My Quilt Parade

This is my second Y2K 2000 Charm Quilt top.  I started this top in 2006 and hope to complete it by the end of the year. It seems only yesterday that we were at once excited and anxious about the new millennium.  To celebrate this once-in-a-lifetime event, many quilters wanted to create a Y2K quilt with 2000 different squares (“charms”) of fabric.  There were many swapping groups.  I participated in several and was able to collect enough charms to make THREE quilts, each with 2000 squares!  So, here we are many years later, and I’ve barely finished piecing the second top.  Hopefully, I can get it quilted before the end of the next decade! And, yes, I still have 80 more “squishes” stored away, each with 25 charms, waiting to be finished into a quilt! UPDATE 12/31/20 :  I finally completed this second Y2K Millennium Quilt and posted about it  here . This ends the 2010 Quilt Parade with 27 quilt projects, including 11 sales and 8 charity quilts.  The remaining 8 projects

At the beginning of September, I joined Beth at Love Laugh Quilt for her Striped Quilt Challenge.  I really believed that I would not have a problem … at least starting a project and even believed that I would surely finish one before the challenge ended.  At the time, I knew I had some striped fabric, but I happily envisioned myself going to the fabric store to add to my stash!  Well, that didn’t happen.  And, my limited stash gave me no vision and no plan.  But, when I saw Beth’s quilt, I was inspired to make pinwheels. Isn’t it beautiful?! It took me about a week, but I did manage to get this small quilt top finished; it measures 45” x 47” and is a lap size.  I’m pretty happy with it, especially since I had a limited stash to work with.  I do like how the stripes make the pinwheels look like they’re moving.  Not so much in the picture, but in person they almost make you dizzy if you stare at them too long. SEPTEMBER 2010 UPDATE:  Sold on eBay in June 2011 for $13

In August, I joined Karrie Lyne over at Freckled Whimsy for her Charm Pack Quilt Along.  I love a quilt-along, and I also love the 12 Days of Christmas by Kate Spain for Moda. It took me a while, but I managed to sew all the rows and finally finished the center of the top.  I still need to sew on the borders.  Maybe I’ll finish it before the end of the month. SEPTEMBER 2010 UPDATE:   I never finished this project and decided to sell it on Etsy.  It sold in January 2012: This beautiful quilt top is made with four charm packs of Moda's 12 Days of Christmas by Kate Spain and solid white KONA fabric.  I love this fabric design and it is very hard to find and may no longer be available.  It measures 60-1/2" x 60-1/2” without borders.  Also included are 2 yards of Amy Suther "Sparkle All the Way" by Robert Kaufman fabric for the outside border and 13 leftover charms.