2012 First Finish

 My first finish for 2012.  This quilt is a BOM  from Stitch 'N Quilt a local shop that has been closed for several years.

The blocks were made in 2005 and forgotten about, but since joining Sew It's Finished I have been going through my UFO's to see what I have and I discovered this one.  It was called Sunday Sampler because you picked up your block on Sunday afternoon.  The first block was $5 but if you brought your block in completed the next month your block was free.

Last week I added the corners to the blocks, the black sashing, borders and quilted it.
One UFO down and lot's more to go.  Click here for more pictures and information about this quilt.
Nancy R

First Finish for 2012

My first finish for 2012 and for the 'Sew its Finished' challenge. I joined last year and made my list ( a shocking list that was) then the wheels seem to fall off the cart and I didn't finish anything. Felt very depressed about this. So I was glad to hear that the challenge is continuing this year and I have been bitten by some sort of finish it off bug this year and have been working mainly on finishing of my looooooooooooooooooooong list of UFO's. This table centre is my first finish I only had to sew the binding down to complete it and I can't believe how long it has taken me to do it. I'm not sure how old this UFO is I think I would have done the stitchery at least 5 years ago. A bit ridiculous really. It is a Leanne's House stitchery and the pattern was from an old craft magazine.

Ready for the binding to be sewn down

I used perle cotton to quilt the top and I really like the chunky look it really suits the style of the quilting. I quilted it by machine and it wasn't too difficult considering the thickness of the thread.
I would only use a simple quilting pattern for this technique though mainly basic straight sewing.

Perle Cotton Quilting

I have another 2 UFOS that I have started on a table runner prepped ready for quilting and am in the process of piecing/sewing together another table runner. They both contain stitchery as well.
Seems like i can manage to get the stitching done but when it comes to putting it together it ends up in the UFO pile.

I hope this motivation to finally tackle this mammoth task keeps on going.

Bye for now, from Liz