month of me - recap

so here we are, halfway through december and i failed 2 things.
1.  keeping up on here weekly with my progress of november
and 2. getting videos shared as they happened.
well, here's the official "month of me" wrap up post.
better late than never, right?
i suppose i'll start with video one that was an update midway.  it got loaded to youtube, but not much further than that...  oops!

that "preview" face right there is definitely making me plan to make a title screen.  i look really confused about the fabric i'm holding.  i promise, i'm not!
so that was mid month as i was nearing the end of my projects, and unsure if i'd make it.  whelp, the moment you've been waiting for is...
that i did!
granted, i didn't get my 2nd planned project started, but i'm a little glad about that.  thinking back on it now, i feel like it would have gotten rushed through and not focused on like deserved.  but it will still happen for sure.  lisa and i might even come up with some spring break plans... so stay tuned!
now, here's the video to tell you about where i ended up, and where i'll be going from here
yep. still need a better thumbnail!
anywho, i'm glad to be able to say that not only did the quilt tops get finished in november, but they were also quilted and the binding attached about a week later.  my alaska quilt was done with a pantograph, and my pumpkins were done free motion.  that's right, i free motioned my first quilt!
i still plan to give each of these quilts their rightful glory of a post, but to tide you over, here's a little detail shot of the backs with the quilting :)
see ya soon for the unveiling of these two quilts!
(hopefully before december ends :)

month of me project one kick off - alaskan batik quilt

hey there!
i said i would be back soon with a little bit more about what i have in store for the month of me, so here we are with the kick off post.  and, to try something new i've been thinking about, here's a little video post about it as well!  of course, i'll have more photos down below because i couldn't leave it empty.  so without further adieu, here's we're rad, let's quilt episode 1!
a lot shorter than my last video with lisa, am i right?  haha.
how did you like that peek at my pumpkins so far?  halloween quilt turned fall turned trying to get done!
so this first project's fabric was collected over my two trips to alaska thus far, and i am going to start things off by making the quilt i have planned!  i purchased the fat quarters on my first trip last year and then got the backing, border & sashing/binding when i was there in june.  i'm super lucky to have friends that understand my way of exploring and remembering my adventures is through fabric shopping and i cannot wait to have this quilt finished so i can take it up there and show it off!  of course, i'll photograph it here in california when it is done, but photos of it in alaska would be just so much more epic!
here's some still photos of the fabric as well, taken on my new apartment balcony.
and come on... those otters!! :)
and i don't want to give too much away just yet, so here's a peek at the book i'll be using a pattern from!  it's called quilt batik! by cheryl brown.  go figure, it is another on loan from the grammy quilt book library.
stay tuned to see where the progress goes from here!  pumpkins?  alaska?  to be determined!  either way, they're both for me :)