July ALYoF Goals

A Lovely Year of Finishes - a new month - July - a time to wipe the slate clean and set up some goals for July.  Even thought it is already a week into July and I haven't sewn jack.  

1.  I need to make two more Super Totes.  One is a late gift and one for a workshop with the Virginia Beach Modern Quilt Guild.  

2.  I need probably 16 more blocks to finish up this postage stamp quilt top.  I only want to get the blocks finished this month.  I'll worry about quilting it in another month.

3.  I want to get to the baby quilt that will go with this nursery set I made in April.  The baby has been born and I promised a quilt, but have yet to start it.  I should make it before he outgrows his crib.  

Linking up with the lovely Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts for the July A Lovely Year of Finishes.  Now, I have gone through and READ that she only wanted ONE item to finish - but hey, I'm going big this month!  

Q2 FAL Finishes

I went back and had a looksy at what I had listed for 2013 Finish A Long, this is for the second quarter.  Not off to a good start, not even remembering what I had listed.  Surprise!  I finished two of the three quilts I listed as well as started the third.  Go Me!  Here is my post for Q2 .

First I completely finished the baby quilt and it has been sent and well received.

You can see more photos in this post.

Second I put this quilt together and quilted it.  It is waiting to be given, but it will be soon.

More photos and details can be read here.  I feel good getting both of these done and off of my WIP list.

I started the quilting on my last item in the FAL, but it is not finished.  I'm not disappointed though, I want to take my time on this one, and it is going to be a slow process.  

So, that is my list!  I'm working on what I want to add for Q3 - getting two quilts finished and ready for cuddling last month feels great!  

Q2 FAL

I am not good at these things.  These Finish A Longs.  I never seem to finish what I listed, not because I don't want to finish these.   I just seem to finish a bunch of other things because someone needed something or it struck my fancy or I bought some cute new fabric or the guilt fairy pays a visit.  I completely forget about what I put on my list and move on to new projects because starting something new is so much more fun than digging out something forgotten.  But I am an optimist, so I am going to link up with Leanne at SheCanQuilt and make a finishing list for this quarter.

These blocks have been on my mind lately, I thought of someone that I think will like a quilt made from them.  I will put the blocks together and quilt.  These blocks were made for me in a bee, and I have to go and search which bee it was way back when.  There are a lot of blocks and somewhere I have a photo of a bunch of them together, but I can't locate it.  I finally found a photo of one of the blocks and it was in my 2011 photos file, yikes!  Luckily, by a stroke of clutter madness, I know right where all the blocks are located and the extra fabric is with them!  

I want to add a border to this baby quilt top and get it out the door.  Since the baby is now four months old.  I put this top together from squares I had cut either too big or too small, I can't remember which, while making another baby quilt.  I had intended to finish this in March at my quilt retreat, but I had too many other projects going and this was way down the list.  

I am going to quilt 'I Don't Get It' that I made for the Pantone Emerald Challenge.  I had thought about adding more border to make it wider, but I believe I will leave it the way it is.  I have backing fabric now.  I normally use a wool / cotton blend batting for quilts that will be used, but I might use something with a lower loft for this one.  

That is all I am putting on my list.  I don't want to be completely unrealistic about what I might actually finish in the next three months.  

Keep Calm and Quilt On!

Mary