Quick trips and Idle times - WIP Wednesday

This is what I am working on for the next three days:

No, you are right, that is NOT a quilt.  It is a picture I took of Yosemite Valley in 2005.  Today Ashley and I are headed back there for a quick trip.  It is such a beautiful place, full of surprises...

I really can't wait to share the experience with my eldest.

But, I won't be completely idle.  The car ride is at least 6 hours, so I will have plenty of time to work on these:

My little hexies for my "Christmas" table runner.

And, I did have time to start working on my backing for the medallion quilt.  Here is a sneak peak:

This Wednesday......

Completed Projects:  Basically all my blocks from yesterday's post.

• Beginner's Quilt Along Block 9
• How Far Will You Go? QAL Blocks 1
• June Star of Africa Block

On-going Projects:

• Handstitched goodies - there are so many projects I want to return to, and I still need to complete my backing for the medallion quilt.
• Design something for the Let's Get Acquainted Blog Hop - I have my idea, I have my fabric, I need to put it in motion
• Vintage Holiday Quilt Along - actually started August 6th.  I already need to catch up, luckily the cutting is all really similar for each block.
• Totally Groovy Quilt Along - the sewing starts soon!
• Star of Africa Bee -I need to do the July block in PINK
• "Tree" themed quilt for the guild - the guild is having a quilt show in October and each member is asked to make a small quilt with a "tree" theme.  I am going to make something similar to Ashley's teacher's Thank you quilt below.

Back Burner:

I am determined not to forget these projects!  Keeping them in this category reminds me of them on a weekly basis.

• Batik Stripe Quilt - still sandwiched and ready to be quilted!

• Thank you quilt for Ashley's teacher - awaiting quilting

• Red, White, Blue New York Beauty - piecing in progress
• Urban Nine Patch Tablerunner - I actually started quilting this one this week, but then I hated everything and ripped it out!
• June UFO - "A Christmas Something for myself" - English paper piecing in progress.  It will be a table runner of hexagons.  This is the hand project I keep in the car, so I will do a little at a time, but progress is slow.
• July UFO - tile batik quilt - piecing in progress
• Charity quilt for the guild - I'm going to miss the next meeting, but need to bring it to September's

This week's stats:
Completed projects - 3, blocks that is.
New projects - 0
Currently in Progress - 6-ish

Linking up with Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday's and Handmade Parade at There and Back on Friday