Finish Along Quarter 2 Finish(es)...

Well, 

from my Q2 Finish Along list 

with 6 quilty goals

I accomplished and finished - one.

Oops. But better one than none!

(Before picture)

Here it is: my completed Hashtag Quilt,

quilted and bound:

Linking up to The Littlest Thistle Q2 finish party.

Let's hope 

Q3 will be more successful,

Barb

Design Wall Monday

Ok, after yet another unplanned blogging break

I am back with my latest projects:

finished the quilting on Hashtag quilt today
and just sewed the binding

to the front.

It's my April UFO 

and I better get the binding
hand stitched to the back

by Wednesday April 30th...

Also sewn is the HST Charity top,

minus the border:

(oops, the quilt underneath 

is showing on bottom edge, sorry)

And I have been playing around with Hexagons

for the Quilt Guild challenge:

used some Honeycomb "Sunnyside"

and Craftsy Class pattern "Juggle" by Camille Roskelley,

trying to decide on background fabric:

Then I got Sarah  Fielke's book 

"Hand quilted with love"

from the library and

love her "Bangles quilt",

but not so much the hand sewing or y-seams.

So here is my easy Bangles approach:

sew 6 pentagons from her pattern into a hexie ring

and applique them on your background fabric!

See the first test ring on the left:

If I am attempting this quilt

I'll be using raw edge on white fabric,

even with some white edges showing thru

between the rings,

I imagine it's going to look fabulous!

So what have you been up to?

Hopefully some sewing made it into your schedule!

Linking up to

  Judy's design wall Monday,

Back to sewing my binding,

the clock is ticking,

Barb

Finish Along - Quarter 2 goals

My Finish Along is slow going here at Paint Creek Quilt,

but every completed quilt is one less UFO.

So I will be doing a

roll-over 

of some of my FAL Q1 goals

and hope this time they'll get done!

Coming right up my Q2 list:

1) Quilt and Bind Hashtag top

2) Quilt and Bind X&+ top

3) Quilt and Bind Fit for a Hero top

4) Complete Lenora's b'day signature quilt

This has still a long way to go,

but would love to finish it in May:

* add sashing strips,

* sew blocks into top

* add border,

* quilt & bind...

5) Complete Celtic Solstice quilt

Meaning: add borders, quilt & bind

6) Complete Orca Bay quilt

Borders, quilt and bind

Can you see a theme here?

Trying to tackle my 

"Mount TBQ (To-Be-Quilted)" - 

let's hope it'll shrink in Q2!

Linking up to the FAL Q2 opening party.

Happy quilting

and good luck with your goals,

Barb

April - goal setting party for ALYOF

It is such a great motivator

of joining so many quilters 

and getting things done - 

so here is my April goal for 

I would like to get my 

Hashtag top quilted:

This means first I need to sew the backing,

then load and quilt it.

Still deciding on the quilting motive though...

I'll be using the border fabric

"Florence" by Denyse Schmidt

for the backing as well

and sure hope I have enough on hand.

Check out the linky list 

at Fiber of all Sorts

and join!

Happy sewing,

Barb

ALYOF - February finish party

My February goal was to finish

the Hashtag quilt top - 

I added:

* the long sashing strips

* the small white inner border

* the wide outer border

Here is the before pic:

and the after pic:

Linking up to the finish party!

As always, 

thank you to Melissa and Shanna

for hosting ALYOF!!

I am so glad I participated

and another UFO bites the dust,

hmm, well, rather moved to the to-be-quilted pile...

Off to decide on my March UFO,

Barb

Design Wall Monday

So glad that on Saturday 

we had a sew-day 

organized by the GLHQ.

As always I had a great time 

and got tons of sewing done:

The Hashtag quilt top is my February UFO

and I am all done - with time to spare

wohoo!

(pattern from Camille's Craftsy class)

Had some good times 

matching the outer border print,

but it worked!

Next project:

sew the blocks of "Fit for a Hero" -

free pattern by Judy at Patchwork Times.

As you can see

I am still missing the 4 corner blocks,

(and borders)

but am glad to have the blocks assembled

into the quilt's 'middle' section.

At least now I can't loose 

or misplace them any longer...

And in preparation for 

Bonnie Hunter's Hawk's Nest class

in May 2014,

I have started to sew HST's.

For ease and speed

I am using triangle paper

and it is perfect mindless sewing

after a day at work.

It may not look like much,

but these are 192 HST's (of 504 needed...),

size is 2 inch unfinished.

Linking up to 

Judy's Patchwork Times,

Barb

ALYOF - February Goal Setting Party

It's the first of the month

and amazingly I am organized enough

to post my February goal for:

Here it is:

Finish my Hashtag Quilt top

(pattern from Camille's Craftsy class)

which means:

* add sashing between rows

* add white skinny border

* add outer border with DS fabric

As always thanks to

  Shanna and Melissa

for hosting ALYOF

and helping me get stuff done!

Linking up to the

February goal setting party.

Well, I better get sewing,

Barb

Finish Along 2014 Q1

Ok, I am trying on all fronts

to make 2014 the year of quilty finishes,

get UFO's moving into completed quilts. 

So I joined Katy at  'The littlest thistle" 

and her Finish Along 2014.

What a perfect fit - 

details here!

This is my Q1 list - 

and before I come to my senses,

I better post it:

1) Complete x&+ quilt

(rows are sewn)

2) Complete Cathedral Star quilt

(need miles of binding...)

3) Complete Hashtag quilt

(rows are sewn)

4) Complete Celtic Solstice

(blocks to finish and more)

5) Complete Lenora's B'day signature quilt

(blocks done, layout / sashing pending)

6) Complete Orca Bay

(top done, border decision needed)

7) Complete "Fit for a Hero"

(border needs to be pieced, then top sewn)

Well, this is more a year long list,

-not a quarter-

but whatever doesn't get done

I will roll over to the next quarter.

Come and join,

the Q1 link-up closes 1/17!

Wish me luck,

I may need the help of some snow days...

Yet every finish is a success!

Barb

Design Wall Monday

First: my stats for Bonnie Hunter's

Celtic Solstice mystery - 

I mainly worked on the Chevrons

and still have miles to sew 

for steps 3 + 4 + 5...

Step 1 - done (in box)

Step 2 - 94 of 100 Chevrons, almost there!!!

Step 3 - 7 pinwheel blocks of 25

Step 4 - 25 of 120 Four-patch

Step 5 - 0 of 100 split triangle unit...

Then I gave myself a xmas present,

used some stash and this is the result:

a Hashtag soon-to-be quilt top, 

pattern by Camille at Thimble Blossoms,

part of her Craftsy Class.

I really enjoy her way of 

organizing and sewing!

I used Bonnie's method of

webbing the top for the first time

and could only put 

one sashing strip on my lay-out.

The webbing method works better

with sashing strips and cornerstones,

but I had to try it and like it!

Love how the border fabric fits the block pattern!

Fabric is a Jelly roll of Chicopee and Kona white.

The border is Florence, also from Denyse Schmidt.

I am really hoping to finish my Hashtag top today,

then pull out the blocks of Judy's "Fit for a Hero" quilt,

get the corner blocks sewn 

and the top prepared for her pieced borders.

I am off all week

and we'll see what I can manage,

not to forget my December goal 

of getting 5 more blocks done fore Fractured..

I almost forgot:

as xmas presents I made several

folded star trivetrs,

following  Bronze Wombat's tutorial- 

This was my first one 

and the color choices not yet perfect.

My 2nd one - I only got an incomplete shot

Luckily I am off all week

and should have time 

to get quite some sewing done!

Linking up to 

Bonnie's mystery check-in 

and 

Judy's Design Wall Monday.

Happy New Year!

Barb