2014 Finish-A-long: Quarter 1 Finishes {2014 FAL Q1}

Hurrah for finishing one of the quilts that have been sitting in the craft room! It's been a busy couple of months but I am loving sewing!  Here are my finishes from my 2014 Finish-A-Long: Quarter 1 Goals

1. 2012 Craftsy Block of the Month... Finished! I love it too! Read about that one here!

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2012 Craftsy Block of the Month Quilt - Finished {2014 Sew-A-Long}

I am so excited that I FINALLY finished this quilt! It took long enough! But, I think that it looks awesome and I actually (can you believe) hand stitched the binding on the back! My finger tips still hurt from the grabbing, pushing and pulling that darn needle... All I have to say is... never. ever. again.. (right, like that'll happen).

Some blocks had FMQ and others were just straight lines. 

I love how it turned out and the colors! It brightens up the room when it is on the floor and the kids are playing on it. 

2014 Finish-A-long: Quarter 1 Goals {2014 FAL Q1}

Ok... Here is my list, pretty much the same as last quarter because I almost finished one, but not quite... Christmas presents took a lot of time. And Nikolai's birthday party. And, it was all totally worth it! :)

So here are the list of items that I am going to try to fit in between now and March, in between clothing items that is...

1. Craftsy Block of the Month 2012 quilt... Wait, what? 2 years for this one? my goodness me! All that is left is the binding. I can use my new wonderclips that I got for Christmas from my mom! :)

2. Labyrinth Lap Quilt... I am still debating the backing for this, if I really want to use it...but I have nothing else...

3.  My band shirt memory quilt... Still trying to find backing fabric for this...

4. This is baby girl's baby shower quilt. Nope, still sitting on the wall... Just like this...  I am thinking of just foregoing trying to get other people to write on a square. I'm kind of negative in thinking about this... I love it, and I love that it is messages for her. I love her. This is something that potentially can be with her for a very long time. (I even have background!) I haven't pursued having people writing on a square because no one is responding, yes it has been a while... (Maybe I can bring some squares into the guild?) ... She is going to wonder why some people close to her never wrote on a square. Oh well ... maybe it wont be so hard when it is finished?

5. This is still meant to be a checker quilt. I discussed sizing with Brandon and he doesn't want it bigger than the table, because he doesn't want to play on the floor... But... I found the line at the local quilt shop in Sahuarita!!! So it can be bigger than the table! ;)

6. Jelly roll quilt... I still need to fins a good enough yellow... Separate the rows and add in the sashing...

7. My new project... We got this for Nikolai's birthday. Brandon decided he wanted to get him and rc car so it got pushed back to Christmas. But, because I wasn't given time on the weekends to work on it. I was just barely able to get the other gifts done, and they turned out awesome! So this one is just for whenever it gets finished. 

We found this panel at the quilt shop in Sahuarita and it was the only one! Had to get it! It took a while to decide what to do. Just decided to border then quilt it with minky on the back (Nikolai loves fuzzy!)... So I have one more border, quilt and bind. He still hasn't seen it!

So, for now these are my quilting goals... I hope to at least finish the BOM and the Dino quilt... But clothes for the kids is a little top on the list. Samara grows out of things so fast! We are starting to enter the 6-9mos. sizes! We see how big she is on Wednesday!!! :)

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