ALYoF April Finishes party....

My Lovely Year of Finishes April goal is finally a table runner...
no longer a UFO...
Cinnamon & Cocoa is a Bunny Hill Designs pattern from 2009.

I love how it turned out...now to finish the quilt that goes with it. 

It's called Rabbits Prefer Embroidery, also designed by Anne Sutton.

 I have the embroidery blocks finished...

probably finished them about 5 years ago...a red set of blocks

and a brown set that I forgot I had finished stitching.

The other goal for Aprils ALYoF was to get the blocks cut for one of two batik quilts that are on my 'to do' list...look...one top is finished. 

The pattern was in the February 2009 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine.  

...hopefully I will have it quilted this week and I can stitch the binding when we go to Canada next Friday.

I'm linking to Melissa and Shanna

to crazy mom quilts Finish it up Friday party

and to

Confessions of a Fabric Addict  Whoop Whoop Friday party

A Lovely Year of Finishes – March Finishes Party

My March goal for ALYoF is finished !!

It's the BOM from 2011 designed by Corey at Little Miss Shabby.

I did change some of the embroidery designs...

just a bit from the original design.

The fabric is Moda's Dream On by Urban Chicks....

...close ups of two of my favorite blocks...

February

and June

I'm working on another UFO from January 2012.

It's a table runner by Anne Sutton, Bunny Hill Designs,

called Cinnamon and Cocoa.

It's perfect for Easter and

I'm hoping it will be finished tomorrow...

I quilted it yesterday and now it just needs the binding.

I'm linking up to 

Hosted by:

Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts

and

Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs

Happy stitching

Day 4 of dare to DRESDEN...my day

Welcome to day 4 of the Dare to Dresden blog hop. A big thank you to Christine at Quilt Monster in My Closet and to Mdm Samm at Sew We Quilt...for all their time, hard work and planning to make the blog hops sEw much fun.  

For my first project I used  Edyta Sitar's Dresden Star pattern

I  took an awesome quilting class with Edyta last year, I finished one Dresden Star block in the class.  It's not perfect.  It didn't lay flat when I sewed the blades together.  I found out that 1/4" seam allowances are important to have your plate lay flat...Edyta worked her magic and it did lay flat before I left her class.  It could have turned out to be an orphan block but I decided to use my 'not sEw perfect block' to make a bag to carry my pizza box back and forth to guild meetings...pizza boxes are perfect for storing and transporting quilting projects.  The Dresden star block is 12.5" unfinished.  I am now working on a Dresden Star quilt.  

I added small blades and buttons to the sides of the bag and I top stitched with a heavy quilting stitch.  I luv the little details I added to the project bag and my pizza box fits perfectly.  

 

My second Dare to Dresden project is from a free quilt-a-long called Scrappy Plates hosted by Anne Sutton from Bunny Hill Designs.  I had never made a Dresden before but had always wanted to try one.  This is my first Dresden plate.    I used Kimono silk thread to stitch the plate to the background fabric....it is wonderful to work with.  

I fell behind in the quilt-a-long but did finish the top in June...it wasn't until the Dare to Dresden blog hop was announced....that I knew I would finish this quilt and it would not end up as a UFO....it's now quilted...by me, it's bound and I luv it...thanks Anne for the quilt-a-long. You can find Anne's great instructions to make your own Scrappy Plate quilt under 'free patterns'  and there is lots of other 'eye candy' you don't want to miss on her website and her blog.  My quilt measures 62" x 78".  

I used Denyse Schmidt fabrics for the Dresdens and the corner stones, kona white for the background and some lime fabric from my stash for the sashing.  The front is a traditional Dresden and the back has a modern look with a 12" wide strip of rectangles from the fabrics I used to make the blades.   

I did not make the scalloped border...maybe on my next Dresden quilt...yes the Dresdens are addictive.  I bound my quilt with 1 fabric matching the front of the quilt....the same fabric I used for the outer border. The binding on the back of the quilt is scrappy...luv it.  A modern look on the back and a traditional look on the front.

I hope you enjoyed your visit...
now...be prepared to be inspired as you visit all the

other talented quilters posting today!!

January 29^th, 2013

A Peach in Stitches

Nancy W @ “that Other Blog”

L3 Designs

Bungalow Bay Quilts

Quilted Delights

Quilt Crossing

Lixie Makes it

A Quilting Sheep

Charlotte's Creations

Quilt-n-Queen....thanks for stopping by for a visit

Domesticity and Other Ponderous Things

Sew Much 2 Luv

A Quilt and a Prayer

Amanda Murphy Design

Little Mushroom Cap

Kathy's Quilts

Sandra Kaye Design

Visit Mdm Samm at SEW WE QUILT and 

see the top 3 for the day

and be sure to visit her Pinterest board for 'Dare to Dresden'.

There is a different board for each of the blog hops.

Thanks again to Mdm Samm and Christine for all their hard work,

and to Windham fabrics for sponsoring this blog hop.

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...and now for a giveaway...
one lucky winner will receive

Edyta Sitar's Daily Journal for 2013

and a spool of Kimono silk thread

A few simple rules to follow...

- leave me a short sweet comment

- follow my blog

- make sure I have your email to contact you

I will draw the winner sometime on February 3 

GIVE AWAY CLOSED

hugs and happy stitching

Pumpkinville quilt kit...and In your words..Day 3

Bunny Hill's Pumpkinville pattern by Anne Sutton

 will soon be available at Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop as a quilt kit.

Cori had Anne's Merry Merry Christmas kits and she sold out quickly.

If you are interested in the Pumpkinville kit

you can email Cori at quiltgirl@wowway.com 

There will be only 11 kits available, when they are gone...they are gone.

The cost is $190.00

That includes the pattern, fabrics for the front and binding as shown,

embroidery floss, and embellishing kit.

Free shipping is also included for USA orders.

The pattern only is priced at $36.95

I am working on assembling the kits and 

hope to have them available later this week or early next week.

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Leave some sweet words in a comment to the ladies scheduled today...

Wednesday, January 9

Kathy's Quilts (Kathy W.)

Sunshine Quilting (Martina S.)

Sew Incredibly Crazy (Amy)

Quilt Doodle Doodles (Cindy S.)

Doodling in My Mind (Darla R.)

I Like to Quiltblog (Bente)

Michelle's Romantic Tangle (Michelle M.)

Grammie Q's (Charlotte M.)

Dancing Moon (Carla B.)

(Betty V.)  at “that other blog”

The Fuzzy Hat Quilter (Laura Ann)

be prepared to be inspired!!

The whole schedule can be found HERE.

Visit Mdm Samm at SEW WE QUILT and 

see the top 3 for the day

and be sure to visit the Pinterest board for 'In your Words'.

There is a different board for each of the blog hops.

Thanks to Mdm Samm and Linda for all their hard work,
and to Timeless Treasures for sponsoring this blog hop.

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Thanks for visiting and happy stitching