My July finishes
Month: July 2018
Moving right along with finishing!
The little quilt in the 2nd picture was made with left-overs from the quilt on the right. The one on the right was finished in January. You can see a close-up of the quilting HERE.
The “Left-over” quilt has not been washed yet – so it’s not a wrinkly and cozy. It’s 45″ x 45″. The backing and black border were also left-overs from another quilt. I did not have enough fabric to bind it in one colour. SEW, I used both green and red fabric to bind it.
Another finish! :-)
Yes, this is now finished. I showed close-ups of the quilting HERE. This is a fun and easy quilt to make with a charm pack. I bought the charm pack in 2012, started the quilt in 2013 and now it’s finished. It was a fun quilt to quilt! 
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I’m mudding the waters.
Yup, I am. In my last post (HERE), I said that I had 2 finishes. That is still correct. But, I attributed both finishes to my UFO list. That is incorrect. One (Square Dance) was started this year and the other (Kangaroo) was a UFO. Now to achieve my PHD in 2018, I did need to finish Square Dance, but Kangaroo was an option out of all my UFOs. All of this to say, I have 9 UFO’s to finish for my PHD in 2018. SEW … hopefully the muddy water’s are clear again!
Design Wall
- Fireburst: this a mystery from “Tish’s Adventures in Wonderland.” I thought I was done the step for this month (the flying geese), but when I went to her blog to get the URL, I realized that it said “Flying Geese and Square in a Square.” Guess I’ll have to make the square in a square – right?
2 July finishes!!
That’s correct! I’ve got 2 finishes! That leaves me with 8 UFOs and 2 new projects to finish before the end of the year for PHD in 2018!
#1
This Kangaroo quilt is done, done, done. The label is on and it’s ready to be gifted! There is pinky minky on the back. Last week I talked about how easy it was to quilt. And, I mentioned that I did not like the mess it made when it was trimmed. When I was putting the binding on, I also found another dislike: it’s HOT!!! It’ll be nice and cuddly in the winter. If it wasn’t going to be gifted soon, then I would have put it aside until it was cooler!
Edit: This quilt was a panel, contrary to some beliefs, I did NOT appliqué it. Just added the borders onto the panel!
Playing with Embroidery
I have an embroidery machine. It’s OLD and the hoops are small. At work, I was told that I needed to learn to use the embroidery machine. A big one. It’s nice. But I don’t have it at home. I can work my way around it and have designed several things, using the designs that are build in.
But I wanted to try appliqué in the hoop, on my machine. There is a real cute pattern at Sweet Pea, an Australian company. It’s a free pattern. “Learn in the Hoop.”
10 Reasons my UFOs languish …
First … no finishes, but almost! This is the quilt I talk about below … the one with minky on the back. At first, I wasn’t going to use batting, but later decided to put some in. I’m glad I did … it made the animals a bit puffy. Which is nice!
A friend of mine, Donna, told me to make sure it was well adhered. Sew, I did. And I pinned it in about a dozen places. It was easy to quilt: moved easily around and I liked the affect on the back! The only thing I did not like was the MESS when I trimmed the minky, I wish I had taken it outside to do.
AND the binding is ready to be put on …
Quilting Gail 