please bear with us…..

I’m in the process of finalising the “Year of  Blooms” pattern now and finished quilting it yesterday….so I guess you could say it was my first UFO finish of the year!!!!!?????

Once I have the pattern all written up (which should be today or tomorrow if there are no interruptions………listening, family?????), I will get it out to those of you with December finishes, along with the December block!

Keep up the good work with all the finishes…  if you’re anything like me, your UFO pile is growing instead of shrinking…..*eek*

We’re onto a new year so we’ll be offering a new gift each month for those of you with finishes…..but you’ll just have to wait and see what that one is!!!! 

In the meantime….

Sew many hugs xo :o)

Wendy & Dawn

Can’t wipe the grin off my dial !

Well it happened!!!  We did it......
We reached, and even surpassed our goal of 500 finishes for the year.....BEFORE the end of the year!!!!
WOOHOOOOOOO!!!!
*insert happy dance here*

We’re  so proud of you gals......you did it.
We had 75 finishes last month
which took us to a total of 518 finishes by the end of November!!!  With still a month to go!!!!!
Now I must remember to contain my excitement and give my apologies for a very late block posting to our November finishers.....Christmas goodies and magazine contributions took up more space in life than I’d planned (along with the general run-of-the-mill stuff!)
But here is October's block for those of you who had finishes.....

and I’ve finished December’s block and that will be posted with the finishing directions for the BOM quilt at the end of the month….I’m working on piecing it together now.

So girls, look out in your inbox for the November block…I’ll be sending them out this afternoon. 

Let’s see how many we can get done for December……perhaps a 600 finish????  (We’re cheeky aren’t we???)

Sew many Christmassy hugs

Wendy & Dawn  xox

October finishes tally

A busy month last month and another slow release from me…sorry ladies!!!!

but here’s the block our finishers will receive today…..

A beautiful fruit bowl of marigolds, formally known as the Calendula.

And our finishes this month??? another wonderful tally of 30…..I’m guessing everyone’s preparing their creations for Christmas swaps and gifts so a little down from other months but still has us on track to reach our goal of 500 finishes this year!!!!  Woohoo!!!!

The tally takes us to a total of 443 finishes, leaving us with 57 to achieve our goal….just 29 per month…….

can we do it girls????

YES WE CAN!!!!  Go on…..reach for the stars!!!!

xo sew many hugs

Wendy & Dawn :o)

Finishes for August and September are astounding!!!! Yippeee!!!

Again, you girls never cease to amaze us! 

I’ve spent the last hour or so trying to update the sidebar to alert you to the fact of how close we are to our goal but no matter what I try, it just won’t work…..is anyone else having issues with Blogger today???  (probably just me because I’m soooo excited!!! LOL)

Well, seeing as it won’t let me tell you in the sidebar….I’ll tell you here…..

Our goal is 500….we all know that!

With August’s tally of 43 finishes

and September’s tally of 36 finishes,

that takes us to a grand total of

413 finishes to date (30/09/13)

which only leaves 87 to reach our goal of 500

and with only 3 months to go,

that equates to 29 finishes per month!

Well done ladies….we’re very proud and honoured to be amongst you….you are sooooo inspiring…..!!!!

I’m off to send out the SIF blocks to all our grand finishers and then off to do some catch up…..Anyone want to come and help attack my UFO pile?????!!

Sew many hugs

Wendy :o) and Dawn xo

 

August’s BOM delay

Hi Girls,

I know some of you are eagerly awaiting the next BOM block for your finishes after seeing sneaky peeks of a matching applique pattern on my blog……and yes, the stitchery  IS finished and ready to go…….however, it has been brought to my attention that it may have some copyright issues…..as being an Aussie slouch hat, I’ve incorporated the Rising Sun Badge which may be a ‘no-no’!  *eek*

Just seeking clarification on it before I send it out to those of you with finishes.  As soon as I’ve heard, if I have to, I’ll make modifications and it will be on its way to you!

In the meantime,

sew many hugs

June BOM delivery…

Thanks for your patience Ladies!!!!   It has been a week and a half squeezed into the last few days so my apologies!!!!  But the June block has now been emailed out to our finishers….I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed designing it for you...

.......Just a sidenote…..if you didn’t receive it and you think you should have as you posted a UFO  finish last month, just drop me a line…don’t be shy…it’s late as I’m doing this and the brain gets a bit fuzzy!!!! LOL

We had 24 finishes this past month....not as many as usual, but I figure it was end of the financial year here in Australia so lots of people were focusing on the more boring task of getting their financial paperwork in order for the taxman! :/

Still.......it means we have 302 finishes so far this year and only 198 left to reach our goal......in other words, 33 finishes a month! 

We WILL get there, I'm confident (and I guess it would help if I actually had some of mine finished wouldn't it????) LOL

have a wonderful weekend and lots more finishes to all of you!

Sew many hugs

Wendy & Dawn xo :o)

Mid-month ideas and encouragement…..

I’m loving all your enthusiasm and watching lists go up, inspiring one another and seeing finishes appear already!!!  Wow….when Dawn and I first started this blog, that was the whole intent ….but we never thought it would grow so big!!!!

Now I’ve noticed some of you are getting a little disheartened with all your UFO listing, but you know, we’re not alone!  I’ve been hopping about in Blogland and there are quite a few others who have the same problem and are offering some useful tips…….

  Pat’s first post is HERE and helps out with ‘The Sort”!!!  Sorting out those UFOs is such a daunting task, and even though a lot of us have listed them down, Pat goes through where to start once you’ve sorted them….I’m going to have a play with my list over the weekend!!!!

Another blogger who has some fab ideas for busting through that UFO pile is Patchwork Posse aka Becky Jorgensen.     Becky’s having a 52 UFO quilt block  pick up on her blog, so every week there will be a tutorial, a hint or some inspiration on how to use up those UFO blocks that gather up in your pile that you don’t know what to do with!

She’s adding each week’s link HERE so you won’t need to go searching!  Just be careful not to ADD to your UFO stash!!! LOL

Another idea Dawn and I have come up with to spur you along, is to continue our Block of the Month for all those ‘good little finishers’……so, each month, if you have a finish posted by the last day of the month, once we’ve done our tally up,  we will send you a free block pattern  in our block of the month.  After twelve months, you’ll have the whole pattern and finishing instructions AND a ufo to start you off the following year!!!! hehehe….see…..method in our madness….you’ll NEED to keep with us then!!!! LOL

What is that I hear??? You want a sneak preview and some hints???

mmmmmmmmm……… let’s just say there’s some piecing and  some stitcheries and it’s ‘blooming’ wonderful, if I do say so myself!!!! *wink wink*……  But you’ll have to wait for more details closer to the end of the month……I’ll just keep you guessing for now!!!!!

So, on with the UFO busting……..

sew many hugs

Wendy :O) and Dawn xo