2019 Finish-A-Long. Quarter 4 Goals

It's time to make a list of goals for quarter 4 of the 2019 Finish-A-Long.   The link-up for goals starts tomorrow, October 10th and goes to the 18th of October.  There are a number of global hosts, but you can find out more about it here at Throw a Wrench in the Works, one of the global hosts.

My list is as follows:

1)  Quilt and bind Nutcracker Suite.    The top is done.  I want this quilt finished for Christmas!

2)  Projects done for the Stitch It and Gift It Blog Hop.  This is coming up November 11th to 15th, with my day being on the 11th.  This is hosted by Carla at Creatin in the Sticks

3)  Make bag for Klara's BD with mermaid stitchery.  This was one of the mermaid stitchery patterns that Joy from Days Filled with Joy kindly gave out last year.  I'm going to use it for the front of a bag for granddaughter Klara.  

4)  Sweet Land of Liberty BOM for October, November and December. Lori from  Humble Quilts  is guiding us monthly in this quilt by Cheri Payne that is being done through the Facebook Group Quilts by Cheri-Friendship Group.  These are some of the parts I have done so far

5)  Ella Maria Duncan BOM through Sentimental Stitches October, November, December.

I have the first month done so far for September.  

6)  Buhl-Bushong Quilt BOM to do October, November and December  assignments.  I started this BOM through the Facebook Group which is from the Virginia Quilt Museum's collection of quilts. 

I have 8 of the blocks done so far, and the border

7)  Redo Hospital Sketches Civil War block by Barbara Brackman.  I'm redoing the bottom middle block as I am not happy with how it looks with the other blocks.  Figure out plan for finishing quilt

8)  Put together One Stitch at a Time blocks into a quilt.  These are blocks I have been stitching from the Kathy Schmitz One Stitch at a Time Club.  I want to have this finished for Christmas.  These are some of the blocks I have done so far.  I have 1-1/2 more to do.  

9) 2 Christmas panels put together for Christmas.  These are panels I got years ago on clearance.  I had it on my list last year and they didn't get done.  I'd like to get these off my to-do list.

10)  Quilt Crow's Foot.  This was designed by Cheri Payne.  I'm going to get this quilted as a warm-up to Nutcracker Suite above.

11)   Quilt my Fall Into a QAL, designed by Partners in Design from last year.  This is another warm-up, but I am also going to gift it at Christmas.

12)   Mermaid wallhanging for Kyleigh for Christmas.  Kyleigh loved my mermaid wall hanging so much, I told her I would make something similar.

13)  Project for Virtual Cookie Exchange.  This is hosted by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt, and my day will be December 6th

I think I had better stop here,

Thanks for stopping by.  I will be linking up at Throw a Wrench in the Works when the link-up opens.  

Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop Starts Today

Just a reminder that the Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop hosted by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt starts today.  The line-up is below.  

October 7

Creatin' in the Sticks

Songbird Designs

For The Love Of Geese

Quilted Delights

Kathleen McMusing

Quilts By Joanne

Whims And Fancies

Janie G. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 8

Selina Quilts

Vroomans Quilts

Days Filled With Joy

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Life in the Scrapatch

Just Because Quilts

Brenda's Quilt Blog

October 9

Home Sewn By Us

Kathleen - Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Websterquilt

Seams To Be Sew

Sew Many Yarns

October 10

Beaquilter

Homespun Hannah's Blog

MooseStashQuilting

Cynthia's Creating Ark

It’s A T-Sweet Day!

Count it *all* JOY!

Bethni L. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 11

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Fabrication

Melva Loves Scraps
Patchouli Moon Studio

Ms P Designs USA

Karrin’s Crazy World

Patchwork Breeze

Words & Stitches

Slow Sunday Stitching

Time to report in again for Slow Sunday Stitching projects at Kathy's Quilts.  Kathy is hosting her first Slow Sunday Stitching retreat today.  What a treat it would be to attend!  

What I am slow stitching on for the next couple of days are a couple of gifts.  

The first is for my youngest granddaughter Klara who will be 6 the end of the month.  I will be giving her a doll, but I thought I would make a little bag for her.  I'm using one of the mermaid stitcheries that Joy at Days Filled with Joy  offered last year.  I'm almost finished with this one.  The dark purple looks better than this in real life.  I was taking my pictures late last night.

Next up is one of Kathy Schmitz's patterns.  This will eventually be a gift for one of my daughter's for Christmas.  I'm taking several of these I have stitched and put them together for a small wall hanging.  

I'm linking up with Kathy's Quilts Slow Sunday Stitching , and wish the retreat goers a wonderful time!

Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop Coming Up

Just a reminder that the Witchy Stitchy Blog Hop is coming up on Monday, hosted by Carol at Just Let Me Quilt.    The line up for the hop is below.   I can't wait to see what everyone has come up with!

October 7

Creatin' in the Sticks

Songbird Designs

For The Love Of Geese

Quilted Delights

Kathleen McMusing

Quilts By Joanne

Whims And Fancies

Janie G. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 8

Selina Quilts

Vroomans Quilts

Days Filled With Joy

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Life in the Scrapatch

Just Because Quilts

Brenda's Quilt Blog

October 9

Home Sewn By Us

Kathleen - Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

Quilts Fabric and Thread Tales

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Websterquilt

Seams To Be Sew

Sew Many Yarns

October 10

Beaquilter

Homespun Hannah's Blog

MooseStashQuilting

Cynthia's Creating Ark

It’s A T-Sweet Day!

Count it *all* JOY!

Bethni L. – Hosted at Just Let Me Quilt

October 11

Just Let Me Quilt

Quilt Fabrication

Melva Loves Scraps
Patchouli Moon Studio

Ms P Designs USA

Karrin’s Crazy World

Patchwork Breeze

Words & Stitches

One Monthly Goal-October

The Link-Up for One Monthly Goal is now available at Elm Street Quilts.  I really appreciate this monthly motivation to get things done.

This month, my goal is a big one for me.  It is also scary.  My goal is to quilt my Nutcracker Suite Quilt.

It is scary because I don't want to mess it up.  I want to do more than meandering which I am quite good at.  I want to put something in those blank spots.  If I could afford it, I would send it out to be quilted for me.

But I can't.   And I want it hanging for this Christmas.  And I am going to have to put my quilt frame away the first week of November or so, to get ready for Thanksgiving.  

So my goal is to quilt and bind this quilt.

I'll be linking up with Elm Street Quilts for One Monthly Goal.  I appreciate all Patty does to motivate us!  Not to late for you to join in the fun too!

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.  

350 Blocks Project, September

1)   Sweet Land of Liberty:  7 blocks






2)  Buhl-Bushong:   8 blocks




3)  Ella Marie Duncan:   4 blocks



4)  Father Christmas:  3 blocks

5)  Hospital Sketches:  1 block



6)  CQ block:  1 block





TOTAL BLOCKS FOR SEPTEMBER:  24

I'll be reporting my totals in at Prairie Moon Quilts

One Monthly Goal-September

My One Monthly Goal, which I stated here was to finish up a crazy quilt block for a friend.  In 2014 we exchanged blocks for the other to embellish.  Normally we would have finished and returned them long ago, but life happened for both of us, and we have put it off.  I wanted to finish her block for her October birthday and get it in the mail to her, as it is being sent overseas.  I happily finished it today.  

This was how it has sat for several years.  She sent me a pieced block, but nothing else on it.  I had added some trims, and that was it.

This is her finished block from my perspective.  She will finish off the block however she wants.  The trims I added  are a lot of hand-dyed laces, vintage trims, vintage beads, hand-dyed ribbon.  

I'll be linking up with Patty at Elm Street Quilts  for the One Monthly Goal link-up.  I truly appreciate this monthly motivation to keep me on track!

Thanks for stopping by!