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May Winners – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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Congratulations to everyone finished their goal in May. May seemed like a hard month for everyone, I know if I hadn’t finished my goal early, it just wouldn’t have happened!

If you didn’t make it there is still time to set-up a plan for June.
This month’s linky is open til the 7th found here with me or here with Shanna.

 Let’s celebrate with those that won our May prizes.

Thanks to our sponsors who are making this event all the more fun!

1. Choice of $15 or 2 charm packs from Stitch n’ Giggles

The winner is Izzy from Dizzy Quilts

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2. Mini Dresden Flowers Pattern and Pieces donated from Paper Pieces

The winner is Leslie from Can’t Stop Quilting

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3. $25 Gift Certificate from Intrepid Thread
The winner is Suzanne from All The Good Ones Are Taken

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4. A pack of books from a local quilter Solar Threads
Find Becky on her facebook page here
May ALYoF
The winner is Kell from Flickr

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5. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

The winner is Bee from Buzzing Around

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6, 7, 8, and 9 Will get one thread pack of Auriful Thread donated from Aurifil

The winners are:
Large Spool package~  Ali M from alimakes
~Jo from CReate the poinT
~Carrie from A Passion for Applique
~Deborah Gunthorpe from Flickr
10. $10.00 Gift Certificate from Contemporary Cloth
The winner is Marla from Sew Hungry

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10 winners were chosen by Mr. Random for those that post during the goal setting linky and the wrap-up linky at the end of the month with a completed finish.

If you didn’t finish you goal, feel free to roll it forward to June and if you did finish your goal, set a new one and link up here for another great round of fun and finishes!

Have a great weekend everyone!

3 x 6 Bee – Star Hive Blocks

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Hi Everyone! Sorry I haven’t been around much this week! I’ve been working on my Season By Hand project and that has consumed my time. That and the fact that summer showed up this week and Anne and I have been busy enjoying the sun.  Oh yeah, and she decided to grow up when I wasn’t looking, I registered her for pre-school on Tuesday. She was excited, I was ready to cry! LOL

Last month I finished my star hive blocks for the 3×6 Bee. I really need to get both sets of my blocks off in the mail, but that hasn’t happened yet. Luckily I have until July 15th to get them mailed.  For the star hive I decided to do the hexie star that I did a tutorial for back in November 2012. I love how they turned out.

A quick apology, I am terribly behind on email again, I will catch up over the weekend! I promise!

What have you all been up to? Don’t forget you have until Friday to link up your goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes!

A Season By Hand

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Hi Everyone! I am so excited to share with you a wonderful blog hop I will be participating in this summer – A Season by Hand with Clover & Violet.  My project will be unveiled at the end of this month and I can’t wait to share it with you!  As anyone who follows me on Facebook knows, I spend much of my evening basting away on my hexies while hanging out with my hubs.

Jennie and Clara are the creative minds behind Clover & Violet and they have organized a Season By Hand! This summer they have arranged some seriously amazing bloggers who are going to show off some inspirational projects for you to enjoy. There will also be sponsors throughout and this fun series will have a linky with prizes at the end to share projects you have created.

Hope you enjoy the series. I can’t wait to share my project with everyone!

Schedule:

June 3 – Kick-off
June 4 – Alyce – Blossom Heart Quilts
June 6 – Emily – Mommy’s Nap Time
June 7 – Jodi – Pleasant Home
June 10 – Suz – PatchworknPlay
June 11 – Beth – Plum & June
June 13 – Jenniffier – Jenniffier’s Sometimes Creative Life
June 14 – Heidi – Fabric Mutt
June 17 – Rachael – Imagine Gnats
June 18 – Elaine – Dashasel Sews
June 20 – Sandie – Crazy ‘Bout Quilts
June 21 – Amy – Lots of Pink Here
June 24 – Danny – Mommy for Reals
June 25 – Cindy – Tops to Treasures
June 27 – Leanne – She Can Quilt
June 28 – Melissa – Sew Bittersweet Designs
July 1 – Cindy – Fluffy Sheep Quilting
July 2 – Rhonda – Quilter in the Gap
July 3 – Trish – Notes of Sincerity
July 5 – Erin – Why Not Sew
July 8 – Chrissy – Sew Lux
July 9 – Carrie – A Passion for Applique
July 11 – Katy – The Littlest Thistle
July 12 – Kelley – Casa Crafty
July 15 – Emily – Strawberry Patch
July 16 – Heather and Megan – Quilt Story
July 18 – Annette – My Rose Valley
July 19 – Katy – There & Back
July 22 – Melissa – Lilac Lane
July 23 – Jenelle – Echinops & Aster
July 25 – Shanna – Fiber of All Sorts
July 26 – Jane – Jane’s Fabrics and Quilts
Wrap up and Linky running July 26 – August 5, 2013

Share what you’re making:

Flickr group

Facebook group

Instagram – #aseasonbyhand

Sponsors:

These lovely shops and pattern designers are sponsoring some amazing giveaways throughout the series, so make sure you stop over and show them some support!

Supplies:

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Patterns:

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Fabric:


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A Lovely Year of Finishes – June Goal Setting Party

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Well now how do you like that! June just snuck right up on me! I thought for sure, based on the weather here in beautiful Olympia, WA, that it was still February!  We had such low temperatures last week that my 2 basil plants got FROST damage!  Here’s hoping for a warmer month this month!

It is now time to set our goals. I have have an adorable quilt that I would like to get quilted up and a pattern written for! You might recognize the design, but this is a much larger scale. I will be writing the pattern for a baby/lap quilt size and also for a king size. The king size will consist of 4 blocks total, let me tell you, it looks super cool all mocked up!

Your turn! Shanna and I are excited to see what you have planned for the month of June!

As always, we have some amazing prizes offered by our fantastic sponsors, please make sure you take the time to visit each one and give them a little love. This challenge wouldn’t be near as much fun without them!

Remember, to be eligible for prizes you must link up to the party and the end of month party showing off your finish. We have a mid-month party too but it is not required, more for fun and cheering each other on!

June Prizes Include:

 1. Choice of $15 or 2 charm packs from Stitch n’ Giggles

2. Loving Pieces donated from Paper Pieces

3. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

4. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

5. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

6. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Superior Threads



May Bee Blocks – Do. Good Stitches

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I bet you thought I didn’t do any blocks for Do. Good Stitches this month, huh? I didn’t I am just late in posting them. This month I am the quilter and I asked my group to make space related blocks. Each person makes 2 blocks a month, so I asked that one block from each person be a star and to make sure we weren’t doubling on up on star blocks.  The second block could be anything space related. Here are the 2 blocks that I came up with:

This is the cute little alien guy that I designed. He is machine appliqued onto a Kona Black background. I asked Anne to name him and she said he should be “Sweet Alien”. I love 3 year olds!

This was my star block. I decided to do a Hexi Star block following a tutorial I wrote last November.

I am really looking forward to putting this quit together!

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