2020 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 4

 

I've posted my list for the 4th quarter on IG, but want to do it here for my records.

1)  Project for From The Heart Blog Hop coming up October 26-28th.

2)  Quilt Baby Quilt.   The center of this quilt was from the Star Kissed Quilt-Along at Wedding Dress Blue earlier this year.  It used up a lot of 2.5 inch quarters in my scrap box.  

3)  Quilt Holly Baskets.  

4)  FMQ Sampler.  This is one of my final projects for the FMQ Academy @String and Story by Holly Anne Knight.  Don't know if I will get this done by December, but I am going to try.  I am behind in class right now.

5)  Cassandra's Circle BOM October, November and December.  This is the BOM by Barbara Brackman @ Civil War Quilts.  

6)  Ella Maria Deacon BOM October, November, December.  This is the BOM from Sentimental Stitches.  

7)  Pieces from the Past BOM for October, November, December   This is being offered by Melva @ Melva Loves Scraps.  

8)  3 Kathy Schmitz embroideries for October, November, December  

9)  Father Christmas- Complete 2 blocks and complete top.  

10)  3 Lighthouse blocks.

11)  QAL by the Sea, make last 4 blocks and put top together.  

12)  Poppy's Polka Dot Garden BOM for October, November, December.  This is another BOM by Sentimental Stitches.  

Think that's enough to keep me out of trouble for awhile!  Thanks for stopping by!

2020 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 3 Results

 

We are reporting the results of our 2020 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 3 on Instagram, but I like to list my results here for my own purposes.   I had 11 items on my list here back in July.  I was able to finish 7 of them.

1)  Project for Christmas in July Blog Hop.  Finished.  

2)  Miniquilt for granddaughter Kyleigh.  Finished.  

3)  Cassandra's Circle BOM for July, August and September.  Finished.

4)  Ella Maria Deacon BOM for July, August and September.  Finished.

5)  Pieces From Past BOM for July, August and September.  Finished.

6)  Buhl-Bushong-Finish Center blocks-   Not touched.

7)  2 Father Christmas applique blocks-  Not touched

8)  3 Kathy Schmitz embroideries.  Finished.

9)  2 Stitchers Revolution tea towels embroidered.  Finished.  

10)  Lighthouse/sailboat quilt top finished.  Not touched.

11)  3 Lighthouse BOM blocks completed.  Not touched.

I guess I should have looked at my list before the last week of the quarter!  But I guess 7 out of 11 isn't that bad.  

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2020 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 3

We are supposed to turn in our lists for the 2020 Finish-A-Long on Instagram, but I like to do it here too.    This is my goal list for Quarter 3.

1)  Project for Christmas in July Blog Hop.   I actually have two I am working on right now. 

2)  Miniquilt for granddaughter Kyleigh's BD.  She admired this one I made, so I plan to make her a similar one for her BD.  

3)  Cassandra's Circle BOM for July, August, and September.  This is the applique BOM by Barbara Brackman @ Civil War Quilts.   These are the past 3 months blocks.

4)  Ella Maria Deacon BOM for July August, and September.  This is the BOM through Sentimental Stitches.    These were last month's blocks.  

5)  Pieces from the Past BOM for the next 3 months.   This is being hosted by Melva @ Melva Loves Scraps.   The blocks were originally published in the Kansas City Star.  This was the last block, called The Dragonfly.  

6)  Buhl-Bushong-Finish Center blocks.    I need to to the remainder of these blocks, which is most of them.

7)  Applique the last two Father Christmas blocks. 

8)  3 Kathy Schmitz Embroideries.    The one I will be working on next is this one.  

9)  Embroider 2 Stitcher's Revolution tea towels.  I have two of this chocolate one to do.

10)   Lighthouse/sailboat quilt top finished to king sized.   This has been this sized for many years, and it has been intended to go on my bed at long last.  

11)  3 lighthouse BOM blocks completed.   This will eventually be for my brother and sister-in-law who love lighthouses like I do.  

I think that should keep me busy for awhile!  Thanks for stopping by!

2020 Finish-A-Long, Q2 Results

Back in April, I listed my Quarter 2 goals for the 2020 Finish-A-Long here.   This is a list of what I accomplished for my own record.  For the official results, I will be also listing my finishes on Instagram as the organizers are having us do this year.

1)  Make 5 quilts for Hands2Help Charity. This is organized by Sarah  @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  

Completed.  I actually exceeded this goal this year.  I actually exceeded this goal this time.  I made 7 quilts, and granddaughter Kyleigh made 1, for a total of 8. 



2)  Cassandra's Circle BOM for April, May and June.   This is the 2020 applique BOM by Barbara Brackman @Civil War Quilts.  This goal was accomplished.  

3)  Ella Maria Duncan BOM for April, May and June.  This is the BOM offered by Gay @ Sentimental Stitches.  This goal was accomplished.  

4)  Pieces from the Past BOM-keep caught up every 3 weeks.   This is being offered by Melva @ Melva Loves Scraps.  Completed.

5)  Buhl-Bushong Quilt BOM for April, May and June.   This is being offered by the Virginia Quilt Museum.  Not done.  While I completed April and May, June consisted of putting together the quilt, and I have not completed the middle blocks and have quite a bit to finish. 

6)  Make 1 Father Christmas Block.   Done.

7)  Quilt Fall Into a QAL   Not Done.  My Juki machine that I quilt in has been in the shop for a little over a month now.  

8)  3 Kathy Schmitz One Stitch at a Time Embroideries.   Done.  

9)  Make Boho Bag.  This is a CQ bag I promised a 2020 graduate, a good friend of my granddaughter Kyleigh's.  Done.  

So my overall results are 6/8 goals accomplished this quarter! 

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What I've Been Up To

I've been trying to finish up a number of items this week.  The second quarter of the 2020 Finish-A:Long is coming to an end, and I've been trying to finish up items on my list, and also a few that aren't.

Last year in the Facebook Group Quilts by Cheri Friendship Group we had a stitch along, and I stitched this piece.  I decided to make it into a patriotic cushion. 

This week, I also stitched up this piece.  I plan to make it into a cushion cover for one daughter, and plan to stitch another one for the other daughter.   I've been making them a different cover for each season.   This was one of the stitcheries last year on the Kathy Schmitz One Stitch at a Time embroidery group. 

This week I also got caught up on the Joy McDonald Scrappy Mystery @ Days Filled with Joy  I still need to sew my blocks together. 

I also caught up on the latest Pieces From the Past block from Melva Loves Scraps,  This block is called Friendship Quilt.  When this one is eventually finished in 2021, it will be grandson Jaeger's graduation quilt.  The blocks in this quilt were all originally published in the Kansas City Star, and Melva got permission from C&T Publishing for her to scan and share them with us.

Also this week, I got this month's Ella Maria Deacon blocks done, offered through Sentimental Stitches.  

This block gave me fits.  The first one I made wouldn't lie flat.  It looked more like a hat.  I pressed the seams open, but it was just too curved.  Thankfully the second one worked out better. 

These are all 4 blocks for this month.

That's it for now.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

2020 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 2

2020 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 2 Goals

While the organizers of this finish-a-long have decided to do everything on Instagram, I like this record to keep things straight, so I will list my goals  here too.

1)  Make 5 quilts for Hands2Help Charity. This is organized by Sarah  @ Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  

2)  Cassandra's Circle BOM for April, May and June.   This is the 2020 applique BOM by Barbara Brackman @Civil War Quilts.

3)  Ella Maria Duncan BOM for April, May and June.  This is the BOM offered by Gay @ Sentimental Stitches.

4)  Pieces from the Past BOM-keep caught up every 3 weeks.   This is being offered by Melva @ Melva Loves Scraps.

5)  Buhl-Bushong Quilt BOM for April, May and June.   This is being offered by the Virginia Quilt Museum

6)  Make 1 Father Christmas Block.  

7)  Quilt Fall Into a QAL

8)  3 Kathy Schmitz One Stitch at a Time Embroideries.

9)  Make Boho Bag.  This is a CQ bag I promised a 2020 graduate, a good friend of my granddaughter Kyleigh's.

Think that will keep me out of trouble for awhile.  

2020 Finish-A-Long, Quarter 1 Results

Although the hosts of the 2020 Finish-A-Long want us to record our results on Instagram, for my own purposes I am also recording them here.  My goal list this time included 11 items on it, and I was able to finish 10 of them, although finishing Frolic Mystery Quilt was finished yesterday, after the deadline.

1)  Finish Sweet Land of Liberty.  FINISHED

2)  Ella Maria Duncan BOM blocks for January, February and March.

3)  Buhl-Bushong BOM for January February and March.  FINISHED.  These involved borders of the quilt.

4)  Quilt baby quilt for baby Juniper.  FINISHED.  Pic with baby lying on it.

5.  Project for Winter Blues Blog Hop.  FINISHED.  This is called China Dishes. 



6.  Project for Color it Red Blog Hop.    Hattie's Baskets FINISHED.

7.  Project for Dust Off a Quilt Book Blog Hop.  Ships and Whales Finished.

8.  Finish Frolic Mystery Top.  This is finished, though I didn't post it on Instagram as a finish because it was after the deadline.

9.   Quilt Fall Into a QAL.  Not done.

10.  Cassandra's Circle BOM for January and February, but I got March done too.  FINISHED.

11)  One Block of Father Christmas,  FINISHED, and the ones I have done so far.  

So I did pretty good ten out of  eleven goals.  Now to make up my list for the second quarter! 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and hope you are staying safe!