Finishes Party - September

Before September is over 

here in a few days

I better get my September finish post written for

My goal was to finish 

the Star Surround Quilt 

(backing, quilt, bind) - 

And I made it!

I even used a new binding method

Susie's Magic Binding

and love the flange:

here is the backing fabric

Linking up to the finish party at

Fiber of All Sorts

Barb

Design Wall Monday

Yeah, I finished

Quilting my Star Surround QA top:

Now I just have to get the binding done,

by September 15th.

It's going to be machine sewn

and I will try Susie's Magic Binding.

Then I whipped up

a quick wall hanging:

my first Halloween quilt ever.

Here it is without borders:

Test borders:

I hope to finish this quilt

by the end of September,

in the spirit of the

  CraftBuds Challenge

of using a crafts book

and actually making something out of it.

How about that?

Meantime I had joined

Vicki and the Fractured QA.

I haven't gotten far,

but one test block A (unsewn)

looks very promising:

You can see my color choices

here.

That's it from my Design Wall.

Find more inspiration at

Judy's Patchwork Place!

Enjoy,

Barb

September - Goal Setting Party

I have been trying to make up my mind

which goal to pick for September for:

I will be having visitors for 2 weeks

and probably not much time.

Ok, then let's get the 

Star Surround quilt finished.

Meaning: quilt & bind

my 40 inch square 1 star block quilt!

So it can't become a UFO 

and will be given to someone, soon.

Don't expect any fancy-dancy FMQ quilting,

just getting it done with proven methods,

is going to work (aka ez boards ;-0)

And if I can make it it time,

I'll join the Parade on September 16th

at Melissa's blog!

I better find a backing fabric in my stash...

Linking up to the goal setting party.

Happy sewing,

Barb

Star Surround QA - top pieced!

I just finished piecing my Star Surround top,

just in time to link up to Melissa's blog post:

I really like the combination

of flower and geometric fabric.

It's perfect

and turned out nicer

than I thought it would!

I loved everything about this QA -

so glad I participated and

made this 40 x 40 top.

Thanks Melissa,

for a job very well done - 

and the final linky count shows it!

So go and check out all the other

beautiful Star Surround tops!

Now I just got to quilt and bind it

to be in the Parade on September 16th ...

Barb

Design Wall Monday

As always I am juggling 

several projects at once.

First up is my August UFO project - 

Quilting Easy Street:

I have chosen dimpled Minky as backing

(a first for me)

- no batting - 

and am using the Flaired Clam shell EZ boards

(you can see the white boards on the left).

And one more picture:

I just love how it's turning out!

Hope I can finish quilting

 by the end of the month!

Then I worked on getting the latest step

of the Star Surround QA done.

We made the corner and side units:

Meantime I continue to sew

on the x & + quilt - 

and then there were 9 blocks

And just because,

have a look at my latest visitor:

Sitting on my Rhododendron,

and having a good time ( I hope).

He can stay as long as he wants,

nothing like Judy's scorpions...

Linking up to Judy's Patchwork Place,

Barb

Star Surround QA - Surrounds

I love this Quilt Along!

Although I do feel like 

I am Mrs Slow-Poke 

and before I've even read 

the new instructions,

the first pictures 

have already been linked up.

Well, what can I say

I am still in the game,

and still on time ;-)

4 "M-blocks"

and 4 corner blocks.

Thanks Melissa

for excellent instructions!

Go and check out 

Mr Linky!

Are you still on board of the QA?

Happy sewing,

Barb

Star Surround Quilt Along - Center Star

After 1 week of vacation 

and 1 week of work travel,

I am catching up to the

  Star Surround QA.

My flying geese are done,

(but not photographed)

and here is the latest installment:

Star Center

I like it!

Glad I chose just the 1 block 40 inch square version

and am glad to be caught up.

Here is  Melissa's linky party -

go and have a look at all the other

Star Surround pictures!

Happy sewing,

it's good to be back at home,

Barb

Star Surround - QA

Before I am left behind

in the Star Surround Quilt Along,

I just sewed the 1st step: 

Half Square Triangles.

Easy - peasy,

especially with Melissa's

step-by-step tutorial.

And since I am just doing a 1 star block quilt,

I was done in no time: nice!

Come and join the quilt along!

You don't have to do a gazillion blocks,

just do one big block, 

maybe for charity,

 and put a smile on someone's face!

Melissa has you covered

with a ton of different sizes and lay-outs.

Barb

Cutting for Star Surround QA

Ok,

before I miss the deadline,

I better get my fabric cut

and posted to Melissa's linky party:

I am making a 1 star block quilt of 40 x 40,

that's all I can commit to at this moment,

but it should turn into a nice charity quilt.

Come and join!

And just because - 

look at the cute spool blocks 3 1/2 x 3 1/2

I made from the leftover:

Happy sewing,

Barb

Star Surround Quilt-A-long

You know how you sometimes end up on blogs 

and don't know how you got there?

But then you see something

and sign up for it

just because

there is no way of ignoring it:

Melissa's size option are

INCREDIBLE!

The main reason 

I am considering (ha, who am I fooling?) joining: 

a  perfect donation quilt size - 

a 1 block quilt

should be doable.

Bonus: a 40 x 40 size

uses just 1 piece for the backing.

Love it!

My fabric selection:

* top 2 fabrics for the star,

* flower for the surround

* and white background.

I am usually slow and indecisive

in my fabric selection,

but this should work.

Come and join!

Thanks, Melissa

for helping me get back 

my sewing and blogging mojo,

Barb