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Monday, July 8, 2013

2013 Finish-a-Long: Quarter 3 Goals

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I've been tempted by the call of the Finish-a-Long for months now, and this time I'm going to finally share some of my goals in public. If you know me, you know I don't get many projects finished each year, but there are a few that I really want to finish in the next couple of months, so it seems like a perfect time to join in with Leanne of She Can Quilt and the Finish-a-Long crew!

Here's my list of projects to finish in Q3:

1) Patchwork baby quilt (started May 10th, 2013)
The baby this is meant for has just turned two months old and I'm optimistic I can get this basted, quilted, and given to him soon! His second cousins can't wait to meet him!

2) Rainbow Girl
I started collecting fabric for this colour wheel quilt in 2010 and I pieced the top last summer. I basted it in November 2012 and just have to quilt it!


3) Memories of QuiltCon
I pieced this mini quilt top at a Lizzy House workshop at QuiltCon in February 2013. My neighbour Courtney, managed to design, piece, quilt, and bind her mini quilt in the same time I took to create this top! It won't take too long to quilt this tiny little quilt, I just need to make it happen! All of the fabrics I used for this quilt were from a bundle I purchased in Seattle at last year's meet up of the Vancouver, Seattle, and Portland Modern Quilt Guilds. Thanks to Keli of Drygoods Design for creating this great palette!

I have many more WIPs that I could list, but I'm going to try to remain grounded in reality and stick with this list of three. I have some late bee blocks and a couple of swaps to do over the summer, so I won't just be focusing on finishing my own quilts. If I can finish just three quilts by the end of September, I'd be delighted!

What are you working on this summer?

9 comments:

  1. well, my mini quilt was certainly not as intricate as yours! I still haven't finished the hand quilted I wanted to add, though! Good luck on all your WIPs, I especially can't wait to see that rainbow girl! Amazing!

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  2. Welcome to the FAL. This is a lovely list and I am hoping that you will finish them as they are all beautiful projects.

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  3. Good luck, Holly! I have a couple of quilts I'm aiming to finish this winter (remember, bottom of the earth and all): a scrappy throw-sized quilt I started a couple of months ago that I'm about half way through hand quilting, and another, much larger quilt I'm working on using a collection of hand stitched vintage quilt blocks my aunt gave me.

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  4. All three of your quilts look great! Your little helpers are very cute there holding that quilt for you, and I love those tiny HST's - great colours! Good luck!

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  5. These are all great but that mini is too cool!! Can't wait to see how these turn out!

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  6. I love all these projects, Holly! Welcome to the FAL!

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  7. You have such a great eye for colour. I can't wait to see how you quilt "Rainbow Girl". It's simply stunning.

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  8. Happy quilting! My biggest project this month is to build a quilting frame for a quilting bee in August, and I haven't started yet. Fortunately I hate hot weather so I don't mind hiding in the basement sewing or quilting, but the frame means working outside.

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