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Pre-Gaming For Some Finishes!

13 Comments / A Lovely Year of Finishes, Fiber of All Sorts, Intrepid Thread, Lovely Finish / By Melissa Dunworth

Happy Boxing Day Everyone!

This past weekend I had the chance to take my mom and Anne to one of my favorite fabric stores…The Intrepid Thread! I brought 2 quilt tops with me and a small collection of blocks for a 3rd top and did a little pre-gaming for our Lovely Year of Finishes that I am co-hosting with Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts.

I purchased backing material for all 3 quilts and thought I would share them with you!

These are the blocks that the wonderful ladies from the Trust Circle of Do. Good Stitches made in November and I have the happy job of sewing them into a quilt. I bought some gorgeous Kharma Baby for the backing.

This is the Purple Bee Block quilt for my mom. I bought some Pearl Bracelets by Lizzy House for the backing, my mom is in love.

This is my grandma’s Chemo Quilt. She passed before it could be made. I have been making it in her honor. I bought some of my favorite Impressions by Ty Pennington.

Julie and Mallory were wonderful in helping me pick out fabrics, I couldn’t be more grateful for the help. If you are in the Bay Area, I highly recommend heading over to The Intrepid Thread, I guarantee you won’t walk away empty handed!

Have you started pre-gaming or planning for A Lovely Year of Finishes yet?

A Lovely Finish

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

This past year I have had a hard time actually finishing things. I have finished five good sized quilts and several wall hangings/charity quilts. I have about a million works in progress. Projects that I have started and for one reason or another stopped. When it comes to completed quilt tops my biggest, number one reason for not finishing is I can never decide how to quilt something.

In December alone though…I picked up the pace, I finished 2 quilts AND I made 5 blankets for my nieces and nephews, not bad since I am 800 miles from my sewing machine (thank goodness my mom was able to loan me hers!). Here is a link to the group quilt I helped make. Here is another link to the commission quilt I finished. The past 2 weeks I have been sewing like crazy to finish 5 minky cuddle blankets for my nieces and nephews and I am so excited to say I have actually finished them – BEFORE Christmas!

Finishing is an important part of quilting, sewing, crafting, etc., and I was recently talking to my friend Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts about how it feels like we are always talking about what we are working on but never about things we have actually finished. Well 2013 is the year that all changes! We have teamed up and decided to launch A Lovely Year of Finishes.

We have set a goal, 1 finish per month for the next year giving ourselves a grand total of TWELVE finishes! AND…we are inviting you to join us! We have lined up some awesome sponsors and will be running regular linky parties so you can show us what you are working on and a Flickr Group too! Oh wait! Did I mention there will be prizes too?

So go check out our page, grab a button and join the Flickr Group for A Year of Lovely Finishes. While you are at it, make sure you head of to Shanna’s blog to see her finishes from this month!

Since I will not be back before Christmas, I hope everyone has a lovely holiday, filled with family and happiness.

A Finish – Kinda Feels Like a Win!

13 Comments / Lovely Finish, quilt / By Melissa Dunworth

I started a quilt back in July, it is my first ever commission. The bad thing is that I have actually have had it 95% done since July except the binding…which is my least favorite part of the quilting process. I am supposed to give it to its future owner at the end of this week, so needless to say it moved to the top of the finish it fast list.

The quilt pattern is Bloom, by Valori Wells. I was provided with the kit and asked to assemble it.

How about a few more lovely pictures?

All wrapped up and ready to deliver!

As we are traveling my sewing time is slightly more limited. This week I need to make 3 bee blocks and hopefully mail them off by Friday and then it is all holiday sewing. Blankets for my nieces and nephews and….hopefully pajamas for Anne. Wish me luck on the bee blocks!