Farmer's Wife

I have 3 new blocks to show you!  One has been done for a LONG time the others I just finished.  I realize that Century of Progress isn't right but oh well, I'm not fixing it :p

#18 Century of Progress

#13 Buckwheat

#16 Calico Puzzle

I also got this is the mail today!!!!

I'm so excited!!!!  I can't wait for the Twiddletails BOM to start :D :D

Happy stitching!

UFO Challenge Week 1

It's the first official week of the UFO challenge!  How'd you do?  I've been working on my Dresden Plate and discovered that my math was off and I ended up having to cut 2 more charm packs to get my required # of blocks.  Whoops.  So it's now Bliss and Ruby!  Should be cute right??  

The box on the right is the Bliss.  Currently they're stitched into groups of 4 wedges, Ruby wedges are on the left and currently just single wedges.  I managed to cut, stitch, flip, and press all those Ruby wedges in one day, took me MONTHS (no joke) to do the Bliss wedges.  My goal for next week is to have the plates completed.  

I did have one question come up with regards to finishes.  If you finish a top one month and finish quilting it another month does that count as one finish or two?  I'm going to count that as TWO finishes!  Good luck to all participating!  Be sure to link up your progress and grab the button code in the right side bar!

Blogger's Choice Fat Quarter Bundle

Wouldn't be nice to be prolific enough to have Fat Quarter Shop want you to design your own FQ bundle to be sold on their site?  You have a chance to design your own bundle and if you're chosen you could win a WHOLE HALF YARD SET of the 15 fabrics you choose!  12 prints and 3 solids! 

To enter to go Quokka Quilts and follow these simple rules:

1. Go to Fat Quarter Shop and choose 12 coordinating prints and 3 solids from their selection.  

2. There are 2 ways to enter, a) create a blog entry about your set of fabrics; b) if you don't have a blog upload them to a site where they can be seen in one link - eg picasa, flickr, etc.  You MUST include pictures of your fabrics.  You can 'borrow' these from the FQS website.  A photo collage would be VERY helpful to the judges  ;) 

3. Go back to Quokka Quilts and post your entry no later than January 15. 

Here is my bundle!

I love seeing combinations of purples, oranges, and yellows, which is SO not me because I'm not really a purple person.  I tossed in the grey dots from the Ruby line to kinda act as a 4th solid.  I love how super tiny the dots are!  Go create your bundle and enter!

Welcome 2012!

Happy New Year everyone!  

I'm not going to make any resolutions this year because I never keep them.  From my 2011 list I only managed to get 3 out of the 11 things done I had listed.  Better than nothing I suppose!  And my 8 finishes?  Uh, yea, only managed 2.  

I just want 2012 to be the best it can be.  2011 wasn't terrible to me but it went by entirely too fast.  One of my last accomplishments of 2011, which is also one I'm very proud of, is that I became a preceptor at work.  This means I get to work one on one with paramedics new to the system and essentially give them the green light (or red light) to be in the system.  It's mainly fresh out of school medics so I get to throw a bit of teaching in there which I love.  Here's hoping I can keep climbing the ladder!  

One thing I've been wanting to do lately is to have a project I can bring to work to work on.  I have started a crocheted granny square afghan.  I chose red, pink, green, turquoise, and white to work with, it's a TV project, I work on it while watching TV or a movie.  No rush to get that one done, it's just a busy handwork project.  I thought about bringing that to work but it would mean bringing at least 3 skeins of yarn, no bueno!  So, I ordered a Dear Jane book.  I also joined a DJ BOM from Twiddletails.  Two-hundred twenty five patterns.  If I can get one done each shift it'll take me 75 shifts to finish it.  Now, the BOM club is 23 months, starts in February, so obviously I won't be getting all my fabric at once, it'll be 2014 before it's even close to completion.  So, that'll mean even on a busy, run like crazy day, I'll still have other days to finish it.  I'm not counting this as a UFO since I haven't started it yet and because I haven't given up on it, yet.  I'll be adding the DJ chart to my blog soon so you can see my progress.  

On the DJ note, I'm also becoming very, very interested in working on more time consuming quilts rather than quick finishes.  And something totally unlike me, I'd love to do a Mariner's Compass in Batiks.  Yes, I said Batiks!  I guess that's my 2012 goal, step outside the box.  You know what?  I kinda like that!  

In preparation for my UFO challenge I've listed the UFOs I want to finish in my sidebar.  Hopefully I'll get to cross them off one by one this year, that would be SO exciting!  There is one listed in my sidebar I'm ready to trade away.  It would even include the backing and binding.  Still thinking about that.  I'd love to have you join up so you can share your progress!

UFO Challenge 2012 preview

Welcome!  As promised here is my UFO of choice for the month of January!

This would be my dresden plate quilt in Bliss.  I did some work on this yesterday and am excited beyond all get out to get this baby done!  My inspiration was a quilt posted on the Moda Bake Shop, I've decided to make it bigger, using 2 charm packs instead of the 1 the recipe calls for.  I might even toss in some Ruby on this one too! 

Link up if you're going to play along!!!  Remember, the official start date is January 6th!

UFO challenge

I have a new challenge for everyone out there in blog land.  The 2012 UFO challenge.  I came up with this after pondering my accountability post and working on some UFOs yesterday.  So, here's how I'm thinking it's gonna work, every month you pick one project you will work on, preferably working it to total completion, if not, a completed top will work too, I say that because I'm running super low on batting so a complete finish for me might not happen, this way it's fair for everyone.  Each week on Friday I'll post a link up for everyone to post their progress, the final Friday of the month will be the 'showcase' to show off your finished project!  

Each month there will be a giveaway for all those who submit a finished quilt and/or quilt top!  To be included in the giveaway you MUST have your link posted no later than 11:59pm the Sunday immediately following the final Friday of the month.  For example, the final Friday in January is the 27th, entries must be submitted by the 29th at 11:59pm.  

So, the requirements in list form:

-completed quilt or quilt top (this includes any borders!!)

-linked up no later than the Sunday after the last Friday of the month

Not a requirement but could be fun, make it a project that has been collecting dust in your closet for longer than you'd like.  I'll unveil the UFO of my choice tomorrow, along with a Mr. Linky widget so we can start collecting participants.  UFO Challenge officially begins January 6th!!!

Yes, it's that simple!!  If there is enough interest I'll start a flickr group to post finishes in as well, if I do that you must link here to be entered in the giveaway.  Then, come next December at the close of this UFO challenge 

This is an attempt for me to get crafty again and to get back into quilty blogging :D 

If you'd like to sponsor a giveaway use the contact me button at the top of the page to let me know :)  Giveaway item must be quilting related and not exceed a value of $20.  

Feel free to grab the graphic at the top of this post for your blog!

tis the season!

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and that Santa brings you all that you want and more :)