WOW! The first half of the year is gone and we have another six months to get everything else finished??!!?? I am still working my way through my list of UFOs and new starts. I’ll be linking up with Sharon and Susan at Ms. P’s Designs, as well as Connie at Freemotion by the River, who will help hold me accountable for completing what I start and finishing some of those UFOs!
1. Catalog Quilt #1 – Dancing Shadows – Photo after catalog release – FINISHED!! It is complete and sent to Cali for glamour shots and is back home. The pattern is written and has been tested and will be available soon!
2. Catalog Quilt #2 – Tilt-a-Whirl – Photo after catalog release – FINISHED!! It is complete and sent to Cali for glamour shots and is back home. The pattern is written, has been tested, and will be available soon.
3. Catalog Quilt #3 – Positive Weave – Photo after catalog release – NO NEW PROGRESS! It is complete and sent to Cali for glamour shots, and back home! I still need to finish writing the pattern and get it tested.
4. Sunshine Cove – FINISHED!! Block 12 was finished in March, the center medallion was finished in May, and the ENTIRE quilt was finished in June!! YAY!! This quilt was six years (minus four spent while focusing on Island Batik projects) in the making and I’m SEW happy she is finished – just in time for QuiltFest and she won a first place ribbon!!
5. Strawberry Garden BOM – no progress
6. Herrschner’s Plastic Canvas Barn – PROGRESS! A little progress has been made, but this was put on the back burner when I discovered the Highland Heifers! LOL I have, unfortunately not added any new photos, though I have done some on it. I have the hay loft doors, the barn quilt, the front and back, as well as the snow banks completed. I have added the photos below the one showing it completed! You can click on the pics for a larger view.
7. EPP project – No progress made. Papers have arrived but I have not yet begun the process of making these little jewels!
8. Quilt Table Topper – no progress.
9. Quilt mini quilt – no progress.
10. SAHRR 2026 – FINISHED!! You can read more about it HERE!
11. Bind Pinwheel Parade – no progress! It is patiently awaiting it’s turn in the binding cue!
12. Rebind Sedona Starburst. FINISHED!! And she won a first place ribbon at our biennial quilt show, QuiltFest 2026.
13. Amish with a Twist – no progress.
14. Christmas Panel – no progress!
15. Highland Heifers – new project! There are 12 blocks in this quilt. I have completed #1, Flossie, #2 Buttercup, #3 Lassie, #4 Ginger, and #5 Daisy!
I’m linking up with Sharon of Ms. P Designs and Connie of Freemotion by the River.
Until next time…
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All these projects are like lifetime projects: beautiful creations that could take a long long time to finish. I’m in love with so many of them: good luck making progress on all you’ve identified!
Congratulations on your finishes! I can understand how those Highland heifers would be a diversion to keep you from other projects; they are just too cute! Thank you for linking up with PHD in 2026!
I can’t believe we are in the second half of the year! You did great and I can’t wait to see your catalog quilts. I have one I need to design for a blog hop in January but the colors are not calling my name. Wishing you a great second half of the year!
It is hard to believe we are already in July. It is so much fun to see all of the wonderful projects you have on your 2026 To Do List, Brenda. Congrats on the blue ribbon for Sedona Starburst- it is gorgeous. I received my Herschners catalog the other day and was wondering how you were doing on the barn. It is looking wonderful
Thanks! It’s kind of taken a back burner since the cows came into my life! LOL Time is definitely crazy flying, Melisa! Have a wonderful holiday weekend, my friend. Hugs!
It’s fun to look back and see all you’ve accomplished so far in a year, isn’t it? Beautiful work, all of it, and another blue ribbon – congratulations!
What fun and pretty projects! Congratulations on your first place ribbons – you should be proud. Looks like your Miss M is proud of you!
Thank you, Linda. I’m so proud of that girl. She’s a trooper. She has CRMO and often has swelling in her joints, but she keeps going – swimming and dancing and studying!
I had to look that up – wow, that sounds painful, bless her heart. How amazing that she keeps going in spite of it!
The statistics used to be one in a million, but I think it’s slightly higher now that more are aware of it. It took about four years to finally get a diagnosis. And she is definitely a trooper!