A gingham sneak peek and my ALYoF goal for September...

Here is the sneak peek

I took 2 yards of the large yellow gingham

and stitched sunshine, butterflies and clouds on the long arm.

It is such a happy 2 yards of quilted gingham.

I have more...as I bought the whole bolt.  I just luv it!!!

and now for my goal for September's ALYoF...

I would like to have 3 of the 6 smaller blocks embroidered

for the Vintage Tin quilt.

I'm starting with the easiest...I don't want to get discouraged!!

This is what I am doing today...batch #3.

 Yum...below is batch #1

There is no time for me to get into any trouble.
We are heading to Canada tomorrow morning...
our plans include seeing a house in the same area we moved from in 2002.

We had nasty storms again last night...all is OK here
but Wayne County in Michigan did get hit hard.

I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Where has the summer gone?

It is time for the "See You in September" blog hop.

Mme Samm at Sew We Quilt is our Head Coach and
Shari at Living with Purpose is our Head Cheer leader.

Here is the complete schedule for the blog hop,
I hope you will visit all the talented ladies...
see what they have been working on during the summer.
Don't forget to leave sweet comments...
you will see lots of Riley Blake gingham and lots of inspiration!!  
Be prepared to be WOW'd!!

I'll be posting on Wednesday September 10th
I hope you will come back and visit.

Wednesday, September 3

Sew Incredibly Crazy
Bumbleberry Cottage
Thimblemouse and Spouse
Mad Quilter's Disease
In The Boon Docks

Thursday, September 4
Jane's Quilting
Life in the Scrapatch
Sew Many Yarns
Gracie Oliver Arts
Everyone Deserves a Quilt

Friday, September 5
Stitchin' By The Lake
Coeur d'Alene
Words & Stitches
TheSlowQuilter
Pig Tales and Quilts
All Thingz Sewn

Monday, September 8
Quilting Quietly
Creatin' in the Sticks
Procrastination Queen
Lovelli Quilts
Cherry Blossoms

Tuesday, September 9
Just Let Me Quilt
Marjorie's Busy Corner
The Quilting Queen Online Blog
Marla's Crafts
K and S Sweets and Stitching

Wednesday, September 10
Secretly Stitching
Buzzing and Bumbling
Quilt n Queen
Quilted Delights
Grandmama's Stories

Thursday, September 11
Susie's World
Needled Mom
Cate's Linens
How ART you?
I Like To QuiltBlog
Quiltscapes

Friday, September 12
Sunshine-quilting
Sew Peace to Peace
MoosestashQuilting
More Stars in Comanche
Living With Purpose

Monday, September 15
I Piece 2-Mary
Till We Quilt Again
Vroomans Quilts
Nini and the Sea
Seams To Be Sew

My Quilting Journey

Tuesday, September 16
Life, quilts and a cat too
Meadowbrook
Apple Avenue Quilts
Just Keep Swimming
Patchwork Sampler
Sew We Quilt

I'm still sewing gingham, I promise I will be ready!!

Happy stitching

It's another finish for...ALYoF

I do not know where August went but I do know it went by way too fast.
I finished my August ALYoF goal...it is always a good feeling
when you reach a goal you set for yourself.
Here is the before picture...they had been pinned for a long time.

The pins are gone and all are stitched.

I also got the Vintage Tin blocks traced onto the background fabric.
I am so glad that is finished.
I used a black Frixon pen to do the tracing...
Sorry...the pictures are not good, I'll just show you a few.

I am linking up to ALYoF - August finishing party
with Melissa and Shanna.
Thank you ladies for hosting A Lovely Year of Finishes.
I know I would not have finished these blankets
 or got the blocks traced if it wasn't for you hosting ALYoF.

WINNER WINNER and my August goal for ALYoF

The winner of an alphabet Rag-tag Stitchin' pattern is

Stitching By The Lake

Congratulations Marlene

I've sent Marlene an email and she is thrilled.

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For my August goal for 

A Lovely Year of Finishes I am going to

sew the binding on 3 fleece blankets.

The satin binding has been pinned to the fleece for a few years...

yes a few years!!

If I have a deadline...I will get them finished.

I would also like to have the blocks traced for

Crabapple Hill's Vintage Tin pattern...

stitching will come later...maybe September's goal.

There are lots of links at Sew BitterSweet Designs or Fiber of All Sorts

who have posted goals for August...check them out.

Have a wonderful Friday!!