Baby Rainbow Rows quilt complete

My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for May was to complete this crib size Rainbow Rows quilt and I did it. 

This little quilt was made with the left-over blocks from my full-sized Rainbow Rows quilt, which my husband and I now have on our bed.

Quilted with the Double Plume pantograph by Keryn Emmerson. 

You can see the quilting a bit better on the back of the quilt. 

Each month there are three lucky winners with Elm StreetQuilts One Monthly Goal finish-up and I was one of the winners for the April.  I was delighted to receive my Alison Glass collection of 12 threads by Aurifil.  Thank you to Patty of Elm Street Quilts and her sponsor Aurifil. 

 

Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you will never, ever have enough. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Scrappy Triple Four Patch

I’m starting another quilt, and thought I would show off my orange(y) blocks for Orange May with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. 

The quilt is called UFO Complete and it’s from the book Simple Strategies for Block-swap Quilts, by Lynn Roddy Brown. 

There will be 90 of the triple four patch, 5 double four patch blocks and 220 squares.  

It’s supper scrappy, and you can get an idea of what it’s going to look like here.  When I quilted Doreen’s quilt I just loved the design and scrappiness of this quilt, so it’s been on my ‘to do’ list for a while.  Then about a month ago I decided to start by cutting a 3 ½ inch strip of most of the fabrics in my stash.

What's meant to be will always find a way ~ Trisha Yearwood

Orange Leaf Pot-holders

May is orange at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, so I’ve made a set of the leaf pot-holders in orange this month.  

There were some cute buttons in my orange button jar. 

A few bigger orange pieces for the backing and a fat quarter from my stash for the binding. 

It’s not hard to find orange leaves in nature. 

Photo by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash

I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do. ~ Leonardo da Vinci

A Goal for May

A Rainbow Rows baby quilt is the next on my agenda to finish.  This little quilt was made up from the left over blocks from my full-size Rainbow Rows quilt, which you can see here.  My May goal will be to quilt and bind this little quilt.

Rainbow Rows baby will also be quilted with the Double Plume pantograph by Keryn Emmerson.

First I need to find some fabric for the back, which I don’t think will be a problem, I’ll pick and/or piece something from my white, cream and low volume stash. 

I’m so very excited to say that I was one of the winners of Elm Street Quilts April Finish Link-up.  I am looking forward to receiving a large spool set from Aurifil, I’ll be watching my mailbox!  See the many May goals and consider joining in the fun and satisfaction of completed projects (and the possibility of winning one of the lovely monthly prizes). 

You'll fail at a 100% of the goals you don't set. ~ Mark Victor Hansen

April Goal Complete

My OMG (One Monthly Goal) for April was to quilt and bind this Blue and White on point Mile a Minute quilt, and it is done.  A full size quilt measuring 88 x 102 inches. 

I hurried home from work to take the picture while the sun was still out and there was a nice patch of snow for the background, and you can see I have a few clips holding down the binding.  Once I finished supper I sat down and finished hand sewing the binding. 

My daughter picked the Entangle pantograph by Hermione Agee, she thought the design was a nice compliment to the on point blocks, I have to agree. 

I used larger pieces from my stash to piece the back, the binding is patchy as well.  It feels good to use fabric that have, rather than buying more, I honestly can see my stash shrinking (just a little). 

You can see Entangle better on this bit of the back. 

 I’m thankful to ElmStreet Quilts for hosting this OMG, as it keeps me on track with finishing the many projects I have on the go.

When you love what you have you have everything you need.

Blue and White Mile a Minute OMG

Another month and with it a goal to complete another quilt.  My One Monthly Goal (OMG) for April will be to quilt and bind this Blue and White on point Mile a Minute quilt. 

Completing this quilt top was my goal for October 2018, and you can see the blog post here.  I think it is the oldest quilt in my project book, so I would like to get it done as I've nearly completed all the quilts in the book and I am ready to move on to new ‘keeping track of projects’ book.

I am going to piece the back out of the larger pieces in my blue collection, to helpfully whittle down this stash a bit. 

Come back at the end of April to see how I've quilted it.  I’m linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal April Link-up.

Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible. ~ Tony Robbins

Neutral Mile a Minute Quilt

I did it, I completed my One Monthly Goal (OMG) for March.  It took more time than I thought and I was quilting all day yesterday, and spent the evening sewing the binding while catching up on my Netflix.

This twin size quilt top was started and completed during a Neutral month of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge.  All these scraps came from a 10 inch freezer bag full of neutral or low volume fabric scraps, you can see the original blog post at NeutralMile a Minute.

I decided that I wanted to quilt it with spiral circles, which meant I needed to use my domestic machine, whew, it was a lot of work.  I have so much respect for people who quilt on their domestics.  Not sure that I would do another of these, however I do love the effect. 

I used larger bits of neutrals to piece the back of this quilt, along with some left-over squares from the front. 

The spiral circles look pretty neat on the back as well. 

I’m linking up with:  Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal - March Finish Link-up

Now it is time for me to start looking through my Unfinished Projects for an April OMG.

If you don't really have a dream, you can't really push yourself; you don't really know what the target is. ~ MS Dhoni