Wednesday Finish

This morning I was able to catch up on my housework and finish tying the Salt Water Taffy quilt. When I had it all tied, I figured, what the heck? And so I sewed the binding on by machine too. Now it just needs the hand-sewing and it will be finished! And since I've been working on this one since May of 2012, I'm very glad to have it coming to a close.

Of course, I could not have accomplished this without my furry cheerleader close at hand, urging me on. Kitties like flannel quilts the best.

I had physical therapy this afternoon, but when I came home, I went straight to work doing the hand-sewing on the binding. I'm already about halfway around.

So it feels like a productive day. Tomorrow I have a stay-at-home day, and so I'm hoping to accomplish something on my blocks for the month. 

Are you getting ready for the 2014 NewFO Linky Party and Giveaway coming up on December 15th? This is the party to kick off the 2014 season of NewFO's. And if you don't know what a NewFO is, then just click on this button and prepare to be amazed!

Well...maybe being amazed is an overstatement, but it's a lot of fun! Some folks get all weird, nervous, and thirsty about starting new projects and having a lot of UFO's lying around. But here's how I figure it: If it's languishing on your to-do list, it's still a UFO. Am I right about that? Just listen to your Enabler in Chief: The first step to finishing a UFO is to start it! Didn't all your UFO's start as twinkles in your quilter's eye at one point? Enough said, I think.

So get ready for the linky party on December 15th by writing up a blog post about what projects you'd like to start in the new year. Here's an example of the post I wrote last year. You don't have to choose a project for every month, however. Just pick out a few you'd like to start next year and tell us about those. And let me make it perfectly clear right now that this is not the kind of challenge where you have to follow along month-by-month and be there or be left out. No. It is totally up to you how much or how little you participate. You can join us at the party on December 15th or not...and if you decide not, you can still jump in whenever you want during any month of 2014. I told you it was easy, didn't I?

But here's the catch: Join us on December 15th and some lucky duck is going to win this 10-fat quarter bundle of Snowy Winter Wishes by Hoffman Fabrics. 

Pretty, huh? Because I figure, you're going to need some fabric for those new projects, right? And you don't have to have a blog to join in. Simply post a collage or an individual picture to our FlickR group showing us what you'd like to start in 2014 and use that URL to link up. That's all it takes and you are entered! Everyone who links up at the party will be eligible to win in the random drawing.

So take a gander at that to-do list. You know there's something you're just dying to start, isn't there? C'mon....live a little!