MTS Meets the Chairman of the Board

OK, so maybe not!  But...

I received notification this week that the Mountains to Sea Quilt Series will be traveling to Elon, North Carolina to be displayed at the Annual Meeting of the Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail to be held on Saturday, February 1, 2014.  The Executive Director, Kate Dixon requested the showing when our exhibit was first displayed at the 2012 Durham-Orange Quilters Guild Quilt Show.

Ms. Dixon viewed The Series at the quilt show, but this special showing will allow members and the Board of Directors to see the work that we created to depict various sites along the trail.

Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail is growing group of citizens and volunteers who support the trail.  The FMST work all over North Carolina building and maintaining trail, encouraging communities to create new sections of trail, and helping people hike it.

You can find more information, get involved, or donate at:  http://www.ncmst.org/

Winter 2014 (Ravelry) UFO Club The List

Winter 2014 - UFO Club 

Sign-ups are now CLOSED for the Winter 2014 UFO Club. All participants were required to sign up by January 7, 2014.  All qualifying UFOs must be completed by Midnight (EDT) on March 31, 2014.

Membership Details:

Membership is at 27.  There are 22 quilters in the NO SEND group and 5 members in the SEND group.  And let me tell you, these quilters are on a roll.  In the time it's taken me to get around to posting this, 9 quilters have completed 14 projects!!!

Keep those finished items coming!

My list is as follows:

3 commission quilts:

1. Log Cabin (DONE!!!)
2. Flower Basket (DONE!!!)
3. Flower Garden

3 baby quilts:

1. Baby J's Quilt (DONE!!!)
2. Baby N's Quilt (DONE!!!)
3. Baby M's Quilt - This one began as Baby H's Quilt because I didn't know the name when it was started, but a sibling is now on the way, so that's now the name of the new quilt.  (DONE!!!)

3 "C" quilts:

1. Crumb Quilt
2. Circle of Friends
3. Calico Ric Rac

3 other quilts:

1. The Margaret Mystery
2. Where's Jackson
3. Inspired by... The Series

And just to change it up a bit...:

3 alternates:

1. Baby E's Quilt - This one also began as Baby H's Quilt because I didn't know the name.  However, she was born on 1/25/14.  Welcome to the family, Baby E!!! Thus, the name change. (DONE!!!)

2. Baby F's Quilt

3. QE2 Goodbye Quilt - You've all seen this one before, but after 15 YEARS of hibernation, I would REALLY like to get this one finished.  Maybe not during this session, but (hopefully) this year!

Most of the photos can be accessed in the following post:  http://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2013/10/fall-2013-ravelry-ufo-club-list.html

Happy Finishing!!!

Fall 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

The Fall 2013 UFO Club is now CLOSED. All qualifying UFOs were required to be completed by Midnight (EST) on December 31, 2013.  Slim membership with slim results, but even ONE finish makes The Club worthwhile!

Members: (12)

SEND: (2)
jrnylst
mducky: 3 completed projects

NO SEND: (10)
thepoch
basketcase9702
Snookums: 2 completed projects
needleb
Catwithcats: 2 completed projects
aerieiris
loisbemis
monica51
kk454
Tortolachick

Session Totals: 3 quilters completed 7 projects. Congrats! to mducky for leading in finishes for the Fall 2013 UFO Club and thank you to everyone who participated.  (Special thanks to those who dropped in on the discussion thread to cheer us on!)

Happy New Year, Everyone!  May it be filled with more finishing fun.

Fall 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

As posted in the Quilters Knitting Group:

Sign-ups for the Fall 2013 UFO Club are now CLOSED. Any interested quilters with 5 (or more) UFOs were required to sign up by Midnight (EDT) on October 7, 2013. All qualifying UFOs must be completed by Midnight (EDT) on December 31, 2013.

Group details:

12 quilters have signed up to participate.  There are 3 in the SEND group and 9 in the NO SEND group.  At some point, we may stop offering the SEND group as an option.  For now... the legacy continues.

With life being so hectic at our house (and since I haven't finished a UFO in more than a year!) I have given myself "permission" to leave my list as it has been posted in prior sessions.  I struggled with the desire to revamp the list, but my friend ThePoch encouraged me to just leave well enough alone.  Thanks for being the "voice of reason!"

So...

My list is as follows:

3 commission quilts

3 baby quilts

3 "C" quilts

3 other quilts

For a total of 12 quilts that may or may not get finished -AGAIN!- during this session. Sorry, but I didn’t have the energy to change it up (for those of you who may be getting REALLY tired of seeing the exact same list!)

Follow the link to view the list:

http://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-2012-ravelry-ufo-club-list.html

(Ignore the Mill Quilt since I completed that one last year.)

Wish me luck!

(And... Happy Quilting!!!)

Summer 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

The Summer 2013 UFO Club is now CLOSED. Any interested quilters with 5 (or more) UFOs were required to sign up by Midnight (EDT) on July 7, 2013. All qualifying UFOs must have been completed by Midnight (EDT) on September 30, 2013. 

Members (15):

SEND (7):
Tortolachick: 3 completed projects
Bonnyknits: 1 completed project
nhsarab: 1 completed project
ldpaulson
jrnylst
andimc13
mducky

NO SEND (8):
thepoch
basketcase9702
catwithcats
loisbemis: 1 completed project
monicarose51
KK454
aerieiris
needleb: 1 completed project

Session Totals: 5 quilters completed 7 projects. Congrats! to each of you. If you have more UFOs to complete, come on back for another round.

I was so distracted by work and other activities (like trips back and forth to the hospital!) that I didn't finish ONE of my UFOs during this session.  (AGAIN!!!)  I'm disappointed with my lack of productivity, but feel helpless to change my workload.

Wish me better luck for the next session...PLEASE!!!

Summer 2013 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The List

The Summer session began on July 1st.  I'm a little behind in posting.  Sorry!  I figure that you are probably getting tired of seeing the same old list, anyway!  Unfortunately, I just haven't been able to get motivated to sew.

WAIT!!!  What does this mean???

It means that I've had the SAME list for an entire year!

Sad, but true.  I have only finished one UFO in the last 12 months.

My list for the Summer 2012 session morphed into my list for the Fall session, which morphed into my list for the Winter session, was transformed into my Spring 2013 list, and now the cycle continues.  It's rather depressing, but I will continue to try to chip away at the list.

Follow the link to view the list:

http://thejoyfulquilter.blogspot.com/2012/07/summer-2012-ravelry-ufo-club-list.html

(Ignore the Mill Quilt since I completed that one last year.)

Those 3 commission quilts STILL need to be completed and the 3 baby quilts are going to need to be "Big Kid" quilts by the time I actually finish them. (And, I just found out that I'll need to add ANOTHER baby quilt to the list, as my niece is going to have her 2nd baby!)

Wish me luck and...
Happy Finishing!

MTS Meets Carol Woods

The Mountains to Sea Quilt Series has been on display for the last two weeks at Carol Woods Retirement Facility in Chapel Hill. This afternoon, Carol Woods residents had the pleasure of listening to resident Jonathon Howes' stories about the sites along the trail that are depicted on  our Mountain to Sea quilts. He was Secretary to the N C Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources under Governor Hunt's administration. The display has been met with enthusiasm, many residents visited it, often repeatedly.