2014 Finish-Along ~ 3rd Quarter Results

I must say my results are much better for this 3rd Quarter of the 2014 Finish-A-Long hosted by Katy at The Littlest Thistle.  (See my original post here.)

A few things were moved from last quarter:

1 - I'd really like to finish up the Tula Pink "City Sampler" Sew Along hosted by Sara at Sew Sweetness.  I think I'm up to block 70, so I still have 30 blocks to go.  I did make some progress on this one!  I decided to stop at 70 blocks and I started adding the sashing ~ so far I have 7 rows sewn together.  This is going back on my list for next quarter ~ I think I can finish it by the end of the year!!  

2 - Good Night Irene quilt.  FINISHED!  Blogged here.

3 - Star Light Star Bright Quilt.  Another quilt-along that I lagged way behind on ~ I have 2 blocks done and hope to make a lot of progress this quarter.  NO PROGRESS.

4 -  Hop Skip & Jump Block of the Month over at Sew Lux Fabric.  FINISHED!  Blogged here.

New on the list this quarter:

5 - My Heart Quilt.   FINISHED!  Blogged here.

6 - Four SquareTable Runner.  FINISHED!  Blogged here.

So 4 finishes out of 6!  I'm happy with that.  :)  Linking up with Katy at The Littlest Thistle.

2014 Finish-Along ~ 1st Q3 Finish!

I'm on the beginning of a roll (hopefully!)  When I posted my Q2 results less than a week ago, I hadn't even basted my  Hop Skip & Jump Block of the Month.  I started that process on Saturday, 

began the quilting on Sunday with a wavy walking foot stitch and finished that on Monday after I posted my Q3 list.  Binding came next ~ I've never done a scrappy binding before and I love the way it looks with all those Happy Go Lucky fabrics by Bonnie and Camille.  I machine-bound it using this tutorial.

The back is made with Dr. Seuss Citron Eggs from Robert Kaufmann and a patched strip of Happy Go Lucky fabrics.

And today I'm proud to say it's finished!  

Linking up with Blossom Heart Quilts for Sew Cute Tuesday, Lorna at Sew Fresh Quilts for Let's Be Social and Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish It Up Friday!

WIP Wednesday and a missing camel

Guess what day it is?  Has anyone seen that camel lately?  Here's a little "behind the scenes" video in case you miss him as much as I do!

This week I'm working on finishing up my mug blocks for the In From the Cold quilt for our last class on Saturday.  As of this morning, I had 6 mugs done (although one still needs its steam).  So today I worked on the most difficult one ~ the dreaded pinwheel mug!  I started with 36 1-1/2" half-square triangles:

pieced them together to make nine 2-1/2" pinwheels:

sewed those together:

and ended up with this mug

The pinwheel points aren't perfect, but they're good enough for me!  And here's my progress so far (still need two more blocks and some steam).  Can't wait to see it finished ~ I want to cuddle up with it this Christmas Eve.  :)

We're halfway through the Hop Skip & Jump Block of the Month over at Sew Lux Fabric.  These are my 6 blocks so far.  Lovin' the Happy Go Lucky fabric!

Linking up at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

Finish Friday

Being gone for the last week, I've only got one finish to speak of ~ Block 4 of the Hop Skip & Jump Block of the Month over at Sew Lux Fabric.  At first I thought it required paper-piecing, but alas it did not.  (I'm new at paper-piecing, so I need the practice)

I really like this block!  I love the fabrics for this Block of the Month ~ I'm using the Happy-Go-Lucky collection by Bonnie & Camille for Moda.  Here are the other 3 blocks that I've done so far:

OK ~ back to spend time with Grace (my machine missed me!).