February Goal

Here it is, the end of the first week of February and I have not posted anything.  I am not getting into the swing of things as quickly as I had hoped.  I will admit that I was not feeling well for several days so not much was accomplished here.  I have started working on this month's goal, number 7 on my list for the APQ UFO Challenge.    Making a list like this really helps me to keep focused on finishes.

  

I have completed six of the sixteen blocks for this quilt but may have to make a few changes once I complete the next ten.  I used the back side of some of the fabrics in the first blocks I made.  I am not sure that I like the look so may have to make changes.  This is a fun pattern from Camille Roskelley's Simply Retro book. I plan to link up with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.  I enjoy visiting a few of the others linking to see what they are up to.

Some Goals Met and Projects Complete

We make plans to complete projects and we are often surprised by how the month goes.  I did not even work on my "Oh Deer" project but was able to complete the binding on three quilts.

Three's Company Quilt bound and labeled, ready to give to a friend.  The binding is scrappy using leftover pieces of the jelly roll the quilt was made of.

The blocks for this quilt were made with scraps from the quilt at the end of this post.  These blocks were from Amy Gibson's "Sugar Block Club 2014".  I put them together using the quilt as you go method and leftover fabric from other projects.  It is a smaller quilt, but I do like the way it went together.

This last quilt was the Fat Quarter Shop Designer Mystery Quilt 2013.  This is one from my early days of quilting and I think I will keep it here with me, at least for a while.  I am going to link my finishes with the January One Monthly Goal Link Up at Elm Street Quilts.  Motivation is a great help to me.   

January Goals

As I have chosen the word peace for a focus this year.  Therefore, I do not want to set lofty goals that will be a distraction.  Getting organized and accomplishing goals can add to peace in my life but these things can also make me anxious.  I have decided to try to keep it pretty simple and checking things off a list always helps me to see progress.  I have made a list using the   American Patchwork & Quilting UFO Challenge print out.  

Number 12 is the project to complete in January, so this is what I will be working on.

I am also participating in One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts and adding another goal to my list.  The two quilts below are back from the quilter and in need of binding.  My goal will be to get the binding added to these quilts.  I will share more about each quilt when the binding is complete, then I can take a good picture of them.

Starting small and working away at old projects and starting a few new is my plan for this year.  Maybe we will get the chance later this year to travel a bit in the USA.  That had been our plan when we retired in mid 2019 but things don't always go the way we think they should.  We are still blessed!

One Monthly Goal November 2019

When I am trying to decide what I will choose for my next finish there is no problem finding unfinished projects in my sewing room.  A while back I went through projects and made a list of UFO's and came up with about 60 items.  This includes projects that have not been started but patterns and materials are gathered and waiting to be used.  These are not projects that I have lost interest in so I hope to get to them.   I will say that I have completed 8 of the projects on these lists though I have not shared all of these here.

This will be my November Monthly Goal and I will share it at Elm Street Quilts.

The embroidery is complete and now to make a banner with them.  I am sure that it won't take long and now is the time.

I have completed a couple of projects recently.

Simple Joys of Winter pillow.

Woodland Wonderland BOM quilt.  I finished the binding this weekend.

It will be fun to use these new winter and Christmas projects.

January Goal 2019

Wow, it is hard to believe that it is 2019.  So many things have happened this past year and blogging was something that I did not find much time for.  We have many changes coming in the year ahead and I am looking forward to sharing more about that.  My hope is that I will make the time to share projects and family events on a regular basis this year.  I plan to join in and post goals and share those I am able to complete.  

First I will share my goal for January.  The quilt blocks below are my 2018 Block of the Month blocks designed by Sherri at A Quilting Life.   

Twelve blocks complete and ready to be put together.  I will pick up some border fabric this weekend and be ready to complete the quilt top.  Thank you to Patty at Elm Street Quilts and Julie at The Crafty Quilter for their inspiration to pick a project each month and finish it.

I hope to share the finished quilt top very soon.

Sherry

June Goal - Second Try

Wow! Sometimes the days pass quickly or maybe it is that they are so packed with things to do that they seem to pass quickly.  I have a goal for June that I am posting for the second time.  My June goal is  to finish the binding on my Sunshine Quilt.  I want to get it finished and use it to brighten up our room. 

This quilt is quilted and ready to go, waiting for binding.

I love the swirly quilting that Kathy did on this quilt.

Can't wait to get it done and enjoy using it.

Sherry

I will be linking up with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.

April Monthly Goal Complete

Here it is my goal for April, my Ducks in a Row quilt for our newest grandson.

I did the machine quilting in wavy lines and realized that I have room to improve.  The lines below the ducks were the first and were pretty close together, getting farther apart as I worked my way down.

It looked much better once I completed the binding.  I washed it after taking this picture and I like how it softened up, the differences in the spacing of the quilting is not quite so obvious.

Ducks in a Row by Sew Fresh Quilts is a fun and easy quilt to put together.  I will link up my One Monthly Goal finish at Elm Street Quilts and to  "Let's Make Baby Quilts at Michelle's Romantic Tangle. 

Sherry

One Monthly Goal - Maybe Two

When deciding what to choose for my Monthly Goal for April, all I had to do was take a look at what was laying across my  ironing board.  I am sewing in a small space in our kitchen/dining room so when I try to take a picture there is stuff in the background.  This is a blanket I am making for my newest grandchild.  The quilt pattern is called Ducks in a Row by Lorna McMahon of Sew Fresh Quilts.  I had a great time piecing it together and now have it spray basted and ready to quilt.  I plan to use my walking foot and quilt wavy lines on this quilt.  With my limited experience in this type of work I know that this will be an adventure.

I plan to bind the quilt in some yellow fabric I have.  Goal for this project, quilt and bind this quilt and give it to Judah.

I have given myself a second goal.  This quilt below is one of my favorite and probably the largest I have made so far.  I  finished piecing it over a year ago and received it from my quilter well over a month ago.  Now I must get the binding on.  This is going to be used on our bed at home to brighten up our room.  I will be doing a lot of had stitching to finish up this binding.

Well, it is time to get at it and get these projects moved over to my Finished list. 

Sherry

I will link this post with One Monthly Goal April at Elm Street Quilts.

Two Special Pillows

March has been a busy month and I am excited that I was able to complete a  couple of the pillows I had planned for my goal this month.  I made these two pillows for two sweet friends and I plan to give them to them this weekend.  The designs were intended for a quilt and the quilt would have been a beautiful.  I decided to make several different projects instead.  I am happy that I can share these embroideries and verses with several different people.

The sun showed itself today so it was a little easier to get a clear picture.

These designs were created by Jennifer Reynolds of Jenny of Elefantz.  Visit her blog and you will be inspired by her designs and  her testimony.  I have stitched many of her designs and I am a part of her monthly Stitchery Club.  If you love to embroider be sure to visit her website and sign up, don't miss out.

Sherry

I will be linking with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.

March Project Plans

I have so many projects that I would love to finish but there have been many distractions this past month.  We had some water come in to our basement apartment,  The water made it necessary to take up carpet and flooring.  My sewing room had to be completely emptied.  As we were packing I set what I could aside and I have just a few projects available to work on.  Most of my fabrics and unfinished projects are packed safely in plastic tubs but are not so easy to get to.  

Below I have pictures of four blocks from and inspirational quilt that I have been working on for some time.  The designs were created as a block of the month by Jennifer Reynolds of Jenny of Elefantz.

The blocks have been folded in a project bag and will look much better when pressed and the pillow cover is complete.

Many of my favorite bible verses were used in these designs.  I was planning to complete all of the blocks and make a quilt but decided to share these with several of my friends.  I plan to make at least two pillow covers this month for some special ladies I know.  I hope to use all of the completed blocks in projects and that would be even better.  I look forward to working with these embroideries to make some special gifts for some special people in my life.

Sherry

I will be linking up with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.

February Goal Finished Early

I was able to finish my quilt top from the 2017 Block of the Month at A Quilting Life.  I made this quilt using the Kate Spain fabric line "Sunnyside".  I used the scraps from the fat quarters used in another project.  All I had to gather was a few yards of background fabric and the outer border.   Now to get a backing put together and have this quilted.  My word for the year is Finish, and I am excited to have another quilt top finished.

I will link up with the link - February One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts a little later in the month.  In my post here, I shared this quilt as one of my 2018 Finish Along projects and I will link this finish to it.

Sherry

Block of the Month - February Goal

This is one of the Block of the Month projects I worked on in 2017.  The quilt design was created by  Sherri at A Quilting Life.  My blocks are complete, my goal is to get the top and backing ready for quilting.  

These are a couple of the blocks.  They were made using the fabric left over from another quilt I made using fat quarters.

The blocks are stacked together, sashing is cut and border fabric purchased.  Let's see if I can complete the top and prepare it for quilting.

This quilt is on my list for the 2018 UFO Challenge at All People Quilt.com.  It is also on  my list of projects to finish for the 2018 Finish Along.  I will be linking with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts for my February goal.   I hope you have a chance to finish a project this month.  Happy Stitching.

Sherry

January Goal is Complete

I chose this quilt as my goal for January, all it needed was binding and a label.  It has both.  It is one of my favorite quilts I have made and it is so nice to have it completed.  My husband likes this quilt also so I think it will be his.  It needs to be washed to soften it up.  The rain has not stopped here so I had to make do with a picture taken inside.  It does not show how fun the quilt is and the fabulous quilting but I wanted to link this up with One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.  I have decided that this will be a year of finishes and I am happy with the projects I have accomplished.  I will share some of my quilt tops that are ready to be quilted soon.

The binding on this quilt is scrappy, I had a lot of leftover fabric.  A scrappy binding for a scrappy quilt.

Visit Elm Street Quilts here to see who has finished their January goals.  In my blogpost here I listed this as one of my goals for the 2018 Finish Along Q1.  I will be linking this finish.

Wow it is 2018 - What is my January Goal?

I have always been a list maker.  Especially when it comes to my sewing and embroidery projects.  I love crossing off or writing down the date that I finish something.  I am working on a list of twelve quilting projects I hope to complete this year and this is the first I will work on.

This is my Adornit block of the month quilt.  It is all quilted but missing something, the binding.  It has been ready for me to finish for a while now and this is the month.  I will post when it is bound and labeled.  I did not label all of my quilts at first but I plan to label all moving forward.  I will be linking this post to One Monthly Goal at Elm Street Quilts.  I appreciate these link ups, they always help in the area of motivation.  Happy Stitching!

Sherry