A Lovely Year of Finishes

August A Lovely Year of Finishes – Mid Month Check In

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We have made it to the middle of the month, for some this means being that much closer to school starting, for others the school year has already begun. I am struggling with the concept of school right now as my little one will be starting preschool in just under a month. That all being said, you either have lots of sewing time right now because everyone is back in school or you are squeezing in a last few fun trips before the summer ends. I’m somewhere in between.

I’ve been slowly plugging along on my goal for the month. I finished the quilting on the Purple quilt and I’m now working on the binding. I am hand binding, which for me and my terrible hands is truly a labor of love. Next I will bury all the threads.

I decided to use the beautiful pearl bracelets for my backing and a nice solid black for the binding. Hopefully I will be able to finish soon!

Your turn! Show us your progress! You can link up here or with Shanna but you don’t have to link up twice!

Don’t forget to visit our wonderful sponsors this month! They make our link ups sew much more fun!

August Prizes 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

This party will be open for 7 days, so you have lots of time to link up! Try and visit at least 2 other people who are linked up and encourage them along with some lovely comments!



July Winners – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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Well now that July has come and gone it is time to announce all the fun that came with the month. We had 84 finishes in the month of July! Woohoo! That brings the 2013 grand total up to 749 finishes! Can you believe that!

Now what does that mean in terms of prizes…so far we have given out 51 prizes! Wow! We are so blessed to have such amazing sponsors, please make sure you take some time to visit their websites and see all of the amazing things they have to offer!

Now on to the July winners.

 July Prizes Include:

 1. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

Shanna picked this bundle of batiks

Moda Batiks

The winner is Heather @ Quilts in the Queue

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

The winner is Kelsey @ Everyday Fray

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3. Paper Pieces prize donated from Paper Pieces

The winner is Anna @ Life Sew Crafty

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4,5,6,7. A thread pack from Aurifil

# 4 – Thread collection with 40wt Pat Sloan’s pick

#5,6,&7  – Random thread pack

Aurifil PS

The winners are

~ Lisa @ Modern Balabusta

~ Kim @ Persimon Dreams

~ Missy @ Missy’s Homemaking Adventures

~ Aylin Nilya @ AyliN – Nilya

AND we’re throwing in ~ Jody over on Flickr as she passed up another prize. Thanks sweetie!

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8. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

The winner is Ellie Q @ Color My World

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Now remember! You still have time to link up your goal for August – go here! We have tons of great prizes up for grabs!

August Goal Setting Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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It is August. I am a bit in shock by that, but not really. I have been steadily chipping away in July at this month’s goal. I want/need to finish my mom’s birthday present. Her birthday is in September and this is my git er done month. I will finish the quilting and bind my mom’s birthday quilt. Here’s my quilting progress to date:

I learned this awesome tape technique from the wonderful Julie at Intrepid Thread. It is a great way to get straight lines without having to mark up your quilt. These lines are already done and I taped some fill in lines the next day:

All that is left is borders and binding (oh and I have to pick out a binding – I suck at that).

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What one item will you choose to do for August?

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:

August Prizes 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

 

 Thanks for joining in! You have til the 7th to link-up.

There’s an optional mid-month check-in.

And you’ll have to link up anytime on the last 7 days of the month.



Space Quilt Reveal

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If you follow me on Flickr, you may have already seen the whole Space Quilt, but I wanted to share the quilt with everyone in its entirety.

The blocks for this quilt were generously made by the incredibly talented ladies of the Trust Circle for Do. Good Stitches. I feel so blessed to count myself as part of this group. I asked them to each make a star block and one related space block. We had paper pieced blocks, appliqued blocks, and even embroidered blocks. The talent of these ladies just blows me away.

Our circle for Do Good Stitches supports children in foster care. To find my child I got in touch with my favorite foster mom and friend, Kristy from Hopeful Threads, she provided me with all kinds of fun information on the boy that I would be donating the quilt too. He loves space, his favorite colors are red, blue and black. I’m pretty sure we hit the nail on the head! From the pictures I received I would say that we got it just right. I can’t show you any of the pictures that show his face, I want to help protect his anonymity, but I do have one super special picture to share.

I have it on good authority from Kristy that the quilt is well loved!

Have you finished your project yet for July – A Lovely Year of Finishes? You have until Wednesday night to link up!

A Lovely Year of Finishes – July Finishes Party

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Well it is that time again, the end of the month. We are now closer to the end than the beginning, which is really awesome and kind of scary at the same time!

I will be sharing my complete finish in another post but here is a great shot of one of the amazing blocks in the Space Quilt that I finished earlier this month.

This incredible paper pieced block was made by Jessica, aka Plum Patchwork on Flickr and here on Etsy.

Now it is your turn!

Please link up that  one item you choose to finish this month.

 To be eligible to win a July prize you

1. were required to enter you your project {on this post} the first 7-days of the month

and

2. enter in the linky below, 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!

 **Don’t forget! The linky party is the same here and over at Shanna, so there is no need to enter twice **

Make sure you grab a button from the sidebar and link back to this post so everyone can join in the fun!

Here is a reminder of what our fantastic sponsors are offering:

July Prizes Include:

 1. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

Moda Batiks

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

3. Paper Pieces prize donated from Paper Pieces

4,5,6,7. A thread pack from Aurifil

# 4 – Thread collection with 40wt Pat Sloan’s pick

#5,6,&7 – Random thread pack

Aurifil PS

8. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

Thanks for joining in!

Don’t forget to come back before the end of the month to see what I made! And don’t forget to go check out Shanna over on Clover & Violet today!



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