April 2014 - Goal

Well I did make some progress on last month's goal, but I didn't quite get it completed.  I finished putting together the 20 4-patch blocks that I needed, but I did not get a chance to embroider the remaining five squares.  Here is the stack of 4 patch blocks I did finish.

Here are the blue / green combo blocks:

Here are the orange / brown combo blocks:

My goal for April is to embroider the 5 squares and then sew together the quilt top.  Wish me luck!

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March 2014 - Goal

Another month another goal.  I am really hoping to finish this one on time!   My adorable nephew is 15 months old and never got a quilt from me when he was born.  Bad Aunty!  I make a quilt for ALL my nieces and nephews, and since he is going to be a big brother in August, I have to get his quilt finished!  Since I am going to have another baby quilt to make at the end of the summer.  My goal for March is to embroider 5 squares with dragons and his name on the brown fabric shown below.  

The other 4 fabrics that are shown will be used to make 4 patches for the remaining 20 squares.

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February 2014 - Goal

Okay, I hate to say it but I did not start the new year off very good, however, it isn't totally my fault!  I wasn't able to complete my January goal due to how crazy busy I was at work this past month.  The beginning of the year is usually hard for accountants anyways, but the person who works for me needed surgery, so I had to do her job as well as inheriting payroll because our human resource person left in December!  Ugh!  Let's just say I am definitely not a fan of payroll and every other Thursday is not a fun day for me!  With that being said, January is now over (Yea!!!) and the tax deadlines are met, so hopefully I can start to quilt again!

As you can see I didn't make it very far on my last month's goal of completing my quilt sample, so I am going to "repeat" my January goal for February.  The plan is to get this quilt sample finished and off to my local quilt shop, so they have one of my "pieces" to show potential customers!  So wish me luck!

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January 2014 - Goal

Welcome back everyone to hopefully a fun and exciting 2014!  I am not usually a resolution setter, but I am a goal setter.  This year I have two big goals that I would like to accomplish in the upcoming year.  The first one is to finally get my long arm quilting business started.  The second one is to make a new "quilt" for my husband who has been patiently waiting for the past two years.  I would like to make it his "big" Christmas present for 2014.   Anyways, over the course of this year, I will be setting "smaller" goals so I can achieve both of these "larger" goals.  I am really excited because Shanna from Fiber of All Sorts and Melissa from Sew Bitter Sweet Designs are planning on hosting a second year long "Lovely Year of Finishes".

My goal for January is to make one of two small samples for a local quilt shop that is going to recommend me for customers who need a long arm quilter.  

I will be using this tutorial by Vanessa from Lella Boutique, which I have used before.  You can see that post here.  It is a nice simple pattern that would make a great quilt sample.  I will be making it out of Sweetwater's Boo Crew fabric.  I want to quilt it with a new "pantograph" design that I have been practicing called "modern twist".  

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