Bichon Log Cabin ... my February One Monthly Goal

 Ohhh its that time of the month - where you pick your One Monthly Goal!!!  

I got mine done last month... yay me - let's try for a streak!! Two months!!

So - this is actually one that I had really tucked away... I started in in 2005 - when my Grandma started getting really sick. She had a little dog - a Bichon Frise that she just adored. And so I went on line and searched for some dog fabrics  - and I found a place ( that I can NOT remember now) that custom printed this Dog Fabric.

*Update * the fabric came from Hot Diggity Dog!!

So I ordered it, and before it arrived my brother called and said - hey - we need to get moving - so we drove to Grandma and Grandpa's. We stayed with her a few days then had to get back to our kids - so I started Stitching ......

and before I could finish the Quilt we were summoned back... I ended up staying at Grandmas for about a month .... and just tucked this little quilt back into the corner... until!  I did a little searching for my projects for 2021.....  

I apparently have quite a few blocks cut with 3 logs on them, and the logs are cut - and!! I have a paper that tells me ( sorta) what my plans were!  and Some extra fabrics.....  I think this now justifies any fabric purchase I make - if its more that what I think I need... its really for later when I pull it out again haha!!

Everytime I say I don't have any UFO's I find something... so I am kinda afraid to say this might be my oldest UFO - cuz I feel like something else will pop up... and I will be wrong... again.... of which I will NEVER admit to Bwahh ha ha!!

This is My February One Monthly Goal - and will be Linking up at Elm Street Quilts

my goal is to at least get this to a top stage, but my ultimate goal is to have it quilted as well by the end of the month... I won't hold my breath for bound.....

Linking to:

DEsign Wall Monday  at Small Quilts and Doll quilts

Monday Making at Love Laugh Quilt

Pink Table Scraps, The Rainbow Scrap challenge

January was the Month of Pink - 

And! I got 10 Placemats done - 5 are bound, the other five will get there. 

I laid them out all pretty like - so we could see the variety

and the Hubs decided it was time to start feeding!!

Don't you love our feed buckets ?

I had to tell him I was just Soooooo busy taking photos - 

he should start feeding without me!

He bought it!!

A couple of you asked what I meant by stitching them at the end of a quilt

this:

I make sure the backings are about 20 inches longer than what I need - and then I can quilt the placemats while the backing is still on the frame.

This is what it looked like when I cut them off

This is what they look like on my machine ;-)

I also get to use scraps of batting

This will be the end of the Pinks!

Off to see what Februarys color will be in our Rainbow Scrap Challenge

and linking up to Table Scraps as well!

SEUFO finish!!! and Finished (or not) Friday

 And!! and OMG  ( One monthly goal) and I am sure there are other acronyms I could use for this post - but ... I can't remember them all!!

My Finish today is my SEUFO ( someone elses UFO) and it is also the quilt I chose for my One Monthly Goal ( at Elm Street Quilts)

and!! I even have the Binding made and now half applied - but I knew if I didn't get out side before the sun went down I wasn't going to get a good photo!!! And we know it is all about the photos right?

Ta da!! This was called the Fall Mystery and the pattern was dated 2002 - but there was no web address on the directions - This mystery was before I started quilting, and apparently the person who started it did not want to finish - but all the blocks were pieced - so it was fun to lay it out and get it done!

I quilted feathers all over it - and used a light blue background - which is also the binding!!

It measures 80 x 80 - so it is a good sized quilt!!

Yay me!! One more project done!!

I don't know if you noticed - but I put a grab it code over in the side bar of my blog so that if you want to add this link to your side bar - it is hopefully easy. 

* Link up to your direct post to your Finished or Not project

* Have fun visiting others

* if your trying to sell us snake oil ( or CBD - this is not the place to link up)

* See you tomorrow for my Last Pink RSC post ( see more abbreviations!)

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Linking to:

Can I get a Whoop Whoop

Heart Quilting... its not just for Valentines day

 Or maybe.... it is!!! Maybe you quilt some hearts and show your husband and say.... isn't this a cute Valentine themed heart.... and maybe a few hours later he says.... you like Dark chocolate right?  

and you just know it was meant to be... 

These little place mats are really just so much fun to quilt - I have a small space, I can play, and! I haven't committed to a king size quilt with the design.... and also.... It if don't like it I can change up the design to finish it - because.... you will NEVER see it - BWahh haa haa!!!

linking to:

Midweek Makers

Suitable For Framing top

I am doing the Color Blocks Quilts class with Debbie Brown

( previous post here: Color Blocks Progress )

And now!! it is topped!

Her pattern is called Suitable for Framing and it was a 64 x 64 inch square quilt.

But!! I am going to guess - you know me by now - and I wanted it to be Quilt of Valor Size - and so!!

I added the bottom and top two borders - and voila! it is now 64 x 80!  Perfect QOV size!!

I chose a Navy Blue with Stars back - and am now prepping it to quilt... It may be February - but thats okay - It will be ready when I am! I have some cool Client quilts to work on first ( and you can see snippets of them on my Quiltygirl FB page ) 

Linking with:

Design Wall Monday    Love Laugh Quilt

Pink Placemats

 I had a little stack of Pink placemats and as I was looking at them I really decided they needed Pink stripe binding....  which I don't have...... 

So I hopped online to my local quilt shop (Sew Downtown) and they had pink stripe fabric - I knew that the postal service would make it to me faster than I would get to town.... so I got mail!!

I might have ordered a Blue stripe too... I mean we will get to blue in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge sometime right?? I am just being pre prepared!  The fabric came wrapped in this old pattern paper and I died laughing when I opened it!

When my Grandma passed - I got ALL of her old patterns and I swear this one was in there - and my Dad and Uncles names and measurements were written on it.... I remember one of the men wearing the garment on the far right.... in denim  ;-)  hahaha!! 

Anyways.... I bound....... 

And I didn't die.... so I kept binding........

And now I have 5 of them completely done.... 

I have one more quilted.... but I haven't bound it yet. I had to meet clients to return and pick up quilts.. and you know...I am not good and binding and driving..... yet! 

Linking to: Rainbow Scrap Challenge    Oh Scrap!

Merry Go Round finish and!!!..... Finished ( or not) Friday!!

 Happy Friday!! 

I spent some time looking back at my blog trying to find if this quilt had a name when I started it, and then I was amazed at how long ago it was that I started it... April 2019.... doesn't that just seem like yesterday?

It is called Merry Go Round - a pattern by American Jane Patterns. 

The main reason it got pulled out to get finished is - We watched church on tv, and then I started playing on YouTube and I saw the Missouri Star quilt company tutorial called "Seeing Spots".

I kept thinking - gosh I want to make a quilt like that.... and then my family fed me, and I went ! Hey!!! I did!!! 

I went and dug in my pile of quilt tops... ( remember - creative, not organized personality) and found it! 

and now.... It is quilted.   I have pulled out a dark purple solid for the binding... but I did not get it made this week... I had to bind *other* stuff!

Ta da!!! and! with having the Husband working at home...

I had a quilt holder!!!

( I only had to bribe him Chocolate Chip Cookies)

but before he agreed to help hold the quilt

I did try to get one on the floor.

You will have to come back tomorrow to see what I bound... haha

So now!!

it is your turn - Show me your Finishes!! ( or your not finishes)

* please directly link to the Finished Friday post

* visit some others

* share the link

* Make me Dinner

* and Have fun!!!

PS!! Don't forget to read Wednesdays Announcement of a NEW Mystery.... Dakota Inspired

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Confessions of a Fabric Addict

TGIF Friday

Mystery A 12 - Dakota Inspired - Announcement

 Mystery A12

 is in the finishing stages.....

originally I was going to post Fabric requirements in January and start mid February - but since National Sew Day is February 6th....

And a TON of us are stitching someplace, or virtually..... 

I am now thinking that I will post Fabric requirements on Wednesday February 17th 
The first Clue will be March 3rd - so that gives you two weeks to get your fabrics together!!

I'll give you a few hints:

• It will be a 4 color quilt....
• It will finish in the 60 ish x 80ish range 
• The clues will be manageable for a max sewing time of 2 hours each week.  ( And that is MAX - none of them actually take that long)
• You do not need any specialty rulers - a straight edge is enough.

I design these quilts to be used as Quilts of Valor .  I know that not all of you do QOV, and donate them to another Military outreach. That is awesome. But if you are making them for your own personal use - would you consider making two and giving one as a Quilt of Valor? 

Now!! If you don't have all the clues to A11 downloaded - please do - I will be removing that tab at the top of the blog and replacing it with A12....   Gotta stay organized you know?

( I know - who am I kidding - I am creative not organized... haha)

SEUFO and Color Block progress

 I am making a little progress!!

All of my Color Block blocks for January are done - and I am starting on the *rowing* of them!!

AND!!

My SEUFO  ( someone elses UFO)

is all rowed and going to be a top soon!!

And the wind died down a bit - so I probably just jinxed it - but the pressure changes from wind storms give me the worst headaches.... I get happy when the wind stops!! Makes it more fun ( and productive) to quilt!

And just because.... we were able to go last  October to this really cool museum - and we all want to be astronauts now.  I want to be the pilot and make the boys be my backups!  Wouldn't that be cool!

Stitch away!!!!

Linking to:

monday Making  and Design Wall Monday

Pink Rainbow Scrap Challenge Continues

 I am having such fun with these. I have to be honest - I am not expecting perfection, so not having that over my head - just makes this fun!!!

I finished with all of the spinning blocks - I got 5 total placemats from them, and then dug back in the bin ( its quite large - the boys had to move it for me, so until it gets lighter... its staying put)  and pulled these out - so its my next stack to work on!!

I showed you 3 of the mats quilted last week - here are the other two quilted:

The above pattern is called Chocolate Leaves.... if you know me, chocolate.... I have to have it!

and this one was just fun!!!  I really like how it turned out ( the quilting) and now! I want to make some for my house with this quilting on it!! It was a blast!

Linking up with

Rainbow Scrap Challenge   and Oh Scrap