Orca Bay

My goal is to have this quilt finished before the end of the month......could someone please STOP the month!! It is going WAY to fast!!!

Here is where we are.....

I ran out of the trianglly things , and I was too lazy to make more ( or starting to see the finish made me want to just be done!!

 Cell phone pic ( below)

And now!! The top is finished!!

Ta da

Its on to the back now ( sigh) 

If only backings would fall from heaven!

Here is my new gang!!

Someday they will trust me to wear leather like them

( they are SO cool!!)

Hope you all have a great day!

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Cooking up quilts

free motion by the river

sew cute tuesday

progress.....

Sort of.... After the Fires on Saturday, we thought we were in for a relaxing Sunday, when about 3 pm the tornado weather warnings started going off.... Of course we are rural enough - the news channel says - Tornado damages.... details at 5... ummm really?  We are people too!!

Some of the fire damage . No one was injured - all's good

So I go to Twitter. Matt Makens From the Channel 7 news - he is my total favoristst ( that's a word - I promise) Weather man - he has maps, radars, specific locations.. we decided from his info we better grab the dogs and go to the basement.

I asked if we could bring the pigs... I was vetoed. The tornados went to the north of us... and the temps dropped about 20 degrees.... NOW !! It was time to stitch!!

When they told us to take shelter I wanted to know why.... this was building

Oh ya - and all this time we are waiting in the basement.... I have a peach cobbler baking. Probably the first I have made in a gazillion years - and I am totally yelling at this tornado warning to NOT BURN my COBBLER.... it didn't.... it was good....

Okay - so Stitching... ready???

Blueberry Crumble is now a top!!!

This is so you can see it both ways - I don't know which it the top , bottom or sides, but I don't care - it spoke to me to stop right here - and that is what I did!!

And to impress you all some more!  I picked out the backing, prepped it, and pinned the whole shebang - so when my kids go back to school..... I will cry my eyes out while quilting this puppy!!

Okay - maybe not cry my eyes out, but I will miss them..... and their ability to do chores, and make me lunch, and talk with me, and make me laugh, and .... oh boy.... see why I cry???

Linking up to
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Finish Along Quarter 3

Oh !!  Quarter 3 already - this has been a pretty cool thing for me - so far I have made lists and I have completed 5/6 s of the items I put on there - That's accomplishment for me!!

So here is my list for the next quarter - In No Particular Order......

The Chevron Tutorial from MSQC - Now If I finish this this year - it will have been started in May and finished in the same year - whoa.....

Orca Bay -

We won't talk about when it was started

Blueberry Crumble

This is a hold out from last quarter

I just can't get motivated on it..... so fingers crossed!

I will be linking up with 

On the WIndy Side

Freemotion by the River

Q2 FAL List

It is now the Second Quarter of the Finish A Long over at On the Windy Side.

The Q1 helped me stay a little more focused - because I had Sticky notes every where!!  So.... Q2 has arrived and I need to make another list!    Quarter One List

One of my first goals ( just for a little bit! Heaven forbid that should be a long term goal!!!)

For the first quarter I did okay - I did purchase a few items.

Sticks 3 or Plaid 9 

PS ( the pattern for this one is Free in my Craftsy Shop:  Alycia Quilts Pattern Store

My RSC 2014 top

Heart pattern  is free too

And my Blue Crumb top

( it needs a name)

Wish me luck 

Tell me to stay on track !!

Finish A Long 2015 Q1 - goal 3

I joined in the Finish A long 2015 over at http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/  in January - and now.... I get to link up all my finishes!!

So the first goal was to finish my Pink Bar Quilt - Done - posted here
the Second was: Plaid #7  - Done - Posted here

And the third goal.... sit down for this.... was to Bind Three Quilts.   Yep! I really challenged myself there!

and - Here they are:

Sticks 2 - all finished, bound, and DONE!

This little quilt ( below)

It needs a name 

The pattern was from one of Quiltingismorefunthanhousework.blogspot.com

And the third quilt to be bound

Yes!!! This one!!!

So go see all the millions of finishes over at:

You will be inspired!! I promise

Plaid #7 .... The Finish!

My Plaid #7 is all finished - and even.... *gasp* ..... Bound!!

This is my second finish for the 2015 Finish A Long with Adrienne     ( you can cheer , I will love it)

Are you ready?

and the back - because it is plaid too!

And while the quilt was sitting here - being all lazy - the colors were changing quite rapidly to the West.

Not too bad to look at.....

This Quilt is for Sale Here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/222913150/plaid-lap-quilt-rustic-cabin-quilt-mans?ref=shop_home_active_1

Linking up to:
Confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com
tgiffriday.blogspot.com
and
crazymomquilts.blogspot.com

And of course in March I will Link to:

http://www.onthewindyside.co.nz/

Pink Bar Quilt - ALYOF

A finish ... A finish.... Yay.....

This is my January A Lovely Year of Finishes Goal, and one of the Q1 FAL goals....


This is what it looked like at the first of January  - A few Strip sets and a potential Backing fabric....

And here is is today:  ( like it's shoes? - its always hard to know what shoe goes with pink - tee hee)

This one was just a random pile of strips and so - I sewed them into a coin type set and put pink around them.  I also wanted to try that feather cable quilting that is so cool.

Note to oneself..... when you want to try something new - try it on a small quilt.... not a 60 x 75 one....

And I did use the Hot Pink with gold stars as the backing - and binding. I like it

Linking up to:

blog.sewbittersweetdesigns.com

http://onthewindyside.co.nz

Also:
Confessions of a fabric addict
Crazy Mom Quilts
 Quilting is more fun than Housework

Finish A Long Quarter 1 Goals

Oh boy.... I might have taken a walk through my quilting space and I might have made a list.... Might... not confirmed though!

Every quarter I am going to participate in the Finish A Long 2015 with On the Windy Side  in an attempt to make that list go away!

Goal #1:  Pink Bar Quilt:
Finish the top, the backing, quilt it and Bind it.... oh boy - that's a chunk!!
THIS one is also my ALYOF January Goal.

Goal #2:  Bind 3 Finished Quilts.

I am not going to show you them because I intend to grab the top three off of the pile and just bind - it will be a surprise to all.  (Please DO NOT ask me how many quilts are in the pile)


Goal #3 : Finish Plaid #7

here is is today:

I might have a long way to go..... But it is Plaid... seriously!! Plaid - I won't quit LOL!

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