Number 2 for 2014

Here is a second finish from me. This started as a NewFO last month so it was a quick finish but nevertheless......a finish is a finish

To read more about this project, you can click HERE.  I would love you to come over for a visit.
Cath

My first Finish for 2014

This is a good start. Last year I only posted my finishes (only about 3 of them) in December but here I am in January with my first finish for the year. Wonder if I can do 14 in 14.

This is my Blue Green Tabletopper which I started around 2009 and then it sat in my ufo pile until it was eventually quilted last October.  The binding was sewn on last week.

If you want to see more photos, including close ups of the quilting, for this finish, please head to my blog Bits 'n Bobs

Cath @ Bits 'n Bobs

First Finish 2013

This year is going to be a slow year for finishes in my neck of the woods.  The Creation Station is bursting with projects but most of them are long term projects and will take me a while to get them finished and posted here.  I did finish a little project for a friend which makes it my first finish for 2013

I have posted more photos and the full story at my blog at Bits 'n Bobs, if you want to see more.

Cathxx

EXTRA, EXTRA…..!!!!

Hi girls……

just to let you know, for those of you that had a finish last month and received your free block pattern, there was a slight error in it.  Poor Miss Dawn was tearing her hair out running around hell- west and crooked trying to organise herself for her quilty trip/retreat  to Tassie and, after sending the pattern to you all, we discovered the sizing of the designs on the pattern sheets was wrong.    Nobody has emailed yet so I’m guessing no one has tried doing it yet  (which is a good thing….get onto those ufos !!! LOL)

If you did receive your free pattern, just email me and I will forward you the correct pattern sheet for you to add to the design.

Now I know a few of you are panicking that you are not able to finish your ufo’s in time each month….. and with 56 of us not finishing any of our ufo’s yet this year…..

I thought a couple of organisational hints might help…….

I love Cath’s idea of allocating 12 months to do 12 finishes at most….anything else is a bonus!   So……don’t expect to get ALL of your ufo’s done in one year….. as my boss used to say,

“You can’t eat an elephant in one bite!”

I like to break this idea down even further……. I created a sort of year overview planner  on an A3 sheet and jotted in things in each month that would take my time like birthdays, weddings, births,  (where I'd have to make things) or times I'm away (perhaps on holiday), and then fitted in ufo's to suit the space I had available......helped sort things out in my head a little better when I'd juggled it around on paper a bit first.    It’s not foolproof as there’s always things that crop up unexpectedly (like sickness and flu), but with a disorganised brain like mine, it helps!

If you think this idea might work for you, you can download a copy of my yearly overview planner here….

My boss also told me……

“if you fail to plan, you plan to fail”!!!!

There’s still 24 days to go in March…..what will be your finished UFO this month???

Sew many hugs

Wendy :O) xo