100 day challenge finale !

Its time for my finale post in the 100 day challenge - I'm late of course as I've been away but I'm so excited to share my challenge results !

My projects for this year's challenge were:

1. sew the Aurifil 2014 BOM blocks and finish the quilt top
2. sew the Foxley Village 2016 BOM blocks and finish the quilt top
3. finish my cousin Susan's quilt (top done in 2011)
4. and make a Plus quilt from start to finish (new project but being planned for a while !)

Aurifil 2014 BOM blocks - I managed to finish all of the blocks - need to add sashing and then quilt - another little challenge to have this quilt completed by the end of May :)

day 60 update

its time for the 60 day check-in in the 100 day challenge - well that was 10 days ago so hopefully Jen over at Quilter in the Closet won't notice I'm a little late !!

My projects for this year's challenge were:

1. sew the Aurifil 2014 BOM blocks and finish the quilt top - blocks finished
2. sew the Foxley Village 2016 BOM blocks and finish the quilt top
3. FMQ and complete my cousin Susan's quilt (top done in 2011)
4. and make a Plus quilt from start to finish (new project but being planned for a while !)

Since my day 30 update I've been working on the Foxley Village BOM quilt and I've completed the houses block

100 day challenge check-in

its time for a 30 day update in the 100 day challenge being organised by Jen over at Quilter in the Closet and I'm excited to show some progress !!

My projects for this challenge were:

sew the Aurifil 2014 BOM blocks and finish the quilt top
sew the Foxley Village 2016 BOM blocks and finish the quilt top
FMQ and complete my cousin Susan's quilt (top done in 2011)
and make a Plus quilt from start to finish (new project but being planned for a while !)

I've actually finished the blocks for my Aurifil 2014 BOM and now I need to sew the sashing and finish the quilt top.

There's also been a teeny bit of progress on my Foxley Village BOM - I've got the fabrics sorted for the houses block and the Tea Shoppe block is almost ready to be appliqued - this block was ready to sew a while ago but I decided the fabric I chose for the front of the shop was way too busy so I've replaced it !

I haven't made any progress on the actual quilting of my cousin's quilt or the St Kilda quilt but I hope to work on both of them this month !

Hopefully I'll have some more progress to show in another 30 days :)

100 day challenge

I'm joining with Jen (Quilter in the Closet) again this year for the 100 day challenge - I seem to have a lot more confidence for getting goals achieved this year - maybe its getting older that's doing it !!

100 day challenge check-in

I missed the 30 day check-in for the 100 day challenge that Jen (Quilter in the Closet) did but I do have some progress on my Minnie quilt - its started !!

I thought I'd have to order some fabrics for these little quilts but after going through my solids I seem to have enough for both - as the quilts aren't that big and I'm only using 1 inch squares I don't need that much !

I've divided up the quilt into 9 blocks and I've made the first block !  I'm using this bigger picture of Minnie to mark my blocks as I do them to keep me sane !!

I couldn't remember how I finished my other little pixel quilts but after pressing the seams to the side on this first block I'm definitely going to press the seams open for the rest - I'm trying to resist the urge to re-do the first block !

I don't have any progress on my other challenges but hope to have both of my pixel quilts done in time for our local show on 19 March !!

100 day challenge

well I did say I wasn't going to join in the Finish Along this year but I've just found another challenge called the 100 day challenge being hosted by Jen over at Quilter in the Closet.

 

The idea is to pick three projects that you want to get done in 100 days from the beginning of January - I really want to get some quilts done for this year's Annual Show which is held in mid March - so I think this challenge might be perfect !!

My project picks are:

• Mickey and Minnie pixel quilts (on my new project list)

I really want to do a pixilated mini quilt of both Mickey and Minnie - just need to organise the fabrics and I'll be ready to go ! I made the patterns using the V & A patchwork pattern maker available on the Victoria and Albert website. Excuse the terrible photo of paper !!

• My Small World quilt - to be hand quilted (on my tops to be quilted list)

I'm going to do some posts about how this gorgeous little quilt came to be - I did post initially when I was about to start but have done all the sharing over on IG - I'd like to have this quilted and finished so that I can enter it into our local Show and also in the first Blogger's Quilt Festival this year in
May !

• a made and finished present for my mum's mothers day this year !! (on my new projects list)

I've planned something from this book - its a secret !!

so do you want to join in too ?? just visit Jen at Quilter in the Closet and link up - its open for three more days !! The 100 Day Challenge Quilt/Craft Edition challenges you to complete 3 specific crafty goals in just 100 days. There will be check ins along the way before the big finale on April 15th, 2016 !