My May Finish

I have another UFO finished this month - I finally got to take up the last two pairs of trousers for Mr Fixit.

A finish for May..but I'm a day late in posting

Internet access problems have plagued me in the last few days, but it looks like that is all behind me now..so I can now add my May finish on this blog...It has been my go to project for doing when I just wanted an easy relaxing project.  It has now reached a size that I am happy with and so I am calling it finished.  It has kept me company on cold nights but I have another project that is in need of rescuing and finishing.

Finally a finish of my own!

It seems so long since I’ve posted a finish of my own on our blog!!!   I’ve been admiring all of your work and never actually getting around to a finish of my own but today, I did!
Ta dah……

….only a littly but it IS a finish……at last!
I will post more about it on my blog HERE later on tonight….or maybe in the morning…..I’m so lacksa-daisy lately…..must give my mojo a bit of a kick to help move it on its way!
Sew many hugs
Wendy :O) xox

Milla's Quilt - 4th finish

My little cousin Milla was born in september. Her gender was unknown through the pregnancy so when she was born I picked her quilt. I think it was mid october by the time I started and I finished it at the end of Feb.... I'm glad that this is off my UFO list

Isn't Milla beautiful
Cheers for now Geniene

Yah, Number Four

How Does Your Garden Grow is a quilt kit by Pat Wys I started back in 2005.  I had some of the blocks made but none of the appliqué. I wasn't really a fan of applique' back then but over the years I have come to really enjoy doing all types of applique'
On this quilt I decided to try something I hadn't done before - Hand appplique' by machine.
Instead of using freezer paper to make my shapes I used a wash away fusible material sold by Jenny Haskins called Tearaway Magic.  This material is supposed to dissolve when washed so you don't have to cut your background to remove the paper.  I think it worked pretty well.  Most of it dissolved leaving only a few fibers which seemed to give the applique' a little poof.  I have a little more explanation here.
This group has really been great for helping me finish some of my projects.
Nancy R

Finishes 4, 5 and 6!!!

FINALLY! I finished our RUFFLE quilts! I first saw this idea here and started collecting those beautiful vintage sheets for our throws. I was making one for both girls and one for myself so we could all sit and watch movies with our 'girly quilts'. My plan was to give these to my girls for Christmas in 2010 but I quit sewing on them because I hurt my back. I was so discouraged that I couldn't give these to my girls that I put them in a laundry basket and there they stayed. I had everything cut and ready to start sewing.

In my Year of FINISHED UFO's~ this one was one of high priority to me. I sewed ruffles and more ruffles and more ruffles! I broke needles because my ruffler was so busy, it would jiggle the alignment off and my needle would hit metal or the sheets were too dense and I didn't want to slow down! I had tension issues, thread breaking, sewer problems and many other 'life issues' come at me all at once while working on these for the past week--- but I did it! I finished our ruffle quilts! I am in love with each one all for different reasons! Sew-- here they are:

All 3 of them with their backing sheet

I learned-- sew on ONE ruffle at a time and pin the next one!

These are HEAVY!

One VERY happy little girl!

and one very happy doggy!

3 more finishes - woohooooo

2nd finish for this year is this bag for my daughter, Haylee. The bag is made from 8 caring hearts that Our craft forum girls nominated Haylee for when she went to Kenya in 2008 on a mission awareness trip. She was away on the weeke end & my plan was to have it ready when she got back, I didn't quite make that, so I finished it while she was at Church and surprised her when she got home. She had no idea and had even forgotten about the hearts.








3rd finish is the Fig & plum tablerunner. I just had to finish the binding on this one. Finished it late last night.

Fourth finish were these fibre bookmarks that I sell at work. I just had to finsh the edges, stamp the back and put a tassle on each one. I do have more book marks in varying stages of completion but these are all we need for now.

It is becoming to look a lot like Christmas!

We had our first dust of snow this morning, last day of school. Sadly, it was all melted by lunch time but at least it was pretty this morning.

Although we put up our tree last week-end... before the tree skirt was finished, I am proud to say that  it is now finished and around the tree, I did the last stitch on the binding last night.

I made my skirt using blocks I made and received from the Christmas Scrappy Block Swap I took part in in August 2009! I know that was a looooong time ago... My blocks have been patiently waiting to be used since then. I only got them out about a week or two ago and decided that this was the year I was going to get them into a quilt, they were not going to wait yet another year until next Christmas.

This one is a real UFO when you think the blocks were pieced about 30 months ago. This is my 4th finish this year (and second in about 2 weeks) and I am hoping to have another one to report very shortly, only needs the binding now... Watch this space!

Celine

Rosalie Quinlan Bag

A good friend asked me 18 months ago if I could make her this bag.   I immediately started joining the strips, and after getting a few in the wrong order, I threw it aside in disgust.  But, I dragged it out last week and got busy with my unpicker and have finished it up. 

This is Rosalie Quinlan's Angel Pin Carry Bag(minus the Angel Pin) from Homespun No 21.  This is the third time I've made this bag and it's pretty simple to put together(once you get past the strips being joined in the wrong order!)   So that's Number Four finished for me.

Keep up the great work girls, we're not too far away from 200 finishes ................  Nicky

Number 4......so soon!!!!

Here 'tis.....my fourth finish......and I don't know how it happened!!!   I've been in such a drought lately and all of a sudden......finish after finish!!!  I'm loving it!

You can read all about my Vintage Turnover Quilt here.

Hope your week is full of finishes!

Sew many sugary hugs

XX Wendy :O)

My Fourth Finish

Here is the 'Cats Meow' my fourth finish for Sew Its Finished. This is only my second full quilt finished since I started quilting (past 18mth). It was a kit that I fell in love with in 2008. Not sure if my taste would choose this these days, now in love with all lovely bright modern colours.
It is quilted in the ditch, that is all my skills are capable of. I am quite proud of myself.

Thanks DH for holding it up

Look it has all ready found a home in the family room!!!

Now it is time to find something to do.....only another six to do off my first UFO list.
Regards Sandra

4 Quilt Tops Done

Thank you to Wendy for inviting me to participate in this blog. I just wanted to show you all that this week, I have finished 4 baby quilts for little ones that survived the tornadoes of Alabama (United States) and their families did not.

Having this blog on UFO's helps me to complete my quilts and get rid of some of my stash as I feel accountable to all of you who are working so hard to complete your UFO's.

Simply put, this is a great support group for all of us quilters who say we never have the time to finish anything.

I have found a new home.

If anyone wants to stop by my home blog check out the Quilting Ranny at:
http://www.quiltingranny.blogspot.com

Susans Sewing Space - 2 Finishes

Another two to get off the list!


Christmas Sampler - not finished in time for 2010 Christmas but at least its ready for this year.  A Nancy Halverson design - in the book "Tidings" .  I fell in love with this at the Brisbane Craft show in October last year.

Leanne Beasley's Stitchers Keeper - I just love this embroidery - it was a "Must have" as soon as I saw it.

The pattern included an iron on transfer - just love those things - so much better than tracing - and you can use a wider variety of fabrics.  So I had to test the iron on before I did the main pattern - and made a little needle case out of the pratice bit.  (That's it at the top saying "Stitchers Keeper").  I feel I also need a scissors holder with a single flower - maybe later!

One more is finished - but it will have to wait for another day.

(That's 5 finishes or me)

Take Care
Susan

I'M GETTING THROUGH THEM!

Hi.... well yesterday I realised I  needed to make a gift for a lady and have it ready by next Wednesday.... so I pulled out some 'Hearts' I had partly made a while ago... and got to work.

I thought this UFO would take me at least 5 days (well that's all the time I had actually).....

 ABOVE:   much to my surprise I have finished it!   It is only a small knee quilt, but it's very cute I think.

ABOVE:  and it is totally reversable... which is neat. 

So that's another UFO done... I still have not actually gotten down to writing a list of my UFO's, but at this rate I will have them all done before I get the list written.

I hope everyone else is enjoying getting their UFO's done?
ONWARD...

Salami Method....One Slice At A Time

I'm currently tackling my smallest WIPs. Yesterday this one was found lurking in a suspicious manner with two other WIPS. It was a homeless block from last year's Homespun BOM. It is now leading a productive life as a heat pad for the dining table.


Yesterday this embroidery had no fixed abode. It had been wandering for so long it was nameless. Now it leads a productive life as my e-book reader cover.


When I found this WIP yesterday it was an unstuffed lavender pouch. It experimented with life as a square quilt ruler pouch, but found its true calling as a travel needlecase.