So I have been very forgetful about getting my Charming Girls and Guys goals up in time lately. This month in an effort to get my goals up in time, I started planning ahead....well on Feb. 28th. Then I was so excited about one of my projects I started sewing early Monday morning and all thoughts of posting my goals flew out the window. Thankfully I was reminded to get my butt in gear by all of you organized ladies who have been putting your goals up on time.
I have been wanting to cut into my piles of Swell for sometime now and I have found the perfect project for it: Between Friends by Darlene of Quilting Daze. I knew when I first saw the quilt that I had to make it and later when I fell in love with American Retro I thought I had found the perfect pairing. Sunday when I pulled everything out to take pictures for this post I just couldn't decide if it would work or not. I emailed Darlene and we chatted back and forth about it...she was very patient with my ADD lol!! I changed my mind every other email. I went to the kitchen to grab some coffee and walked by one of my very favorite little quilts that I made a couple of years ago from the scraps of my first Swell quilt.
I have often thought about making a larger one and all of a sudden I just knew I had found the perfect pair, yay!!! Cheryl had mentioned a while back that we should pick a project for our Swell and work on it together so that we could encourage each other and we had decided to be on the lookout for patterns. So Cheryl and Sharon and I are all going to work on this quilt together
...so much fun! Thank you Darlene for sharing this wonderful pattern!!Onto the rest of my goals:
Put borders on this twisted nine-patch that I made last month...maybe quilt it?
Hand sew the binding on these two little quilts
Decide on a pattern and start making blocks for a king size quilt for my bed (finally!) Maybe use my American Retro?
Make another top from my(way too much)
leftover Fresh Cut
Make a little leader ender project with my little squares of Fresh Cut
Ready, Set, SEW!!
Have a great weekend everyone!!
19 comments:
Sounds like a plan! I can't wait to see the Swell.
Wow!! You made me tired half way through your posting!! Good luck!
Paulette
I am so excited to be sewing with you guys...how fun and we know we all love Swell!! Love your other projects!
Sounds like youve got a very busy month ahead of you :-)
A very busy month, indeed! You can do it, Lil Sis. :-)
I'm so excited that you're going to be working on my Between Friends pattern. WooHoo!!!!
Swell is one of my FAVS..I cannot wait to see what you guys do!!!!!!!!
Love that little quilt in your kitchen..AND that RED tin!!!!!!!!!
Holy Cow! That's a lot of goals for just one month! Love that Swell -- your little quilt is adorable!
Great eye candy...so many wonderful projects!!
I especially love that last photo of all the pieces stacked up ready to sew...yum!
Ohhhh did you say Ready Set SEW??? Guess tomorrow you know what I'll be doing. SEWINGGGGG.
I think I'll use my Swell fabs too.
I'm so happy you included me!!
Hugs!!!
I thought you would have used up all your "Swell" by now. I remember that you were very much in love with that line of fabric.
Are you saving your selvedge edges? I see some in one of the photos.
Sounds wonderful, love the retro!!!!
Oh Between Friends is going to be sooooooo wonderful in Swell. Great goals. You're going to be a busy girl.
I loved the swell range, I may even still have a jelly roll. Your plan sounds exciting to me.
Ohhh.. this will be lots of fun... love the Swell fabrics... so the quilt have to be a success..:o) Good luck!!
I have a jelly roll of SWELL that I haven't used yet. Love it.
Hey, did you see my comment on your blog about your son? How old is he? My son is too. I listened to his stuff. good!!!!
You have a great plan and lots of sewing again. I love the Swell fabrics, too bad I didn't buy any.
You have a wonderful month planned. I love the quilt underneath the picture...lovely. Enjoy!
What great projects you have planned this month! I'm rooting for you - and I can't wait to see your finishes! I LOVE Darlene's pattern - and it looks wonderful in Swell - I'm going with Option 3 on the borders - but they all look great! Glad to have you back!
I can't wait to see all of your projects at the end of the month!
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