A Lovely Year of Finishes

July Mid Month Check In – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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Welcome to the middle of July! This month has flown by for my family, we are saying good-bye to Mr. SBD for a month this coming Sunday, so we have been squeezing in as much together time as possible when he is off duty. Happily I have managed to sneak in some work on my project this month. Here are a few pictures I thought you might enjoy.

I feel so blessed to have gotten to work on this quilt. The ladies in the Trust Circle of Do Good Stitches are truly talented. This quilt is actually completed but I won’t be revealing it until the end of the month link up party. I am washing it up today and mailing it tomorrow.

Now it is your turn! Show us your progress! Remember, this is not a mandatory link up, just for fun. You can link up here or with Shanna.

Take a few minutes to check each other out, leave some comment love and also swing by our sponsors and show them some love too, after all, this wouldn’t be near as much fun without them!

1. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

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

3. Paper piecing prize donated from Paper Pieces

4, 5, 6, 7 Will get one thread pack of Auriful Thread donated from Aurifil

8. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge



Sewing Stars

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Well, really I’ve been quilting them! For about 4 hours yesterday. Mr. SBD entertained Anne in the yard and garage and I got to quilt. For 4 GLORIOUS hours straight! I can’t remember the last time that happened!

(sorry for the crappy cell phone pic, it is late now and this is all I have to show)

I was going to follow a tutorial at first, but the star ones I found were a bit too complicated for the simple, fun design I had in my mind’s eye, so these are my take on FMQ Twinkle Stars. What do you think?

I will hopefully finish the quilting on this before Wednesday because I want to show this baby off at the next meeting of the South Sound Modern Quilt Guild on Wednesday night. Details for the meeting can be found in our Facebook Group.

Did you get any quilting done this weekend?

June winners – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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June has come and gone and it is time to announce the winners from those who finished their awesome goals!

Lovely Year of Finishes

If you weren’t able to finish or didn’t link up, don’t fret, you have until July 7th to link up your goal here, and as an extra incentive for those linking up in July Shanna and I have an extra little fun giveaway going on here, it too ends on July 7th.

June winners are as follows:

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

The winner is Mara from Greco Mara

2. Loving Pieces donated from Paper Pieces

The winner is Katy from The Littlest Thistle

3. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

The winner is Susan from DesertSky Quilting

4. A Fat Quarter Bundle from Moda United Notions

The winner is Mary from Lilian Stitches

5. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

The winner is Alli from from B.Yazoo

6. $25.00 Gift Certificate to Superior Threads

The winner is Ellie Q from Color my World

Congratulations to the winners.

And don’t forget the prizes are just gravy! The real win is the finish!

A Lovely Year of Finishes – Quickie Fun Giveaway!

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Hello! We’re 6 months in.

A Lovely Year of Finishes

A Lovely Year of Finisheshas been amazing!!

There is some lovely #ALYoF on twitter and instagram

665 goals have already been completed by our amazing participants!!

Adding to the fun, Shanna and I have sent out 37 prizes!

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We wanted to clarify a few items for everyone (NEW and OLD):

To be eligible for the end of the year round-up – you’ll have to have finished 6 months of link-in’s (6-goal settings and in the same month finished it up).

That’s right you must have 6 completed projects that were linked-in with Shanna and I.

That means that if you haven’t joined us yet – you still have time!

We love all of our generous sponsors, and let’s face it, without them, it wouldn’t be nearly as much fun!

Shanna and I would love for YOU to spread the word about ‘A Lovely Year of Finishes‘

Let’s have a giveaway!

This is a quick giveaway to encourage everyone to enter into our July goal setting party.

If you spread the word you can be entered into this giveaway.

If you are new, WELCOME, you can be entered into the giveaway too.

Grab a button from my sidebar and spread the love!

You could win 2 charm packs of Riley Blake – Kensington

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Let Shanna or me know if you have any questions.

Dear Flickr

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Dear Flickr (and Google too for that matter!),

Why do you insist on forcing all of these changes on us?

We liked you the way you were! Truly!

I guess since you insist on changing, we have no choice but to follow suit…

For all of you wonderful quilters and sewists out there joining Shanna and I for A Lovely Year of Finishes who may be struggling with the changes over on Flickr, don’t fret, you are not alone. The amazing Shanna has done an updated tutorial on how to share your photos on the “new Flickr”. She totally has your back!

Go on over and check it out! Once you have done that…link up to our July Goal Party for A Lovely Year of Finishes! You have until July 7th to link up.

Don’t forget I also have a fun giveaway going on right now to celebrate my birthday yesterday, check it out here!

Have a happy Wednesday!

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