Just Two Hours To Go!

 Today was my first day off work for the summer, 

and the day just got away from me. 

I'm cutting it really close, with just two hours to go, 

I'm going to post my June goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. 

It's my month to quilt for the Cheer group of do. Good Stitches, 

and these are the blocks sent to me. 

Aren't they beautiful? I just love them.  

I didn't do the math ahead of time and as is, 

this will be a small quilt. 

I need to add borders or more blocks. 

My June goal is to make ten more blocks and make the quilt top.

Whew, I think I made the linky deadline!

Happy Stitching : )

May Goal & A Couple Birthdays

Its the end of May and time for My Lovely Year Of Finishes post. 

My goal was a little toddler sized baseball themed backpack for a little one due in July.  

I'm happy to say I finished it AND a little newborn snuggly.  

I've used both these patterns before so I knew they were 

tried and true and would turn out wonderful. 

The backpack is fully lined and ready to use.
Next time, I think I'll add a few inside pockets

The little snuggly looks so small, but I know it will be just right.  

I made one for my granddaughter two years ago 

and her mommy and daddy loved it so much, 

I know it will be a perfect gift for these first time parents. 

We celebrated the birthdays of the youngest and oldest members 

on my side of our family. 

Happy Birthday Mom!

Happy Birthday Kinlee!

I have to end with these three fun little cuties! 

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Spring 2013

Welcome to everyone visiting from the Blogger's Quilt Festival.
My name is Wendi and I'm so glad you stopped by.
I've enjoyed participating in the festival a few times.
It's a great source of inspiration and talent.
This time, I'm entering one of my favorite finishes in the wall hanging quilt category.



This Little Dresden was made for a swap on flickr. I signed up for the swap, then realized it was for a swap using specific fabrics, Denyse Schmidt fabrics. Luckily I had a few on hand. My partner liked traditional patterns so I went with a Dresden Plate.



To spice things up a bit I made a double pointed dresden, and to my surprise
I was able to make each blade a different print.
I started putting all the blades together, not really convinced they would all play nicely together.
I really enjoy appliqueing, and I don't like working with white,
so the dresden circle was appliqued to Kona Grey. 

In the end I loved this sweet little dresden,
so much so that I've been thinking of making a duplicate for my sewing space.

Category - Wall Hanging

                                                                     Size - 14 X 14

               Techniques - applique, machine quilting

                                                          Quilting by - Me

A special THANK YOU to Amy for hosting this 

fabulous Festival, yet again. Be sure to check out all the beautiful quilts. 

Happy Stitching

XO

Wendi 

Another Goal

Its time again to state my monthly goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. 

I'm down to the wire on posting about my goal because

 I forgot all about it and I really didn't know what it would be until about an hour ago. 

I have several projects I need to tend to this month. 

This month's goal is a little baseball backpack for a new little guy due to be born shortly.

 His parents love baseball and I'm making it for someone else to give to them as a gift. 

I've made several backpacks using this wonderful pattern, making a 

 few changes along the way and will repeat the changes with this one.  

The pink fabric is for another backpack, most likely using another backpack pattern. 

Linking up with 

Happy Stitching

April Little Mini

I'm back with a new little mini. Just in time too!

It's my April goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. 

I just realize I need to stop sewing and blog something other than 

the beginning and end of my goal. 

I have plenty of other things going on, I just need to slow down a bit. 

I'll give it a good try in May. 

Now on to my little mini quilt adventure. 

The little mini is for Fab Little Quilt Swap

I stalked my partner as best I could and just sat on the information for a long time.....too long.  

 Nothing I could make would be wonderful enough. 

She does fabulous work and has exquisite taste. 

I headed to the swap photo pool with two design ideas. 

I decided on making the paper pieced design. 

I had to just jump in and hope it would be something she likes. 

I used Anna Maria Horner's free spinning star block pattern. 

I reduced it in size to end up with six inch finished spinning stars. 

I went with a low volume background and the circles in colors I thought my partner might like.

 This made the spinning stars become circles or rings, instead of the stars. 

I started out with one green circle, then realized I had enough greens to expand the idea.

I had a lot of fun digging through my stash looking for as many

shades of green and blue I could find.

I was surprised I had so many.

Then, what to do with the ninth circle?

I ended up repeating a "pie" from each circle to complete number nine. 

Here's a peek at the backside. 

My favorite litte circle/ring. 

This shade of green is so calming.

Finished quilt in the light.  

The whole little quilt, 

and yes, those are my tootsies. 

A little closer look. 

Fab Little Quilt Swap 3

measures 18 X 18

Inspiration from this little quilt.

I'm linking up with 

A Lovely Year Of Finishes - April Goal

I'm back with my April goal for A Lovely Year Of Finishes.

 I've done well and met my goal each month,

 of coarse there's only been three, but I'm thrilled.

 It has kept me in check, which is why I join in, in the first place. 

I tend to post the goal and the finish at the last minute, which isn't good. 

I need to fix that and post earlier. Sometimes, like today, 

I don't even know what my goal will be until I start posting. 

Umm, yea, I need to do better.  

This month I have another 

little quilt to get working on. 

I've been undecided about what to make for my partner.

Her work is wonderful and her tastes extend into an area that 

I'm not confident of being able to pull off.  

I am a bit intimidated.  

Play it safe, or stretch myself? 

I want to stretch myself, but what if my little quilty is a fail? 

I'll have to get something done at the last minute and I don't want that. 

A final decision needs to be made.

I've pulled a few fabrics, but they're not really speaking to me.
Ugh! 

I was going to choose another project as my April Goal, 

but since this little doll quilt is such a big deal for me, 

I don't know if I'll be able to get to anything else. 

So.

April Goal -  Doll Quilt for Fab Little Quilt Swap

A lovely year of finishes is being
 hosted by Shanna of Fiber Of All Sorts and
Melissa of Sew Bitterweet Designs .
If you want to poke around, see some beautiful finishes
 and maybe visit a few new to you blogs,
head on over to A Year Of Lovely Finishes linky party.

DQS13 & March Goal

I'm back with my March Goal for A Lovely Year Of Finishes and just under the wire too. 

Since tomorrow is Easter, I thought I would post tonight.   

My March goal was to get a little dolly quilt done for a swap. 

It needed to be done pretty quickly, so I stalked my partners favorites over on flickr. 

I found my inspiration in this Sew Cherry QAL quilt 

by Flying Blind On A Rocket Cycle. 

Go check it out.

Isn't it beautiful?

I don't know how big it is, but I needed to keep mine tiny.

I started out playing a little with some 1.5 inch square that I already had cut.

Before long it began to take shape.

My partner likes rainbow and the original quilt was in her favorites. 

It was beginning to be really fun to put together.

I ironed all the seams open, which made the back look cool. 

I had difficulty choosing a background. I will spare you all the photos, 

but you can check my flickr if you're interested. : ) 

In the end I went with this soft gray text print 

called Word Play, which I love.

 I so happy to say this little doll quilt arrived safely to my partner. 

Rainbow Star Doll Quilt

DQS 13

Finished Size - 20 X 20

Rainbow Squares - finished size 1 inch square

Inspired by Hadley's (Flying Blind On A Rocket Cycle) 

Sew Cheery QAL Star Light Star Bright Quilt