WIP Wednesday - January UFO challenge

 

My January 2025 Guild UFO challenge is to use the May 2024 Perfectly Pieced files from Me Time Delivered. I subscribe to the digital only monthly package rather than receiving a kit including fabric. You are also allowed to skip a month if you prefer. 

I wanted to pay with the colours of this block and make an 18" square mini quilt for SCBU to cover an incubator. I started with one of the projects to make a tote bag which was 4 x 4 blocks and piecing 4" blocks would give a 16" finished panel. I planned the colours and my first attempt would have resulted in a mostly green panel and I am not a lover of green. Back to the drawing board and I added in pink and purple to the plan. I then shopped my stash and I was pleased to use the orange Bonnie & Camille Fabric as that was in a scrap pack from Sew Hot in our Jersey retreat goody bag. I would have preferred a dark blue background but I have yardage of the black spot so chose that.

I cut out the necessary pieces and stitched the pieces on my embroidery machine. Then I pieced them into a panel and added a 3" border. One of the points is a bit iffy, but the top is now finished. I am going to wat to quilt it as I have suitable backing already loaded from another project and would like to quilt another project alongside this project for efficiency.

This afternoon I plan to sit in front of the fire, catch up on some Youtube and cross stitch on a project.