Fiber of All Sorts

Michelle from Squeek Crafts

Photos provided Michelle @ Squeek Crafts

Blog name: Factotum of Arts

Blog address: https://factotum-of-arts.com/

Name you’re known by throughout quilting world.
Michelle @ Squeek Crafts

What’s your ALYoF goal this month?
Finish the X & + quilt top

How do you approach your sewing goals?
I have a lot of unfinished projects that I have accumulated in my first year of quilting. So, I have become super organized this year.  This was my plan at the beginning of the year, and each month I adjust as I need to. I use link-ups to keep on track – A lovely year of finishes, Finish along 2014 (http://the-littlest-thistle.com/p/finish-along-2014.html) and this month 30 /30 Sewing Challenge (https://www.berrybarndesigns.com/3030-sewing-challenge.html)

I am also using these free monthly quilting project sheets from Taryn @ from pixels to patchwork (http://www.pixelstopatchwork.com/2013/01/quilt-project-sheets.html)

How do you organize/prioritize your projects?

I have several project bins with each of my projects materials and patterns etc all contained in that bin.

What is your current favorite project that you are working on? Will you share pictures with us?
My favorite project, at the moment, are my Tapa Star paper piecing pattern which I am making into cushions for my mum.

What is your dream project to work on?

I have two projects that I would put on my dream list – the Amy Butler Weekender bag, like the one Elizabeth Hartman made, and then the Tula Pink Butterfly quilt.

What is your favorite time of day to sew?

I really only get to sew during the weekends, and I love working in the afternoons but would sew all day if I could get the chance.

What is your favorite quilting/sewing accessory?
That is my small seam ripper (or in NZ lingo that would be a Quick’n’Pick)

What is your number one quilting/sewing goal for 2014?
I would like to finish at least 2 quilts per quarter

What is one technique you really want to learn?
I would like to learn how to use design software, so that I can create designs for fabric

Thank you so much Michelle for joining us today!

 Keep up the great work on your one goal for this month – you can do it!

 The finishes link-up starts the last 7 days of the month and will end before the month is over.

What about you? What’s your March goal?

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

 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 **

Here’s what we have for March prizes:

1. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

2. Thread Prize from Aurifil

 6. Sew Sweetness – 1 pdf Pattern

7. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 4 yards (worth $20) plus free shipping

8. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

 9. 1 Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to

Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

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.

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Karen from CapitolaQuilter – secondhandscraps

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Blog name: CapitolaQuilter – secondhandscraps

Blog address:https://capitolaquilter.blogspot.com

Name you’re known by throughout quilting world: CapitolaQuilter (Karen)

What’s your ALYoF goal this month?: The Lotus Tile Pillow made from the quilt block that I started in a needle turn applique workshop with Bobbi Finley.   

Lotus Tile Pillow

How do you approach your sewing goals? With complete chaos and plenty of guilt.  I am constantly discovering new projects I want to make but have countless projects already started.

How do you organize/prioritize your projects? Bundled in UFO buckets and some smaller containers. It’s better than before I reorganized my sewing room.  Boarding my fabric and sorting my scraps made a huge difference but there is still a lot of digging and clutter. Prioritizing is almost always deadline based.

What is your current favorite project that you are working on? 

 What is your current favorite project that you are working on? Will you share pictures with us? A few months ago I joined a small group the Fabric Hounds and just finished FMQing and binding a quilt to be auctioned at an upcoming quilt show.  This collaborative creation is called “Pup Art”.  We meet in Capitola so I thought it was fitting to take it for a photo shoot with the colorful backdrop of Venetian Court.

What is your dream project to work on? Something special made with Liberty of London.

What is your favorite time of day to sew? When I can devote a nice chunk of time uninterrupted – I especially love to get that second wind and stay up all night (or at least until 2am) like at a Retreat.  

 What is your favorite quilting/sewing accessory? My Baby Lock Symphony sewing machine.  I have a newfound appreciation for the features that let me be lazy and also the intuitive touchscreen.

What is your number one quilting/sewing goal for 2014? To attend as many local workshops as I can and to sew from stash so I can save up enough to attend QuiltCon 2015.

What is one technique you really want to learn? Straight stitch quilting using my walking foot and eventually work my way to matchstick quilting or what I like to call toothpick quilting (because really – it’s THAT thin!)  I also want to try the FMQ sketched applique technique like theDoodle Dragon made by my friend Anne @ PlayCrafts.