A Lovely Year of Finishes

A Lovely Year of Finishes – April Winners

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We are all winners simply because we are all finishing some gorgeous projects, but some people have also been blessed in winning some awesome prizes from our amazing SPONSORS!

A Lovely Year of Finishes that is co-hosted by Shanna and I.  Click on either of our pages to get more information.

 There were 103 (well 105 counting Shanna and I) finishes in the month of April and they were all so fantastic!

April PRIZES from our amazing sponsors:

 1. A Craftsy Class (winners choice of class)

 I heart Craftsy!

 The winner is Lyndsey from Sew Many Yarns

2. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

The winner is Robyn from Flickr

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

The winner is Lindsey from Happier Than a Bird Quilts

4. A Paper Piecing Kit donated from Paper Pieces

The winner is Jennifer from Glinda Quilts 

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

The winners are: 

Wendi from Bethadee Zoo
Debbe from Pieces to Love

8. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

The winner is Tubakk from Den Syende Himmel

9. $10.00 Gift Certificate from Contemporary Cloth

The winner is Cindy from In a Stitch Quilting

Many thanks to our amazing sponsors.  Having that additional incentive to finish is always an awesome encouragement!

Good luck with your goals in May!

If you are looking for my super cool Sew Mama Sew Giveaway go HERE it ends May 10th!

 

Keep it up!

Swooning Triangles

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This weekend was a mixed bag. It started out rough with a disappointing kidney appointment for Anne, but it improved greatly as the weekend went on.  We spent a ton of time outdoors in the unseasonably HOT Washington weather. Seriously, we were in the mid-80s most of the weekend!  We re-did our entire front yard and I planted more seedlings in our fledgling fruit and veggie garden. I’m really hoping something grows this year other than just weeds!

I did mange to find some time to work on my May Finish for A Lovely Year of Finishes (today is the last day to link up for May!).  I got all my fabric cut for the last 2 Swoon blocks on Sunday, I also sewed all the flying geese for both blocks and the HSTs. Yesterday I worked on trimming those HSTs to size (during nap time of course) and I will hopefully start assembling the final blocks today!

Since I have no finished blocks to show you I thought I would show you something I have collected whilst making my Swoon blocks:

144 small Half Square Triangles – once trimmed they will measure to 2.5 inches.  Now to figure out what to do with them…I’m thinking pillows to go with my gorgeous quilt, but I’m open to suggestions!

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend!

May – A Lovely Year of Finishes Goal Setting Party

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It is May! That means the showers should be over and we should finally get our flowers. In the case of our family it means that it is time to plant our fledgling seedlings and hopefully get some fruits and veggies!

It also means that it is time to start setting goals again. If this is your first time joining us for A Lovely Year of Finishes check out the info page here or over at my partner in crime’s (Shanna) blog. We also have a great FAQ page as well to answer all your questions.

If you are a repeat finisher, pick a finish and get linked up! Here is my finish for the Month of May:

Those of you who have followed my blog for awhile might remember my Swoon quilt made with the gorgeous Half Moon Modern fabrics. Well I have decided that I am going to go for the standard sized swoon instead of a king sized one, I just feel my husband needs something a little more manly on the bed at night (I have his quilt in the works too but that will wait for a different month!). So my goal is to finish the last 2 blocks and assemble the entire top. I am excited to cross this one off the “finish top” list and add it to the “needs to be quilted” list. Make sure you head over to Fiber of All Sorts and check out Shanna’s planned finish for May.

As always, we have some amazing prizes offered by our fantastic sponsors, please make sure you take the time to visit each one and give them a little love. This challenge wouldn’t be near as much fun without them!

Remember, to be eligible for prizes you must link up to the party and the end of month party showing off your finish. We have a mid-month party too but it is not required, more for fun and cheering each other on!

May Prizes Include:

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

2. Mini Dresden Flowers Pattern and Pieces donated from Paper Pieces

3. $25 Gift Certificate from Intrepid Thread

4. These pack of books from a local quilter Solar Threads

Find Becky on her facebook page here

 

PHOTO COMING SOON!

 

5. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

6, 7, 8, 9 Will get one thread pack of Auriful Thread donated from Aurifil

10. $10.00 Gift Certificate from Contemporary Cloth

 



April Finishes Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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It’s the end of April already? Did you have lots of showers this month? We had our fair share here, which I actually don’t mind too much because it means I can be in my nice warm sewing room and quilt pretty much guilt free. I am excited to report that I got my quilt top finished! I have no idea how I will quilt this baby but it is at least done for now!

I usually don’t use too much black in my quilts but I have to say I just love how it frames the blocks and really ties them together.

Now it is your turn, show us what you got done!

No worries if you aren’t a blogger, you can link up your finished project from a photo you’ve added to our  flickr group.

Shanna and I are excited to host this monthly link with tons of prizes!

To be eligible for April prizes you must have entered into the goal setting party.

**Please note, this is the same linky on both Shanna’s blog and here, so no need to enter twice ***

And let’s not forget the prizes from our amazing sponsors:

April’s Prizes Include:

1. A Craftsy Class (winners choice of class)

I heart Craftsy!

2. $15.00 Gift Certificate to Fat Quarter Shop

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

4. A Paper Piecing Kit from Paper Pieces

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

8. $20.00 Gift Certificate from the Quilting Lodge

 

9. $10.00 Gift Certificate from Contemporary Cloth

9 winners will be chosen by Mr. Random for those that post here and the wrap-up linky at the end of the month with a completed finish.



Bordering Up

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This week I have diligently working away at adding borders to my purple and gray bee block quilt for my mom as my finish for April, A Lovely Year of Finishes. It is amazing how easily I get distracted when I am doing simple straight line sewing!!! It has literally taken me a day per border. Where I stand right now, is I have one border left to add, I guess that means I will make my goal this month! Hooray! I was thinking I might quilt this one next month, but I am also leaning towards quilting the chemo quilt – blogged about here. I know I won’t be able to finish it by mother’s day but I would love to give it to my mom in the month of May. I already have an awesome backing for both quilts so I’m ready to go…decision decisions!

Anyhoo! Here is a pick of me pinning away on my purple and gray quilt.

Don’t forget you can link up your progress on April’s A Lovely Year of Finishes here!

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