May 2018 OMG (One Monthly Goal) finish link-up

My, oh my, where has May gone?

As it is the end of the month I will be linking up with Elm Street Quilts to report on my finish of another monthly goal.


My main goal for May was to complete a quilt for the Hands2Help charity quilt drive.


That was done:

This was sent to Happy Chemo.

Then, my second goal was not what I had picked to do . . . . I did another quilt for Hands2Help program:

This one was sent to Little Lambs for their tote bag program.


Go back to the link-up Patty is hosting to see what other people have done for their monthly goals.


In peace and pieces,


Sherry




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Hands 2 Help 2018. . . .my quilts

Sarah, who blogs at Confessions of a Fabric Addict does a wonderful job every year of rounding up quilters to make quilts for charities.


Each year she provides at least 3 charities through her blog. . . .plus she now provides information for Canadian quilters of a charity. . . .but she also mentions that quilters can pick a charity of their own choosing.


I have been excited to take part in Hands2Help for several years.


This year I am sending out two quilts:


This quilt will be going to Quilty Hugs for Happy Chemo.


The pattern is by Meadow Mist Designs and was very easy to do.


The "crazy" fabric in the center of the boxes was a challenge fabric that I received through a Delphi Forum quilt group that I belong to.  We had a limited amount of fabric. . . .so limited that one of the small squares had to be pieced in 2 places to get a big enough piece! 


I machine quilted it on my Nolting Fun Quilter 17. . . .meandering in the yellow sections and doing "special" stitches in the boxes. 


Using a variegated thread that had the colors of the challenge fabric seems to have toned down that bright, bright yellow to a more manageable color.

My second quilt:

This is being donated to Little Lambs Foundation for Kids.

I am not sure what the pattern is. . . . to be honest I found the top, batting, backing and binding all together in one of my "infamous" tote boxes in the basement sewing area.  And, I don't remember making it . . . . although I have enough 1930's reproduction fabrics to choke a horse.  LOL

This quilt was quilted using a meander with an off white thread on the top and bottom.

I just need to get the binding done on the quilts and they will be out the door no later than Friday.

I hope that these quilts will bring some sense of comfort to those that receive them.

Check out Sarah's "round up" blog post here to see what other quilters have done.

In peace and pieces,

Sherry

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May OMG (one monthly goal) plans

Patty at Elm Street Quilts has posted the link for the May OMG Goals.  You can get there by clicking here.





For my May goal I want to get my charity challenge quilt top quilted and bound ready to donate through Hands2Help.  (You can get there by clicking the highlighted words.)







Here is a picture of the quilt top:

Once that is done I have plans on completing the quilt top that I started for the 30 Blocks in 30 Days blog hop.  You will find the start of the blog hop here.



Here's a picture of the blocks laid out:

You can see my original posting about it here.


Then, if there is any month left, I have blocks from the New Years' Eve mystery from Merry Mayhem that I would like to get sewn together so that I can decide on borders.


That should keep me out of trouble for the month.  But, if there is time left I have some more zippered pouches using placemats that I want to get done.


In peace and pieces,






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OMG (One Monthly Goal) -- Fail or No Fail?

My goal for March was to get the felted wool table runner that has been languishing for about 20 years done.


There was some forward motion on that front.


Here is what it looked like at the beginning of the month:

And here is where it stands today. 

So, technically my OMG was a fail.


However, I have not been idle for the month!


I quilted and bound a quilt top (Turning Twenty pattern in 1930's repros) as a gift to a banker friend that is having her first baby.  Unfortunately, I did not take a picture of it since I could not find my camera and time was of the essence to get the gifting done.


I completed piecing 60 blocks for a Four Patch Stacked Posy quilt.  I don't have a picture of those yet. . . . but I will be able to post them soon.


A quilt top, to be donated through the Hands 2 Help program.  The crazy fabric was provided by a quilt forum I belong to as part of a charity challenge.  I had just enough of the fabric to piece one of the small squares in order to complete the top.

There were also several spool pin doilies made, much like this one:

Not all of them were done in white.  They were given out to some of my friends.


And there was other crochet work done:


This doily was made and sent out as part of a swap through a crochet group I belong to on Yahoo!.

This smaller doily will be given to one of my friends. . . . and I have several more to make.

I sent out my Stash Bee block earlier in the month. . . .

I also completed the body of a memory quilt for a friend of mine that lost her mother over a year ago.  I just have to sew the borders on, get batting and backing cut and then I can get this quilted and back to her.

I had never done a t-shirt type quilt before and I will admit that I was very nervous about cutting into the garments because I did not want to screw up any of the fabric.  This piece measures 39" square at the moment. . . .when I am done I think it will be about 45" square.

There is also a blog hop that I am participating in during the month of April. . . .and here is the block that I will be working with:

There will be more details about the blog hop later.


So, all in all, I am pretty happy with the progress that I was able to make. . . even though it was not on the stated goal project.




In peace and pieces,


Sherry






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