Yes, yes, yes 3 finishes....edited

It has been a good month for finishes... 

three Tammy Bags 

three collapsible thread catchers

 and three needle keepers.

I promised a friend I would make her a Tammy with 30's fabrics. 

I cut all the pieces to make 3 bags,

3 needle keepers and 3 thread catchers.

...hoping I would be able to finish 2 by the end of February.

I gave myself a pat on the back after finishing the 3rd one!!

I used Kona Snow for the embroidered fronts for all three bags.

This teal fabric was made using Hope Chest-Penny Rose by Riley Blake.

  The fabric for the blue one is from the Snippets line by Sandy Klop.

It was a Moda fabric that came out around 2008.

   For the third bag I chose the initial M.  

So cute with the bird sitting on her nest atop the M 

with the wee heart in her beak.

The inside of all the bags were made with 

Hope Chest Yellow Pindot - Penny Rose by Riley Blake.

The Tammy Bag was designed by Mdm Samm.

The Stitchery Alphabet was designed by Michelle Ridgway.

I'm linking up to 

Super Mom - No Cape's Stitchery Party # 45

to 

Crazy Mom Quilts...Finish it up Friday Party
and to
Red Letter Quilts...One Monthly Goal

Happy Stitching

My One Monthly Goal for February...

I've managed to get a wee bit of stitching done this week.

...in between doing all the things necessary to sell our house.

I'm making a few Tammy Bag Sewing Kits... 

one for a friend who loves 30's fabrics as much as I do.  

I thought I would give her a choice of fabrics.

The embroidery is from the Stitcher's Alphabet pattern 

designed by  Michelle Ridgway.  

Her pattern company is Rag-Tag Stitchin'.

Some of Michelle's patterns are available in the USA at 

Crazy Quilt Girl Fabric Shop.

Corinna has sold out of the Stitcher's Alphabet
but she does have

Alphabet Noel and Baby Alphabet in stock.

The Baby Alphabet would make the cutest baby quilt.

Mdm Samm designed the Tammy Bag in 2013.
It is one of my favorite bags to make...I love this bag!!

My February goal for OMG is to finish the 2 Tammy Bags.
I will be making matching needle keepers
and collapsible thread catchers.
They do make the perfect gift for anyone that plays needle and thread.

I'm linking up to Heidi's goal setting party
Thanks for hosting Heidi!!


Happy stitching everyone...

My OMG Is ready to share...

and I love it!!!
 Mr QnQ has a small Coke collection...and yes, he loves it too.

Here is the before picture.
It was a sad sight, but after some TLC

...it's a vintage stool made new...we love the new look!!

I hand quilted the coke fabric...

it was so easy...no marking, just stitched around the squares.

Originally I thought I would use black and white gingham vinyl,

but I went with plan B.

I have another chair I want to refresh...

hopefully I will have another finish soon with the

the black and white gingham.

I'm partying at Red Letter Quilts with Heidi and friends...

Happy stitching

My January Goal for ONE MONTHLY GOAL linky party...

Heidi at Red Letter Quilts has started a new linky party to share our 2016 monthly goals.  I found by setting monthly goals with Melissa and Shanna I was able to finish a lot of my UFO's and even new projects.  The party is called OMG or One Monthly Goal.

My January goal is going to be a project different from anything I've done before.

I have a old stool that was in my Mom's kitchen for many many years.  She down sized about five years ago and I brought the stool home with me.    It had black rubber glued to one of the steps when we brought it back to Michigan.  The other step was covered in dried glue...it looked pretty sad!!  

In August DH removed the black rubber and the glue on the steps.  He cleaned the chrome and painted the steps white.  It looked great except for the seat. Since then it has been waiting for me to recover the seat.  Originally I was going to quilt some novelty Coke themed fabric. Then I found some black gingham vinyl that came home with me from the fabric store...months ago.  I loved it with the newly painted steps.  I'm still not sure if I will go with the Coke seat or the black gingham seat or...why it has taken me so long to finish recovering it.  I guess I really do need to put my goals in writing.  It's not a big goal but it is my January 2016 goal for the OMG linky party.   

I'm linking up with Heidi at Red Letter Quilts.  

Thank you Heidi for encouraging us to finish our UFO's.

Happy Stitching