January One Monthly Goal Quilt Top is Finished!

I'm giving myself a little Whoop Whoop! 

My one monthly goal for January was to finish assembling our guild's raffle quilt top which I completed last week, with plenty of time to spare! I just need to snip all the little threads and ravels and it's off to the longarmer.

I found extra wide backing fabric that will compliment the front nicely, so I don't have to piece the back. Yay! 

The backing is Day Dreams by P&B Textiles.

Linking up to:

Thank Goodness it’s Finished Friday (TGIFF)

Finished or Not Finished Friday

elm street quilts One Monthly Goal Finish

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop

January One Monthly Goal

My One Monthly Goal for January is to finish assembling the quilt top and prepare the backing (pieced) and binding for our guild's raffle quilt so it can be sent off to the longarmers. 

I have half the top sewn together, and need to join the rest of the blocks and rows to complete the top. The back is going to be pieced with a striped row vertically between the Grunge. I am a little worried that we did not buy enough backing to piece the back, and if that is the case, we will have to go to plan B and look for an alternate fabric, as Moda "New Navy" Grunge seems next to impossible to find in BC, let alone Canada. 

You can see underneath the top there are layers of different quilts/blocks in progress on my design wall. Extra insulation, I say! Ha!

I am linking up to Elm Street Quilts January One Monthly Goal.

The Missing U, A Work In Progress

I woke up to this today! My hubby is sweet...and better at remembering dates that me!

 
 I've spent the past week like this....

Blech, summer colds are THE WORST! Being under the weather means I haven't felt like being out in the garden or enjoying the warm weather we've been having.

Without the energy to do much else, besides working  and sleeping, and even that was hard, I managed to stitch some blocks last weekend and continued to stitch a couple of blocks over the last few evenings, working away on this "The Missing U" quilt from the book, Sunday Morning Quilts by Amanda Jean Nyberg and CherylArkison.

See the little owl applique?

A set of three blocks takes me about two hours to make, depending on how big or small the scraps are.  The blocks are smaller than those in the book. I made mine 12.5" unfinished and I've made 20 blocks, so the quilt top will measure a nice 48" x 60" when done.

I am so glad I sorted my scraps as it inspired me to make these colourful blocks! There are scraps in here from my very first quilt (1991!) and scraps I recognize that friends and fellow quilters have passed along to me, it has lots of variety (there's even a snippet or two of Habitat by Jay McCarroll, from our guild's Habitat Challenge...my challenge is still just a top)!

I dug through my stash and found this kiddie fabric I have had forever! It's a teal green (not sure if the colour is true in the picture); with little stick drawing boys and girls. All the years I've had it folded in my stash, I didn't know it had a border on it! Super cute!

I think I'll use this fabric on the back. It's a Patrick Lose print from 1996! I'm glad I'll finally do something with it!

Have an awesome week!

A walk in the woods

I enjoyed a nice break from everyday routine with a short vacation to Shuswap Lake, BC. Such a beautiful piece of paradise!

Wild Chickory

View overlooking Shuswap Lake

Oxeye Daisies

 

Common Mullein

 

 I have no idea what this bush is called. The flowers are so delicate and pretty.

 

 Pine Trees

 

Wild Bergamot (smells lovely!)

 

 Love the colour of the purple berries!

So much colour inspiration!

 

Oh look! I have a project ready with the same colours!

Western Showy Aster

Woodpecker Activity 

And to finish off our walk, we found Wild Raspberries! Heaven!!

If you've never been to the Shuswap Lake area, you should consider it!