Finish UFOs or let them go.

Easter Quilts for each grandchild.

Learn and become proficient in freemotion embroidery and quilting.

The inspiration to finally do it came while reading this post from Tallgrass Prairie Studio about Amy’s Fall Quilt Festival.  I definitely felt the nudge.   Since the first quilt I ever made was visiting my house I thought it was perfect timing. 

Several years ago, my son asked me to make him a spider quilt.  He was 17 and I was not really a quilter at that time.  I made things using quilting techniques – appliqued clothing, quilted totes and doodads.  I was not sure about making a whole quilt.  Let alone one with spiders on it.  I looked for patterns but found none suitable.  Any spider designs I found for applique were quite juvenile and not worthy of a 17 year old. 

Well, it took me five years to finally decide to just do it.  I free styled it and the thing took on a life of its own.  By the time I completed it, he had moved out, got married and had my first granddaughter.  The year my granddaughter was born I became obsessed with completing this quilt.  I finished it just after Christmas and started the new year with a sense of accomplishment  Yay!

Here is eight month old Pandora checking out the spiders.  (She is eight years old now.)

Now, I have the quilt back because he wants to hang it on the wall and I agreed to add a hanging sleeve.  He is a bit concerned that it might take me another five years to pull this off, and I can’t guarantee that it won’t.  Hopefully this journal entry will serve as motivation to get it completed soon.

I want to thank Jacquie and Amy for their inspirational and entertaining blogs!