A Lovely Year of Finishes

November Goal Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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Well we have finally made it to November. We are getting into full on Christmas sewing time, or at least I am anyways! My goal for this month is to finish the quilt I was working on when I sewed my finger on Sunday (read about it here). It is a Christmas present for someone very special in our lives and I have to finish it 2 weeks before Christmas. Here’s the plan, do the FMQ when I get my sewing machine back and then I will have 2 weeks to bind it before I gift it. I am giving it 2 weeks early so I have to make sure I get my timing just right.

I’m really hoping and praying that my machine is back on Monday or Tuesday next week to give me plenty of time to quilt.

Your turn!

What one item will you choose to do for November?

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 **

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:

November Prizes Include:

1.A Prize from The Intrepid Thread

2. A $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

3, 4. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern
from Sew BitterSweet Designs – that’s me!
($10 value)

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

6. A Paper Piecing Kit from Paper Pieces

7, 8, & 9. One Thread Chart & 2 Thread Packs from Aurifil Threads

10. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

Try and visit 2 other people who have linked up before you so that we can cheer each other on!



October Finish – Cutest Pink Tiger Ever!

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I actually finished my goal way at the beginning of the month. The most complicated article of clothing I have sewn to date, Anne’s Halloween Costume!  I took her shopping at JoAnn’s to pick her fabric and being the pink girl that she is as soon as she spotted the pink tiger stripe, it was all over but the paying.

I used the Simplicity 2855 pattern and was able to use the smallest size, which is nice because the 2 small sizes were printed separately from the larger ones so I could save them for a future costume.  This pattern included tons of new skills for me. The costume is a zip front jumpsuit.  Inserting a zipper into fleece was all new to me, I had to sew the entire costume with my walking foot, and I made a lined hat.  I’m very proud of the way it turned out and as you will notice…I think Anne likes it too!

 

Here she is from the front, the pink socks were a total coincidence (as I said, this girl loves her pink!). I even made her little mittens – which will come in handy tonight when it is FREEZING!

Check her out from the back. And now for the real cuteness – she felt the need to check out her tail! LOL

So there you have it! My October Finish! Did you finish your goal? There is still time to link up!

We have lots planned today. There will be a costume parade at Kindergym, then preschool in costume, and finally trick or treating later this evening. I bet she sleeps really well tonight!

Happy Halloween!

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Blogger’s Quilt Festival – Entry 1

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AmysCreativeSide
 

I thought long and hard about which quilt I should enter for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival over at Amy’s Creative Side.  For my first entry I wanted to do my mom’s Purple Bee Quilt.

I am entering this quilt into the Group/Bee Category, make sure you head over and check out all the other amazing entries. You may remember this quilt as my August finish for A Lovely Year of Finishes.

Finshed Purple Quilt - https://test.sewbittersweetdesigns.comName: Purple Bee Quilt
For: My Mom!
Size: 75″ x 75″
Quilting: Straight line on angles, with a Wishbone FMQ in the border (done by me)

These blocks were collected over the course of 2012 from the 3×6 and 4×5 bees over on Flickr. 5 of the blocks were made by me and were my test blocks for what I made my bee mates.

I love this quilt because it is my mom. It fits her personality so well.  I hope you don’t mind seeing it again!

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A Lovely Year of Finishes – October Finishes Party

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How on earth did it already become the end of October. I was reading yesterday that there are something like only 60 days left until Christmas! WHAT?!?  Next month my goal will have something to do with Christmas sewing I am certain!  For now though, let’s focus on this month. My goal was to make the cat costume for Anne using the pattern below. It is finished but I thought it would only be appropriate to reveal it on Halloween, so you will have to wait a week to see my finish, but I want to see yours now (or as soon as you are done)!

Simplicity Pattern 2855

Also, I would like to offer my sincerest apologies for abandoning everyone at the mid-month check in. My blog was having some technical difficulties. Luckily Shanna is AWESOME and hosted the link up party!

Your turn!

What one item did you choose to finish for October?

To make it easy on Shanna and I (and easier on you), please link back to the goal setting post or photo.

We have a few people that missed out on prizes as we couldn’t verify if they entered in the beginning post. We also are having a hard time as many of you are listing more than one goal.

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:

October Prizes Include:

1. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

2, 3. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern
from Sew BitterSweet Designs – that’s me!
($10 value)

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

5. A Paper Piecing Kit from Paper Pieces

6. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Superior Threads

7. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

Try and visit at least 2 other people who have linked up before you so that we can cheer each other on!



I’m back!!!

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Did you miss me? I can’t even tell you how much I missed blogging this last week!

So here’s the story, my web host has all of its technical support in the Philippines – the day that my issues started was the same day that the Philippines was hit with a huge earthquake. People come before blogs (as they should) and I’ve been down while they got back up and running. There were a few unforeseen bugs on the back end of my blog but now things are up and running smoothly again. I can’t tell you how happy I am about that!

In the meantime, I wanted to give a shout out to my wonderful partner in crime Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts for hosting the mid-month link up party for A Lovely Year of Finishes and my wonderful friend Kristin from Modjeska Designs for helping me sort through this blog mess (she is very tech web savvy, where some days I feel like I don’t even know how to tie my shoes).

With my blog down I had a TON of time to sew! Here’s one of my finishes from last week, new jammies for Anne – McCalls pattern M6643 – size XS.

I do believe they are a hit! It was my first time sewing with knits and thanks to Shanna telling me to use a walking foot it went pretty well. Next time I want to try out a double needle and see how that goes.

Here’s a close up of the shirt:

McCalls M6643 - XS Shirt - https://test.sewbittersweetdesigns.comThat’s all for now! I will be back tomorrow to share some more!!! I sure did miss blogging!!!

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