Deana's PhD Quest List

Hello everyone.  I was recently emailing Myra about some PhD questions.  I told her I would post my 6 PhD goals for all to see.  I would like to encourage EVERYONE to do the same (if they haven't yet) because they inspire me to keep going.  I think Myra would like it too as per her message in black on the participant's tab.

As of yet I have not finished any of them, but you have likely seen some progress posts on this blog regarding them.

Here they are in no particular order:

1.  Jessi's quilt: black and white with flowers (needs quilted/bound).
This one is for my daughter.  She picked out the design and colors.  Isn't it a perfect teenager quilt?

2.  Brown Bag quilt challenge (top close and needs quilted/bound)
This one must be done this month to qualify for the challenge.  How do we play this game?  I submitted my  name and was given a brown bag partner.  We sent each other 1 1/2 yards of fabric that we didn't want any more.  The plan is to use 90% of the mailed fabric, any from our stash, and purchase no more than one fabric to complete a quilt. 
These are the fabrics that were sent to me:

I found some old UFO blocks that were the perfect color to go with the fabrics so I decided to finish up a UFO while I was at it.  It is a stack-n-wack made from an ugly "food" fabric, but it makes cool blocks.

The pink didn't match at all, so I dyed it.  Here is a link if you have any interest in what I did there.

http://dreamworthyquilts.blogspot.com/2011/02/dying-to-brown-bag.html

3.  Cracker Jacks miniature (working on this month:  needs top assembly, quilted, bound)
This is a quilt of miniature blocks.  They were made in the most fun class I've every taken!!  It was so fun that I repeated the class at another retreat.  One quilt was finished and given away and this one remains.  It is made completely from 10" squares of light and dark scraps.  The pieces are itty bitty.

4.  Christmas Hexagon (needs quilted/bound)
I have blogged about my progress on this one and the "winged things" earlier.

5.  Winged Things (needs quilted/bound)

6.  Dorinda Quilt (half hand-quilted -- needs quilted/bound)
This quilt has an incredible story and journey.   My great great great great grandmother Dorinda designed it and won best of show at the world fair with it.  Myself and some other family members have recreated the quilt for ourselves.  Mine is half hand-quilted.  I hand dyed all the fabrics except the background which is from my scraps.    It has been a work in progress for 2 1/2 years and will be my greatest quilting accomplishment.