2020 Finishes

 I don't have a lot of finishes to show this year.  I made lots of blocks for block exchanges, and also for other quilts, but none of those are in completed quilts yet.  I'm NOT showing all the masks I made.

Here are the quilts I finished in 2020:

Challenge quilt for the quilt show that didn't happen in 2020

I made 6 of these Parcheesi/Ludo board games

for my inlaws who couldn't find toilet paper in March

1st baby quilt

2nd baby quilt

3rd baby quilt

4th baby quilt

hand quilted (front of quilt)

back of hand quilted quilt

Mickey Mouse quilt

Graduation quilt

my grandson's Christmas quilt

back of Hot Wheels quilt

my granddaughter and grandson on his quilt

I also made some other things in 2020:

covered chair

Ukulele for my grandkids

2nd Ukulele

3rd & 4th Ukulele's

mug rug

pin cushions

more pin cushions

reversible apron for an exchange

other side of reversible apron

matching pot holders

crazy hat for a guild meeting

fabric book

Not too bad a showing.  I know many people got lots done during 2020, but I still had to go into work every day, so I didn't have any 'extra' time for stitching.

Last Finish of the Year

 I finished my grandson's quilt.  This pattern is Kelli Fannin's Wheel Life.  I call it Hot Wheels.  

Hot Wheels quilt

The fabric I bought for the backing was a few inches narrower than the quilt top.  I needed to widen it.  Beth thought I should add a road to the quilt.  Well,  I didn't want a road running down the middle of the quilt back.  Boring!  I decided to add a road diagonally instead.  Positioning the road so that it lined up the same, top and bottom, took some patience (something I'm not known for according to hubby ; ).  

back of the quilt

The only quilting I do is straight line quilting.  I didn't want lots of quilting.  

up close of the quilting around one of the wheels

I decided to do faux piping binding.  

faux piping binding

All that is left is for me to wash the quilt, then wrap it.  My grandson (and his sister and parents) will be arriving early Saturday morning.  I finished this just in time.  

Here is a funny Christmas photo for you.  This is my dog, in the car our neighbors gave us for the grandkids to use. 

Merry Christmas!

Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

Quilt top Finished

 On Saturday and Sunday I took this...

quilt all cut up

and turned it into this!

This pattern is Kelli Fannin's Wheel Life.  I did a small change to her pattern.  I added cut and flip corners to the inside of each wheel to make the tires look more rounded.

I could have had this quilt top done in a day, but I had other things to do around the house.  It was a fun and quick pattern to stitch.  I highly recommend Kelli's patterns.  Right now Kelli is doing a National Day scrap quilt, designing different patterns for many of the National Day celebrations. 

I had lots of leftover bonus HST's from this pattern.  Not sure what I'll do with them yet.  I'll add them to my collection.

bonus HST's

Lots more Christmas decorating needs to happen here before I can baste and quilt this quilt (the dining room table is full of decorations, so no place to baste).  Hopefully I can baste this next weekend.  I still need to figure out what I'm going to do about the backing, since the race track fabric I bought for the back is a tiny bit more narrow than the quilt top.  I'm thinking of adding a strip of 'Disney Cars' fabric down one side.  I'm also thinking of using faux piping binding on this quilt.