April Edition of ALYOF

Here we are in the first week of April already!  So of course this post is all about my goals sewing wise for this month.  When thinking about what projects to work on this month,I took into consideration my plans for the farmers market this summer.

April Goals:
Finally make the OOORah Wallet (purchased over a year ago) for myself and more to sell both in my shop and at the market.

My only other "finish" goal is to get all the rows for the row along quilt sewn together and quilted.  The backing,binding and total finish is not included in the "finish"goal,so it may or may not happen this month.  Of course I plan on working on things to sell,but am not including those as finish goals.  That way I will not feel pressured,and it will be more fun for me.

Everything else that I am able to accomplish this month will just be the be the gravy over the potatoes ;)

Check out the goal setting party here to see what everyone else is working on this month!

Bread Making Machine...

(Namely Me)
Yes that is what I felt like this past weekend.

This is about half of the loaves of bread that I baked up this weekend!  21 was the total number,and yes I was the machine (I don't own a bread maker).  The flavors were ~ sun dried tomato w/cinnamon basil ~ english muffin w/sharp cheddar & green onion ~ pumpkin seed w/cranberry ~ plain ~ rye ~

Let me tell you that this was a great idea because,every loaf was gone in the first two hours!  The sale was a smashing success,we made close to $700.00!!  Which puts us about $128.00 dollars away from our 1,500 goal :)  Thank You to the community for such an Awesome turnout,You Rock Salida ;)

In sewing news...

Last week during the evenings,this is the project that I was working on.  It had to be put aside so that the baking could commence.  At this stage the front pocket (quilt block) was quilted and attached.

A peek inside,the contrasting fabric at the bottom makes up three smaller pockets.  In this shot you can just see that the quilt block is a pocket.

This evening there was time to finish up!  Not sure if I will put this one in my shop,or keep it :)

March Finishes Link Party (ALYOF)

Well,this month is just about shot in the butt!  Once again it is time to link up with Melissa,over at SewBitter Sweet Designs to show off our Lovely Finishes.

First,a recap of my goals for March:

• Finish Tumbler Quilt
• make a "few"items for the bake/craft sale slash fundraiser for Climb for Cancer
• Make some totes for the shop/farmers market

First up International Tumblers Quilt...

Finished!  These photos were taken just this morning,after my shift at the bake/craft sale :)

Although there are gusts of wind today,for the most part is has just been a mild breeze!  We are finally getting a taste of spring!  Which I for one am so ready for.  Mr P. suggested this local picnic spot for the photo shoot today,and I am so glad he did!

Here is a mosaic of some of the items that I made and donated to the sale.

There were also a few dress form pin cushions,and not pictured another baby quilt,five pillows,3 bracelets,and a couple hair barrettes.

My third goal: Tote bags for the shop/farmers market,also finished!  Can I get a Whoop,Whoop!?  Oh yeah,you gotta love it when a plan comes together :0)  This afternoon I will be listing the totes in my shop.

So far that is three for three this year!  That makes me a very happy person ;0)  If I can keep up the finishes (I can do it) this is going to be a super productive year!

How are you doing with your sewing goals this year so far?

Craft sale donations

What has been going on in your sewing room?  Here is what I have been up to lately.

Just monkeying around,with a flannel baby quilt for a sweet little girl.

The back of this one is a scrap piece of fleece.

Who wants to snuggle with me?  This one is for a baby boy.

Since I didn't have any matching fleece the back side of this one is also flannel,just a different print.

A couple sets of burp cloths,with flannel down the center.  Each set has three burp cloths in it.

A few little zip pouches,one is made with vinyl so you can see what is inside.  Which would be great for small items while traveling.

Since there are bound to be at least some ladies or men that quilt/sew another dress form pin cushion.

I decided that it was just as easy to make 4 as 1,so here are the other three!  These are a little addicting,not to mention fun to make!  I also have one in the works for my mom,for either mothers day or her birthday :0)

There are also a few pillows that I am going to donate,but I didn't get any photos of them.  Now I need to get busy with the baking part,as the sale is only a few days away!

Row 13 ~ Spring Tulips

They say "all good things must end" and the bee in my bonnet row along is no exception.  It doesn't seem like that long ago we were starting off on the very first row...

And here we are with the last row,Spring Tulips :0)  Don't you just love them all blooming in spite of the crazy snow ;0)

Not sure about you,but I am ready for spring,whenever it finally decides to show up around here!

This afternoon I brought all the rows out to the living room to decide on the final layout.  After quite a bit of row shuffling,and the much appreciated help and suggestions from Mr. P.  this is the layout we finally decided on!
Now I still have to add the two borders,quilt,back and bind it too.  However,since we are so close to the end of this month,this is going to get set aside.   Not for long tho!  It will be my goal for next month over at ALYOF :0)

I have been pretty busy this past week,with this and also sewing up the things for the bake/craft sale.  Which is this coming Saturday!  Those things will be another post in the next few days.  Now I need to get busy with my last goal,totes for my store!

Last night I sewed up barn # 2,this one is kinda whimsical,so it may become a bag!  If it does,I will need to make another one to take its place in the quilt.