project. Goal: 30 min of organizing a day; as much quilting as I can fit in around the organizing project.

To Quilt List

1. Dog Park (Quilting Bee--"Community Garden") in Cal-Asia bag and book

2. Sea Star (Binding Tool Star) in clear plastic orange bag

3. Garden Gate in gold NM bag

4. Marbles (Modern Baby) in UNICEF bag

5. Jumping Jacks (quilts from sweet Jane) in MSQC red bag to be named Tomato Soup?

6. 3 half square triangle quilts in red reptile N-M bag. One red, one blue, one pink

7.  Crosswalk in blue clear bag. Needs white. See MSQC video.

8.Alaska fabric from Ann in UNICEF bag how to quilt?

9.Strips and tool in brown and tan homemade tote bag for MSQC Basic X quilt. Needs fabric for center(gold?) See MSQC video.

10.Volunteers (Hands) in black Doctors Without Borders bag.

11.Black, White, Red Quilt in bright pink N-M bag—contains instructions

12.Green bug in Kaffe Fasset bag. Needs off white

13.5”sq baby quilt in UA small canvas bag

14.Koala Jumping Jacks quilt (see Tomato Soup) in medium blue NM bag

15.A couple pieces for STEM quilt in Aunt Janet long skinny bag. Rest of pieces on shelf

16.Burst quilt and tool and instructions in tan and brown NM bag

17.David’s baby quilt kit and instructions in wild print NM bag

18.Kiss Me Kate half square triangle quilt in UNICEF bag. Instructions on her web site

19.Half square triangle quilts in blue bag from sewing machine store. See book with dog park quilt for instructions

20.MSQC Wonky Star quilt in La Prairie white paper bag

21.Don’t remember in Thailand Elephant bag

22.Aunt Linda’s Dream Weaver quilt in black Doctors Without Borders bag

23.Fat Quarter Flowers on You-Tube using fabric from Lynda at Belmont sewing group. Also use gray or neutral background in clear bag

24.Tula Pink Monkey Wrench . Pattern unknown. In Kaffe Fasset bag

Goals for 2020 and 2019 Year-End Report

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2020 Goals

2019 Year-End Report

2020 Goals

• Complete  4 long-armed quilts, including the neonatal quilt top pieced in 2019 before my eye went bad, t-shirt quilt for Tomiko, t-shirt quilt for Mother that I started in 2019 and a baby quilt for the grandniece expected in February. Because my eye is still recovering and I will need cataract surgery, I will keep quilting goals modest for 2020.
• Make 1 neonatal quilt for guild
• Make one "kit" quilt
• Make 2 T-shirt quilts
• Long arm the top Sally and Mother started in 2019.
• Make 1 quilt from the To Do list of 8 Projects in bags (PIGS) as listed here:
1. Dog Park (Quilting Bee--"Community Garden") in Cal-Asia bag
2. Sea Star (Binding Tool Star) in clear plastic orange bag
3. Garden Gate in Aunt Janet bag
4. Marbles (Modern Baby) in UNICEF bag
5. Jumping Jacks (quilts from sweet Jane) in MSQC red bag to be named Tomato Soup
6. 3 half square triangle quilts in red reptile N-M bag, one red, one blue, one pink.
7. Crosswalk in blue clear bag. See MSQC video.
8. Alaska fabric from Ann in UNICEF bag. No pattern as of January 2019.
• Tidy and organize sewing studio, including making more bags of quilting projects (PIGS)
• Make a dog bed stuffed with scraps

2020 Outlook

As in 2019, 2020 will be a year focused on family health issues and possibly Mother’s moving houses. Quilting goals are, therefore, modest.

2019 Year-End Report

• Completed 11 long-armed quilts, including Sharon’s Tulip Quilt. The 2019 goal was met and exceeded by 3, thanks to long arming 4 quilts for Donna, 1 for the Quilt Guild, 1 for Cousin Sharon, and 1 for Aunt Joyce. Mother’s eyesight greatly improved after her cataract surgery, but then she fell breaking her neck and right (dominant) arm and did not  sew. The quilt that Frances made from Mother’s scraps whilst she visited she took home to finish. So, I didn’t quilt it.  I pieced or appliquéd 6 quilts, including the top Sharon sent since it had to be ripped apart, resewn, and extended, and the appliqué on my QAYG (quilt as you go) project. Two of mine were baby/neonatal sized quilts and another was an appliquéd table topper, so they were easier to finish. Goal exceeded for long armed quilts.
• I did several new techniques during 2019, including repairing a baby quilt for a friend that required binding round corners, making quilts with on point blocks (Sharon’s and the Zigzag quilts),learning the QAYG technique by making a table topper, and binding Aunt Joyce’s quilt by turning the backing over the front. So, goal exceeded for learning new techniques.
• Made 1 neonatal quilt for guild. Goal met.
• Quilted 1top supplied by the Guild. Goal met.
• Did not make a quilt kit, unless you count the tote bag I made. So, goal not met.
• Did not make a T-shirt quilt, but I started one that did not get finished due to my eye surgeries. Goal not met.
• Did not make a reproduction quilt, due to Mother’s fall and my eye surgeries taking up too much time. Goal not met.
• Did not make quilts from the To Do list (PIGS). Goal not met.
• Finished Sharon’s quilt, the 4 Donna sent, and 1 from Aunt Joyce. Goal met for long arming quilts sent by relatives.
• Did not finish Mother’s wool comfort. Goal not met.
• Did not make a dog bed. Goal not met.
• Did not attend the Houston Quilt Show due to my eye surgeries. Sigh! Missing this goal still causes me great saddness.

Some of my goals were met, but many were missed. Mother’s fall and my eye problems, kept me from completing all my goals. I give myself a C for 2019. I will move some of the incomplete goals to the list for 2020. Next year I may have to move the long arm if Mother decides to move to a smaller place, Mother will have bigger health demands, and my eye is still wonky, so I will keep my quilting goals modest in line with possible disruptions.