Lovely Finishes Goal Met

It's time for my end of the month post for 

A Lovely Year Of Finishes. 

I completed my goal for the month. 

All 384 inches of binding. 

Fingers are a wee bit sore, 

but I'm happy to be done!  

I took a couple quick photos for this post, 

but I will take some proper photos and post them soon. 

Hopefully the recipient of this quilt will get a good sneak peek

and love this quilt as much as I do.  

Hoping to get some 

stitching in this weekend. 

Spring Break Projects

It's Spring Break for me and I'm hoping to get lots of sewing in. 

I picked back up the kaleidoscope quilt I started a few months ago. 

This is about 1/3 of it and I'm hoping to get another 1/3 done by Wednesday. 

Tapestry by Fig Tree

I'm using 3 layer cakes. This is the result of one. 

It would have been better to use fat quarters, 

but the yardage wasn't available when I ordered it.
I'm loving this already.


I started a new project.
I love to hand sew,  so I stitched a little hand pieced star.



Right now it's lonely, and I don't think I went about it the best,
but I will continue on. I'm not using the english paper piecing method.
 I'm marking my seam line and stitching away. If you have any tips or hints,
 I'd love to hear them. These little stars will be a great project to work on
while watching TV with my hubby.


I've also been knitting. I'm a fairly new knitter,  having learned
about three years ago. I wanted to try knitting socks.
I don't know if I'll really like wearing them,
but welcome the challenge of making them.
I started with yarn from around town. I'm not ready for fancy yarn.

I'm knitting from the toe up, got the foot and heel done,
 then realized I mis-read the pattern.    Ugh!
I ended up taking it all out. A fresh start is what I needed.
 I bought new yarn, went with two at a time, toe-up in a simple pattern and
everything seems to be working fine



I feel much better about these. The yarn is easier to see, I love the stripes and
I get two at once. I just hope they fit well. 

The mini quilt I pulled fabric for in my last post is done.,

but I will wait to share photos until the end of the month,

 since it was my March Goal and maybe then it 

will have reached my swap partner.


Until Next Time
Happy Stitching

- Wendi -

Yay, Its the Bloggers Quilt Festival

When the Festival rolls around I usually only have one or two quilts to choose from. 

Today I will show you my Kaleidoscope Quilt.  

I started out making this quilt for our family room, 

 but once I got sewing it together I realized it was really meant to be for my youngest daughter. 

I love when that happens, or even when one quilt sparks inspiration for another. 

I've always loved the kaleidoscope block and all of its many variations

and it was perfect for showing off the large scale prints of Kate Spain's Fandango line. 

quilting close-up

This is the most I've ever quilted a quilt and it was done on my home machine.

 I was really, really glad when it was done and about half 

way through I was wondering what I was ever thinking. 

pieced back

You can see the quilting design better here from the backside.

 I love this quilt. 

I love the fabrics, the colors, the pattern 

and it's special to both my daughter and me. 

Blogger's Quilt Festival Stats

Name - Samantha's Kaleidoscope

Finished Size  - 50.5" X 67.5"

Pieced and Quilted by - me

Best Category - throw quilt and home machine quilted

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Enjoy the rest of the Quilt Festival!

--- Wendi  

Kaleidoscope Quilt

Whew,  July has been a busy, busy month. 

I spent the first part of the month completing this quilt. 

I started with a layer cake a few weeks ago. 

I had been saving a Kate Spain Fandango 

layer cake to make a quilt for our family room. 

We don't have any quilts in our home that I've made,

 so as I headed into my summer work break 

I was anxious to decide upon a pattern and get sewing.

I have always been fascinated 

with kaleidoscope quilts and wanted to try one. 

Fandango seemed perfect.

The kaleidoscope has large enough pieces to

 really show off the beautiful prints of this fabric line. 

The dark brown really set off the prints and made the colors pop.

As I began sewing, 

I realized that this quilt was really meant to be 

my youngest daughter's quilt.

Quilting close up

Back Side & quilting

You can't really see from this photo, 

but the three green arrows point to  

writing written on the pink fabric serving as my label

 and message for my daughter.

close up of backside

Fandango, Kona Brown, kaleidoscope.....pure perfection to me. 

I believe this is probably my favorite 

quilt I've made to date. It's not only beautiful, 

but special to both my daughter and me. 

I love it! 

Samantha's Kaleidoscope

50.5 X 67.5

8.5" Kaleidoscope quilt block

Kate Spain's Fandango Line

Kona Brown

Warm and natural batting

July 2012