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

Evening Star quilt by Shirley

Shirley uses flannel to make all of her quilt and I’m impressed that this cozy scrappy quilt is made entirely out of flannel.  I’m also impressed with the variety of prints that she was able to find, all in flannel.  I don’t find flannel as easy to work with as quilting cotton and I think Shirley did an amazing job matching corners and just getting the flannel to behave.

Evening Star quilt

A perfectly complementary back fabric.

Evening Star quilt with back

Shirley chose the Blowin’ Wind pantograph by Jodi Beamish and a Mocha coloured thread.

Blowin' Wind pantograph

Shirley says people just love to touch and cuddle in her flannel quilts when they visit her house. This quilt and a cup of Mocha are sure to keep you warm on a wind blowing day. 

 

From morning’s light to evening star, always remember how special you are. ~ Anonymous