October's goal for ALYoF, a blue beauty...

...last year's blue beauty, GAAQG 2013 volunteer quilt...

My goal for October's ALYoF is to help 

Christa finish the 2014 GAAQG volunteer quilt.

Once we have it all pieced

I volunteered to quilt and bind the quilt.

Still lot's to do before the end of October.

We are using the same pattern as we used last year

Zuckerwatte (Cotton Candy) by Bonnie Hunter

from her String Fling book.

We decided to make the quilt this year without the scalloped border.

This quilt has a lot of paper pieced blocks...

I have the paper removed from rows 6 through 10, my half of the quilt

...messy and not fun!!!

The outer border is pieced, the binding is made.

We will be stitching together sometime this week.

Hopefully we will have a finished quilt top by the end of the week.

(sorry about the shadows...picture was taken in my basement)

I love this quilt and would be 'over the moon' excited if my name is drawn...

I'm linking up with Melissa and Shanna.

Enjoy your week!!

...it's always fun to stitch with friends...

It's a finish...

...and just in time for Melissa and Shannon's ALYOF linky party.

Here is my May finish...it is a Many Trips Around the World.
You can find the free pattern here.
I decided on all pink fabrics and no borders.
...a peek at the back 

 and the front.

Thank you 
Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts and
Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs
for hosting A Lovely Year of Finishes.

• I'm linking up to ALYOF finishing party for May
• to Crazy Mom Quilts Finish it Up Friday linky party
• to Confessions of a Fabric Addict's Whoop Whoop linky party
• to Such a Sew and Sew's A Stitch in Times May 2014 finishing linky party

It's been a quilting weekend...

It was a last minute decision to join Wendy at Sugarlane Designs 

and 75 quilters for FNSI...

My friend Christa came over 

so we could work on a quilt we are making

for Safe House....

this is how it looked Friday about 11 p.m. when she left for home.

I am lovin' it...

It is one of Bonnie Hunter's quilts from her book

String Fling called Zuckerwatte (Cotton Candy).

Bonnie's quilt was made with pink scraps.

Saturday morning Christa and I went to our GAAQG meeting...

after the meeting we had our annual quilters garage sale...

lots of great bargains....I did buy a little fabric...$2.00 to $3.00 per yard.

I didn't need it...I just couldn't pass up some of the great deals.

We were there from about 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and came back to

my house to stitch some more on the Safe House quilt.

Around 2 o'clock DH grilled some burgers for lunch...yummy!!

I called Mamaspark as she wanted me to help wrap a quilt she made for a wedding gift.

I told her how I would wrap it....

...roll it and wrap the 2 pillow cases around the outside 

and tuck the ends into the open end to secure the pillow cases and 

then tie with ribbon and a bow.

I told her to come over if she needed help.

She prettied it....to gift at a wedding reception last night. 

Take a look at it here.  It is beautiful!!

Christa and I stitched and pressed, stitched and pressed some more.

Someone stopped for a cat nap...it wasn't me...we had pizza for dinner and 

when Christa left around 11:00 p.m. it looked like this.

This afternoon I am putting a binding on a quilt that 

Mamaspark is gifting for another wedding in August.

It is a beauty.

I luv the border...

the whole quilt was beautifully quilted by Liz Bowman, Milan Michigan.

If you missed my Moda Bakeshop recipe this month you should hop on over

and check it out. It's called Cobblestone Path.

Crazyquiltgirl Fabric Shop has the Dessert Rolls available...

...and some Moda Marbles Ombre yardage is coming soon.

Hope everyone is enjoying their Sunday.

The weather in Canton Michigan is perfect today.

Have a wonderful day!!

Happy stitching!!