May 2014 goal complete for A LOVELY YEAR OF FINISHES

 These are the two Minnesota quilts that I needed to finish the appliqués. One for me and one for my sister. I still need to finish the borders but that will be next month. They are a little intimidating so I am procrastinating. Not sure which one I like best. What do you think? The appliqués are done with suede and ultra suede so they were a lot easier than I thought they would be.

May 2014 goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes

Several years ago I took a class on how to make this Minnesota Quilt so I decided I should make two, one for me and one for my sister. Well I finished most of the blocks but I still need to finish a few of them that need to have the appliqué finished. So that is going to be my goal this month. It is my sister's 50th anniversary at the end of the month so it seems appropriate that I at least work on her blocks and try to start finishing hers. Hers will have the green borders mine are blue. I also have to plan a graduation party this month for my grandson so I don't want to plan to much.

April 2014 A lovely year of finishes

I finished my April goal which is also my challenge quilt for our Quilt show this summer. This is the first time I used my special wedge ruler and the first time I attached a jeweled appliqué to something. I am happy with the results. I had to use colors starting with my initials CAM. So the colors are corn yellow, aqua and midnight blue.

April 2014 goal for A Lovely Year of Finishes

My goal is to complete this wall hanging for our  quilt show challenge this summer. The Challenge is to create something no bigger than 36 inches using our initials for color choices. My initials are CAM therefore I used Corn Yellow, Aqua and Midnight Blue. We can also choose to use one more color if desired but I don't think I need one.

March 2014 A Lovely Year of Finishes

My Goal for March was to quilt and bind this quilt. It is a reversible quilt because I had way to many tops finished and I wasn't getting them finished. A lovely year of finishes has helped me get caught up.

My March 2014 goal is this half square oranges and blues I also am using another top for the back.

 This is the back of my February goal for 2014 A Lovely Year of Finishes. Benji of course had to sit on it and wouldn't move. It is a scrappy log cabin.

This is the front of my February goal for 2014 A Lovely Year of Finishes