WIPGO calls for January 2024

 Jessie Marie pulls the numbers for WIPGO on the 25th of the prior month.  So sometime between the 25th and the end of each month, I plan to share my starting points and strategy for my WIPGO "Finish or Frame" projects.

The calls for January are #9 and #22.  From my board, those projects are:

#9 "Night at the Museum Band Sampler" from the 1994 Camp Needle Little Vacation retreat (hosted at the Kansas State Historical Society Museum in Topeka).

And #22 is the first of six slots on a cube pincushion/scissor block made from Just Nan Freebies

The plan is to do a simple board finish on the top one.  I need to measure it and find or purchase appropriate boards, and see if I have something in the trim stash for the edges and purchase trim/embellishments as needed.

For the pin cube - the first slot plan includes purchasing all the materials for the structure and doing a finish on the bottom with quilting muslin and no padding for maximum stability.  I also need to find a fabric (or maybe hexi piece something) for the pincushion on top.  If I decide to piece it, I won't necessarily finish the piecing this month.  I won't need that done until the final assembly step.

I think that the major issue with me not getting finishing done is getting all the materials assembled.  Once I sit down to actually do the finishing, it usually goes pretty fast, or if there's a lot of hand sewing, at least pretty steadily!  Hopefully WIPGO will give me the push I need.