My friend Melissa over at Bittersweet Designs and Shanna at Fiber of All Sorts
are sponsoring a great monthly link party they are calling "A Lovely Year of Finishes".
I had already decided that quilting and binding my Schnibbles tops would be my main goal
for the new year. I have at least 10 tops to turn into wall hangings, table toppers, or lap quilts.
This is a perfect goal for me since I am not able to do much cutting.
Serendipitously, the Schnibble for January is to be our favorite one - either one already made or a new one.
So I can use this as my finish and as my favorite Schnibble for the February parade.
Sinta and Sherri are then going to take a break from the Schnibbles until May.
I loved most of the Schnibbles I made last year, but I would have to say my favorite
was the first one I made. It is called Full House. You can see my original post about this top here.
Believe it or not, it was only my 18th blog entry. I was a newbie quilter at the time.
Not only did I make flying geese for the first time for this quilt, but I hadn't made anything like the checkerboard borders before. It was a great chance to practice matching seams and balancing colors.
(And I learned that I really love bright colors!).
The Schnibbles patterns use 2 charm packs for the most part.
So my January Love Year of Finishes goal is to quilt and bind this.
Do you have any January goals? I would love to hear about them, and I would love to have you join us.
There are even prizes! ;)
P.S. My quilt top matches the Link Button! Yep, little things make me happy.
Love it!!! I am so glad you are joining us! Good luck! I know you can do it!
ReplyDeleteits gorgeous Karen and i hope to finish my SKOW quilt for my GD this month.xx
ReplyDeleteHI Karen, love the colours in your quilt. I too like Schnibbles but no way am I organised enough to do a quilt a month!!!! My quilting seems to get less and less, something I am determined to remedy this year (one of my New Year Resolutions!!!!) At the moment I don't have anything which needs finishing, probably as I haven't got anything started!!!!! But I am doing Eldest's quilt for him to take away to Uni in September this year. That is my priority. Thanks for sharing. Susie x
ReplyDeleteThis is a very cute, bright quilt! Happy finishing to you! :)
ReplyDeleteJudy
Great quilt top...I think it will look lovely finished!
ReplyDeleteIt's simply darling! Love the colors!
ReplyDeleteI love Full House and yours is just so cute! My January finish is going to be Leap Year. It's the only Schnibble I didn't get quilted last year and I'm determined to have it done this month.
ReplyDeleteYou can do it Karen :) I have joined the party too,am hoping to get a quilt done for my mom,I only have two blocks done so far! It is going to be a lap quilt tho,so I think I can...
ReplyDeleteLove how bright your Full House quilt is,just makes a cold winter day bearable :)
Karen - Your quilt is wonderful - love the bright colors and for a newbie quilt, you did a wonderful job!!
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