Deadline Sewing Done for December

The week before Christmas always seems to pass in a rush. I felt off for a couple of days early last week.  Thankfully it appears to be just my sinuses reacting to all the crap the strong winds blew in.  That slowed me down a bit on the stuff that had to get done, but didn't stop progress completely. All the gifts were wrapped yesterday. Even My Guy has all his wrapping done. There were two sewing projects that had deadlines this month.  The first was the guild BOM. 

This year's BOM includes a large Carpenter Star block as the focus point of the quilt. It's 32" x 32" finished. This is the January block for the guild.  This sampler quilt includes 9 8" finished blocks and two border blocks for a total of 12 blocks for this year's BOM. I have the instructions written for the next 3 blocks, now I just have to make them. But that's a task for after the holiday.  

The other deadline was to quilt and bind the kitty trivets that My Girl made for her cousin.  

The quilting definitely isn't perfect, but I think they still came out pretty cute.  This is the third set of placements I've quilted this year.  It's been an easy way to practice using the walking foot. I've definitely improved since the first set.  The plan is to apply those skills to finish off a few quilts next year.  

Now that the deadline stuff is all done, I can enjoy the holiday with nothing imminent hanging over my head.  Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, Sew and Tell Monday, and Free Motion Mavericks.  Hope your holiday prep is winding down and you can enjoy the rest of the holiday.