A few finishes to share...

I have been working away on my UFO's and 'comfort' quilts.

The tumbling block quilt I finished the end of May.
I started it in January and hoped 

to finish it in March...I'm happy to say it is now finished and will

be donated to Safe House at the GAAQG meeting in July.
I posted about it HERE.

WOW...the lilac bushes were so beautiful this year

...our harsh winter did them no harm.

I'm sad...my beautiful pansies were eaten by the bunnies...
every pansy...I'm very sad!!!

My next finish wasn't a UFO... I started it in early April

and it went together so quickly...I finished it June 2nd...
I love it....it really is a 'happy' quilt.

Quilt #3

This is my 30's quilt, my June goal for ALYoF.
I have progressed from this...

...to this...

...I am happy to say it is another finish!!

Mr QnQ has to take pictures yet.

That will be for another posting before the end of June.

We are in Canada...and tomorrow
Mr. QnQ is off to watch our grandson play in a lacrosse tournament.
I am off to watch the grandgirls dance in their year end recital.
I love to watch them dance....
it will be a busy day for sure.

It's that time...to show you my January finish for ALYOF

I had 2 sets of 8 reindeer and snowmen blocks.

My Januaary goal was to take one set of the blocks and make a quilt top.

If I still had time I was going to work on the second set of blocks...

a woman can change her mind right??  

My flimsy was finished and I couldn't wait to see it quilted so...

I loaded the flimsy onto Lizzy.

...with 5 days to go I'm hoping I can have the quilt bound
and have a finish!!  I can do this!!

I had been working on some redwork projects that travelled to
the Road to California Quilt Show.
There was a Redwork Exhibit using Bird Brain Designs.
If  you have been following my blog you will know
I love to embroider...
I started stitching in October and finished 4 projects...

2 message boards,

a 4 seasons wall hanging

 I called it "I Love All Seasons"

 I've changed my mind...I love only 3 seasons...I can do without winter!!

I called this quilt "Santa is Coming to Your House"
All the embroidery patterns are available at Bird Brain Designs.

I quilted it with snowflakes....it was easier than I thought it would be
and am quilting the Snowmen and Reindeer quilt with snowflakes too.

I'll be posting again on Friday....hopefully I will have
the Snowmen and Reindeer quilt bound...
and a few more finishes to share.

I am linking up with Fiber of all Sorts' Finishing Party.

If you are in Australia...stay cool
if you are in Canada and the USA...stay warm!!

Happy stitching,

A Lovely Year of Finishes...January goal

Thank you to 

Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts and 

Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs 

for hosting the linky parties every month.

It definitely motivates me to finish a UFO once I am committed.

I have been procrastinating...I've changed my mind many times...

but I have finally decided to use the hand embroidered blocks I stitched 

about 4 years ago and make a lap size quilt.

I will use 8 embroidered blocks and complete a quilt top...

that will be my goal for January.

I have enough blocks to make 2 lap size quilts.

If time permits, I will work on the piecing for the second quilt.

I won't have any difficulty finding a UFO for each month in 2014.

The difficulty will be to do it... while preparing to move back to Canada.

It will be a challenging year!!!

Happy stitching...