A Lovely Year of Finishes February (Finish Up)

It is amazing the difference just a couple of days makes!  If this were any other month,there would still be a few days left,to squeak out another small project or two.  Since this isn't any other month...

First up is my ultimate goal for the month.  Gothic Windows.  Although the sun was very cooperative today,the wind was a whole different story.  So the photos were snapped off in a hurry,before the quilt ended up in the dirt and patches of snow still on the ground!

A close up of one of the individual blocks/windows,and a bit of the quilting too.

As you can see,I decided to use more than just a little Kona black on the back.

The back side has two of the individual window blocks on it.  I like the back a lot,and think you could even use it as the front also.

A better look at one of the windows on the back side.  Love the text print included in this block!  What a great feeling,to remove this one from the "UFO" list and place it in the "Finished" column :0)

Next up for this month was to get caught up on the row along.  This is the row I was behind on,they are all sewed together now!

This was the next row spools,and baskets have been posted!  I am hoping to get those sewn up this weekend,as the next row will be posted Wednesday or Thursday of this coming week.

Also made and sent out my Stash Bee block for this month.  Such a cute one,it would look great on a tote bag wouldn't it?

Two blocks for the Skill Builder (button on my side bar) this one is EM Dash.

The Mood,is the second block for this month,in the skill builder.

Pin cushion not only started,but also finished!  I have one more in the works,but time is running out,so not sure if it will get finished in time.  I am going to try and get it done though.

The last finished item for this month is this little basket/purse organizer.  It now sits on my sewing table :0)  Whew,what a short busy month it has been around here!

Linking up over at The February Finishes Party!

Pretty little apples

It has taken me from last weekend to get up to speed on the row along,but caught up I am!

The two yellow apples are a little hard to see because they are both a very pale shade of yellow.  I finished this just in time Friday evening to snap off couple of quick photos before it was to dark.

A close up so you can see one of the yellow apples,and also one of the apple cores.  This photo was taken with the row around the  my big Spirea bush.  The colors are really pretty right now :)

Thought you might like to see the whole bush.  It does a great job of hiding the ugly tongue of the trailer!

In other sewing news....

A little late,but here is the progress on my fall rock garden flag.  It needs the border added and also the backing.  I am thinking of geese for the border and a solid or pieced back,haven't decided on the back yet.  This one is going to be laminated before it gets finished up and hung outside.  Hopefully that will keep it from fading so much from the rain and sun.

Can you believe another weekend has flown by again?  Me neither,and yet it has!  Hope you had time for some sewing or crafting this weekend :)

Row,Row,...your Quilt

A little while back during the Dots on Dots Blog Hop one of the peeps to leave a comment on my post was none other than Lori Holt!  After following the link back to her blog,I discovered that she was having a Row ~ Along  It looked so interesting that I immediately signed up to receive her posts by email :)  Since then I have been on the fence about weather or not to jump in and start paddling ;)

The other day it occurred to me that even though I did not have all the colors/shades of fabric needed(the main reason for not jumping right in) it might be found in the comforter bag of fabric that I had Raided from mom's stash that mom had let me take from her own stash in April while visiting :)

This weekend I have been rowing like crazy (feels like it anyway).  This is the first row,lots of tiny little squares.

A little closer look :)  This was fun to make,although it took me quite a bit longer than I expected!  Most of the fabric is from mom's stash,with a few of my own thrown in to complete the amount needed.  Since most of moms fabric is from at least the nineties,I decided to use muslin as the background fabric.  It is what I have enough of,and looks good too.

Rows one and two together!  The second row is little butterflies!  Are they not just too stinkin cute? :)

A closer look.  When looking at the photos for this post I realized that there are a couple of butterflies that are not turned the right direction,oops!  They were supposed to alternate one sideways,one up and so on.  Oh well,I still think that they are cute :)  Unless you are also rowing along you would never have known that they are not supposed to be like that.

While looking around Lori's blog I found a Tutorial for how to make a mini design board :)  This is the back of the one I made today :)  I bought a smaller one than she cuts down to make mini's,it was a tri-fold board.  So to fix the places where it folds,I hot glued in the creases and pressed them together.  Then followed her directions to make the design board :) You should make one or more for yourself,they are pretty Sweet!

Row three is all cut out and ready for me to start piecing and sewing it together this next week :)
I was going to talk about a few other things too,but it is already time to go to bed!  Time sure does fly when you are having fun :(  Oh well another day.