A Soldier's Star

I recently finished this quilt, A Soldier's Star, in preparation to teach a class (finally, my first quilt finish this year!).  And since it is also Memorial Day here in the US, honoring soldiers - I thought it was doubly appropriate to share today.



"A Soldier's Star" Lap Quilt, 62" x 62"



Designed for the 2011 AccuQuilt Barn Quilt Design contest (← story), the layout was inspired by my son's service with his army combat engineer unit in Afghanistan.  Their mission was "route clearance", sweeping for mines and protecting roadways.  He returned safely last October, and I intended to give it to him then, but haven't been able to quilt it until now!

The design won 2nd place in last year's contest, and if you ever find yourself in Fremont, Nebraska, you can see a 6-ft billboard of it mounted on the side of the AccuQuilt company headquarters. 

Easily made with squares and half-square triangles, I've made it into an 8" potholder, a 22" table topper, now this 62" lap quilt for my son, which he can fold up on the couch or hang on his wall.  All of those sizes can be easily cut out using AccuQuilt dies.  You can see a slideshow from my recent class:  SLIDESHOW

My next goal is to make a bed-size quilt for myself.  I've put together a pattern with instructions to make the quilt in all sizes (except for the potholder - those were 1" finished squares.)  PDF downloadable patterns are available for purchase HERE or HERE.

Happy Quilting!

Quiltscapes

 

Funkey Monkey Finish!

Finally!! A 2012 finish!! A funky Monkey Finish!

This quilt is for for my six year old niece who loves sock monkeys!

I gave it to her today and she loved it. My son told me he "should have ordered one". What he doesn't realize is there is a Pirates quilt in the closet for him I need to finish! I need to get busy!!

The pictured quilt features Moda's Funky Monkey line.

Hi there - leanne here from daisy and jack

I still haven't completed and posted my ufo list but thought I'd better post as its almost half the year gone - however I did get this table runner done on the weekend - I've bought it as a kit last year and it was on my ufo list so my first ufo list finish !

and here is my list that I'm challenging myself to get done by the end of June - I'm away from home at the moment so can't actually do my whole ufo list so I thought a mini list would be good - you know one step at a time !

these are projects I've brought with me to queensland and I'm here till mid june so I'd love to be taking them home completed - the quilts will only be tops as I didn't bring the backing fabrics etc. with me - I was already 5 kilos over on my baggage on the way up so I think I'll be posting some fabrics home !

1. mini wild thing quilt top 1 - mostly cut out
2. mini wild thing quilt top 2 - mostly cut out - yes, I changed my mind on the background fabric so bought more fabric and now will have two quilts :)
3. zig zag quilt top - I did have all the pieces cut out then decided to change the background fabric so need to cut that out so I can do the top
4. hexagon quilt top - all the pieces are cut out and waiting to be sewn
5. sew sashing on uber quilt top - the blocks for this top were done last year and just need to be sewn with sashing
6. embroidery on bag for mum - I need to finish a little bit of embroidery and then make into a bag for mum
7. mug rug for dad - this will be a new project but I'd like to get it done while I'm in queensland
8. wonky squares quilt top - new project but I've had the fabric and its been on my list since last year
9. bunny hill dresden plate quilt top - I have the fabric in kit form so its really a new project !

so that's my mini list ! I'll be back in a few weeks with an update and hopefully I can cross a few projects off !

First Finish for 2012

A lap quilt for my mum.  The top was pieced last year and so when the time pressure went on (because I was going to deliver it in person to her in Sydney in January) I got myself sorted and quilted it , bound it and there it was all finished, three weeks into the New Year.  I wonder why it took so long??

First post and some finished UFO's!

I am going to try this and see what happens!

I started decluttering the house and could NOT part with any of my sewing stuff! Lo & behold, I found PLENTY of UFO's in those tubs that I decided I *have to finish them! Starting with the most recent "halos of guilt" I decided to tackle my daughters' quilts that I started the summer of 2011 when they went to camp.

I started with the smaller of my daughters' quilts. My younger daughter wanted a zigzag quilt and likes teal. Since I fell in love with the "Summer House by Lily Ashbury" line-- I just had to use those fabrics! Next time-- I will order more charm packs... but you live and learn!

This is my older daughter's

quilt. She loves pink! Recently, we painted her room pink & black, so I made this quilt as a personal touch to her room. I am THRILLED I have finally finished this quilt! Most importantly, she is too!

I have recently taken up finishing 3- YES, THREE - ruffle quilts out of vintage sheets. I will be so relieved when those are done!

A finish :)

Here is a blanket I finally finished for Heidi!

Nice to have it finished....only about 2 years after I started it...when Heidi was just a grape sized blob!

Now I just have to try to be patient for the cooler weather to arrive so Heidi can snuggle under it while we read stories :)

Erin :)

Just in the nick of time

Hello all, I am pleased to be joining in again this year with all you Sew It's Finished girls.  My efforts last year were not brilliant, but I was chuffed to see the bag I finished made it into the mosaic for the header/sidebar button!  I have updated my 2012 list on my blog.  You can find it here if you're interested, but sadly it doesn't look all that different from last year.

Today I decided if I was going to squeeze in a finish before the end of the month it would have to be an easy one, and it didn't come much easier than finishing this little Lavender pillow from a Country Threads magazine, which I stitched about 6 years ago.  For goodness sake, it only took about four minutes to stitch the opening closed!  I'm pretty sure this is one I mentioned last year as being one that wouldn't take much effort to finish and still I left it a whole year - what is wrong with me??

Anyway, I am enjoying seeing so many finishes from everyone, and I'm sure there will be lots more in 2012.  

Good luck girls............ Nicky

http://farmgirlstitching.blogspot.com

Just Under the Wire

Hi Everyone! I'm so happy I was able to join this challenge. I have a long list of ufo's that keeps increasing! First on my list was my Funky Flower Jelly Roll 1600 - which I managed to finish for January (with just under 8 hours to spare - I've always been a last minute kinda girl!). Now I know the post says February 1st, but here in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada it is almost 5 pm on January 31st!

 

I love the backing on this quilt. There will be many more of my quilts with the zipper, or piano key backs. The quilt is my own pattern, using the Jelly Roll 1600 technique. The flowers are fused, then blanket stitched. I'm thinking it's going to be a donation quilt for Wildlife Haven Rehabilitation center.

Here is my list
-Funky Flower Jelly Roll 1600
-Cynthia England Landscape
-Gloria Loughman Landsape
-grey and taupe quilt
-black, white and lime green disappearing 9 patch
-gumdrops quilt
-ladybug quilt
-queen size potato chip quilt
-Moody Blues drunkards path
-Sunflower wallhanging
-queen size quilt for moi  (using Chocolat by Moda)
-Vicki Pignatelli project
-silent auction small wall quilt for our guild's challenge to raise money for the Humane Society of Winnipeg

There are at least 5 or 6 more that are in various stages of completion. I'm not counting the bundles of fabrics that have been designated for future projects. I think if I could complete even half of the above list, I would be quite impressed with myself.

Can't wait to see everyone's accomplishments every month!

Happy Stitching
corina
cwquilts.blogspot.com

First Finish for 2012

My First Finish for 2012 ........ Yay!!!!!

I finally got around to piecing together some of the blocks I have received in 2010 and 2011.

Ready to snuggle under when it gets a bit colder ;-)

I love the fact that all these different blocks have come from different parts of the world and look so great together.  I am really looking forward to snuggling under this one this coming winter ;-)

You can see more pics on my blog post HERE

So to my swap partners, thank you so much for the lovely blocks you have made.

A Finish!

Hi! I'm Laura from 3 Doodles and a Dog. I've been part of this blog for almost a year, but have yet to have any finishes to share. The quilt I'm sharing is a first for me in many ways - the biggest being my first quilt finish in over 6 years! (I have twin boys that just turned 5 - yes, there is a very strong correlation there!) After needing to move and reduce my stash multiple times since moving into our house 6 years ago, I finally got it organized last summer - and pulled all of my almost finished UFO's together. This quilt topped that stack:



It was from a one-day mystery back from maybe 2004? It had already been quilted in the ditch, I just needed to add some quilting in the blocks and border. I have about an an hour to an hour and a half every other night to quilt. Finishing this quilt took two nights to get the thread/tension/needle/etc set correctly so that the thread didn't break (ie nights spent cursing and re-threading the machine/picking stitches), and one night to finish the blocks and border quilting. It's probably the worst quilting I've done since I first started, but it felt so good to have everything working that I didn't stop to make it pretty. It's just going to be used, abused, and loved by my boys, so I can fix anything that falls apart along the way. Thankfully, there are several more like it at the top of my 'to-do' pile to practice on before I need to worry about 'pretty'!

I don't have an offical UFO list - I know it's still pretty useless to put one together; but I do have the goal to get at least two more quilts finished off that pile by the end of the year. Now that my machine's all set for quilting, the incentive is there to get them done before I need to use the machine for anything else! Thanks for reading along and letting me join in the fun!

Laura

2012 UFO No.1

I did a class a couple of years ago to make this bag. It has lots of techniques and the idea was to learn when and where to use the different Floriani stabilizers. In the class all of the various pieces were prepared but not fully put together. The bag took much longer to make than the one day class run, so there was quite a bit to construct at home. That is usually not a problem, but the directions accompanying this pattern were very difficult to understand. So….. the bag got packed into a container for “another day”.
Last week that day came and I pulled it out, read through the instructions, thought about it, tried a few things, then got stuck into it. Needless to say, it eventually turned into a completed bag.

It is a beautiful bag, a really useful size with zippered pockets on the outside and pockets inside as well.
Marilyn  (http://mardimeanderings.blogspot.com.au/ )

I´m a new member too..

-thrilled to be here and happy to announce

that the blocks from a 2011 BoM, isn´t 

a Ufo anymore but at Wallhanging.

Wish you all a nice weekend☺

First Finished for 2012

Yes, I have finished my first WIP {Work in Progress} / SIF {Sew it Finished} for 2012

 

 

Christmas Book Covers

 

 

Only 13 more to go!!!!!!!!!!

What I've been up to this year!

Hello everyone,

Thought I would let you know what I've been up to the last week or so. It's been a bit crazy but thought I would try and get a couple of things finished this month.

This is a stitchery that I started last year and the colors match my kitchen. This is a decorative pot holder.

This is the front of my purse. I started the pieces last summer. I finished it today. I'm loving the colors and it's just the right size.

There are 2 end pockets. Both have pleated bottoms and elastic on the top. I put half a hexie on the top of the pocket.

This is the other side. The flap was easy and I used a magnetic snap for the first time. I think it was very easy to put in and it works great.

This is the two pockets in front of the purse. There are also 2 large pockets inside. Roomy!

This is a mini quilt I started years ago. All that needed to be done was to put the binding on. I pieced it together using some of the same fabric from the top. One corner didn't work out right but other wise, I love it.

Hope to add more later,

Wanda

http://wandas-quilts-crafts.blogspot.com/

A shattered finish…..

  My weekend was spent watching videos whilst it rained outside and stitching on the binding to finish my “Pretty in Pink” Shattered Tiles Quilt.   It was started in March, 2010 at a workshop which you can read more about here and here.

And finally, here she is…Pretty in Pink…..

…even Ralph wants to get in on the act!

Number 1 down for 2012……now, to check my list and ‘delve’  for another to attack!

sugary hugs

xo Wendy :O)

 

Hi Everyone

My name is Cheryl.  My blog is Polka Dots and Rick Rack,  and I am so excited to be joining your group.  I have posted before than I am a serial starter…..just love starting new things, then tucking them away, so this absolutely is the place for me to be.
Here is some of what I would like to tackle.  In the upper left corner there is a string quilt, that has 5 blocks done out of Celebrate Spring;  upper right, a Fat Quarter Shop Designer BOM that just needs the outer border; bottom left corner, a Moda pattern using Prairie Paisley…..lots of blocks done and then I found a mistake I had made in several blocks, so it got put aside and some reverse sewing needs to happen; lower right corner, my Cherry Quilt that I love, love….a few more Cherry blocks to buttonhole and then put the rows together.

Then there’s this….a pile of bindings!!  I have a binding business and I can get customer quilts done lickity split, but mine just seem to get tucked away!!
On a positive note I do have a finish for this year already.  In November at quilt camp I started this Full House pillow ….and I am happy to report that I actually finished it the first week of 2012!
Thanks Wendy for the warm welcome and I look forward to visiting and seeing what everyone else has going on.

Taa Dah !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taa Dah !!!!! My first finish for 2012. Even though it is small, it's a start.





Placemats for my friend Pat's housewarming gift. Needed to do the binding for months. But they are all packed up now and on there way to there new home.

Hugz
Maria

http://maria-lifeontheblock.com.au

#1 - Daisy Buttons

I do like to start a long scary list by ticking off a couple of smaller projects

this group of button daisy brooches are done and stored away carefully for when I need them ....

They are a lovely quick project and if you are interested in trying some I have shown how I did them HERE 

First Finish for 2012

Happy new year to all. This is my first UFO finish for 2012 & I hope that this year I will get through the other 19 UFO's on my list. I joined this site last year but as my sewing room was so disorganised I was never able to get in and get to any project. This year that changes. I am in the process of sorting out my sewing room to make it a place that encourages me to go in & sew. I still have a way to go but I am getting there.

What I have found is a basket of small items in various stages on progress. So I am starting in there & am starting with the items with the least amount of work to finish, I had two table runners that just needed binding, so I finished this table runner at 11.15 last night. It was started 2 years ago, the plan was for it to go into the birthday box. The other table runner has a self binding so the plan is to start the hand sewing tonight, it's a much larger runner that the purple "Violetta" runner so is likely to take me two night to finish. but finish it I will and hope to have a piccy to post on Thursday or Friday.

I am thinking of making one of these runners a giveaway on my blog (the other runner is from the "Fig & plum" range).


Happy UFO'ing

Gail (miss~nance)