Honey Comb Quilt Along

Hi Everyone!!

 I am sharing my newFO for the month of March. The Honeycomb Quilt Along hosted by Jennelle over at Echinops & Aster.

 For this project Jennelle is using the honeycomb fabric by Kate Spain.  For myself, I am using the leftover fabrics from my collection which I bought from the local shop.

 We are already at  Embroidery tutorial week. You are still not too late to join in the fun. This quilt along will ends on April 16th. You will learn how to do English Paper Piecing technique, hand applique and embroidery.  This is my progress so far...

Happy Sew Along!

One Flower Wednesday #18

Hello...

I've miss to share my flower last Wednesday...  so today I am sharing two flowers from my garden.  and as always I am linking to Journey of A Quilter own by Karen who is the host of this fun garden party.

 Take your time to visit and see what other talented sewers are sharing ...

I've to rush to attend a conference for the next two days...so till next week
 Happy Stiching!!

Goals for March

I am happy that my UFOs bin has getting lighter every month...this month I am making another list of UFOs to finish up.  

First in the row is this .... Scrappy String Quilt which was one of the  Quilt Along that I've joined last year.  This quilt Along is hosted by Chrissy of Sew Lux. 

 I  intend to finished piecing the blocks and turn it into a Quilt top by end of March. This project is also the main goal to accomplish for  "A Year of Finishes"

2.  Another UFO  that I've carry forward from February is to piece all these blocks into a quilt top..

Third is this to start hand quilt this scraptacular quilt top...

Fourth,to continue stash busting my yarn.  My goal is to have one project in one month...and for this month I intend to finished my current Work in Progress...The African flower.

I'm linking to :

February Recap : NewFOs and Finishes

I only had one small NewFO sewing  project namely Scrappy Triple-Zip pouch 

Two quilt related finishes in February are ...the January NewFO  project- the Starburst Quilt top   

and secondly is an UFO project - Embroidery 101 Quilt.This is how the front looks like

and this is the back.

I label it by stitching the month and year of finishes.

 I hand quilted it using two different colors of thread...yellow and purple.

Two other projects finishes in February but not sewing related are these crocheted projects  ...Cute Granny Bag

and Star Coin Purse.

Happy Crafting everyone!!

February Finishes #04: Embroidery 101 Quilt

Hi Everyone!

At last I've accomplished my goal  to finish up this quilt... the  Embroidery  101. I started this quilt in 2011  as part of a Quilt Along over at Clover and Violet. I finished the quilt top with all  the embroidery on schedule.  I choose to hand quilt  it with straight line following  the shape of the boxes created by the individual blocks on the front. I finish  up with machine binding  following Mellisa's of Happy Quilting tutorial. This is how the result looks like.

Quilt Description:

Size: 58″ x 58″
Binding: Machine bind
Quilting: Hand Quilted by me with straight lines along the sashing and around the centre of each block.
Pattern: Part of the Embroidery101: Stitch & Quilt Along hosted by Clover and Violet in 2011

I feel so pleased and happy with my accomplishment.  This is my first UFO quilt finish for 2013.

Linking up with:

 

February Finishes #03 : ScrappyTriple-Zip pouch

Hi everyone!

If you has been following me long enough, you would know that I love making pouches.  When I found Debbie's of A Quilter's Table,is having  a sew along party namely Triple-Zip Along, I am so excited and join in the fun.  This is how my first Triple-Zip pouch looks like.  It was made 100% from scrap fabrics and  due to that I name it Scrappy Triple-Zip Pouch.

This is how the back looks like.  I used QAYG technique.

and this is the inside of the pouch. I used dark polka dot fabric for the lining.

I love the colors and definitely this piece I will keep for myself.  

I'm linking with Triple-Zip Along Flickr group,

and Such a Sew and Sew: A Stitch in Time

February finishes #02 : Crochet Coin Purse

This post is part of the Stash Buster Challenge 2013 : #01

At last... I finished my first project for the Stash Buster Challenge.  This challenge is hosted by Linda over at Linda's Crafty Corner. These are the yarns that I am thinking of using at first but I end up with only two yarns being used...

and this is how my first project looks like....crocheted coin purse.  The finished size of this coin purse is 4" x 5.5".   I am using this challenge not only to make use my stash but also to try new stitches and create new pattern. 

 

This coin purse was crocheted  using star stitch following the tutorial that I found at Fruitful Fusion.

After everything done, I found that I have wrongly sew the lining...(the zipper should be hidden between the lining and the crochet piece) Anyway it just too many thing to re-do ...so I just leave it as it is. First lesson to learn from my first project.

These are the yarns that I will be using for my next project which yet to be decided ... definitely it must be something that I've never try before. 

Happy Crocheting!!

I'm linking up with A Stitch in Time, hosted by Elizabeth at Such a Sew and Sew

One Flower Wednesday #17,WiP

Hello...

One flower from my garden today...  and as always I join the One Flower Wednesday party at Journey of a Quilter hosted by Karen. Come and visit to see what others have to share from their garden...

and this is my WiP for this week... the Starburst Quilt A-Long that I joined in January hosted by Melissa of Happy Quilting.  Currently I am at the stage of making the blocks...I've to admit that I'm not good when come to play with HST.  It slowing down the process of piecing when to get the point at the right place. 

Happy  Stitching !!