The end is in sight.

This has been kicking around for awhile already.  Can finally see the end.

Need to remove a few here and there, guess I got a little carried away.  The hexies that are backwards are just pinned there and need to be replaced by either white or blue hexies.  Then just need to do a border which I am thinking either a really dark brown or a dark green.  What are your thoughts?

Linking up with Linky Tuesday , Esther's WoW and Freshly Pieced WIP Wednesday

W.I.P. 6-11-2014

Well I have 2 finishes (can't show you one yet is for a swap).  A partial finish and a w.i.p.

Finish - knitted slippers for myself for this coming winter.

Partial finish - Spiral Lonestar quilt top is done.  Had never done curved piecing or y seams before.

W.I.P. - crazy quilt wizard - won the pattern quite awhile back and finially started working on it. Is stitched down and just doing the embellishing now.

Linking up to Esther's WoW and Link Party Tuesday and Link a Finish Friday

Shop Hop Goodies

Here is what I won or purchased.

Went with just hubbie and myself and had a lot of fun.  We have very similar tastes so he will sometimes point out something that I might have missed and vice versa.  Oh yes I am still on a fabric diet until the end of this month but as he said "You are on the diet not me" so yes I ended up with some yard cuts and even 1- 2yd cut of batiks.  What do you think 'Am I spoilt or what?'

W.I.P. June 2014

Am posting a day early as I will not be near my computer for the rest of the week.  It is Shop Hop time.

I finally managed to get back to my Sprial Lonestar quilt.  I had never done curved piecing before and it isn't half as hard as I thought it would be.  It is getting there but slowly.  Life keeps getting in the way.

I did manage to get a little more done on my hexie quilt.  No picture this time around though.

Linking up with Linky Tuesday - Freemotion by the River and Esther's WOW 

ALYoF - May 2014

Managed to get this done finally.  Have you ever had a quilt that just did not want to go together.  Everything went okay until the binding.  The corners are still not sitting right and I gave up and sewed them down anyway.  No idea what it's problem is and I got to the point that I dont care just wanted it done and out of the way.  Maybe the fact that I do not like the colors at all might have had something to do with it.  This is a BoM from one of the local quilt shops and was also my May ALYoF goal.

I quilted it on my regular sewing machine mainly stitch in the ditch with some fmq.  I can do this size without too much difficulty (arm/shoulder only gave me grief for a couple of days versus 2 weeks form quilting the queen size quilt).

Linking up to ALYoF (button on my sidebar).

Voting has opened.

Bloggers Quilt Festival has started.  You get 2 votes per category.  Go check out all of that eye candy.  While you are there I would really appreciate your vote for my Witches in Stitches (pic below) which is in the small quilt category.

At least online you don't need to worry about getting the drool on the quilts so go check them out there are some outstanding quilts.  Bloggers Quilt Festival

Friday finishes

I have been keeping myself busy as always.  Did manage a few finishes this week.

My first embroidered/ribbon embroidered pincushion/paperweight.  As you can see by the first picture it has been Rusty approved.

My other finish is also a pincusion this one done on the embroidery machine all in the hoop.  Again it is Rusty approved (the little ham, he loves the camera).  The owl's wings open up for a needle keeper as well as a pin cushion.  There are 3 little pockets on the front of the owl for scissors etc.

Will be linking up with Link a Finish Friday