A finish for March

I am so pleased that I can share this finish for March , this SAHRR (stay at home Round Robin) has been in the works for a very long time , I actually can't remember when I started this last year but it has been sitting and waiting for quilting for months and finally I had it quilted by a friend of mine and last night I sewed on the binding .

 I did this SAHRR along with Sunny of Quilting Dreams  ,it was fun but challenging , however that said I am really happy I took part , sometimes it is good to be challenged, that is how we learn .
Sheila

Out of the UFO pile, into a postage box

 I am very pleased to say that this UFO has been finished.

This quilt started it's life as  "Jelly Roll Race" quilt about 2 years ago and I loved it, I really did, but my then 8yo did not, so it sat.

and sat......

and sat .....

until I put my hand up to make an Aussie Hero Quilt for a Chaplain serving in Afghanistan.  Then inspiration struck, I could lengthen my Jelly Roll race and applique an Australia on top and that would be awesome.

 

So that is what I did.  I love it, I hope the chaplain does too when he receives it. It was squashed into its postage box and hugged goodbye at the post office yesterday.  Fast travels quilt. You are needed overseas.

 

This is a Sew its finished finish, an OPAM for March, an Aussie Hero Quilt and a great weight off my mind.

Henrietta’s Whiskers completed

This appliqué and stitchery quilt was a free BOM by Bunny Hill designs  that I started some time early in 2011.  I actually completed the top mid last year but never got around to turning the flimsy into a quilt – but it was on my TO DO list for this year, and as a promise to myself I can only start a new quilt if I finish one of my UFO’s.

This quilt is made in autumn colours in keeping with the theme of the quilt – squirrels and crows and pumpkins. I used a mixture of French General and thimbleberry fabrics with a mix of some others in my stash.

Here are a few close up pics of some of the blocks
 

 Now I can cross this off my UFO list – YAY

February Finishes…WOW !

Congratulations Ladies,

Month 2 has passed and we have already managed to rack up almost a third of the total finishes we had in 2012....what can I say.....not only are you inspirational.....

YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!!

Forty-eight, yes 4-8 finishes for February....how good is that?

That takes us to a total of 123 finishes for the first two months of the year....our goal of 500???? ppppfffft....we'll have reached that in six months!!!

I can only imagine what number of finishes we'll achieve this year....

anyone want to has-it-a-guess????

Here is what the February Finishers received as their ‘reward’….

Make sure you don’t miss out in March….

Keep those fingers nimble...looking forward to a mountain more finishes for March!

xox Sew many hugs

Wendy :O)

and Dawn xox

BoM 2012

I have a big finish but that's yet to be revealed :-) In the meantime, here is my fourth block from last year's BoM:

Pillow talk.....

I loved the sentiment on this stitchery so of course I had to embroider it and then it just stayed pinned to the back of my chair in my 'playpen' but then I had a brainwave.  A good friend gave me a super piece of fabric and I didn't want it to just stay amongst all my other fabrics feeling lost and lonely.  So there you have it, many moons later, I have a nice cushion which reminds me of friendship and why I love sewing. 
Cheers everyone xox

Two finishes to start the month.

I admired this cushion on a friends blog so she sent me the pattern, and I made one for me, and one for mum

I found the large ric rac challenging to work with to say  the least which is why the second cushion ended up with some lace trim instead.  I am still happy with how they both look, a great way to use up scraps, but has not made the slightest dent in my scrap baskets.