Q3 2016 FAL project list

 

Since I did pretty well in Q1 and completed 3 projects, I am linking up again for the third quarter of the 2016 Finish-A-Long! The list just gets longer and longer...

Eagle Scout Quilt for Ryan: The back is close to being done!! The front is completed, with the embroidered parts all in place. Need to assemble the back and find a longarmer to send this to.

Eagle Scout Quilt for A.J.: All parts are done, I just want to send these off together to be quilted by the same person... who that is, I am not sure, but these are important keepsakes! I want to be confident that they will do an awesome job and make these even more special.

 

Improv and Denim: piecing stage

Pink and Purple Dresses Lap Quilt: ready to quilt

 Farm theme Toddler Quilt: ready to quilt

Swartz Creek Scrap Quilt/William Morris:  this is one I made progress on last quarter. I decided that it was not big enough to finish with the amount of completed blocks I had. So, I bit the bullet and made many more pinwheels and 4-patches to bring this up to a throw size. And, then I did not have enough fabric for the border I had intended, and so I had to search for a replacement. I need to make a final decision on a back, and then this will be off to the quilter. Phew. This one is years in the making... and I will be so glad to have it done.

Disappearing Hourglass/Recycled Shirts Quilt: piecing stage

 

Re-usable Holiday gift bags: many Christmas fabrics to use up! Christmas in July!

Cast Iron pan handle potholders from string scraps: I need to make three at least!

  

Baby boy bibs out of recycled shirts: I will make my own pattern, but this is the kind of thing I am going for. Plenty of shirt fabrics to use up!

Ironing board cover for my tabletop board: See those holes?  I have this cute Moda fabric that I think would be perfect for a new cover, and there is just enough. Phew.

Q2 2016 Finish-A-Long Project List

 

Since I did pretty well in Q1 and completed 3 projects, I am linking up again for the second quarter of the 2016 Finish-A-Long! This time I am giving myself a few more options, and exposing the true WIP underbelly... as you will see, I have so many projects to complete!!

Eagle Scout Quilt for Ryan:

Eagle Scout Quilt for A.J:

 

Improv and Denim Baby Quilt:

 Bright Solids Pillow Cover:

Pink and Purple Dresses Lap Quilt:

 Farm theme Toddler Quilt:

Curves Solids Quilt or Wall hanging:

Swartz Creek Scrap Quilt/William Morris:

Blue and Peach Block:

 

Disappearing Hourglass/Recycled Shirts Quilt:

 

New bag for spring

Here is my third finish in the 2016 Q1 Finish-A-Long!

This bag is sort of a copycat of a bag I made in a swap a couple of years back. It has been sitting in my WIP pile for a very long time! I had decided I needed some black handle webbing, and simply had never picked it up on one of my (many) trips to the local Joann.  So I made a list and the next time I was there, I remembered to get it.

I added a few pockets that weren't on my original swap version of this bag to customize it for myself, and it did not take me long at all to complete. Two outside pockets and two inside pockets!

So happy to have another finish!

Link back to my original Q1 List

First finish of 2016

Over the weekend I finished putting the binding on my low volume scrap quilt. This was made from 3.5 inch strips and squares from stash. This top had been sitting finished for a very long time, I think about 2 years!

After piecing a simple strip from more colorful scraps to fill out the backing, I sent this one out for long arm quilting.  

 

I am so happy that I decided to try out Sarah of Crinklelove. The turnaround time for this quilt was very fast and it came out beautifully. I love that Sarah has a selection of quilting designs to choose from. The texture from the baptist clams design is awesome on this very linear patchwork. I think it softens it up just the right amount!

 

I decided that I wanted to complete the design with a scrappy binding. I pulled random strips from the scrap bin and I am very happy with the bright edge this created on my quilt. 

 

This is my first finish for 2016, and it also is one of my 2016 Q1 Finish along projects! Yea for motivation! A chance at so many great prizes are a total bonus when simply completing this project makes me happy!!

Link back to my Q1 List

Amazing - Another finish!!

I am very happy to have this quilt completed! This is a Scrappy Trips from the free pattern by Bonnie Hunter of www.quiltville.com. It was also one of my proposed projects for the first Quarter of the 2016 Finish-A-Long. So, it will be entered in with the other completed projects for a chance at some wonderful prizes from the generous sponsors! 

I have had this top sitting completed for several years, and finally sent it out to be quilted by www.CrinkleLove.com. I chose the orange peel quilting design, which keeps with the more traditional style of the fabrics, and adds some needed curves to the design! It was back in no time flat, and I am thrilled with the quality! Thank you Sarah!

 

   

Here is my new vintage featherweight as I sewed on the binding to my Patriotic Scrappy Trips Quilt.

I hand sewed the binding to the back over a weekend at our ski house. This completes one of my projects for the 2016 Finish-A-Long Q1. I will have another finish to add shortly, and I am thrilled to be able to get these items in use! Feels so good!

Link back to my Q1 list

Assembling a pieced backing

Yesterday I decided I had enough energy to work on trimming and squaring up a top and backing. This is a quilt I put together from strips and squares in a quick and completely random way. It has been a competed top for more than a year. I set myself a goal to have two tops ready and sent out for
long-arming this week.

Well, lo and behold, that backing I thought was a wide backing that just needed trimming.... Not! It had to be pieced. And, Since it had to be pieced, I decided to use up some scraps and throw in a stripe of color. That is what I am working on today. Perhaps tomorrow I will have the energy to square everything up and get it all set to mail out. This is enough for today!

Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict for "Can I Get a Whoop Whoop"

Finish Along 2016 Q1

I am linking up to the Q1 2016 Finish-A-Long. I am going to try this time to get at least SOMETHING finished and linked up! Lots of these projects have been languishing for far, far too long. Most of them are pretty much ready to be sent out for longarming, so if I just get them out.... hopefully I will have time to get them back and finished.

It has been a rough few months, and I am feeling the need to move forward and get things done!! 

1. Swartz Creek Scrap Quilt - finish top, back and quilt

2. Scrappy Trips - Quilt and Bind

3. Low volume scrap bars and blocks - Quilt and Bind

4. Gray and Teal tote bag

 5. Pink and Purple girly quilt - Quilt and Bind

6. Plaid and Stripe Disappearing Hourglass Quilt - in the piecing phase

7. Eagle Scout Quilt #1 (A.J.) - Quilt and Bind

8. Eagle Scout Quilt #2 (Ryan) - Finish Back, Quilt and Bind

I am excited to get going on these projects again. Motivation!! Love all of the prizes offered by the wonderful sponsors! Now let me to get to work....