Looking forward to a Christmas Quilt

Finished these fast flying geese the first day for The Round About Quilt Along at Happy Quilting Melissa!

September Monthly Goal Finished

My goal for September was to quilt this quilt. It is done. Still need to hand sew the binding to the other side, but that will be accomplished in the evenings. I decided against struggling with my machine and outline quilt all of the dashes and boxes.

 Instead, I just quilted straight lines across and up and down. It worked out fine and it was done much sooner. That way, I can move onto another goal.

I am linking to September One Monthly Goal Finish at Elm Street Quilts

Springtime Quilt

I thought I would add this finished quilt to the Blogger's Quilt Festival this year. I am calling this my Springtime quilt because the colors reminded me of Spring flowers, which I love. I enjoyed sewing it and gave it to my Mom. 

My sweet cat, Lucky, thought it was pretty comfy,too.

This is a better close up of the piecing. I pieced the label and used this cute yellow fabric for the backing. It's hard to see, but it had cute birds and flowers on it. I quilted it on my Brother machine, 1/4 inch on either side of the blocks.

I think my Mom likes it and uses it on her couch. Linking this completed quilt up to 2017 Fall Blogger's Quilt Festival

Quilt Along Cuts

I'm going to be participating in the Round About quilt along at Happy Quilting. I decided to make a Christmas quilt since I already had the fat quarters required. I purchased the white background and backing. These are my cut pieces. I will be trying to sew the 3X4 Lap size.

It's not too late to join the quilt along.

Set Machine up to start quilting...

My OMG at Elm Street Quilts for September is to get at least 1/2 of this quilt quilted.

I don't know if I will get it completely quilted in September because, well, life happens.

I need to have the whole thing finished by the end of October so that gives me 2 months to have it fully quilted and bound. That's more manageable for me since I do want to echo quilt around each of those boxes and dashes. I didn't start the quilting yet, but I am envisioning some maneuvering through my sewing machine. I'm getting on it after Labor Day for sure!