Wooohooo! Topper completed! 

I contacted a longarmer in hopes of the quilt being completed on time for our local quilt show & hope to pass it along for quilting next week.

Prior to addition of the border-

 quilt topper placed on full sized bed

face down 

closeup of selvage stars from back

I added 22" borders to all sides... 

thus creating a QUEEN SIZED topper!

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But the high point of my week:

My son earned his very first movie credit! 

I was such a proud kvelling Momma watching in the theatre when his name rotated up on the "big" screen in the closing credits!

The Video Game Orchestra (VGO) performed the themes, accompaniment & sound effects for RoosterTeeths original movie LAZER TEAM.

My son is a cellist on the movie score & promos. Currently, he is on the team tweaking the music for the release of the movie sound track!

 my local theatre

Selvages Found

Winter in Texas... bitter cold one day... record heat the next. It drives a person mad.
Distractions have kept me out of my sewing room... but I finally found my way back this week.

My goal is to remain focused on WIPs. I have so many! My local guild quilt show is coming up- and at this time I have NOTHING finished to enter!

I decided to try to complete the piecing of my selvage quilt this week. 
(I started it over a year ago!)
If I can get the topper done- I will just pass it on and let someone else quilt it. 
(I am too far behind to stress over completion on my standard machine...)

I collect selvages & sorted them by colors

I pieced the selvages to create "fabric"

Different shapes allow the creation of different STAR quilt blocks

largest focal star block

I completed 20 blocks before Quiltcon of varied sizes for a quilt layout class. I returned home with lots of ideas... but never sewed them together.

Over the months, other projects demanded attention & it got packed up.

But it is out now & back on the design wall!

block layout ideas?

block layout ideas?

Finally I chose one & decided to start sewing together clusters & columns. 

I had one layer cake left & several other bits & pieces... so whatever the final topper is... that's all there is.

final Bella Solids layer cake

"clusters & columns"

2015: A Lovely Year of Finishes wrap up

Looking back over 2015... it has been a VERY BUSY year! Home remodeling and travels dominated... leaving limited time for quilting. But I did manage to accomplish the completion of several of my goals.

(Several never being "officially posted"....)

Kick starting 2015,  my January goal was prepping for Quiltcon. 

I registered for 3 modern workshops requiring quite a bit of prep!

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/01/go-to-your-blog-list-view-blog.html

Gathering supplies already in my "Arsenal" and ordering what I needed...

My end of the month entry: 

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-new-year-with-new-goals.html
Included creation of a few BOM for our new challenge of TMQG & challenge blocks for QGET & further quiltcon prep. As in the past, my follow through on the BOM would be short lived 😒

Fabrics accumulated and prepped for Quiltconworkshops

Piecing selvages to create quilt blocks

The month of Febuary was overpowered with packing up our kitchen pre remodel after several months of architectural planning. 

It also meant the creation of selvage square blocks in every free moment I had for the quilt layout workshop I registered for. 

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-indian-and-cupboard-with-few-scraps.html

I needed to create 15-20 quilt blocks 

for the quilt locks layout workshop 

and quickly realized I had complicated things-

 far more than was needed!

I also spent a few hours creating a "challenge block" for our local quilt show....

I loved each varied size and star or pinwheel block I created...

 But they were VERY tedious and time consuming

Business cards I created for Quiltcon distribution

By February end, Quiltcon was but a memory. It had flown by with chaos at times. I had over scheduled workshops... Allowed too little free time to explore... And been forced to leave early to get home before an ice storm. 

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/02/quiltcon-2015-has-come-and-gone.html

A brief show floor moment... YeeHaw!!!

My modern wedding ring workshop accomplishment after a full day of curves... Oh...

My final layout from workshop after 4 varied designs....

Curves workshop

Fair well Quiltcon, until next time...

My goal for March was to follow through on my Quiltcon workshop WIP.

But,

I needed to for fill my guilds Valentine challenge first.

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-quilters-

A sorting of selvages by color family

Creation of a "color wheel" surrounding a heart"

Complete project

And then renovation chaos continued leaving less & less time to sew...

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/03/still-seeking-comfort-beneath-my-quilt.html
BUT, first- we had to get through our local quilt guild show & I am on the board. 

Any free time not used in remodel was now occupied by the QUilt Guild of East Texas.

By April & May my sewing space was abandoned and I was barely sewing at all.

My son graduated college & I escaped the construction site for the weekend!

In June I did manage to refocus on my modern guilds crayon challenge. http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/06/crayon-quilts-birthdays-kitchen.html

We drew 3 crayons from a bag sight unseen & that was it... Plus white

I decided on a wonky log cabin

Somehow, I compiled my months goal!

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/06/crayon-quilts-birthdays-kitchen.html
finished quilt

Tyler Modern Quilt Guild Crayon Challenge Quilt

Quilts back

July my kitchen was completely gutted. Workers were here sun up to sun down and I was barely hanging in there... My daughter graduated grad school and we flew out there and I visited family in Florida as well.

Thus, July goal not posted
http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-riley-blake-fabric-challenge.html
riley blake challenge

A fabric. Dye workshop

Riley Blake fabric challenge

Still "kitchen less" and traveling a lot in August... I once again failed to post goal.
http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-riley-blake-fabric-challenge.html

By now I decided to start collecting "row by rows" of the places I was traveling and actually complete some!

My son got his first apartment and requested a queen sized quilt... And hell, it's not. Like I had anything else to do.

I decided on a layer cake quilt to "keep things simple"

I hate wool batting! Never again!

Finished quilt

Things were pulling together in kitchen... I was quilting daily... But in September I still failed to set goal?
http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-riley-blake-fabric-challenge.html

A visit to my local shop left me in love with a charm pack & I decided to leave all my WIPs aside and make a zen table runner for my nearing completion kitchen.

zen Cic charm squares and 2 yards of blue

A new table runner for a new table in a new kitchen!

October came & went with much convention preparations & projects... But I failed to set goal.
http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/10/selvage-shoes.html
selvage shoes

Ruler Quilting online workshop on Craftsy

Selvage so for shoes!

Decoupage get Toms

Love them!

I returned home from the international Quilt show inspired and focused.

November http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/10/2015-fall-quilt-festival-part-one.html

And then.... The family visits and thanksgiving distractions would take over.
http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/11/baby-blankets-thanksgiving-piecaken.html
baby quilt

Wonderful workshop!

Halloween pajama party

Bindings and borders workshop

December goals....

http://quiltingintherobynsnest.blogspot.com/2015/11/baby-blankets-thanksgiving-piecaken.html
baby quilt

Pickup sticks workshop

Founding members of The Tyler Modern a Quilt Guild

A baby quilt for Kira in "her colors"

2015 was a VERY hectic year. From a quilters perspective I definitely added more to the WIPs than I completed...

BUT,

I now have my dream kitchen, wood floors, and remodeled dining room.

We flew off for two graduations, several family visits, and 2 quilters conventions.

My husband had a few of his dream drives... And officially, we formed our Modern Quilt Guild.

I accomplished more last year than I have in most! I am exhausted... And in need of refueling just glancing back through it.

I blogged every Friday the whole year keeping accurate renovation records with pics!