An extra day off due to the Arctic Vortex means...

My Christmas break was a little extended thanks to the Arctic Vortex today.  And what should one do when it is negative 30 outside but spend the day sewing a new quilt top to be enjoyed when the weather turns cold again.  Sadly I didn't get it completely finished, but I should be able to finish it on Thursday and move on to another project for this month.  I have set very specific goals for January as I did over break so I hope it continues to be enough motivation for me.  This month my crafting goal is to finish 3 runners, 1 quilt top and 1 bag.  So far it is looking good on meeting that goal.

Here is the project of the day:

 I adapted the pattern Bevels from Mountainpeek Creations to make a queen size quilt and chose the Suzuki fabric by Kaufman as the center panel.  Can't wait to be able to finish it. Loving how the colors are coming together.  Will be a colorful quilt to snuggle under and imagine warmer days.

And as promised: pictures of the other finished projects back from the quilter.

Love how she quilted the Halloween runner.  

Close up of the quilting for the Basic Grey PB&J fabric runner.

Simple and sweet quilting that outlines the blocks and rows of the center panel.

And another runner done.  This one uses the Merry Medley fabrics from MODA and a 9 batch square and focus square.  Off to the quilter already next week :)

I do have another runner started (ran out of fabric for the border though) and one that is cut just waiting to sew.  Be interesting to see if I can meet my goal and beyond, or if life just goes a little crazy.