Don't press that red button!

Catchy title, eh!  On Xmas Day, we had supper at our place and the little one saw this quilt hanging up and he went over to it and .... see all those red circles?  Well he started at the left side of the quilt and starting pressing all the red circles in the bottom row.  As he was pressing them, he was saying "button, button" and so on to the end of the row.  Guess we all know his attitude about pressing buttons he is not supposed to!!  There is a children's book titled "Don't Push That Button" and it is one of his favourite books.  So, those circles and the book connected.

On the new quilts ..... my niece and her family went away for a few days.  The oldest boy asked his Mom if his quilt and pillow were packed.  Yes, she said and he said "thank you, Mommy".  Yahoo ..... a new generation who truly love their new quilts.

Deanna at Dreamworthy Quilts is having another challenge this year.  I joined last year and made some progress on a few UFO's.  It was good to be pushed each month to bring out something and at least work on it or look at it and figure out what needs to be done to move it along.

This year, I'm joining in but will not assign any numbers or projects because for me that was too restricting and I just selected something else to work on that month.  I really have to feel like working on something to make this work for me.  Also, I'm not spending as much time in my studio these days, so that will limit my progress on UFO's and projects.

For January, I will be finishing the tops for these two projects.

The tree blocks have all be done and the rows are all sewn together.  Just need borders.

Borders are needed for this top.

I will also be working on adding another row to this quilt-as-you-go quilt.  Eight rows are done and almost 3/4 of row 9 are done and attached to each other.  

The other thing that I will be working on ..... is cleaning and sorting out one corner of my studio.  No photos, but you will have to trust me when I say that it is chaos there.

That is my goal for this month and I can't believe how quickly last year went and we are day one of a new year.

It has been 25 years since I taught a friend to quilt.  Hi Paula!  How time flies and she is still quilting!

Happy New Year!

Cherish your day, cherish your life!