All 2015 ALYOF projects

These are all my 2015 ALYOF projects that I completed. There is a finale link up happening at Sew Bitter Sweet.  I have loved entering into it each month as it helped me get things done that might have otherwise got pushed to the back of the closet!  I am so sad to see this coming to an end as this was my first year of participating in it. But so glad to have found it!

I was able to complete 11 projects thru this linky party. Of course I completed many many more on my own ;-).  In fact I did a very quick tally yesterday and here is what I accounted for(although I think there may have been more)..

table runners-38
donation quilts-31
wall hangings-12
lap quilts-6
purses-9
baby quilts-2
flimsy's(tops not quilted)-6

Now that is a whole lot of quilting going on and a whole lot of fabric used!!  We won't even think about how much I bought this year though, even though I think it was less than in the past 2 years. And there was fabric given to me that I used for some of the donation quilts.

I am also pretty proud of myself since I finally figured out how to make a picture collage all by myself, LOL. I used Photoshop elements to do this after finding a tutorial in their help section. It may not be perfect but I am still happy with it. More practicing in the future! And many more finishes coming in 2016.

Linking up at SewBitterSweet.

Picking just one for October goal

It's kinda hard to pick just one project when I have so many that need doing this month. But this is the one... It's one part of a 3 part panel and I added the borders from the Neutral one out. It's just a wall hanging that needs to be quilted and bound and ready for one of the craft shows.  Linking to ALYOF

ALYOF-September finish

I am a little ahead of the game this month for once!!  My September goal for ALYOF was this fall round wedge topper. I had to applique the center circle, quilt and bind it, so not so bad. But I also had lots of other personal goals that I had set for myself so having this goal to meet was good for me to get in gear!!  So I am keeping this post short so I can go get more things done!!  As soon as the end of the month linky party opens I will link up with it!  It's always fun to see how many others met their goal too.

Just for fun

Friday I saw this Cobblestone Path free quilt pattern on Moda Bake Shop and decided Saturday morning I had the perfect fabrics to whip it up. So in between some summer fun activities Saturday and Sunday I got my flimsy put together. So easy to sew up but oh sew fun to look at!

The 2 green fabrics on the far right and the orange on the left are what started the whole thing. I was at Quilt show in Rosemont, Illinois a few years ago-yes they have been aging(like a fine wine)- and I fell in love with those prints which were half yard pieces. Then I tried last year to find coordinates in the stores here-wasn't happening, the shades were just not right. So one day I was going through my stash for something else and I thought wow that orange looks nice so I pulled it out and WOW I couldn't believe it was the perfect one to add to it!!  Love how that happens, makes me so happy I have a LARGE stash ;D  It is the one in front on the right.  Next I found some pieces that went well with them at SR Harris last fall. Then they sat just waiting for the right pattern to pop into my head or computer, haha  It was meant to be as I needed 10 prints and a background and I had just the right amount!

I am making this my goal to finish for the month of August. Linking up at ALYOF,  Let's Bee Social, Freshly Pieced and CreativeGoodness.

Sneaking in with a finish!

Just getting this finish done in time for ALYOF for July.  I had posted it as my goal here, so I won't go into detail other than to say I had a lot of starts and stops which means tying and burying threads, But it was necessary in order to obtain my goal. I stitched around each leaf and circle. I gave the border a special treatment by using my Deloa Jones cable template.  Glide thread and Hobbs 80/20

I see a lot of people were successful in completing their goals, check them out for great inspiration!

And just for fun, this is where I went today...

Oh so crazy, but oh so fun!!!  SR Harris in Brooklyn Park, MN.  These 2 rows are all Batik's plus there was one more. Then many, many rows of cottons, and of course I always want the one on the bottom, LOL  Then there are flannel rows, wool rows, silky and fancy fabrics, it is just something to see if you are ever in that area!!  Plan to spend a few hours, oh and you cut and mark it all yourself unless you are buying more than 5 yds of one piece. Then you put it all back too!  You work for it a little but so worth it as it is quilt shop fabrics for 1/2 the price, so $6-6.50 for cottons and $7.50 for batik's.

Did I buy anything you ask...well yes of course I did, haha!  Didn't get a pic of that yet though.

Linky parties I am joining in...Confessions of a fabric addict, Fort Worth Fabric, Quilt shop gal and Crazy mom quilts

July goal for ALYOF 2015

I have many projects I am hoping to finish this month. Several that just need to be quilted and bound, both quilts and table runners. However, since we only choose one project per month for ALYOF, I am setting my goal to finish this one. It is a preprinted panel in the center and I added 2 borders,  after quilting I hope it will look appliqued :-)  It is approximately 50" long and 22" wide.  I will be using Hobbs 80/20 for the batting.  I wish everyone a productive month-let's get quilting!!

Meeting another goal

I am pleased to have met my June goal for ALYOF  2015!

Last fall I won these gorgeous fat eighth hand dyed fabrics from Vicki Welsh 's blog.  I knew I wanted something to hang on my wall of sewing/knitting room.  But it took a while to decide.  While watching TV one night a couple months ago I caught of glimpse of something like this and an idea was born!  I cut 1" strips and laid them out in a pleasing order to me, added some white strips from my stash.  Then it just sat around for a while until I came up with a quilting plan and Sunday I put it

on my longarm and quilted it up, bound it yesterday and now I will go hang it on my wall :-)  It measures in around 19" square. I used Hobbs white batting which I think is 80/20 and glide thread in a very light silver which looks white on white fabric. 

Look at how cool the quilting looks when you look at an angle across the quilt. 

I am very pleased with how it came out and how it shows so nicely in the sunlight this morning to snap some pic's!  I found it interesting how the quilting on the back looks so different with just a little different angle to the camera.

Linking up with a few linky parties this week that you will find listed on my sidebar.

ALYOF-March goal met

  It is time to post my finished quilt for ALYOF, I met my March goal. My quilt is from a pattern by http://sewkindofwonderful.com/ called Urban Abacus. I had pieced the quilt sometime last year and it has been in the 'to be quilted' closet since just waiting for some attention.  It is now residing in our master bedroom on this quilt hanger that my dad made for me many many years ago. The quilt turned out just how I imagined it, I am so very pleased with it :-)
  My Nolting FunQuilter helped me do all the quilting. The batting is a layer of Hobbs 80/20 with a layer of their 4 oz poly batting on top of that. Why did I do 2 layers of batting you may ask. Do you see the definition of the quilting-that is what happens when you do the 2 layers of batting, I love that for this quilt.  I personally would not do this for a bed quilt or snuggly quilt as it does give it body(stiffer) which does not give a snuggle feel, but for a quilt that will hang-oooh lala!!  Glide thread in Prickly Pear was used throughout the top, with an unknown for the bobbin. Which brings me to the back of the quilt-wow do I love it as much as the front-oh yes!

Some ruler work with stitch regulator on for the echo of the ( ) and the straight line in the mint strips. Freehand wishbones in the ( ) and the small stipple in the yellow without the stitch regulator. It was so much fun to quilt!

I think I will call it my parenthesis quilt~

It goes perfectly with our bedroom walls, which are a pretty mint green although you can't tell it by the picture. I just couldn't get it to show up naturally.

Thank you all for stopping in and taking a peek, and if you leave a comment I do respond to each and everyone that is not a no reply blogger. If you don't hear from me check to see as I would love to respond to your comments as they are very much appreciated

Linking with...

Patchwork Times
Freemotion by the River
Fabric Tuesday
Let's Bee Social