February Accomplishments

This was a great month for my accomplishments. I started it out sick with the nasty bug that was going around, but when I found my groove I accomplished quite a bit.
I made the Tudor Bag from Sew Sweetness as a work bag for a trip to Brookings this month. It's an awesome bag for work! I love the size, durability, and structure.

I'm teaching the Ellipse quilt in April, so I made this sample. It turned out really cute and I think it will be very loved.

On my work trip, I finally finished sewing all the green blocks for a  5-yard quilt. It's my hope to finish this one yet this year. I think all the blocks are done now.

I also pieced the top of Mathew's quilt on my trip so I could quilt it when I got home. I was able to finish it this month and he loves it.

I also quilted Dangerous BOM. It's still awaiting binding, but I'm so glad I could spend the holiday at my dad's quilting on these two quilts.

I quilted and bound Metro Hoops as well. It feels so good to have this one done and not hanging over me any longer.

Winding Ways is another UFO that was hanging over my head way too long. I'm so proud of finishing it.

These were the last 4 blocks for FGV and I finally got them done. It feels so good to have all of the FGV blocks done.

I also had a 3-hour block of testing that I was able to stitch during. I spent quite a few breaks as well stitching on this Ahhhh's quilt top. This is how I laid it out, but now that I look at it, I think I really want it to be a hexagon. I have plenty of the Ahhhh's left, so I'll pull out 8 more and continue working on them. I'm really proud of how far I came on this in just two months. At the start of the year they were just the hexies!


My Stash Report is doing well. I would be doing even better if I didn't take my kids to the quilt shop. I've literally only bought 4 yards for myself. The rest is for the kids (17 yards) and samples.
Yards In this Month: 13
Yards Out this Month: 35.5
Yards In this Year: 26.25
Yards Out this Year: 42.5

I was able to stop at Chamberlain on my way home from my work trip to see Destiny, the new statue overlooking the Missouri River. She's amazing and even more so in person!











My husband and his co-workers won an award for their work on the new Orchard Meadows Common Cents. He did some amazing work and I am so proud of him for winning this award.

SOYO 2017

SOYO quilt retreat was awesome! I was able to get a lot accomplished.
I made 2 bendy bags.

I made a Winding Ways wall hanging top.

I put together the yellow and pink Good Night Irene baby quilt.

I put together the Buckeye Beauty quilt top.

I also put together my GE Designs Dangerous blocks into a quilt top.

I also put together an XO baby quilt in Brights, but I need to find a border fabric.

I put the first 4 blocks of Twist & Turn quilt top together.

I also made my FGV block the correct way. I'm now caught up with my friends.

I sewed with these delightful ladies and my Aunt Jane. It was a wonderful weekend and I loved getting to spend so much time sewing with them. I also made 40 blocks for Mathew's Car quilt.

April Quilting Accomplishments & A Year of Lovely Finishes

This month I easily met my goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes. I had my little helper rearranging the blocks on the floor at the beginning of the month. We were able to get them into a pattern we liked and I sewed them together one evening.

The first weekend of the month we spent a day at my dad's house and I was able to quilt it up. I used a pink cowgirl minkee on the back.

I put the binding on the second week of the month and she's been sleeping with it ever since. She went with me to Club Sew last week and showed the new quilt she helped mommy make for her.

I am still working on Winding Ways blocks. I finished about 6-8 more this month. I figure if I can do 4 a month, that is a good number to work toward. They are easy to do, once I get in the groove.

I have also been working on TATW blocks. I have 10-12 done so far and 4 more cut out.

I also quilted up the giant star burst quilt. It doesn't have a home now, so it still doesn't have binding yet.

I finished the top of my Mystahhhhry quilt. I did some quilting, but am not sure I like it, so may take it out and start over again.

I also quilted and bound my mom's Loralie quilt. I gave it to her sister for her birthday this month.

On another day I got out to dads and quilted up the scrappy Swoon. It needs something else before I bind it, so it isn't done yet either.

I made my friend Nicole a drag blanket for her new baby.

I finished up three bags for Mikaela's friends.

I finished a second drag blanket as well. This one will either be for Mathew or a gift.

I also finished Mikaela's giraffe. This is the picture before horns, but it is done now. Although my friend says it needs a tail.

Mikaela showed her drag blanket at Club Sew the other night. It was so fun listening to her talk about sewing her first blanket.

My girlfriends and I had a surprise baby shower for our friend Nicole B. who is having a baby in June. It was a sewing night. FR: Gaila, Nicole B. Jenn., BR: Me, Emilee, Tammy

We were pretty silly even though no alcohol was involved. It's amazing how fun my sewing girlfriends are when we get together.

This is my favorite of us. Just being goofy. It's so good to have close friends. We all have kids, several around the same age, so we share a lot in common, in addition to sewing/quilting.

A Year of Lovely Finishes April Goal

My goal for April in the A Year of Lovely Finishes is  to make a BQ4 quilt for my daughter. I started it at the beginning of the month and so far I have gotten all the blocks made. I don't think it will be too difficult to get it made into a quilt top either tonight or tomorrow and then quilt it on Sunday. It's made out of the scraps from my other 5 Wanna Be A Cowgirl 1 & 2 fabrics. I have a pink cowgirl Minkee I want to use for the back since she loves minkee blankets. She helped me sew the pieces together on her machine one night and then I finished the blocks while she was asleep. Hopefully she'll help me lay the blocks out.


My other smaller goals include:
Working on blocks for my scrappy Trip around the World

Making Winding Ways blocks


Finishing up the Mystaaaahry quilt top
Finishing Mikaela's Giraffe stuffed animal
Sewing 2 rows of my hexie quilt top
Quilting a LG quilt on the frame (possibly my mom's Loralie quilt)