2019 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 3 Results

It's time for me to report the results of my Quarter 3 Finish-A-Long projects.    I listed my goals here on this post.

1).   My first, and most immediate goal was to finish making my project and post for the 12 Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop hosted by Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict, 

DONE:  I accomplished my goal, and my day on the blog hop was here.  I made a Christmas Tree skirt for my sister for Christmas, which I gifted to her on her August birthday and she was thrilled to get it early.

2.  Blessings Quilt to Flimsy.  This is about 1/2 done right now, maybe less than half-done.  It involves embroidery and machine work.  

NOT COMPLETED.   Still half-done

3)  Nutcracker Suite BOM  to flimsy.  DONE

4)  Hospital Sketches Civil War BOM by Barbara Brackman @ Civil War Quilts.

My goal is to have July, August and September blocks done.    DONE

  

5)  Sweet Land of Liberty.  July, August and September BOM done.   DONE.

6)  Quilt the Great Pumpkin Quilt.   DONE.

7)  Quilt the frog quilt for my neighbor.   DONE

8)  Buhl-Bushong Quilt  Make BOM for July, August, September.  DONE

9)   Complete O My Stars penny mat.   DONE.

10)   Make my project for My Favorite Quilt Block Blog Hop, hosted by Carla at Creatin in the Sticks.   My day for the blog hop was here.    PROJECT DONE.  I made these.  

And I made this for a giveaway.

11)  Hand-applique 3 more Father Christmas blocks .  DONE

These are all of them so far.  I think I have 4 more to do.  

So I finished 10 out of my 11 projects listed.  I'm linking up my finishes at Throw a Wrench in the Works, one of the global Finish-A-Long hosts.  

2019 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 3, Another Goal Finished

I finished another goal on my list today for the Finish-A-Long.  This was from a kit I purchased, probably in 2003 or so.  It was from a Blackbird Designs book called Higdon Camp-1924.  I've always loved this book. It has a lot of my favorites in it, baskets, flags, and this penny rug.  

It is called Oh My Stars.    It probably would have been better if I read the instructions first, but apparently I didn't.  It had you attaching the circles in the middle directly to the background fabric.  I buttonhole stitched the stars onto the wool backgrounds, and then realized I was supposed to do it directly to the blue background.  But happy to have this project done, and I can take it off my UFO list.

I also was able to quilt my friend Nerissa's two projects.  The larger quilt it all neutral fabrics and it is impossible to take a picture of.  Hopefully will meet up with her later this week and get them to her.  

I need to work on my One Monthly Goal, which I haven't started yet.  And I have 2 grandchildren on Friday, as apparently they have the day off.  

I am awaiting delivery of my fabric for the Ella Maria Deacon BOM Quilt being offered by Sentimental Stitches.  I have the first month's blocks, but no fabric yet.  I thought it would be delivered yesterday, so hopefully today.  

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2019 Finish-A-Long Quarter 3 Finishes, Sew Lets QAL, Hospital Sketches

I've finished a couple of items on my Finish-A-Long list, and wanted to document those, before I forgot them again.

My goals for Quarter 3 are listed here.

1).   My first, and most immediate goal was to finish making my project and post for the 12 Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop hosted by Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

I'm happy to say I finished my project, which was a Christmas Tree skirt, and I posted about it here.   I have even sent it off to my sister for her BD. She had requested one several years ago.  

I machine embroidered nutcrackers and other motifs and then crazy pieced it and embroidered the seams by hand.

#7 on my list was to quilt the frog baby quilt, and I also finished and gifted that.  The baby boy has been born 2 weeks early, and joins his 4 brothers!   I used my Accuquilt to cut out thee blocks and the frogs.  

For the Sew Lets QAL, by Partners in Design, I have made 2 blocks I have not posted about here before.  This one was simple.

This one was a little more problematic.  It is supposed to be a bunch of bolts of fabric.  My background was too light and you can't see the top of the bolt.  Plus, the instructions said to use a scant 1/4" and mine was too scant, and the block ended up 13" instead of 12.5.  So that top strip of yellow that was 12.5 I could get on and have it puckered.  I was going to take it off and redo it.  But decided to start over

My bolt tops still don't show too well in a picture, but they look better in person.

For Hospital Sketches, the BOM by Barbara Brackman @Civil War Quilts, this month's block was called Tennessee Rose.  

Lastly, for this post, I stitched out a couple of motifs on my embroidery machine and attached them to sweatshirts for my brother and SIL whose birthdays are August and end of July.   The lighthouse is Brodie Island Lighthouse in North Carolina.  The mermaid is a Laurel Burch.  I found both of these at Embroidery Online.  Kyleigh  has expressed an interest in a mermaid too, so am going to try to get one stitched out for her BD too.

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2019 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 3 Goals

It's time to set goals for the 2019 Finish-A-Long for Quarter 3.   If you would like to join in the fun, there are multiple global hosts.  You can find the list here at Throw a Wrench in the Works, or link up there.

My Quarter 3 goals are as follows. I am still heavy on hand work I think, but I tried to add a bit more machine work goals.

1).   My first, and most immediate goal is to finish making my project and post for the 12 Days of Christmas in July Blog Hop hosted by Sarah @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict, which starts this Sunday.  I started my project, and ran into difficulties.  I need to start again.  But I will have it ready for my day, which is July 24th.    I will have the line-up in the next day or so.  

2.  Blessings Quilt to Flimsy.  This is about 1/2 done right now, maybe less than half-done.  It involves embroidery and machine work.  

3)  Nutcracker Suite BOM  to flimsy.  I'm ready to get this together.  I have the last month's BOM stitching to do and this month's which which should arrive shortly.  This is just machine piecing.  I have all the nutcracker machine applique done.  

4)  Hospital Sketches Civil War BOM by Barbara Brackman @ Civil War Quilts.

My goal is to have July, August and September blocks done.  These are hand-applique and this was June's block.

5)  Sweet Land of Liberty.  July, August and September BOM done.  This is being hosted again this year by Lori of Humble Quilts.  She did it last year on her blog.  This year it is being held on the Quilts by Cheri Friendship group on Facebook group. This is part of what I have done so far.  

6)  Quilt the Great Pumpkin Quilt.   I have no clue how I am going to quilt this machine-appliqued quilt. I welcome suggestions. I don't generally quilt over fusibles, but these pumpkins are huge. 

7)  Quilt the frog quilt for my neighbor who is due to have her baby shortly

8)  Buhl-Bushong Quilt July, August, September.  I started this BOM through the Facebook Group which is from the Virginia Quilt Museum's collection of quilts.  This is from their picture.  I am about 1/2 through my first month's assignment.  

9)   Complete O My Stars penny mat.  I'm probably 1/3 of the way through stitching these wool pieces together.  The ones on the right I am finished with.  The left side still needs to be done.  

What it will look like when done.  

10)   Make my project for My Favorite Quilt Block Blog Hop, hosted by Carla at Creatin in the Sticks.   This will take place September 9-13th.  I haven't started yet, but have an idea.  

11)  Hand-applique 3 more Father Christmas blocks 

I thiink I'd better stop, or I will become overwhelmed!  I'm linking up at Throw a Wrench in the Works.