Finished Stars

I'm on target with these little stars. 

They are the 8.5 X 8.5 star centers for our Star Surround blocks.  

They took a little longer than anticipated, 

but all are done by the Sunday night deadline. 

Bring on Monday's assignment.  

Happily Stitching Along 

A Peek At My Week

Whew! 

I got my flying geese done for the Star Surround Quilt Along. 

It was a lot of trimming.  

Last week I decided to enlarge the quilt by seven more blocks, 

going from nine to sixteen and this week while trimming, 

I wondered what I was thinking.  

My piles are a bit messy, but overall I don't think they look too bad. 

I'm ready for tomorrow's step.  

I also finished up a couple of bee blocks. 

For me, its a bit early, but making string blocks is so messy, 

I wanted to get on it right away.

Two together, don't they look great?

I've only gotten about 15 inches of the binding done on this super large quilt. 

Its 91 3/4 X 100, so I've got a long way to go. 

I'd bettered get going!

 I have to have it done by the end of the month to meet my goal. 

Well, that's it for my week peek. 

I'm off to put a movie on and work on that binding : )

What have you been up to this week? 

Happy Quilting

Goal Setting and A Quilt Along

Ok, so its August and I must post about my August goal. 

Actually, I can't believe its August and I've linked up with 

A Lovely Year of Finishes for the past seven months, 

meeting my goal each month. 

It's been a wonderful accountability experience for me.  

So here's my August goal

Get the binding on this big, heavy quilt.  

It,s on the larger side of queen size and I anticipate some sore fingers. 

I'm thinking I'm going to have to take it slow.   

Also for August, the Star Surround QAL I joined is starting to roll. 

We've just begun making our half square triangles. 

I originally posted nine fabrics and planned on nine stars, 

but once I got started I decided I'm probably going to really love this quilt 

so I added more fabrics and went with 16 stars. 

 

Come and join the Quilt Along. 

Its not too late!

You can make one large block or several smaller ones. 

It's your choice. 

Melissa has them all planned out beautifully!

Happy Quilting : )

Back With A July Finish

That's right I'm back with my July finish.  

I started the month with my Lovely Year of Finishes goal mentioned here.

Decided it was going to turn out too small. 

Added some blocks.

Ended up with this little quilt for charity.

Here's a close up

The backside

This quilt was made with the blocks sent to me from the 

ladies of the do. Good Stitches Cheer Group

It  measures 42.5 X 51

and is going to Project Linus

I'm linking up with 

A Loverly Year of Finishes 

and Freshly Pieced

Happy Stitching Everyone  : ) 

New Quilt A Long

I'll bet you thought I was posting to show you my July finish for 

A Lovely Year of Finishes?  

I am done, 

but I'm very excited to be starting a new quilt along, 

so I'll be back with the finish later this week. 

I really don't need and shouldn't be joining in a new QAL, but I just couldn't resist.  

Usually I'm in the middle of something and can't participate, but I'm Free!  

Well, not actually, but I'm stitching down a lot of binding,

 so to break it up I thought I'd join. 

 Ok, so you want details. 

It's a starry quilt called Star Surround.

It's a real beauty!

Melissa over at Happy Quilting is running the quilt along. 

She has different sizes all planned out, 

so you can be involved as little or as much as you like. 

She even shows color schemes.

I'm stalled on a couple of my current projects, 

but this one is drawn completely from my stash.

Woo Whoo! A stash buster!

Here's my fabric all cut up and ready for the next step. 

Kona Grey & Hope Valley

Want to join? It's not too late. 

Head on over to Happy Quilting.

The details are here.

Summer Break is Over

My summer break is over, and I'm back to work, but that hasn't stopped

 me from making progress on my sewing and quilting projects. 

I'm nearly done with a little charity quilt and

I finished a little girl's skirt and another toddler backpack.

 Sadly, I didn't get photos of either one.

Here's the little charity quilt I'm still working on.

Basting 

Quilting

 And getting ready for some binding.

I'm linking up with Lee over at Freshly Pieced

July Goals

I can't believe I'm posting a July goal.

JULY!

This year has gone by so fast.

 I have two weeks left of my six weeks off work. 

I thought I would accomplish a lot of quilting and house projects,

but family fun and events come first.

I'm always thrilled to spend time with familyso I don't mind!

I still have a bit of a holiday weekend and beach time coming up, 

but I'm ready to get some quilty projects done.  

Priority on my list and my July Year of Lovely Finishes Goal is this 

quilt for my Cheer group of do. Good Stitches

I want to layer, quilt and bind it by the end of july

Since this month is very busy it's probably all I'll get done.  

Here's a  few small finishes from the past few weeks. 

A bear/baby carrier.  

I made a proper carrier  for my granddaughter who 

puts her babies in her shirt to carry them.

Wouldn't you know, she's really not interested in it. 

Oh well, at least it looks cute hanging on the bed post. 

Maybe someday. 

A new backpack for the same granddaughter.

Pockets on the side.

Fully lined and a pocket inside.

She has one her parents have used for a diaper/toddler bag, 

but now that she's a big girl four, its all hers. 

It 'll be handy when she heads to pre-school soon, 

but for now she is excited to carry her toys in it.

Happy Stitching