Baby Rose Bud

I did it! I finished my One Monthly goal for August.  I wasn’t sure if it was logistically possible for me as I had two of my grandsons for part of the month and I had to drive them separately back to their homes in BC, as well as take some vacation time.  So I’m happy to have completed this project. 

I think Baby Rose Bud was one of the oldest projects in my stash of UFOs (UnFinished Objects) and that is why I chose it this month.  I have a book where I record my quilt projects and do my calculations, keeping track of pieces cut, blocks completed and such and I’m working my way through it.  

This little lovely was started at a quilt retreat at the Kananaskis Mountain Lodge with Freckles Quilt Shop.  I have always loved mint green and pink and wanted to combine them in a delicate looking quilt.  I thought Rose Bud seemed like a good theme. 

Quilted with the Rambler Rose pantograph by Meredith England.

Happy to be linking up with Elm Street Quilts One MonthlyGoal (OMG) helping me to consistently finish projects waiting on the sewing room shelves, and hiding in drawers.

For each thorn, there's a rosebud... For each twilight - a dawn... For each trial - the strength to carry on, For each storm cloud - a rainbow... For each shadow - the sun... For each parting - sweet memories when sorrow is done. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

New Project for a New Month

My quilting goal for the month of August is to quilt and bind this delicate looking baby quilt called Rose Bud. 

Adapted from a pattern made by a friend that had rows of the Rose Bud block on point and some flying geese borders.  Once I started the blocks I knew I wasn’t going to continue to finish a full sized quilt.

I love the soft greens and pinks in this quilt, reminds me of tea roses.

I am linking up with ElmStreet Quilts One Monthly Goal which helps me to keep making goals of finishing fabric projects.

So excited to say that I was the lucky July winner of a $25 gift certificate.  Many thanks to Elm Street Quilts and the Fat Quarter Shop!

Winners aren’t those who never fail but… those who never quit. ~ Bansky

Double Bonus

My (OMG) goal for July was to finish designing and then piece a Kaffe Fassett quilt top, and I added that sashing and a border would be a bonus.  Well I got the whole top pieced including a sashing and border and then I used strips of left-over the fabric to cover a garden bench, so double bonus. 

‘Sunlight in the forest’ is designed by Kaffe and you can find the pattern in his book Quilts in Sweden. 

My inspiration for finishing this quilt actually was wanting to use some of this green fabric to cover the garden bench.  I saw a picture of another covered bench on the Kaffe Fassett Collective Facebook page and loved the idea, however I knew I had to finish the quilt first, so as not to accidently use fabric that I needed to complete the quilt top. Once I got the top done I was keen to add fabric strips to the bench. 

Neither the quilt nor the bench are finished, perhaps another months goal.  The bench needs a clear acrylic top coat and the quilt top needs backing and quilting.

Thanks to Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal, I am having fun completing unfinished projects.

We might think we are nurturing our garden, but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us. ~ Jenny Uglow

July Goal

My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for July is to finish designing and then piece this quilt top. 

Sashing and border would be a bonus, my goal is just to finish selecting the fabric, cutting the blocks and get it pieced.

The quilt is called Sunshine in the Forest and I began working on it in a Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably workshop that I fortunate to attend at Out of Hand Needle Arts in Calgary.  It was a few years ago, so time to get this lovely pieced. 

And into the forest I go to lose my mind and find my soul. ~ John Muir

Postage Stamp top is done

Yay, I completed my June One Monthly Goal (OMG) which was to piece this top together. 

I used 121 out of 124 of my sixteen block squares, so the finished quilt should be approximately 88 inches square. 

As with so many quilts it was a real trip down memory lane, with so many little squares from so many past projects. 

Glad to have this top finished and now to think of what my July OMG will be. 

The most interesting thing about a postage stamp is the persistence with which it sticks to its job. ~ Napoleon Hill

Simone’s Quilt by Olivia

Today is my daughter Olivia’s birthday, so I would like to post a quilt that she made for her friend Kristy’s daughter.  I’ve posted before that my daughter Olivia doesn’t really like quilts, I think she’s been (over)saturated with them all her life, however whenever a friend has a baby she wants to make them a quilt.

This is Simone’s flannel quilt, made by Olivia. 

Olivia chose the New Delhi #1 pantography by Patricia E. Ritter, she likes the paisley look which matched the design in some of the fabrics. 

Olivia found this cute fabric for the back of the quilt. 

With the leftover blocks I whipped up a couple of burp pads. 

Nice job Olivia, my sweet talented girl.

It’s not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving. ~ Mother Teresa

Postage Stamp Quilt Blocks

I’ve always been impressed and intrigued by postage stamp quilts, and thought this would be a great way to play with a variety of small squares of fabric.  So a few years back I decided to start piecing 2 ½ inch squares as a leader ender project.  I ended up with 124 blocks. 

Now it’s time to sew them together for my Postage Stamp quilt.  I think there is a little bit of everything from my stash in here. 

Sewing the top together by the end of the month is my goal to participate in Junes One Monthly Goal (OMG) with Elm Street Quilts.

Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists of the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. ~ Josh Billings