Crossing things of my lists (and a link party)

Help!! I have a new obsession and I need someone to stop me ;)

The Ongoing Project List:

1. SYS2015 future projects - finished August project (cannot share yet)
2. Mirror Mirror Afghan - no progress
3. D wall hanging - no progress
4. Block Swap Adventure - my partner replied, I will make the block this week
5. the SK project - no progress
6. Tiny Quilt Challenge (American Made Brand) - cut and fused few shapes
7. Zipper pouches - no progress
8. the Ender project - cut next color
9. Geese project - ordered fabric
10. Dresden project - dooooone (see below)
11. Americana QAL - no progress

The EverythingElse List:

1. Embroidery calendar - no progress
2. Animal blocks for charity quilts - paused for a while
3. Project of Doom 2015 @ Fandom in Stitches - paused for a while
4. College Days Blog Hop blocks for tote/grocery bag -  no progress
5. Alice in Wonderland quilt - no progress
6. As You Wish -  no progress
7. Happy Halloween wall hanging -  3 blocks done (see below)
8. Crazy optical illusion -  no progress
9. Memory quilt 2 - no progress
10. B quilt - no progress

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Three more blocks are done for my Halloween Wall hanging it has been in the UFO list for probably two years... that's why I put it on my Q3 list for the Finish-Along!

Patterns by Jennifer, Harry Potter's Alphabet

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The SYS Skill for next month is Cross Stitching: this is not a secret, but the actual project for the tutorial is very cute and I cannot share it.

Since I never tried cross stitch before, I decided to start with a small project from one of those kits to "teach a craft to your kid" :)

I really like this technique!! It's just so simple, so quite and so portable! Sure it takes a while to cover a "big" space, but for small projects or add "accents" to quilts (see below) it's just too cute!!

(right) my first ever cross stitch project (from a kit)!

(left) I reproduced the cross stitch pattern on a smaller aida (14 counts instead of 11) and added as the perfect accent for my dresden wall hanging!!

And the Dresden Plate wall hanging is also full of "first try":

1. first time I add a cross stitch pattern to a quilted project
2. first time I use a Dresden ruler (bought with a coupon I won in a past giveaway)
3. first time I use jelly rolls (again bought with a coupon I won)... I really like how two very different styles of fabric (batiks and prints) add interest and blend together. And the jelly rolls were very easy to use with the ruler: I assembled the dresden in a snap!!
4. first time I use the "wave" stitch on my machine to quilt... much better effect than FMQ!!!
5. first time I use a blanket stitch (to secure the center): really love the effect, I didn't have a blanket stitch on my previous machine, but now I see more applique with this technique in my future

And as a final note: I didn't measure the center of the dresden nor the kitten pattern: they came out with the perfect size for each other by chance! The Universe sometimes makes everything fit to place perfectly, don't you think??

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How about you? What are YOU up to?

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