A Lovely Year of Finishes – Page 27 – Sew Bittersweet Designs

September Mid Month Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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

Welcome to the middle of September! I don’t know how it is going for everyone else but I have been super productive. To be honest I think that is because I’ve been trying to keep myself from breaking down over the fact that my little one started preschool last week. Sewing is the best therapy!

I finally settled on this lovely little meandering loop the loops for the blocks on my Vintage Christmas Sampler. They reminded me of twinkle lights.

For the borders I did some free motion holly leaves and berries.

There are a few imperfections in my holly leaves but overall I am really pleased with them!

Your turn! Show us what you have been up to the first half of the month! I hope your goals are coming along beautifully! You can link up here or with Shanna, no need to link up twice.

Grab a button from my sidebar and spread the LOVE!

And don’t forget our awesome Sponsors and the incredible prizes they are offering!

September Prizes Include:

1. A CraftsyClass (winners choice of class)

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

4. $25.00 Gift Certificate to I Love Fabrics

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

6. A Paper Piecing Kit from Paper Pieces

7. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

8 & 9. A thread pack from Aurifil

A Lovely Year of Finishes – August Winners Announced

3 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes / By Melissa Dunworth

Another month has come and gone which means that it is time to hand out some prizes! If you didn’t win a prize that doesn’t mean you aren’t a winner, you still have an awesome finish to be proud of, Shanna and I take our hats off to each and every one of you!!

Again thanks to our sponsors. They are the ones adding extra joy to all of our finished projects!

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

The winner is Connie from Free Motion By the River,

2. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Superior Threads

Sew Much More!™

The winner is Julia from Life as a Quilter

3. Fat quarter bundle {one of their latest lines} from Riley Blake Designs

The winner is Mary from Totsy’s Quilting Tidbits

4. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

The winner is Becky from Solar Threads

5. Paper Pieces prize donated from Paper Pieces

The winner is Heather from Quilts in the Queue

6. Quilting pattern from the Quilting Lodge

The winner is Barb from Paint Creek Quilt

Thank you to everyone who linked up in August! Don’t forget that you can link up for September through the 7th so come and join us!

September Goal Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

12 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, vintage christmas sampler / By Melissa Dunworth

Welcome to September, the start of school (at least in Washington), the start of autumn (definitely in Washington), and for me…the start of my Christmas sewing! I probably should have started months ago, but I’ve had A LOT going on. My goal for September is to quilt my Vintage Christmas Sampler – if I am feeling scrappy I might even bind it, but my actual goal is to simply get it quilted. All of the tutorials for these blocks are available on my blog, just follow the link above and remember, they were all written for a scant 1/4″ seam!

This quilt could easily be made modern with some different fabric choices, but I went with what I had in my stash at the time. I cannot wait to snuggle underneath this at Christmas!

Your turn!

What one item will you choose to do for September?

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:

September Prizes Include:

1. A CraftsyClass (winners choice of class)

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

4. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Pink Chalk Fabrics

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

6. A Paper Piecing Kit from Paper Pieces

7. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

8 & 9. A thread pack from Aurifil

August Finish!

16 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Bee Blocks / By Melissa Dunworth

I finished! That’s right people! I finished my goal. I bet you thought I was going to miss since I waited until the last possible second to post.

Now I just need to package this up and mail it to my mom. I would give anything to be able to deliver it in person this year but that just isn’t in the cards. The bright side is that at least she will have it.

Quilt Stats:

Name: Purple Bee Quilt
For: My Mom!
Size: 75″ x 75″
Quilting: Straight line on angles, done by me!

Today is the last day to link up to A Lovely Year of Finishes for your August finishes – so make sure you get on it!

A Lovely Year of Finishes – August Finishes Party

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

I’m going to let you in on a little secret…every time I got to write Lovely for A Lovely Year of Finishes, I actually write Lovey, then I have to fix it. Not sure why, but I have been making the same typing mistake ALL.YEAR.LONG!

That being said, welcome to the end of August! Have you finished your goal yet? I will admit that I have not done so yet. Lucky for me (and you too if you aren’t quite there yet) we have until the last day of the month to complete our goals! Here is a picture of mine from the beginning of the month:

I have about 40 more inches of binding to sew down and then ALL of the threads to bury. If I manage to work on it the next few evenings, I should easily hit the goal of August 31st.

Your turn! Time to show off your finish! I will be posting mine separately at the end of the week. You can link up with me or with Shanna, but remember that we share our party so there is no need to link up twice!

We would love it if you took a moment to visit our wonderful sponsors! They add so much fun to this little party of ours! The prizes for August include:

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

2. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Superior Threads

3. Riley Blake Designs – fat quarter bundle {one of their latest lines}

4. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

5. Paper Pieces prize donated from Paper Pieces

6. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

Remember in order to be eligible for prizes you must have linked up to our party at the beginning of the month and also linked up to this party. Please link back to Shanna and I to spread the love!