February Goals

This is the flimsy I have chosen for my February finish goal with A Lovely Year of Finishes. Originally named Thimbleberries Strips Two, I am leaning toward Kinderbaby - it is the first finish I get to keep from the Add-a-Border group I participate with. I will probably quilt it on my old Bernina as I really want to stay focused on Donna's Stars.

I am tackling the orange stars this week. Slowly, but surely ;-)

Today I linked up for the first time with Tuesday Archives at Val's Studio. The theme this week is Nine Patch, and I found a post I wrote as a beginning blogger. Looking at it makes me feel as though I have progressed, perhaps I am an advanced-beginner now, hehe!

Linking my Feb. goal at Fiber of all Sorts!

Cascadia Complete!

As predicted, January has been a busy month - I chose Binding Cascadia as a very realistic goal, and it is time to link my finish with A lovely Year of Finishes. The pink stripe is machine finished, and the green ends are hand-finished, after carefully wrapping around the pink and securing with teeny stitches!

I chose a breezy day for photographing..

We are enjoying an unusually rainy day in Vegas today, and since I have no crib or cutesy backdrop, I'm quite happy to share these pics!  Since the photo session, it has been rolled up for storage, to eliminate the fold creases. These will do, though I  had thought better photos would be snapped for Friday Linkups:

TGIFF (hosted by Leanne/Devoted Quilter this week!)
Finish-it-Friday
Can I get a Whoop! Whoop!
Link a Finish Friday

Quilt Stats:
Size: 24" x 25.5"
Design: Modified setting from the recent Cascadia Quilt Along by Humble Quilts
Fabric: Stash & Scraps - only a few repeats!
Machine Quilted: Bernina 1020 with walking foot - Mr. Juki is all tied up!
Aurifil 50wt Thread
Quilter's Dream cotton batting. Yum.
Previously blogged about quilting and blocking in my January Goal Post.

I owe a big THANK YOU to Kathy who informed me yesterday that my blogger settings had changed, requiring CAPTCHA to any friendly folks who tried to leave a comment here! The same thing had happened to her, and she encouraged those using the Blogger platform to check their sites, as well as informing us how to resolve it - without headaches! Thank you Kathy, you provide such Kwilty Pleasure and I love following you!

FMQ Progress - WIP Wednesday

After exhausting all possible excuses, I am finally quilting Donna's Star Quilt! This quilt was given first priority on the list that I created for 2015 Finish-Along, hosted by Adrianne this year, from On the Windy Side.

Unfortunately, I was not able to meet the deadline to link up, but I did spend a lot of time sorting UFO's & I still plan to knuckle down on finishes with the best of you this year ;-)

So, this one is coming along with three outta nine stars now quilted.

 I look forward to a time when selecting and beginning a FMQ plan does not give me anxiety.

Choosing the threads was a struggle as well. I think this is the first time I have used different color top and bottom threads and it made me very nervous since the back is mostly white. The variegated threads help to cover the little nubs that show on top, and I guess I will learn to live with the nubs that show on the back. The back thread is Wonderfil, much thinner thread than the 40wt on top. I thought this way the nubs showing on top would not be as apparent, and I could set the tension to mostly hide nubs on the back. So, here is a shot of the back. There are a couple areas where the purple nubs are more visible than what I captured here, but I am pretty happy with the results thus far.

I am pretty slow though! My minimum goal is to complete two stars per week. This way I can still work on another big goal I am working on; to clear my cluttered design wall. Thankfully, that is another post, for another day...

Linking up today with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday . Thank you Lee!

 

Thank you for reading today, I would so love to hear any tricks you may have for quilting with different thread colors!

 

I have a sweet little finish to share this week as well

(yes, that'll be two posts in one week, what a groove I am on!)