March Finishes

Well, with all that extra time to stitch, I have two finishes to report for this month.  

Another little quilt top is finally quilted and bound.  This one was an enders and leaders project from way back when.  I highly recommend doing those sorts of projects.  It was like I got the quilt top for free.

Just to give you an idea of the scale, here is the quilt with my second finish of the month.  My first pair of socks!  The socks are a plain knit women's sock made from the pattons stretch sock yarn.

I hope everyone else is still feeling inspired and finishing all sorts of projects this year.


Smarch

This has been an interesting month.  My computer died!  It was good in that it taught me that I'm addicted to the computer.  Plus showed me just how much time I spend/waste on it. :)

Despite being super swamped at work, with no computer to distract, I did finish a couple of things.  I also worked on many more.  Though, I'll save that for another post. :)  Wouldn't want to shock anyone with too much in one post...

Mid month I went out to a show in Millerville with a few friends.  This is  a little show that their guild puts on every two years.  All I can say is that they have some very talented people in their guild.

This picture gives you an idea of the overall show.  

This one is an amazing demonstration of thread play.  I wish I had take some close ups.  The stitch work was amazing.

This one was a cute miniature that is giving me ideas. :)

This one had hearts made of that fiber that you iron into fabric and then play with.

This is a quilt stretched on a frame hanging on the wall.  What a neat way to display your quilts.  Plus, I just like it. :)

I thought this log cabin was quite striking.  The strips are very narrow.  What a lot of work.

Every time I see a chicken or rooster in a quilt I think of chookyblue and just have to take a picture.

I hope you enjoyed this virtual taste of the quilt show.  Locally we're heading into quilt show season and I can't wait!

Allergic to Finishing?

I met some friends for coffee today.... at a local fabric shop.... :)

They were having a sale on batiks. I couldn't resist... I found two really nice reds and a maroon that I couldn't pass up. I also fell in love with this non-batik that I really have no project for. Yet! I'm sure I'll be starting on it soon. :)

I think I must be allergic to finishing things. It took me one whole month to finish a quilt. (Actual work time less than 4 hours. :)

Instead of working on the quilt I planned to finish in February, I started a new project.

First up - a super secret project, though didn't finish... (No photos to show until it's been finished and received)

Last weekend I realized that the end of the month was waaaayyyy too close. So I went to the LQS to pick up thread finish the quilt. While I did buy the thread, I also picked up this adorable kit. There is some stitching to do on the neutral fabric. I'll post when I finish. :)

I've also been on a bit of a knitting kick. I started these socks... (At least I got past the first one. :)

I also finished off the stitching on this little project I started last year while working on the penguin and the nun. (I needed something not brown to work on) I'm not sure how I'll finish this one, so it'll sit for a while now.

And finally! I finished something! (About two hours ago :)

It's very clear I need OPAM to push me to finish that last little step.

New Month, New Projects

Thanks for your kind words on January's quilt. I like it too. :)

This quilt is what I've chosen for February's finish. I made this quilt top at a retreat over a year ago now. I think it's done aging and is ready for quilting now. :)

In between all this finishing, I'm still working on starting more. Wouldn't want to shock my system completely. :) I started the New Year's mystery at quiltville - Double Delight. Here are my blocks from steps 1A & 1B. You're looking at 240 square-in-a-square blocks all trimmed.

I also finished off a few more Dear Jane blocks. It's been neglected for a little too long and was screaming for more blocks. :)

A Finish!

With a mere 7 hours left in the month, I finished something!! This is what happened with the blocks from the previous post. It's also a UFO that has gone through 2 moves with me. And! Not only is it done, but it's hanging up too!

Yeah! Thanks for the push to finish something May Britt and Kris.
 

One Project a Month Challenge

Wow, what a start to the New Year.

Jacquie never suspected that the SSCS gift I was making was for her and she liked it!! Yeah!! It was so much fun when Donna handed out our elf assignments and I realized that it was someone's blog that I followed and enjoyed already. It was great to re-stalk her blog on a mission. Fortunately for me, Jacquie is a prolific blogger and she gave me lots of ideas on what I could do for her.

She very kindly gave me this award:

Thank-you. Even though it's past Christmas, I'm still passing it along. I'd pass it along to Donna but she doesn't like being passed along these sorts of awards, so Donna consider it passed along in spirit.

The other people that bring Christmas around for me every year are my Ornament Exchange group: BK, SR, and ennavic. We've been exchanging handmade ornaments with each other since 1994. Every year the most amazing creations find their way in my mailbox and over the years we've gotten the 4 most beautiful Christmas trees in the world. (In my unbiased opinion of course. :)

These are the beautiful ornaments I received this year.

These are the ornaments I made for this year. (Obviously I missed the memo that this year's ornaments were neutrals... :)

I decided that I really need to do something about that unmoving UFO list on the side of my blog. No sooner had I made that decision then May Britt and Kris announced a challenge for 2009 - The One Project a Month Challenge.

My first project for January will be this one:

It's sooooo close to done, it's sad.

SSCS

I received the most wonderful SSCS gifts from Lorraine H from Australia. Two beautiful wall hangings that are absolutely perfect for my quilting clothesline and some wonderful fabrics. Including an amazing one with all sorts of Australian animals. I'm going to have to figure out something to do the fabrics justice.

This is what I sent off to my partner. I don't know if you recall the fabrics from earlier? I really enjoyed playing with the colours and pattern scales.