Q1 Finish Along

I just linked up my finishes for the first quarter. 

 I got all but 2 of my proposed projects actually finished!  

Plus I completed one that was not on the list.  

Pretty good, I think. 

 I will review those finishes here just in case you are interested. 

 From January 1st to today.  

These are just the ones from the Finish Along, I have had a few others too.

Vintage sheet rag quilt

Chenille blanket

Baby Pinwheels

Dreamy Stars

Amy and Matt's wedding quilt

 Here are the finishes that were not included in the Finish Along 

(I can't show 1 as it is for a swap)

This is a pouch from the free tutorial on the blog of Lori Holt.  

I substituted a cat face for the flower.

My "Jack" pin cushion

If you have not joined in the Finish Along you should consider joining next quarter. 

 It was certainly motivational for me!  Link is on my side bar.  

Q2 begins on April 8th.  

~XOP~

Dreamy Stars is Finished

I've been working on completing some of my unfinished projects. 

 I did not realize how many of those I actually had until I began digging them out!  

I joined the All People Quilt 2016 UFO Challenge. 

 I listed out 12 and each month they choose a number and you are supposed to work on that one. 

 I also joined up the 2016 Finish along . 

 For that, I made a post and listed projects I wanted to finish in the first 3 months of the year.  

You can carry them over to the next quarters if need be, no penalty. 

 I think there are prizes for finishes.  

Just a little motivation for me along with all the quilts I "need" to finish this year.

The first project for the month of January was my Dreamy Stars quilt.  

All it needed was binding!! 

 I cut out the binding from a vintage sheet.  I love this diagonal gingham for binding. 

 The nice part was that I only had to cut 4 strips for the entire quilt!!

Doesn't it look great?  I used a vintage sheet for the back and I could not love it any more!

It has been cold and GRAY here in MI so this is not the best photo but you get the general idea.

Here is a close up of the quilt.

I was hoping the quilting would show up better but it is really nice.  

My friend Liz did the quilting on this one. 

 Also, note the corner stones?  

They were cut from actual vintage sheets too.  

Sometimes it is difficult to work with this drama queen and all her "help"!

Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it Friday.

Also linking up with the Finish along here
See my original list here

Have a great weekend!!

~XOP~

A few More Projects

I have been working on a couple more things too. 

 In the spirit of moving forward with UFO's I hauled out my older Dream On stars quilt.  

It only needed the binding done.  I had to make the binding and attach it.

I had that green vintage sheet just begging to be made into binding for this beauty.  

Bonus that I only needed 5 strips for the entire quilt!  

Now comes the task of hand sewing the binding down.  I'm working on it.  

This will be included in my Finish Along group.

I cut up a TON of old batting scraps to use for making rag quilts.  

If you happen to have old charm or layer cake squares you don't need or no longer want,

 I would happily take them!  

I know I usually end up with a few left over squares that I don't end up using in the project.  

They typically end up in my scrap bin.  

Well, feel free to mail them off to me!  I need 12" squares, 10" squares and 5" squares.  

I don't really want to take the time to cut a ton of these.  

So if you want to clear some out, email me at mamaspark@gmail.com and 

I will give you my mailing address.  

I have enough of my own fabric that I can cut up, but if they are already cut, 

you know it will go that much more quickly!  

I did take the bull by the horns and cut up a bunch more of my vintage sheets to make 

198 squares for one of the sets of batting I have cut out. 

 I put them all together and sewed the "X" across the squares.  

All that's left is to sew these together and voila, a rag quilt in the making.  

Then all that snipping, Oi!

I will be listing this in my finish along post too.

I am excited to be able to bust out some new WIP's and finish up some older ones.

Will you be joining me??

~XOP~