season switch

christmas is right around the corner and i can hear the christmas quilt projects calling me. i've ordered some new christmas fabrics with some new quilt ideas in mind, but really, what i want to do most is get some of these wips knocked off the naughty list. let's look at what i have to work on.

first, the christmas liberty log cabin (pictured at top above) is in the handquilting phase. this is a top contender for being an actual finish this year.

since i found more of the background fabric, the "jungle" peppered cotton, this spring, i can now proceed with the liberty "star hollow" blocks, as well. i do think i want to upsize the blocks to better utilize and showcase the liberty prints, but i can now get to work making decisions and blocks.

the "bright forest" christmas tree quilt only needs a few more trees done before it's a top. i may have found a backing i like for it, too. we'll see when my christmas fabric orders arrive. this project is from my mostly-on-insta-not-really-blogging era, so there's nothing posted here about it beyond a mention in an end-of-year round up for 2022. it's made from amy smart's "patchwork forest" pattern. 

the companion quilt, "shelter in place," a "serendipitous pile" quilt and my quarantine commemorative quilt, is in the same state. it's not a christmas quilt, but it goes along with the forest quilt, so i could see working on it once the christmas ones are done. maybe not until january? recently, i've had some ideas of how to improve it, so i might be getting back to this, too.

i still have fabric from that pile left to work with and have thought a wonky star quilt might be a nice addition, rounding it out to a trio rather than companionship. but that's also down the road. let's keep focused on whittling down the wip list to a reasonable dozen or so projects.

my final "stella grande" quilt, "frosted forest star" has been a completed top for a couple of years. i just haven't landed on an acceptable backing for it. i want something wintery and simple, but color-matching through online shopping is quite difficult and nothing has appealed to me enough yet. i did buy yardage of a basic white-on-grey swiss dot fabric to possibly use, but haven't been enthused enough to actually do it. however, i might have found an acceptable match in a snowflake fabric that's on its way to me now. we'll see. if it's a good fit, this is my other top contender for a finish this year. 

i would really like to see some of these finished for the holidays, but being the holidays are starting, i'm going to keep time with family first and let the quilting fill in the gaps where it may.