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June Goals – A Lovely Year of Finishes

11 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts, Swoon / By Melissa Dunworth

Wait! What? Does that say June?!? I’m so not ready for it to be June! I’m really not quite sure how this happened.

In fact, I may just pretend that it isn’t happening. LOL

It is time to set a June goal, now don’t laugh or anything, but the goal I am picking is kind of a hold over from May 2013 A Lovely Year of Finishes. Last May (like a whole year ago), my goal was to finish my Swoon top made out of Half Moon Modern – one of my all time favorite fabric lines. This June, I have decided it is time to make the backing for that quilt.

So there is the top. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this quilt and it is time to be able to use it rather than just stare at it in my UFO pile. Wish me luck!

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Do share, what’s your June goal?

What one item will you choose?

You have two requirements to be entered into the prizes this month.

1. Link-up {on this post} the first 7-days of the month

and

2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month.

Add your blog post or flickr photo (with appropriate descriptions) to the linky party below.

Please grab a button or link back to Shanna and I so other people can join in the fun!

**Please note, the linky party is the same here and over at Shanna , so there is no need to enter twice **

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Here is a list of our generous sponsors for June!!

June prizes include:

1. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

2.PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

3. $15 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop

4. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

5, 6. One pdf Pattern from Clover and Violet

7. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 4 yards (worth $20) plus free shipping

8. One pdf pattern from Sew Sweetness

9, 10. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern

from Sew BitterSweet Designs ($10 value)

11. Thread Prize from Aurifil

12. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

13. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to

Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

Geeze! Fantastical amounts of goodies that you may win..and you get a finish out of it too!??

Awesome

Enjoy your June.

I Finished! May Finish – A Lovely Year of Finishes

25 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Flowering Lonestar, Sew BitterSweet Designs Patterns / By Melissa Dunworth

Nothing like waiting until the very last minute to show my finish, right? I actually finished the top for this quilt about a week ago. Then I started making the back because I got a bit obsessed and then because I just couldn’t walk away, I quilted it too! Next up is binding and then pattern writing. Overall I am going to declare May a very successful month!

I couldn’t get a very good shot outside of the back, it was windy (as you might be able to tell in the picture above) and when I got inside and looked at the pictures they were all blurry. Darn you nature for messing with my quilt pictures!

I cannot wait to get this quilt bound! I am definitely entering it into our county fair this year, even if no one else loves it, I do!

Quilt Stats:

Quilt Name: Flowering Lonestar
Fabrics: Kona Steel and Modern Poppy
Thread: Aurifil 50wt Grey SmokeDesigned & Quilted by: Melissa Dunworth (that’s me!)
Size: 50″ x 50″

Did you finish on time? Make sure you link up here, we have some truly awesome prizes that are up for grabs to those people who were able to git er done this month!

I will hopefully be sending this pattern to my testers by the middle of the month! I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday!

May Finishes – A Lovely Year of Finishes

6 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts, Sew BitterSweet Designs Patterns / By Melissa Dunworth

Whew! May is almost over. This month was a bear for me, how about you? I realized about a week ago that I hadn’t made any progress on my goal, which was to remake the top for my Flowering Lone Star Quilt. I am happy to announce the top is done. I am working on the back now. Here is the original quilt, I will blog later this week about the new top after I get some pictures. If it is nice out tomorrow, I will be corralling hubby into helping me!

Were you able to finish your goal? Don’t worry, you have until May 31st to get linked up!

You have two requirements to be entered into the prizes this month.

1. Link-up {on this post} the first 7-days of the monthand2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month.

Add your blog post or flickr photo (with appropriate descriptions) to the linky party below.

Please grab a button or link back to Shanna and I so other people can join in the fun!

**Please note, the linky party is the same here and over at Shanna, so there is no need to enter twice **

May prizes include:

1. Fat quarter bundle from ADORNit

2. 3. Honey, Bunny and Doll – 2 Patterns

4. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

5. Thread Prize from Aurifil

6, 7. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern
from Sew BitterSweet Designs ($10 value)

8. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

9. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

10. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to

Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

11. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

12. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

13. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 4 yards (worth $20) plus free shipping

May Participant Feature! A Lovely Year of Finishes

5 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

One of the things that Shanna and I like best about A Lovely Year of Finishes in 2014 is the participant feature post we are doing each month! It has been so much fun to learn more about the amazing quilters and sewists who join up with us every month!

This month our feature comes all the way from Czech Republic, you may know her as Vera @ Negligent Style.

Blog name: Negligent style

Blog address: http://negligentstylee.blogspot.cz/

Name you’re known by throughout quilting world: Vera @ Negligent style

What’s your ALYoF goal this month? My goal is to make a bag out of Echino. I’m not using any specific pattern but I would like to end up with a messenger type of bag.

How do you approach your sewing goals? I need to have a deadline on my goal and I have to put the WiP piece in a visible place. If I’m really into something I need to finish it quick while the interest last.

How do you organize/prioritize your projects? The most important is date. Priority goes to presents for certain occasions/dates and I like to get involved in QALs which also have specific dates for final linky party. I do admit I’m not very organized and procrastinate a lot.

What is your current favorite project that you are working on? Will you share pictures with us?

I love rainbow projects and I wanted to try the Hex N More ruler for a while so I combined those two which resulted in my current favorite WiP called Mini Disco. Hopefully it’ll become full size quilt with the splash of rainbow across. Here’s a peak.

What is your dream project to work on? I sort of had my dream come true and I would like to do it again. My friend, who runs fabric store, sent me her fabrics and I made her a quilt for display in her store and quilt market booth. I got to play with wide range of fabrics and the layout was up to me which I enjoyed very much.

What is your favorite time of day to sew? That would be morning hours or any other with good daylight.

What is your favorite quilting/sewing accessory? I couldn’t possibly live without my ¼” patchwork foot with guide. That thing makes my seams even which is quite handy since I tend to be negligent 🙂

What is your number one quilting/sewing goal for 2014? My number one goal is to keep on having fun with what I do. I hate to feel obligated.

What is one technique you really want to learn? I want to get better and learn more about FMQ. I took the first steps already.

Thank you so much for joining us today Vera! Make sure you hop over to Vera’s blog and check her out, she is truly an inspiring quilter!!!