Sunday 6 September 2015

A lovely year of finishes


I was looking for a little help, encouragement, support, or just a way to challenge myself to finish the many, many quilty projects that I have on the go, and I am so excited to have found A Lovely Year of Finishes (Challenge).


Quilter blogger Deb A of VT Quilter left a comment on one of my blog posts so I visited her blog to see what she was working on and I happened upon her ALYOF post, an answer to prayer!  Thank you Deb.

So for September I looked in my closet and decided to choose something which is close to finishing so that I have a good chance of getting it done.  My green House Sampler quilt has been waiting to be quilted for a very long time, it’s probably one of my oldest UFOs (UnFinished Objects).

Here is it with its pieced back waiting to be quilted.


Houses Sampler quilt (unfinished)

I’m going to quilt and bind it by the end of September – I can do this.

I’m excited!  Please check out A Lovely Year of Finishes to see what others are working on and perhaps join in the finishing fun.

Starting strong is good.  Finishing strong is epic. .  ~ Robin Sharma

6 comments:

  1. Can't wait to see your lovely finish - house quilts are a favorite!

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    1. Ah yes Angie, love all your colourful houses.

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  2. You have an excuse Edith, you do all our quilts. Enjoy finishing this lovely quilt.

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    1. Thanks Shirley, I actually bought my longarm machine so that I could finish my quilts, however my quilts are like the shoemakers family, they wait in line to be done after customer quilts. That's why I like this 'A Lovely Year of Finishes' idea, I'll sneak a few of mine in!

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  3. So glad you joined in the fun! I found it from another blog I read as well. Good luck with your goals, I know you can do it. I have a 2 week window for mine as I am away for a week and it was a very hectic week before I left. Still do able =). Such pretty green houses -do you have plans for the quilting? That is the part that always stumps me.

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    1. Deb, one of the reasons this quilt has been waiting so long is because I wondered and fretted about how to quilt it. I've decided to use a leaf pantograph and now I'm relieved. I'm not a very good custom quilter, so I'll stick with my pantos.

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