Winding Roads

I remember looking at the Winding Roads quilt pattern in the Sept/Oct 2009 Quiltmaker magazine.  I quickly dismissed it as way too complicated for me. So the magazine went into the pile, in a cabinet, out of sight, out of mind.
However, since then, I have seen a photo of my Canadian friend, Lorraine's quilt.  I WANT TO MAKE ONE!!! She's made several.  I went searching for my copy of the magazine and located it quickly in the pile.  I looked at cutting directions and have determined I could quickly dive into my 2 1/2 square bucket (thanks to Bonnie Hunter's Scrap User's System-head over to quiltville.com to find that info) and the 2 1/2 inch strip bucket with the companion angle to make the HSTs in a hurry.
But this is the UFO year, and my list is ridiculously long, so I am not starting another quilt.  I am holding the Winding Roads out as an incentive, I am getting FIVE quilts finished before I start Winding Roads as a Leader & Ender project. (quiltville.com has that also!)
Guess who will be quilting while basketball is on the TV?

I spent Spring Break at the SQUEELS (Scrapbookers Quilters Unlimited Eating Eating Laughing Society) sewfest. Two and a half days of good food, good friends, some laughter, some tears, and a finished quilt top, back, and binding.  The unusual twist for the quilt is that I went home on Saturday, cleaned the sewing area, unloaded the retreat supplies and collapsed into bed.  On Sunday, I actually ran the top through the longarm machine.  It now has its binding on it and is just waiting for me to have some time to tack it down.
I also have a customer quilt ready to just tack the binding down on as well.  I have a church meeting Wednesday night after a day of waiting in doctor's offices, so maybe both bindings will get done.  That would be two projects off the UFO list!