Baby Quilt Finished!

My quilting niece and I did a swap project in 2017.  I started these four-patch star blocks in March 2017.  Almost two years later it is all done!  QN can be proud of me for finishing something.  This is the first of many projects I will complete in 2019.  I have a lot of unfinished projects, but the list is going to slim down this year.  Here is my wonderful baby quilt:

This was a fun quilt.  I found the cute picket fence fabric at one of the quilt shops in Bend last summer.  I decided to use a piece of it in the border.  So far all the comments have been good.  It was quilted by Phyllis Oneal.  Thank you so much!

Making Good On My Convictions For 2019

Actually, I started in late November, getting my head in the right place for the foreseeable future.  The future is not foreseeable.  I got blind sided in October and I have spent time reflecting on what is important to me.  I have been spending some decent time in my quilt room these last six weeks.  I have finished two quilt tops which are coming back from quilting tomorrow, and they are ready for binding.  I finished the black n white mostly quilt top of Teresa's and made an interesting quilt back that helped use some of those b&w fabrics up.  It is ready to be delivered to Phyllis "the favorite" long arm quilter.  That makes three projects already in the final stages of completion.  I have a crap-ton more, but you have to start to make any impact.  I also started Zumba last week, and I plan on making an impact there as well.  I am grateful for my fabulous quilt room, all my inspirational books, cards from friends, and my ability to be creative.  I have been lacking some-in-my face inspirational reminders, however.  I have a plan to fix that.  Below is a photo of my metal cabinet, which holds about 1/3 of my fabric stash.  I love it because it is metal and I can use magnets to hold my fun bright goodies.  I am going to rework some of what is on it, and tidy up a bit.  I need a list of the top five projects, in progress, that I will focus on first.  

The little flannel quilt with the volunteer ribbons on it, is the first quilt I ever sewed a binding onto.  I particularly treasure it.  I painted this cabinet myself.  It used to be gunmetal gray.  It holds a lot of fabric, much of which I hope to be digging into this year and really enjoying myself.  Be strong, be creative.