You know how you have the best intentions for a week and then things go awry, well that is my last week and why I'm posting my list for the first quarter on the last day to link up!  And yes, still time to link up and you can find that post HERE.  Worked out great for me that this year the Finish-A-Long has longer link-up dates, giving us all more time to participate.

Since the first of the year I've been thinking about my list and debating on what to include this first quarter, it's hard sometimes.  I know a lot of you include your entire list, but my list is crazy person (which I am) long (think 35-40 ongoing projects) and I like to narrow it down to a small list each quarter that I think I can actually finish or at least work on.  Sometimes I struggle to make the list because I'm not sure what I want to work on or how much time I really will have to sew.  This quarter hopefully will be the end to our year long house addition (FINGERS CROSSED!) Once the addition is done, I'll have a small sewing space which will involve a lot of moving and organizing to make the space work the best and most efficiently for me. I'm wanting to take my time and do this right so the rest of the year can just be spent sewing and enjoying this new addition.  So you can see my dilemma this quarter as I'm not sure I'll even have a chance to really sew.  I'll make a list anyway with high hopes of finishing at least  a few things, so here we go.

1.  Bee Sewcial Flowers Quilt - I'm not sure if this one will turn into a finished quilt but I would love to at least get started and do some embroidery on the blocks and at least start hatching out a good solid plan for these wonderful blocks.

2.  Ladies Waterfall Raglan - Carried over from last year, I want to make at least one top for myself in this pattern.  Now to find what I did with the printed out pattern...

3.  City Sampler Quilt - Carried over from EVERY SINGLE QUARTER last year I will finish this quilt this year!  Now that our addition is almost done our bed will need a nice finished quilt on it and since this one was made with that intention, then it's time to get it done and put it to use.  I just have to quilt the background as each of the "blocks" are already quilted.

4.  Bee Sewcial Triangle Quilt - The top is together and I'm just working on the back, would love to get quilting on this one.

5.  Bonnie & Camille Scrappy Log Cabin Quilt - This one is another for our bed, so it will be queen sized.  Right now it is just blocks, but I know how I want to lay them out and I have all the supplies.

6.  Once Upon A Time Cross Stitch - Not sure this one has ever been on my list, it's been a WIP for about 4 years now, I've been stitching on and off, but this last year I really committed and worked on it a little almost every single day.  My goal was to be finished by the time our addition was done and I'm really close to meeting that goal.  So I'll be plugging away on this one to be able to hang it on my daughter's wall when her room is done.

There it is, my list of 6 projects.  I'll be thrilled to finish 2-3 of them, so wish me luck.  I wanted to say a quick Thank-you to all of you playing along this year, it really means a lot to me have you join us for the first quarter of the year and hope that you will join us for the entire year once you see how great it is to finish up those WIPs!

You can find the Quarter 4 finishes link up HERE, it is open and you still have time to finish some things and link up!

When it was time to make my fourth quarter list, I decided to have just 4 projects as I knew the holidays were coming and wouldn't have a ton of time to sew, though I did need to finish at least two of the four, which I am happy to say that I did accomplish.

My first finish this quarter was the Moana costume for my daughter and I blogged all about it HERE.  This was a Halloween costume and play costume for the future so I needed to get it done first.  Happy to report she loved it and it is finished!

My second and third finishes for the quarter were to sew up these flannel and cotton Christmas pajamas for my boys.  Finished the week before Christmas and gifted Christmas day, both boys were thrilled to have new pajamas.  The blue penguin set is long sleeved and long pants, size 4/5 and made entirely from scraps that were gifted to me.  Also everything from buttons to elastic was from my existing stash.  Yippie!  The crazy red/green/every color under the rainbow set is a size 10/12 and long sleeved and long pants.  The pants fabric was also scraps gifted to me that I had to get really creative with cutting out and piecing.  The top was a cotton print I bought on black Friday at JoAnn's.  Now they are on constant rotation at night and I'm thrilled to have finished them in time.

The BeeSewcial Triangle quilt totally got worked on and is a finished top right now.  I just have to finish up the backing, then I can baste and quilt.  I was happy to have at least made progress on it.

The hot pink knit top is still in the state it was when I took that photo.  It would have been made this quarter except for the fact that I somehow misplaced the pattern for it, so now I have to search.  I'm not reprinting it because it was already cut out and taped together and I'm not doing that again.

Statistics:
2 Complete
1 Progress Made
1 Untouched

Two out of four is pretty good for me and seemed to be the theme for this year, which I am happy with.  I'm hoping you all had a great holiday season and are enjoying the new year.  I'm thrilled to say that the Finish-A-Long will be continuing next year, it will remain Global with 7 other hosts plus myself, and the first link up will open right after the Q4 finishes linky closes.  Start working on those lists and I truly hope you will join in this next year.