Final ALYoF Finish for 2015

I'm down to the last hours again.

My December goal was to finish at least one clothes pin bag.

I went from this 

to finishing all 4.  

I love them all and 3 of them will be late gifts...

I'll be sending them out next week.

I did complete 2 quilts on the Gammill, did some crocheting

and embroidery on tea towels in December...

so happy with my finishes!!

I'm linking to

December finishing party hosted by Shanna and Melissa 

Happy Stitching

ALYoF December goal...

I've been pretty good at finishing up WIP's and UFO's the last few years.
For the last 23 months I've set monthly goals and 
joined the linky parties hosted by Melissa and Shanna.
Each month I've been able to complete my goal.
It hasn't always been easy.

We just returned from Canada this evening and 
I'm not too late to join the December goal setting party.

I've been procrastinating making the embroidered pieces 
into clothes pin bags.

My December goal is to complete at least one clothes pin bag. 
If I can work some magic I would really like to finish all three...
but I really don't see that happening.

The first design is a Bird Brain Design pattern and 
the other three are  Blueberry Backroads designs.

The one on the right is already finished.  

It was my August goal for ALYoF.  

I'm linking to

 December goal setting party hosted by Shanna and Melissa 

Happy stitching!!

A few November finishes...

I had some tea toweling by the yard and 

thought it was time to cut them into tea towel lengths, 

hem them and 

add some embroidery and crochet edgings...

The snowmen a Bird Brain Designs Pattern #699

Snowmen by the Dozen.

I'm not sure where I got the kitten design...

I've had it for years.

and another one...

This Snowgal is 1 of 2 Bird Brain Designs found in the

Winter issue of Quilts and More magazine.

I used an Aunt Martha tea towel.

Wish I could find my magazine...I was hoping to stitch a few more.

I have been searching my house for 3 days...

I don't know where else to look.  

I'll keep looking for another few days...

if I can't find it I'll have to buy another copy.

Some of the toweling didn't have plain areas to add embroidery,

but they do have a crochet edging.

I completed my ALYOF November goal...

The ZEN pattern was in the February 2009 issue of 

American Patchwork and Quilting magazine.  

 It is a quick and easy quilt to make.

ZEN #2

ZEN #1

I'm linking to

November finishing parties hosted by Shanna and Melissa 

and to Super Mom-No Cape


Happy Stitching

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!!