2012 December, My Status Update

So here it is near the end of another year, always a good time to look back and reflect on what the year held.  I did not quilt nearly as much as my heart desired this last year, but still did manage to complete a few quilts and make some progress on my "finishing up my works in progress" plan. 
For the record: I got a new full time job in February, found that working 40 hours a week is exhausting, started a new infusion therapy for Lupus (also exhausting), we took on an international student in the fall (only negative there is that I lost my sewing room), I saved hundreds of dollars by not purchasing much fabric this year, and most of this makes me feel like I am just in survival mode.  Honestly, that is about all that I can remember about all of 2012.  Mainly the working part, it is a real burden on me and my health, and my family, and a drain on what I have left to give my family.  On the positive side, we had a lot of medical expenses this year and the paychecks and the insurance were a huge help!

Back to the main subject of sewing stuff,  my Dad and his new wife Jean gifted me with a Baby Lock surger this year as well as a fancy Janomie sewing machine. 
I have done a tiny bit of mending with the Janomie so far, but that is all as of yet.  I am super excited to see how it works on a real quilt.  I do have a Sweet Water mid size quilt for a co-worker's baby that needs binding, so that will be next.  A new friend of mine at work has a long-arm quilter, and she was generous enough to quilt that one for me.  I do plan to have her quilt another project for a birthday next year...

Completed Tops
1. The twin to mom's quilt
2. Birds with blue n red on white
3. The retro 50's fabric quilt
4. The black and white dutch star
5. Jake's turquoise and black quilt
6. Two Square - Aqua and Lime
7. Breakfast at Tiffany's

In Various Stages:
1. Bliss wonky stars
2. Bliss applique
3. Bliss ladies and houses hanging on the wall
4. Bias spider web squares - an understandable slow project--no rush here

Projects Cut Out:
1. Perfect Blue quilt (my birthday gift to myself 2009- cut since then too)
2. Bliss Jellys and Jam (number 2)