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A Lovely Year of Finishes – February 2014 Finishes Party

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

Woohoo! We have reached the end of February. Were you able to get your goal finished? Here is mine from the beginning of the month:

I have finished the hoodie – I will reveal pictures next week. Anne had fun doing a little photo shoot on an abnormally sunny day here in rainy Washington. She did decide that she didn’t want ears or horns on it, which I’m fine with because it definitely looks giraffy enough to me.

Shanna and I are so excited to see what you have been sewing this month!

There are a few rules to be eligible for prizes!

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 **

For those unsure of how to link up go check out our Q&A Page for A Lovely Year of Finishes – there are instructions on how to link up from a blog and from Flickr.

Grab a button from my sidebar and spread the LOVE!

Oh yeah and there are prizes this month (as always!), here is what our fantastic sponsors are offering.

February Prizes Include:

1. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

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

4. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

5. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

6. Thread Prize from Aurifil

7. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

8. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

9. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to
Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

February – A Lovely Year of Finishes Participant – Karen at Capitola Quilter

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

Happy mid-February! Shanna and I hope your finishes are coming along beautifully! Today we have a wonderful participant highlight for you. Karen from Capitola Quilter has been participating in A Lovely Year of Finishes since we started just over a year ago. She is very active in our flickr group and always has wonderful words of encouragement for everyone!

Make sure to take a moment and visit our wonderful sponsors who make this whole endeavor a lot more fun!

Fat Quarter Shop
Sew BitterSweet Designs
Persimon Dreams
Quilting Lodge
Aurifil
Green Fairy Quilts
Sew Sweetness
Stitches n’ Giggles

Karen from CapitolaQuilter – secondhandscraps

Photos provided from – photo from CapitolaQuilter – thanks for sharing

Blog name: CapitolaQuilter – secondhandscraps

Blog address:https://capitolaquilter.blogspot.com

Name you’re known by throughout quilting world: CapitolaQuilter (Karen)

What’s your ALYoF goal this month?: The Lotus Tile Pillow made from the quilt block that I started in a needle turn applique workshop with Bobbi Finley.

Lotus Tile Pillow

How do you approach your sewing goals? With complete chaos and plenty of guilt. I am constantly discovering new projects I want to make but have countless projects already started.

How do you organize/prioritize your projects? Bundled in UFO buckets and some smaller containers. It’s better than before I reorganized my sewing room. Boarding my fabric and sorting my scraps made a huge difference but there is still a lot of digging and clutter. Prioritizing is almost always deadline based.

What is your current favorite project that you are working on?

What is your current favorite project that you are working on? Will you share pictures with us? A few months ago I joined a small group the Fabric Hounds and just finished FMQing and binding a quilt to be auctioned at an upcoming quilt show. This collaborative creation is called “Pup Art”. We meet in Capitola so I thought it was fitting to take it for a photo shoot with the colorful backdrop of Venetian Court.

What is your dream project to work on? Something special made with Liberty of London.

What is your favorite time of day to sew? When I can devote a nice chunk of time uninterrupted – I especially love to get that second wind and stay up all night (or at least until 2am) like at a Retreat.

What is your favorite quilting/sewing accessory? My Baby Lock Symphony sewing machine. I have a newfound appreciation for the features that let me be lazy and also the intuitive touchscreen.

What is your number one quilting/sewing goal for 2014? To attend as many local workshops as I can and to sew from stash so I can save up enough to attend QuiltCon 2015.

What is one technique you really want to learn? Straight stitch quilting using my walking foot and eventually work my way to matchstick quilting or what I like to call toothpick quilting (because really – it’s THAT thin!) I also want to try the FMQ sketched applique technique like theDoodle Dragon made by my friend Anne @ PlayCrafts.

Thank you so much Karen for joining us today!

Keep up the great work on your one goal for this month – you can do it!

The finishes link-up starts the last 7 days of the month and will end before the month is over.

January 2014 Winners – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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

We did it! We finished the first month of 2014 with 172 finishes!!! Everyone give yourselves a big round of applause and a good pat on the back! Shanna and I knew you had it in you!

We have some amazing sponsors this year that keep making this fun.

Mr. Random (upon verification) chose these as our winners.

January Prizes Include:

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

Kacey from The Little House in Vincent Woods
and
Elizabeth from A Wandering Minstrel I

3. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

Jess from One English Teacher

4. Persimon Dreams – Project Quilting Mystery Bundle

KatieQ from Katie’s Salt Marsh Path

5. Thread Prize from Aurifil

Deb from asimplelife Quilts

6. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

Beth from Hello Quilt Lady

7, 8. Honey, Bunny and Doll – 2 Patterns

Jo from Ramblin’ Rows
and
Deborah from Sunshine Through The Rain

9. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

Heather from Heather’s Creative Blessings

How fun to share all these prizes.

Please go and say hello to the winners and show the love to our sponsors!

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And remember the last day for your ONE February goal setting is TODAY.

It really will be a lovely year of finishes!

February Goal Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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

Well here we are, month 2 of 2014. As always, the year just seems to be flying by! The picture below is the current state of my cutting table. By the end of the month I hope there will be a lovely finished giraffe hoodie for Anne. Complete with horns and ears (which I will be completely making up). The pattern I am following (and slightly modifying for my needs) is by Fishsticks Designs and I’m really excited to be using it.

There are a few rules to be eligible for prizes!

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 **

For those unsure of how to link up go check out our Q&A Page for A Lovely Year of Finishes – there are instructions on how to link up from a blog and from Flickr.

Grab a button from my sidebar and spread the LOVE!

Oh yeah and there are prizes this month (as always!), here is what our fantastic sponsors are offering.

February Prizes Include:

1. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

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

4. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

5. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

6. Thread Prize from Aurifil

7. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

8. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

9. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to
Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

Finishes Party! January – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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

Month one is done and gone! Can you believe that we are already one month down? I myself am blown away by how fast this year is going. I need for time to slow down, but since that isn’t going to happen, let’s just party it up with our first finish of the year!!!

I got my top completed for my Flying Stripper Quilt. I made the row at the bottom and all of the geese sashing rows. I do believe that I will be using geese for sashing again because I absolutely love the over all effect. This quilt is destined to belong to Anne some day. It measures 84″ x 85″. I still have to make a backing for it so for the time being it will sit for a bit, but I am reveling in the fact that the top is complete.

Your turn!!! Shanna and I want to see what you have finished up this month!

Remember, to be eligible for prizes you need to have linked up to our goal party at the beginning of the year. When you write your post to link to the finishes party, please link back to your original goal post. It makes life easier for Shanna and I. Thank you!!!

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

Let’s make sure we thank our wonderful sponsors!!!

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

3. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

4. Persimon Dreams – Project Quilting Mystery Bundle

5. Thread Prize from Aurifil

6. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

7, 8. Honey, Bunny and Doll – 2 Patterns

9. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

Don’t forget to visit each other! It is always more fun when we cheer each other on!!!