Thank goodness for goals

Completing these two pink bags so that I could participate in Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal was my hope for March, and I am happy that I was able to accomplish it.

I added a silk-screened flower shape to the pale pink block, as originally it looked like a pink frame to nothing. 

Both bags have this large pink rose floral for the lining.

I’m finding these bags a nice little project to use up scraps and even complete in a relatively short amount of time you can find an easy to follow tutorial by Anne Iback at AgileJack.

In addition to the two pink bags, I finished a couple of others, a green bag (already blogged here) and then another bag made with leftover block and scraps from my Wanderer’s Wife quilt.

I love this Philip Jacobs Brocade Peony fabric that I found in my stash for the bag lining.

Happy to have achieved my goal and to have these bags completed, and now it’s time to think about a goal for April.

One part at a time, one day at a time, we can accomplish any goal we set for ourselves. ~ Karen Casey

A little green play

Soscrappy has chosen green for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge for the month of March and I was able to play with my green scraps.  First making the fronts and backs for two green bags.

Then I was actually able to finish one of the bags, I might even get the other finished in the next day or two, however not in time to participate in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this month. Here is the first finished green bag.

  

These bag instructions are complements of Anne Iback’s Frankenbag Tutorial.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you are finding time to play with fabric.

Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises. ~ Pedro Calderon de la Barca

Recent graduates

A big welcome to the world of quilting to my latest graduates of Quilting 101!

Over a couple of Sundays in February and March I taught the Quilting 101 (beginning quilting) class at Out of Hand, a local quilting store.  Learning a lot of quilting lingo we covered everything from fabric selection right up to binding and after two intensive days of learning and sewing these ladies had a crib size quilt about 95 to 100% finished.  Most were at the point of hand-sewing the binding onto the back of their quilts.

Here they are with their beautiful quilts: 

 

Maryann and Donna

Michelle

Carolyn and Marilyn

Friends Carolyn and Marilyn have taken Quilting 101 before, as well as spending some friend time together Carolyn was using this time to make a baby quilt for her first grandchild expected in May.

Thank you all for taking Quilting 101, I know we have some new (or renewed) quilters thinking about their next project, Maryann has already picked fabric to start a twin size quilt for her daughter, and all are talking about taking Quilting 201!

The beginning is always today. ~ Mary Shelley

OMG Time Flies

Time to post my March One Monthly Goal (OMG), as Elm Street Quilts blog post tells me there are only 11 hours left.  Making a quick decision and having something I would like to get finished soon, my goal for March will be to turn these squares into two pink bags.

February at Soscrappy’s Rainbow Scrap Challenge was the colour pink, so these tops were just finished last month, however I have a few bag tops completed and it’s time to finish them.

Generally I quilt little items on my domestic machine, however I plan to quilt these on my long-arm and then decide on which method I prefer.

Quilting may not solve all your problems,

But then again, neither will housework.