A Lovely Year of Finishes – Page 3 – Sew Bittersweet Designs

A Lovely Year of Finishes – November Finishes Party

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

Hello November! It’s time to work on those Christmas projects! I will be working on Hazel number 5!

I really want this done by Thanksgiving, so we will see if I can make it happen!

How about you?

What one item will you choose?

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

Please choose ONE project

and

2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month

Only with a completed, successful project. And yes the same one that you choose earlier in 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!

And if you are on twitter or Instagram tag #ALYoF

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

Here’s our amazing prizes this month…thank you sponsors!

1. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 3 yards plus free shipping anywhere

2. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

3. $15 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop

4. PDF Pattern from Katy – The Littlest Thistle

5. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

6. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

7. One pdf Pattern from Clover and Violet

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

9. Sew BitterSweet Designs one pdf pattern

10. One PDF pattern from Sew Sweetness

11. One PDF pattern from Honey, Bunny, and Doll Designs

A Lovely Year of Finishes – October Winners

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

Sorry that we are a little late in posting winners this month, but Shanna and I were a little preoccupied. We met up with one of our bestest friends in Portland, Oregon last week for Sewtopia and were mildly distracted by the incredible amounts of fun that we were having. So without further ado, and with a HUGE thank you to our incredible sponsors, your November winners are:

1. One PDF pattern from Honey, Bunny, and Doll Designs

Emily – Library Lil

2. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 3 yards plus free shipping anywhere

Patty – A Stitch in Time

3. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

Celine – Espritpatch

4. $15 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop

Marie – MarieRN

5. One PDF pattern from Michele of Aiming for Accuracy

Anja – Anja Quilts

6. PDF Pattern from Katy – The Littlest Thistle

Edi – Edi’s Crafting Life

7. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

Sandy – Sew….This is my blog

8. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

Beth – Wordygirl

9. One pdf Pattern from Clover and Violet

Jennie – Jennie’s Threads

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

Bee – Buzzing Around

11. Sew BitterSweet Designs one pdf pattern

Deb – newcreativestate

12. One PDF pattern from Sew Sweetness

Karen – Flickr

Make sure you get working on those November goals! We are almost halfway through the month!

A Lovely Year of Finishes – November Goal Party

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

Hello November! It’s time to work on those Christmas projects! I will be working on Hazel number 5!

I really want this done by Thanksgiving, so we will see if I can make it happen!

How about you?

What one item will you choose?

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

Please choose ONE project

and

2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month

Only with a completed, successful project. And yes the same one that you choose earlier in 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!

And if you are on twitter or Instagram tag #ALYoF

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

Here’s our amazing prizes this month…thank you sponsors!

1. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 3 yards plus free shipping anywhere

2. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

3. $15 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop

4. PDF Pattern from Katy – The Littlest Thistle

5. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

6. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

7. One pdf Pattern from Clover and Violet

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

9. Sew BitterSweet Designs one pdf pattern

10. One PDF pattern from Sew Sweetness

11. One PDF pattern from Honey, Bunny, and Doll Designs

Princess Merida – My October Finish

12 Comments / 2015 Finishes, A Lovely Year of Finishes, Clothes, halloween / By Melissa Dunworth

I did it! Despite throwing my back out, I spent 5 hours yesterday, sitting on a heating pad and sewing. I know I couldn’t have finished if I had needed to cut anything but luckily I cut out everything a week and a half ago. To date, this is the most complicated pattern I have made. This is only more complicated than Elsa from last year because there were so many more pieces. I still disliked sewing Elsa more – that slippery fabric was AWFUL!

This is Simplicity Pattern 1557

Here she is, the sleeve gauntlets are made, she even has a bow and arrow (thanks Nana and Baba).

I made her the cape to go with it, she was a little upset that I didn’t do the applique on the front that the pattern shows, but we watched the movie this weekend and when I pointed out that Merida does not have an applique of herself on her dress, she was fairly satisfied that she didn’t need one either.

I just love the way she looks with the cape on! This costume will last forever because it was 6 inches too long and instead of cutting the excess off, I simply folded it up and hemmed it, that way as she gets older I can let it down and it will last a little longer.

I don’t consider myself a clothes person, but the more I sew for Anne and the more I see the joy it brings her, the more I enjoy it. I will always be a quilter first but I will do just about anything to put a smile on my baby’s face!

Happy Halloween to all who celebrate, and happy princesses to those who don’t! I for one have a very happy princess in my house right now!

PS. You have until Halloween to link up your October Finish! Get on it!

A Lovely Year of Finishes – October Finishes Party

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

Welcome to the end of October. To say my month hasn’t gone as planned is a bit of an understatement, but I’m still alive and kicking so I guess I can’t complain too much. I am still working on the Merida dress for my finish – I got injured yesterday and spent some quality time in the ER so I’m not sure if I will finish in time for Halloween, but luckily we have lots of other princess dresses Anne can wear. Here is my progress so far:

As you can see I have quite a bit of work left to do and my studio is a complete disaster!

How about you?

What one item did you choose?

You have two requirements to be entered into the prizes this month.

1. Link-up the first 7-days of the month

Please choose ONE project

and

2. Link-up {on this post} in the last 7-days of the month

Only with a completed, successful project. And yes the same one that you choose earlier in 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!

And if you are on twitter or Instagram tag #ALYoF

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

Here’s our amazing prizes this month…thank you sponsors!

1. One PDF pattern from Honey, Bunny, and Doll Designs

2. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 3 yards plus free shipping anywhere

3. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

4. $15 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop

5. One PDF pattern from Michele of Aiming for Accuracy

6. PDF Pattern from Katy – The Littlest Thistle

7. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

8. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

9. One pdf Pattern from Clover and Violet

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

11. Sew BitterSweet Designs one pdf pattern

12. One PDF pattern from Sew Sweetness