Fiber of All Sorts – Page 22 – Sew Bittersweet Designs

September Mid Month Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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

Welcome to the middle of September! I don’t know how it is going for everyone else but I have been super productive. To be honest I think that is because I’ve been trying to keep myself from breaking down over the fact that my little one started preschool last week. Sewing is the best therapy!

I finally settled on this lovely little meandering loop the loops for the blocks on my Vintage Christmas Sampler. They reminded me of twinkle lights.

For the borders I did some free motion holly leaves and berries.

There are a few imperfections in my holly leaves but overall I am really pleased with them!

Your turn! Show us what you have been up to the first half of the month! I hope your goals are coming along beautifully! You can link up here or with Shanna, no need to link up twice.

Grab a button from my sidebar and spread the LOVE!

And don’t forget our awesome Sponsors and the incredible prizes they are offering!

September Prizes Include:

1. A CraftsyClass (winners choice of class)

2, 3. TWO winners each getting to choose one pdf pattern
from Sew BitterSweet Designs – that’s me!
($10 value)

4. $25.00 Gift Certificate to I Love Fabrics

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

6. A Paper Piecing Kit from Paper Pieces

7. Quilting Patterns designed by Quilting Lodge

8 & 9. A thread pack from Aurifil

A Lovely Year of Finishes – August Finishes Party

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

I’m going to let you in on a little secret…every time I got to write Lovely for A Lovely Year of Finishes, I actually write Lovey, then I have to fix it. Not sure why, but I have been making the same typing mistake ALL.YEAR.LONG!

That being said, welcome to the end of August! Have you finished your goal yet? I will admit that I have not done so yet. Lucky for me (and you too if you aren’t quite there yet) we have until the last day of the month to complete our goals! Here is a picture of mine from the beginning of the month:

I have about 40 more inches of binding to sew down and then ALL of the threads to bury. If I manage to work on it the next few evenings, I should easily hit the goal of August 31st.

Your turn! Time to show off your finish! I will be posting mine separately at the end of the week. You can link up with me or with Shanna, but remember that we share our party so there is no need to link up twice!

We would love it if you took a moment to visit our wonderful sponsors! They add so much fun to this little party of ours! The prizes for August 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

Remember in order to be eligible for prizes you must have linked up to our party at the beginning of the month and also linked up to this party. Please link back to Shanna and I to spread the love!

August Goal Setting Party – A Lovely Year of Finishes

13 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Bee Blocks, Fiber of All Sorts / By Melissa Dunworth

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.

A Lovely Year of Finishes – July Finishes Party

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

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

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

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!

June winners – A Lovely Year of Finishes

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

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

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!