Spring has sprung?

The first day of spring has finally arrived!  Although the days are starting to get longer - the ground around my house is still covered with snow and it even snowed today.   Celebrating spring I hung my tulip quilt on my front porch will the hope of warmer days and flowers popping out of the ground soon.  However, I am in spring cleaning mode.  In my sewing studio I have a pile of UFOs that accumulated over the past few months.  Here's what I've managed to complete the last couple days.

First a quilted beach mat for my toddler grandson.  This was made from a panel that a sewing friend gave me from her UFO stash.  I certainly didn't want to put it aside in my stash - I got to work and here it is finished!  The finished size is 30" by 40 1/2".  Not only is it functional, but it is educational as a counting exercise.

With the first day of spring wool mittens is not on the top of my project list, but again I do not want to pack this away to my stash.  So this weekend within a couple hours I cleared another UFO off my sewing table and finished these mittens.  These mittens came out beautiful.  And hey, it snowed today so I will get to use them now.

Two UFOs down and few more to go.  Spring cleaning can be fun.  Check and see what clears my UFO pile next.