A Lovely Year of Finishes

A year of lovely finishes

5 Jan

Time for a whistle stop tour of my lovely finishes, the monthly goals I set myself (click on the link to go to the blog post for that month). January: February: March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October: November:...
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The benefits of having a poorly child…

15 Dec

You know when you have a plan for the week? And then by the end of the weekend it’s already looking a bit shaky? Well that’s me this week, instead of quilting the Welsh Blanket Quilt I am looking after...
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Wildflowers in winter

5 Dec

Back in July I started a EPP project: It changed along the way and the result was that I had some pieces left after making this: These remained: They been in and out of a drawer a few times while...
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Using up vintage sheet scraps

28 Nov

I thought my goal for November would be a fairly simple one to get done. I needed to finish quilting a pillow top and then turn it into a pillow cover. The quilting seemed to take forever, I opted to try...
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Slow stitching

2 Nov

I’m not going to talk about how this year appears to have flown by because to be honest it feels like certain parts of it have dragged so slowly. I think November might be the same just because I am...
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Another bee quilt

26 Oct

I’m leaving it a bit late to enter a quilt for bloggers quilt festival just because I’ve not had the time to sit down and write! But here it now is: This is a bee quilt with blocks made by...
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Disappearing again?

5 Oct

Yet again I am spoilt for choice in which project to choose for the months goal. While there are a couple of things higher up my ‘desire to complete’, list I think what would be most useful to complete is...
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Ready for cooler weather

29 Sep

No I am not ready for Christmas; I’m not even thinking about it other than the fact that I finished this quilt: It was my goal for September and on my finish along list for the 3rd quarter and despite other...
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Ready for Christmas?

7 Sep

Decisions, decisions, what shall I choose as my goal for the month? I have a few things that I need to finish off but I think I’m going to opt for the Winterberry quilt: The top is finished, I have...
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A finish for August

28 Aug

So this month was hopefully going to be about hand stitching, I planned to attach all the pieces of this pillow top: And I did it! I’ve started hand quilting and hope to finish it while on holiday next week....
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