Color Challenge for July

The color for July is yellow-green. 

I call it chartreuse. 

I don't have much of this color. 

I plan to make my other block out of two fabrics

like I have in previous months. Sewing is on hold while I work on some writing.

It's the carrot that I am using to motivate me to finish the writing.

Here is my yellow-green block.

Linking up.

3rd Quarter Finish A-Long Goals

I don't make resolutions or have sewing goals. But this year my quilt group has a UFO challenge that I joined. It is very simple. List unfinished quilts, pay one dollar for each proposed finish, share finishes with the group at monthly meetings. Bonus- for each finish I will get a ticket for the drawing at the end of the challenge. Winner gets the pot of money.

Suddenly, I am motivated. 

So I listed 4 quilts. I have finished 2. 

Then I ran across the quarterly FAL on the internet and decided to piggyback my finishes.

Here are my revised goals for 3rd quarter FAL:

1. Pink and Gray lap quilt. The blocks have been hanging around for years.

2. Medallion Border Challenge. I am 3 months behind on the borders but all requirements and fabric has been given out. Now I have to add the 3 borders and finish the quilt. I'm pondering hand quilting.

3. Around the world lap quilt made with a jelly roll. I don't have a photo because I haven't really even started this quilt. The jelly roll is green, blue, yellow, and white. I hope to use stash for all of it.

Now I have to get to work. School starts soon and my sewing time will be very limited.

Another productive week of sewing

First, I finished a long time UFO I have called 'Pink and Gray'.

I had the blocks done but couldn't decide how to arrange them.

My quilt group is having a UFO challenge so I listed this as one to finish.

I used strips of white left over from another project. I bought gray backing fabric.

I had some batting left from my scrappy Bonnie Hunter quilt.

Since I wanted to finish quickly I just rolled the back around to the front for the binding.

Yea! A finish. I am now calling this 'Hoo's your neighbor' because most of the fabric is from

Amanda Jean's Good Neighbor fabric line. I added some pink and gray owls, so 'hoo' seemed

appropriate. I'm going to save this for the next baby girl quilt gift.

The next finish has also been waiting for a long time to be sewed.

I bought the pattern - Simply Elegant T - and the fabric a couple of years ago at a quilt show.

The salesperson recommended using other fabric to try out the pattern. I made the shirt 3 times in other fabric because I didn't want to cut into this expensive stuff.

I'm happy with the results and bought more fabric to make another top.

Love this top. Always get compliments when I wear it.

This last one is still in progress. My quilt group has been working on a medallion challenge.

We received the final instructions in June. The quilt has to be finished by the end of October.

I was three borders behind. This week end I finished the two outer borders.

There is one more to go. It must be 8 inches wide, include two pieces of UGLY fabric, and have at least one convex/concave block. Still pondering what to do.

I plan to finish this one before school starts. I won't have much sewing time after that.

How was your week?

Sewing for Ava

This past week end was dedicated to sewing for Ava.

I made 

doll clothes for her baby doll,

dress and matching hat for Ava,

knit top and shorts for her, too.

Grumps and Ava

Ava and her baby

We drove up Friday with sewing machine, fabric, patterns, etc.

I measured Ava - she is tall and thin.

Friday evening I cut out all the pieces.

Saturday we swam in the morning and then I sewed all afternoon.

I finished the hat, dress, and shorts before we went out for dinner and a play.

Sunday morning the knit top was finished and some alterations to the dress were made.

Ava has a new nickname for me. She calls me 'HaHa'. I guess I'm the laughing gran.

Enjoyed the week end sewing for Ava. 

What are you making?