My November goal for ALYoF

I am making a second Zen quilt...I've made progress this month,

from this...

to this.  

 It has been a WIP for awhile.

I finished the first Zen quilt in May 2015.  

The pattern is from the February 2009
American Patchwork & Quilting magazine.  

My November goal is to have it quilted and bound for the

ALYoF Finishing Party.

I'm linking to

November goal setting party hosted by Shanna and Melissa 

and to

WIP Wednesday hosted by Lee at Freshly Pieced

Happy stitching!!

October's Goal for ALYoF and WIP Wednesday...

I'm racing against the clock again to join these two linky parties...

The Raggedy Ann dolls were started many many moons ago...

It seems I never make just one of anything...

I made 6 bodies about 15 years ago

...yes that's many moons ago.

I made Annie dolls for our grandgirls for their 1st birthdays...
Leah is now 13 and Rylee is 8.  How time flies!!!
My October goal for ALYoF is completely finish one Annie
and give hair dos to the bald Annie's .
I have 2 bald bodies, 
yes I found another one today after this picture was taken...
that makes 3 that needs clothes and 2 need hair dos.
The one on the right with the poker straight hair is mine .
The pattern is by Dianna Marcum, the dolls are 19" 

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My project for WIP Wednesday is another batik quilt called ZEN...

I have 27 blocks cut and stitched
...still have 36 more to cut and stitch.
This is the first ZEN I made
...some of the fabrics will be the same.
The two ZEN's will live in the same house...one for her, one for him...

I'm hoping to find a hour or so to work on the Annies tomorrow.

I'm linking to

 October goal setting party hosted by Shanna and Melissa 

and to

WIP Wednesday hosted by Lee at Freshly Pieced

Happy stitching!!

Some embroidery WIPs and a finish...

I finished my ALYoF goal for September...

with not much time to spare.

Here are a few pictures....taken on a cloudy day.

 on the park bench...

 a close up of the snowflake stitching with the swirling wind...

 I cut a dark blue binding...

but just didn't like it so I decided to make a two fabric binding.

You would have thought I had never bound a quilt before.

The second attempt, I cut the fabric for the back to narrow...

...the third attempt worked perfect!!

 The fabric is Moda's Snowman Gatherings II by Primitive Gatherings

The quilt is 48" x 56"

I'm loving my WIP projects...just wish I had more time

to get them made into clothes pin bags...maybe this month.

 From left to right...it's

Bird Brain Designs pattern # 701 Every Birdie Blackwork

  Blueberry Backroads pattern # 054 Oh Yellow Bird

Blueberry Backroads pattern #047 Autumn in Grandma's Backyard

  Blueberry Backroads pattern #033 Grandma's Backyard

That's it for today...

I'm linking to

 September finishing party hosted by Shanna and Melissa 

and to

WIP Wednesday hosted by Lee at Freshly Pieced
and to

Stitchery Link Party #25 by Super Mom-no cape 

Happy stitching!!

WIP Wednesday...

I've stitched the blocks this week and now have a quilt flimsy...

The fabric for the backing has arrived.
I should have it quilted and bound by the end of September...
it's my September goal for ALYoF!!
I did piece the backing this afternoon and it is loaded on the longarm.

I would like to take a road trip to Canada...we have not been back since May!!
I'm not sure why the summer went soooo fast..

I'm also working on some more embroidery projects...
and preserving pasta sauce to use during the winter.

DH has been painting the basement...it is a big job...the basement is 1200 sq ft.
 He is painting the ceiling too.
It sure has a fresh clean look.
I love my basement and when it is all finished I know I will love it even more.
It is another big job that will hopefully be finished soon
then it is finding a real estate agent and getting it listed.

 I've started packing up some of my sewing room...it is...'overwhelming'!!

We are making progress to make the big move back to Canada.
It is an on going WIP!!!!!

 I'm linking up to

WIP Wednesday hosted by Lee at Freshly Pieced

Happy stitching!!

WIP Wednesday and ALYoF September Goal...

...a layer cake and a charm pack

had been stitched into square-in-a-square blocks,

placed in a pizza box and pretty much forgotten about.

Today I opened up the pizza box and started sewing my blocks together...

This will be my September goal for ALYoF...to have it quilted and bound.

This is what it looks like today...

 

I'm using Moda's Snowman Gatherings II by Primitive Gatherings.

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August was busy with family visiting...
mid August my sister, niece and great niece

arrived on Monday and headed back to Canada on Thursday, about 7 pm.

  We shopped till we dropped but still had time to put 

a few quilt tops on the long arm!

For the past 10 years or so we had a week in August...

it was the 'girls' week, it always included sewing and shopping.
DH is such a good sport!!!

This past weekend our son, DIL and grandones 
came to visit before they head back to school.

Yes, there was more shopping but no sewing. 

Our flower beds were wanting some attention...
they needed mulch...5 yards of mulch ordered...delivered and spread...

everyone helped...from start to finish it was about four hours...

...thanks for all your help!!!!

It seemed like such a big job for DH and myself, we just kept putting it off.

Another job finished as we slowly get the house ready to sell!!

I'm linking to

September goal setting party hosted by Shanna and Melissa 

WIP Wednesday hosted by Lee at Freshly Pieced

Happy stitching!!