A Finish for February

Cupcakes is a finish.  This is certainly one of my oldest UFO's begun in 2011.  

Cupcakes

It's soft and sweet so I'm keeping it to use as a summer coverlet.

If I made one of these every year I'd have much fewer scraps:)

The backing used up some bigger pieces of stray fabric.

I'll be linking up with The Crafty Quilter on Sunday for the UFO Challenge.  I think it's cool that I've already achieved two finishes this year.

I don't think I have any more easy UFO's, only big quilts that need borders and some that are just blocks that need to be put together.  Since March is a longer month I may choose a challenging project to try to finish.  

I've been making blocks for Heirloom Quilting's Mystery QAL.  I've used a bit of a mix of colors and prints and am hoping it all pulls together at the end.

Heirloom Quilting Mystery QAL

  Not the best of pictures but you get the idea.

Hope you are enjoying your time with needle and thread.

God Bless!

A Finish for January

My first finish for 2019 is this one from 2016.  The quilt top was done, but needed to be sandwiched and quilted.  

This is my list of unfinished projects that I plan to work on this year. And now I can cross off #3.  Maggies' First Dance is a finish.  So happy.  If  Julie of The Crafty Quilter had not set up this community "quilt with a deadline" thing I wouldn't have worked on this quilt.  

It was the motivation I needed.  

I'm linking up with The Crafty Quilter; an amazing number of UFO's are hitting the dust this month.  

God Bless and have fun!

Summer, The Quilt

Julie of the The Crafty Quilter created this fun and smart quilt as a qal with tips and advice, and I joined in.  I couldn't pass up this design; I love butterflies, sunflowers, gentle waves and beach balls.  And stars, as well.  Julie must love them too because they are all in this quilt.  

Today is link up day, and I just finished my top.  Did I say that the qal was a teaching/learning along?  I learned again, for the millionth time, to read the directions carefully.  I made my beach balls and pinwheels 4.5" instead of 4.25" and wondered what happened until I went back and read again the directions.  

Check out the link up quilts; there are a few but so beautiful.  Someone did "Aloha" instead of Summer and it seems to be a nice way of making it her quilt.

Thank you, Julie.  I'm glad I joined in.  

Is there anyone out there enjoying this heat wave?  

Not me.

I'll be gazing at the waves in my quilt and cooling down with the thought of them.

God Bless!