Do you Ever Catch Up in Quilting?

Last week's post was about catching up in the sewing room after being on vacation. I was going to call this post "More Catching Up Sewing", but then I got to thinking about all the quilts on my UFO list and all the other "oh I want to make that" future UFOs.  So I'm pretty sure you never catch up on the quilting front. 

I've been working on my priority sewing projects this week. The number one priority in the sewing room since we got back from vacation was to have the May block for the Guild BOM finished. 

The block was finished last Monday, so no last minute sewing right before the guild meeting this month.  Here's what the sampler looks like right now.

  

There are borders between the blocks and the Carpenter star part of the quilt, it will all fit together once those are added.  I like how it's coming together.  The June block is finished and the July block is under construction.  Once those are done, it's back to pattern writing for the August, September, October, November blocks.  The flying geese are December's block and I have those finished, but not sewn into borders yet.  So I'm staying caught up. Making 3 blocks at a time is definitely the way to proceed.  

The final assembly instructions also go out after the November meeting, so it's not too early to start writing those up and getting started on assembly with the blocks I have. Next year's BOM is introduced at the December meeting.  I don't know for sure if I'm doing the guild BOM for next year, but from the rumbles I'm hearing from the board, they are hoping I'll volunteer again. It's been fun, but it's a lot of work.  

Linking up with Patchwork & Quilts, plus Sew & Tell Monday.