Quilt #12-Goal Reached!

Hello friends!

I will now share quilt finish number 12.  This top was made last year during late night sewing on Black Friday.  I bought this lovely floral jelly roll and got to work.  The pattern is Birch Bark by Sam Hunter Designs.  This is the 3rd Birch Bark I have made.  I made one for my cousin's new home, my friend's wedding gift and now this one.  I don't have plans for this one yet.  It will sit proudly in my cabinet.  So here it is:

 

I used a pretty purple Grunge for the border and cornerstones.  Here are the other 2 Birch Bark quilts:

This is the one I made for my cousin's new home.  It made it into the WI Quilt Expo.

This one was a wedding gift.

 

That makes 12 finishes for the year!! Goal reached!!!  Here are the 12 I finished this year:

3 flannel quilts made from my father's shirts, Milky Way quilt for the owner of the company I work for and her 40th Anniversary, Norway quilt, Rainbow baby quilt, string quilt, Missing U quilt.

Hex on You quilt, Halloween quilt, baby clothes quilt and Birch Bark.

I can't tell you how happy I am to have all of these finished.

I have been working on my goals for next year.  My main goal is to not start something new until an unfinished quilt is at the long-armer.  But I am not putting pressure on myself.  I sew what I want when I want.

 

What are your goals for 2020?  Did you reach your goals for 2019?

Blessings

Amy

 

 

Quilt finish #11

Hello friends

This will be a quick post and you will probably see another one today.  I finished quilt number 11 in November.  I had wood laminate flooring put in my master bedroom.  The guy that did that is a coworker and friend.  He asked me to make a quilt with his son's baby clothes for his wife for Christmas.  He gave me a bag of clothes including one shirt of his, his wife's and the grandparents.  It is hard for me to accept any commission work.  I always have trouble with them liking what I decide to make.  According to pictures and a message, she loved it.  I am so glad.  Here it is:

The red shirt at the top is the mother's favorite Wisconsin shirt.  You can barely read the lettering on it.  I had a hard time cutting that one up since it was her favorite. 

I used a blue Grunge fabric to set the clothing and a Grunge red dot for the backing and binding.  A big THANK YOU to Heather from Blue Turtle Quilting.  She has rocked every quilt she has done for me.
Next post, #12
Blessings
Amy

House projects

Hello Friends

Hope you all had a very relaxing and fun holiday.  Mine was great with a big surprise.  I will get to that in another blog post.  Right now I want to tell you about my house and what I was able to finish this past month.  Well, almost finish.  As you know I bought my parent's house a year ago.  I have been busy painting and cleaning out the 46 years worth of stuff they had.  I have painted the living room, dining room, downstairs bathroom and now the master bedroom. 
During fall clean up days in our town, I decided to remove the carpet in the master bedroom.  A coworker had asked me to make a quilt for his wife out of his son's baby clothes.  I usually say no to that, as I don't care to do commission work.  But he also does construction and I asked if he could lay some wood laminate flooring in my master bedroom.  He said he would so I picked out the color and ordered the flooring.  While also working on the quilt.  I will show you a picture of the quilt in my next post.  We had to keep it a secret until she opened it. But here is my new flooring:

It's called Mocha Fusion and I bought it from Home Depot.  It's a darker color with hints of gray and cream.  I painted the walls a light gray and I think the white trim makes it pop!  I love my new room.  Now I just need bedroom furniture and I can move in.  I am going to try to hit Ikea next week and see what I can find.  I am so excited to have my own space just to relax.

I also decided the week of Thanksgiving to paint a dresser.  I have been looking for a buffet for my dining room.  I will be painted the table and chairs in that room and recovering the chairs.  I found this dresser in the garage.  I believe it was my childhood dresser.  I worked every night after work and was able to finish this the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving.  My son was home and able to help me move it into the dining room.  I quickly filled it with my Fiesta dishes.

I think it will be perfect for what I need it for.  It's already been fun to decorate the top of it.

Spoiler Alert: I finished my 12th quilt!!!  More on that before the end of the year!

Blessings
Amy

 

Happy Holidays!

Hello Friends

I just wanted to pop in and wish you all a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
My 12th quilt is ready to pick up from my long arm quilter.  I will have it done before the end of the year!!  Stay tuned for that and an end of year wrap up.

Thank you for sticking with me this year.  Excited to see what the new year brings!

Blessings
Amy