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September's Goals

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Well here's September, with school starting for another school year.  This month I'm planning on making a butterfly quilt tabletop similar to the one I made my mother. The design is by JoAnn Hoffman Designs and is called "Kimimila Butterfly"   Here is the sample picture from Craftsy where you can see her other patterns. Simple goal, but what you can't see is how much quilting goes into this pattern.  It will take at last 40 hours of quilting.  

Another month has gone by....

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And my how time did fly......  School starting, work as well.... I won't have as much time to quilt but then again, I haven't quilted much this summer.  I did try to catch up on many of the BOMs that I'm in this year (Canadian Mystery Quilt, Splendid Sampler, Quilt Doodle, Block Lotto, and more).  But at this point I'm giving up in many ways.  The Canadian Mystery Quilt is caught up, and some of the Splendid Sampler, but my main goal is to finish up 2014's BOMs and some of my UFOs.  Most of the BOM's are sewn, it's the quilting that is taking me so long....  But I'll get there. One of those UFO's is from 2012, the Midnight Garden - my goal for August.  I didn't believe that I would be able to complete the entire quilt knowing that I would be away for half the summer so I set a modest goal - three of them.  And I was successful!!!!!  I even named which flowers I would complete.  The tulip, small white flowers (Sorry, I don't

Back from Manitoba....

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Been doing a lot of travelling, some for fun and some to get some stuff done.  But what that meant is that I have been away from my house for about 4 1/2 weeks, so I didn't do much sewing..... I did get plenty of new Row by Rows in Portland, California, Washington, Manitoba and of course  British Columbia.  But no time to actually stitch them.  Being back one week and a little exhausted but I needed creative time I did do a couple of them.  See below.  This one is a laser cut row by Undercover Quilts in Seattle.   Beautiful depiction of Seattle.  You put the white on first, then the black over top of it.  Notice the stadium with the Seahawks emblem?  There is also the fins of the whales in the water.  I love it. Plus I've been away from the Splendid Sampler from Pat Sloan (you can still start and catch up).   Paper piecing on the left and applique on the left. Plus to keep the creative side going I created these two dish towels.  The pattern is by Meags a

Updating where I'm at....

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Well over the summer I was in California and in Manitoba and I did visit a number of quilt shops to get the Row by Row blocks.  There are a number of them.  My girlfriend and I went crazy.  We got  over 50 of them again !   And once more it was fun as heck. So where am I now?  Well my list has grown but I have marked DONE where I finished it and what quarter I had finished the quilt in.  Also below I marked what is new from the 1st quarter to the second.  Many of these new quilts friends gave to me.  In order to understand my list below please be aware of the following key: Q - Queen L - laptop W - wall T - table top L - You and Me by Zen Chic - got material and pattern (haven't started) L - Chic Shells by Sew Kind of Wonderful - got pattern only (haven't started) L - Sew Kind of Wonderful - Sew along - got pattern only (haven't started) Q - green small flowers in a column - need to  finish  and quilt.  YES it's DONE - look at the 2016 finished

UFO Challenge update

 At the start of the year I signed up for a UFO Challenge where I made a list of 10 quilts and every month a random number was called and the corresponding quilt would need to be finished.  I am so behind it hurts.  I have four done when I should have 8 done......  Jeewiz......  But in my defence I did do two other queen size quilts so I can't beat myself over this.  Two on this list is on my 3rd quarter 2016 list with  Debbie at . http://www.shecanquilt.ca/p/2016-finish-long.html Here is the list and my update... Project Status Before Status Afterward 1)  Pixilated Sunflower I created All cut out and sewn, needs to be quilted. April - still haven't started... Next on my list for my second time...... 2)  Birds on a wire from Quilt Mania Have a birds cut out, and some of the small quilts.  Need to continue to put them on and quilt entire thing. January  - FINISH at the  start of March - and it's fantastic.  See 2016 quilts tab above for a pi