Pot holders complete

September goal completed, my One Monthly Goal (OMG) was to finish a bunch of pot-holders that were at various stages of being complete.

Each month I like to work in a colour to be part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and I try to get a set of pot-holders done, sometimes it works and others it doesn’t, however as with most of us, I get things started. That is why I enjoy taking part in the One Monthly Goal which now is being hosted by Stories from the Sewing Room.

A few more pictures by colour.

These pot-holders are from a pattern by Patchwork Pottery.

Thanks for dropping by, now to check my sewing/quilting room to see what I would like to finish for next month.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small, manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. ~ Mark Twain

Phew, I’m back

Fall is close at hand and it’s time for some goals and finishing many well begun projects. I do have a goal for September and that is to finish all the leaf potholders, that are somewhere on the path to being complete, by the end of this month.  Here are pictures of the leaves to be finished.

I’d like to move these from the unfinished pile to the complete and looking for new homes pile.  I’m also happy to be participating in Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal (OMG), helping me to be accountable and complete projects.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf. ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Finishing School

Are you stalled with a quilting project? Finishing School is a time to finish those projects that are waiting to be completed. Bring your quilt projects to work on in a supportive and social setting. Come and get tips on your projects that are anywhere on their way to being finished.

If you are in the Calgary area, come and join me this Friday evening (August 11th) for Finishing School, you can sign up through the Out of Hand 'Classes' page - https://outofhandquilting.com/finishing-school/

Dessert and tea will be provided. I look forward to seeing you there!

Bags for May

My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for May was to finish five bags which I had started over the last couple of months, and I’m happy to have achieved my goal.  I had to step on the gas earlier in the month as my sister was flying in to celebrate our dad’s 95th birthday and I knew she was interested in my bags, it was great motivation to get started.

A couple of light blue bags, which both have the same interior.

I really liked the fabric I found for the inside of the dark green bag.

And a couple of purple bags, a light one,

And a dark purple bag, which I forgot to take a picture of before my sister took it home, thankfully she send me pictures.  I might have to hire her as a photographer, she did such a nice job.

The pattern for these bags can be found at Agilejak’s blog by Anne Ibach, in her Frankenbag Tutorial.

Happy to participate in One Monthly Goal with Elm Street Quilts and Stories from the Sewing Room and complete a few more projects.

We will fail when we fail to try. ~ Rosa Parks

May One Monthly Goal

My goal for this month is to complete five bags which I have already begun, the tops are pieced and the quilting is done, here they are with the selected lining. I do need to prepare the handles.

I was able to find the purple lining in my stash, however the green and surprisingly the blue required a trip to the quilt store.  I am a lover of blue and my family was suspicious when I said I couldn’t find the right blue, or the right amount in my rather large blue fabric collection.

Is this too lofty of a goal?  I do hope I can get them done, the handles and the thickness of bag top, lining and handles takes patience, so not a race for sure.

Linking up with Elm Street Quilts and Stories from the Sewing Room, the hosts of One Monthly Goal.

Life is short, buy the fabric.

April One Monthly Goal finish

Happy Day, I was able to complete April’s One Monthly Goal (OMG) which was to sew my Squared Away blocks into a quilt top.  I am pleased with the brightness of it.

This quilt pattern is from a quilt along with the 2018 Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  In keeping with the scrappiness of this quilt I decided to sash and border it the same way that Angela from Soscrappy finished hers, using more little scraps of fabric for a postage stamp style border.

Happy to have this top done and to be participating in Elm Street Quilts OMG, check back in a couple of days to see what I have picked for my May goal.

When life throws you scraps, make a quilt.

One Monthly Goal April

My goal for April is to finish a quilt top.  The squared away quilt blocks were part of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge at Soscrappy in 2018, and now it’s time to sew them together into a quilt top.  

I’ve done most of the cutting for the sashing and border and I’ve started adding some sashing pieces.  I like to participate in Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal, as I find having a goal helps to keep me on track and actually finishing projects, and not just continuously starting new ones.

Let’s see how this month goes and if I get another quilt closer to completion.

Starting is not most people’s problem, staying, continuing and finishing is.

~ Darren Hardy