Hooked on Quilting

This is Block 1 of the Accuquilt GO! Quilt Along .  This is Block 2 , however, I was supposed to use orange with the pink...I'd already cut the dark pink, it will have to do.  

  So sorry it's been so long since I've blogged and I promise (again) that it won't be so long!! I decided to do Denise Russart's 2011 A Year of Wall Hangings and this was the one for January. I may or may not have shared that I got an Accuquilt GO! for Christmas and I used the die for half-square triangles to make the one border. Well, I certainly learned a bias lesson...what a nightmare. Since I'd already done the applique center and I'd cut the border on the bias (which I didn't realize until after it was all cut), I didn't have enough scarf fabric to redo the border, so I eased it in as best I could, but I got in done in time to submit it for the backing drawing, but I want to see if I can ease it in better in some places.   Also, this was my first real applique project and I have a few spots that needed re-doing, but I'm going to go with the charm and keep it as is to show my applique progress when I get really good at it! I can hope, righ

I got a GO! Accuquilt fabric cutter for Christmas and it's still sitting unused except for a few 2 1/2" strips. I'm scared to cut fabric because it seems easier to just follow the quilt pattern for cutting. I'll have to figure out which die to use to get the desired cut. I'm going to force myself to figure it out and use this marvelous gift!!! I've added a tab for the upcoming 2011 quilts that I'm sure I'll be buying. I need to look again at all my quilts and see where I stand. I thought about making BOMs/BOWs of all of them, too much pressure?  I wonder if I'd get so confused if I did a block a day for a month with a different quilt each day. Something to think about, no???