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Sunday, January 28, 2018

Jammin' in January

 Greetings! It is hard to believe that January is nearly over. I have been trying not to start anything new, but instead focusing on my UFOs and WIPs. My favorite WIP right now is the Spelling Bee Sew Along. I have actually started to work ahead on my letters in order to restrain myself from starting something new. Yesterday, we were tasked with the M blocks. It is my goal not to repeat any of the fabrics I use in my letters!
 As part of my thinking ahead, I made a school bus block--the smaller size with the plan to use it in the label of my Spelling Bee Quilt. It is so cute!
I got my first blocks completed for Fat Quarter Shop's Clementine Quilt Along. Block instructions will post on the 25th of each month. I have a link on my right hand side bar for information about this Quilt Along fundraiser for St. Jude.
 I think my Drop Everything and Make It--DREAMi!
for January was this sweet Valentine's pillow. I made it in an afternoon from Sherri's tutorial you can find here:
My January One Monthly Goal (OMG) was my Chains of Love Quilt. This was a UFO from last year  and I got it done earlier in the month. It looks fabulous on my couch in the living room with my new Valentine's pillows. Check out everyone's January OMGs here:
I love to hand bind quilts especially in the winter when I can burrow under them to watch TV on the couch with my dogs in the evening. I bind quilts for one of my local quilt shops and I earn a discount that way. One of my friends who works at the LQS knows I love to bind, and I always tell her I would be happy to bind for her. She finally took me up on my offer. She gave me two quilts--both massive! This one was more than 440+ inches of binding and I finished it up last night. She is in the market to purchase her own longarm and we are planning on trading longarm quilting for my hand binding--sounds like a perfect trade to me! I will get started on her other quilt today for Slow Sunday Stitching:
I made an impulse buy the other evening! It is probably not a good idea to have a credit card on file with Etsy... I have admired this quilt for a few years. It is called Postcard from Sweden. There was a quilt along last year and I regretted not making it then, so when I saw that Sandra from mmm! quilts has a quilt along planned to start on Valentine's Day--I immediately started looking to find a kit to buy. Then, I found a kit to make the bigger version and it included free shipping, so I caved and bought it.  If you are interested in joining the quilt along, the information is here:

This is where I bought my kit--it makes the bigger version and had free shipping:

I am heading in to my sewing room to prep another UFO for quilting--I need to keep jammin'!



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17 comments:

  1. I love your school bus, so cute. Postcards is my dream quilt. I did not know there is a kit. Please tell me where I could get it. This could be an exception to my No New Fabric Year.

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  2. Your projects are all looking great! I love the Valentine pillow. What a great deal - trading binding for long-arming - I would jump on that, too, as I love to do the binding part. Have fun!

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  3. Oh dear, I've been wanting to make Postcard from Sweden for ages. I might have to look around for a kit so I don't get into any more trouble than I should. Thanks for the info?!

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  4. I like the Postcard quilt too...on my list. You have been super busy during the month.

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  5. That school bus block is too cute. Especially love the not round wheels. LOL Postcard from Sweden is spectacular!

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  6. Beautiful valentine quilt. Thanks for linking up with Elm Street Quilts One Monthly Goal and congrats on your finish.

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  7. I have the kit to make the Postcards from Sweden, but I don't know if I have the larger version. What size will the larger version be? I'm doing the quilt along.

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    1. The bigger version finishes 60x75--the difference is the size that the triangles finish at. Join the quilt along with us!

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  8. Chains of Love turning out great--love it! You are going to have a lot of fun with the sew along quilt--so happy and colorful!

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  10. As always, love all your projects and so enjoy seeing what you are up to! I think the Postcards from Sweden Quilt is gorgeous, but I'm not a half square triangle fan... and this year's birthday block is full of them!

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  11. And have I told you how cute your little sign board is? It cracks me up!

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  12. The school bus is adorable as is the Chain of Hearts quilt. Nice progress and finishes (and starts). Claire aka knitnkwilt

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  13. As a former schoolteacher, I LOVE that school bus block! Yay for that adorable DREAMi! pillow, (thank you for linking up!) and YAHOO for joining in with my ever-growing (like who knew?) Postcard from Sweden QAL and spreading the word. :-)

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  14. Love the idea of putting a school bus block with the letters. That will be fun.
    And well done on your finishes.
    Trading binding for LAQ sounds perfect to me!
    Love the quilt you have ordered!!!

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  15. Your Valentine dream pillow is the same color scheme as my cubicle cover - teal and hearts = fabric love.

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