Wordless Wednesday

December Finishes!

I've been on a roll this month finishing up some UFO's!  It feels so good to end the year with all these finishes.  Do you have any finishes this month?

These first two are not UFO's but Christmas presents...

1.  Mitered placemats made using this neat tool!  These are part of a gift for my Mother-in-law.  I hope she likes them.  The mitering was really easy to do, I had never mitered before and was impressed.

2.  Using another cool tool I made these pleated towels which go with the placemats.  I purchased the towels and then added the pleated ruffle using the 1 inch size for pleating.  Really easy and quick.

Now on to the finishes!

1.  Wreath of flowers
            I had started this way back in 2005, finally finished the top at Retreat in 2010, finally got it quilted and            I put the binding on this month and it is now hanging up....

2.  Squatting Snowman was next to be finished.  I made the top in a class at the LQS oh prior to 2009.  Finally bit the bullet and quilted it and he proudly greeting people on our front door.

3.  Gingerbread table runner
                The six blocks were made for me by a Secret Sister and I put them together into this runner a year or so ago.  Got it quilted and bound this week, and it is now on my dining room table, which is not what it is on for the picture.

And of course during all this sewing I had a helper...here he is!  Sure made it interesting...LOL

I also made this wall hanging for a swap I participated with online.  I really like how it turned out and will need to make one for me for next year. She sent me a F4 and I had to come up with the pattern and other fabrics to use.

I also sent off a F4 and here is the darling wall hanging I received!

Turkey Troubles....

I really hadn't thought this would be that hard a project to make and quilt...the making was easy peasy however the quilting was NOT easy or fun.  I sat down numerous times to quilt this guy and the first thread I picked out wouldn't flow freely through the tension disks, tried couple times and no luck.  Got another spool of thread, different company and it would flow, however it kept breaking UGH!  Tried everything I could think of to solve the problem and nope NOT happening.  That spool went in the garbage.  Grabbed a third spool of thread, which wasn't what I wanted to use, color wise, but I was determined to not leave the house and I got lucky it worked, however my free motion skills are very lacking at the moment.  I also got another top quilted and now I can't find the binding fabric, so I am on a mission to locate it.  Here is Turkey Troubles hanging on the front door!

A UFO bites the dust!

This was started a few years back and truthfully I thought it was finished until I started moving some things into the new sewing room.  Yep!  You guessed it, I found it and various things needed to be finished.  So this past month I have been working on this and it is now a top and hanging in the TBQ section of the closet!  This was a quilt along with Judy over at Patchworktimes.  Jim and I liked it without the extra border of HST's so they were omitted.  I love how this came together and can't wait to get it quilted!

Lavender Sunrise

Lavender Sunrise is finished and on it's way to Heather!  Our local quilt store did the quilting and I love what they did!  Nice even stitches looks great front and back!  I started this awhile back this year with a group of quilters over at QATW.  I'm seeing this in Christmas fabrics in my head, might have to make one for next year...too many things going on/in progress for this year!

And here is a picture of Eddie....evidently he stayed up way too late last night enjoying the cooler/less humid weather we have and is sound asleep.  So hard being a cat!

A finish FINALLY!!!!!

I have finally finished something other than dishcloths!!!!!  The blocks were from a swap a few years and this is now hanging on my front door.....It has been ready for the binding for what seems like forever and this weekend that was accomplished.  Here's hoping I can keep up the momentum and get more finishes between now and the end of the year.  

Stash Week #37

I finally found time to get this updated.  Things are starting to slow down and I have been able to start getting back to sewing!  My stash report isn't pretty, but it is what it is!  So here goes!  To see how are others are doing head over to Judy's!

My totals are:

Used this Week:       3 3/8 yards
Used year to Date:    30 5/8 1/4 yards
Added this Week:     16 yards
Added Year to Date: 45 1/2 yards
Net Used for 2011:   -14 7/8 yards