A lovely Year of Finishes: 2014 finale

First off:

Happy New Year!

Wishing you time for lots of 

quilty stuff in 2015!

While during the 2nd half of 2014

I wasn't very successful in finishes,

I had a fairly decent start. 

Overall I still managed to get 

7 goals completed!

Not too shabby!

Linking up to the Finale Linky Party

at Fiber of all Sorts.

Barb

Details:

January finish:

x&+ top 

February finish:

Hashtag top sewn

March finish:

Fit for a Hero top sewn

April finish:

Hashtag quilt completed

July finish:

MB's quilted

August finish:

guild mystery quilt quilted

September finish:

Flowerbed quilt bound

October Goal setting Party - ALYoF

So many choices,

so little time.

Which project to pick

as my October goal for ALYoF?

Hmmmm, 

urgent removal of Hawk's Nest blocks

from my living room floor!!!

So here it goes:

complete sewing all blocks together in a top.

Just the blocks,

border decision will follow later.

Here is the current status:

Hawk's Nest - Bonnie Hunter pattern

Well, 

let's get sewing.

Come and join the linky party here.

Have a great weekend,

Barb

September finishes party - ALYoF

It's the 30th of September

and I almost forgot to link up

my ALYoF September goal of

binding my "Flower Bed" quilt:

It's not my best machine binding ever,

but with sinus, ear and teeth infection

it's the best I could manage!

Linking up to 

Melissa's and Shanna's

September finishes party.

Ladies,

thanks of hosting,

Barb

September goal setting party - ALYoF

After having successfully 

completed my August goal,

I need to chose 

a new goal for September.

So how about this one:

get the binding on my charity quilt

"Flower Bed": ( Scraps Plus One - book).

Binding: my least favorite thing to do...

and yes, it will be machine sewn.

But that's the goal,

the clock is ticking...

Come and join Melissa and Shanna

for ALYoF

Once the binding is done

I can also link up to the

Craft Buds book challenge 

since it is a pattern out of a book

and was completed in September 2014.

Nice!

Got to dig for binding fabric

and get started,

Barb

ALYoF - August finish party

It's Friday evening

and I just pulled the mystery quilt 

off my frame: yeah - done!

Before at the August goal setting party:

And after:

It looks good, too.

Another UFO bites the dust!

It was my August goal for ALYoF

to quilt this top

and I made it with a few days to spare.

Without the incentive

and blogging peer pressure

and Melissa's & Shawna's link up,

nothing quilty would get done at my  house ;-)

Thanks, ladies!

Linking up to the ALYoF finish party.

Now as a reward 

I may consider startting a brand new project,

how about that?

Happy Labor Day weekend sewing,

Barb

August goal party - ALYoF

When I look at my pile of UFO's

it seems hard to pick one

as August goal for ALYoF.

Way too many choices...

but it needs to be something doable.

I should probably tackle

my mount-to-be-quilted.

It has the highest success rate, too.

So here is my pick:

Quilt the guild mystery quilt - 

it was started in February 2014.

First I'll have to search

for a suitable backing.

Then I'll probably use 

my trusted loopy star groovy boards

for quilting - 

and hope all can be done 

by the end of August!

Come and join

the lovely ladies at

  Fiber of all Sorts 

and Sew Bittersweet Designs

with their ALYoF. 

You will be amazed

how motivating it is

to join their monthly challenge!

Happy sewing,

Barb

July ALYoF - finish party

I just took MB's top 

off my quilting frame - 

meaning  I have reached my July goal 

for ALYoF!!!

Here is the BEFORE picture

of the top:

It's a free Bonnie Hunter pattern

 "Star Struck"\

and we all took her workshop together

a while back.

Finished version:

Yes, it was a struggle

- with flannel backing and high loft batting -

almost too much for my poor short arm,

but it turned out okay.

Hope to give it on to the next quilting friend

so she can attach the binding

before it will be given back 

to MB's family.

Linking up to the

July - finish party

at Fibers of all Sorts - 

thanks so much for hosting

the monthly challenges!

Barb

ALYoF: July goal setting

Before it's too late,

I am submitting my July goal for:

My best friend Judy helped me

getting the flannel backing for MB's quilt done,

so now it's ready to get quilted:

So my July goal is

to load and quilt this quilt top.

Then it will be given to 

yet another friend LaVerne for binding 

and it can finally be presented to the family.

Linking up to the July 

goal setting party of ALYOF.

So what's your July sewing goal?

Come and join in - 

and be amazed in your results,

one step at a time!

Happy sewing,

Barb

May - goal setting party for ALYOF

Well, May will be a busy sewing month for me,

but I'll try to tackle the following goal for

quilt my Fit for a Hero top!

That also means 

I have to prepare the backing fabric.

Can't wait to see my to-be-quilted pile

shrink a little more...

Linking up to the 

ALYOF goal setting party.

So, what is your May goal?

Barb

April - Finish party

With 1 day to spare,

I met my goal for April's ALYOF,

wohooo!

Before picture of Hashtag quilt top listed 

as my April goal:

And the after picture,

taken a few minutes ago: quilted and bound:

with hand sewn binding:

Not sure why 

I always have to wait until the last minute,

but it's done and that's a great success!

Melissa and Shanna - 

as always thanks for hosting!

This quilt would not be done

 without your ALYOF!

Linking up to the

April Finish Party,

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 - finishes party March

My March goal for ALYOF 

was to complete 

the "Fit for a Hero" quilt top.

Before picture:

And after picture -

Yes, I did it!

Melissa and Shawna:

thanks for hosting!

Click below

to go to the March Linky party,

Barb

ALYOF - March goal setting

Ok, here it goes - 

my March goal for 

Finish my "Fit for a Hero" quilt top

(free pattern by Judy L.)

It means:

* add the corner blocks

* and cut & sew 4 (!) borders

You may recall

that I am not a fan of borders,

especially the sizing & sewing

without stretching...

Will give it my best try...

Thank you to Shanna and Melissa

for hosting ALYOF

and linking up to their 

March goal setting party!

Happy sewing in March,

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

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

ALYOF January - Finishes Party

I am not sure how it happened,

but January just flew by.

Before it's too late,

here is my January finish goal

for ALYOF

to finish my x & + top:

And indeed:

It is complete!

I changed my original lay-out

to a 6 x 6

and even had to make 1 more block 

out of leftovers.

Love the end result!

Linking up to the finishes party 

at ALYOF!

Barb

January - Goal setting

For the 2nd year in a row

I am joining Melissa and Shanna and their

A Lovely Year of Finishes,

so I better get my goal written up

and started on the project!

There is a pile of blocks sitting close to me

that really need to be sewn into a top.

So my January goal is 

to sew one more block 

( for a total of 35),

then arrange the final pleasing layout,

of my X &+ quilt blocks,

and finally sew the blocks together into a quilt top.

I better go and find some fabric

that'll fit right in

and get started...

Come and join

the goal setting link-up party

and get 1 project done in January!

Barb