Old Projects - The Ones That Keep Haunting You

1980s project

Do you have old projects stashed in a closet, dresser, or cabinet?  Do they haunt you? You had good intentions to complete them, but work, obligations, or health got in the way.  I have many of those projects and they have haunted me for years and I'm determined to complete them - or at least most of them. 

Sewing has been a hobby of mine for years, or should I say years ago.  I've had fabric sitting in a trunk or a dresser so long that the fabric color/pattern has gone out of style - photo above. It was just one more thing that I had to put on hold.  From my other postings, do you see a pattern in my life? I even had started making a quilt out of the fabric (depicted above) above and now I have these in various stages...in an out-of-style color.  I'm still trying to figure out what to do with these quilt squares (if you have an idea, please call me).  I may just finish this as a lap quilt and hope the colors come back in style someday. 

Living here in the Great White North, winters are the perfect time to complete these projects.  In fact, our neighbors keep telling me that the winters here are not long enough these days to get all their winter projects completed. Since I don't know what their old days were like, I'll take what we are given and try to enjoy the snowy peace and quiet, before a summer of farm work sets in.  The first project I completed was a Christmas tree skirt, below, that was almost finished for years.

A few years ago, Keva grew interested in quilting.  She wanted to take a quilting class and I felt I needed a refresher (it had been YEARS since I had worked with fabric), so we took a class together. It was to complete a twin size quilt. It too, sat along with all the other good intention projects. I've pulled it out and have been working on it for the last  few weeks.

As you can see below, I'm not finished yet, but here is what I have completed to date.
I still have to add the three boarders, machine quilt, and bind it.  I'll post a photo of the finished quilt before the end or winter. It feels really good to FINISH something - finally! If I finish a quilt with the fabric from the top photo, it will be over 30 years from start to finish.

So have faith, you too will have a chance to finish some of your haunting projects...and in maybe less than 30 years!