Make-A-List Monday - Making Headway!!

Hi, all!

Welcome spring!  Today was absolutely gorgeous - warm, sunny, a little bit of wind, and absolutely the perfect day for the first day of spring!  And I finished a quilt today, which is a great way to start a season!  So let's take a look at last week's list and see how it went...

1.  Continue working on the commission quilt. Finish making all the t-shirt blocks and determine the arrangement of this puzzle style quilt, at a minimum.  If I'm lucky, I'll finish piecing it this week!
No only did I finish piecing it, I quilted it and put the binding on!  This quilt is ready to go!!  Woohoo!!

2.  File our income taxes. 
Done!  And my refund is on its way... I see fabric in my future!! 

3.  Keep up with any quilt ministry needs that come up.
Done!  We only gave away one quilt this week, and would you believe, I forgot to take a picture of it?  It's a shame, too, because it was a really beautiful quilt.  It went to a gentleman battling brain cancer.

OK!  Last week was a winner!  Love getting everything I needed to get done, and more!  Here's what's up for this week...

1.  Put the borders on the Dear Jane quilt I'm finishing up for a friend.

2.  Quilt and bind the Dear Jane quilt.

3.  Repair a vintage quilt for a customer.

4.  Start working on a scrappy quilt (details on Wednesday!)

5.  Get the guest room ready for a 3-day sleepover with the grandkids!

6.  Bind a quilt for the quilt ministry.

7.  Quilt a couple of quilts for Stash Builder Box.

8.  Keep up with any quilt ministry needs that come up.

That should definitely keep me out of trouble, right?  So now there's only one question...

What are YOU working on this week?

Hugs!

Sarah

PS If anyone but me cares, the signup count for Hands2Help is up to 160 now!  Whoop whoop!!!

Hands2Help - And We Have A Winner!

Hi, all!

Well, it's been one week now since we started the Hands2Help Charity Quilt Challenge for 2017, and I am absolutely blown away by your response!  As of 8:30 last night, there are one hundred fifty one people signed up to participate!!  That. Is. Amazing!!!!

Now, if you are just arriving at the party, don't be sad - you can still enter and participate.  The only thing you've missed is a chance at winning the sign-up giveaway - but there are more giveaways at the end of the Challenge for those who finish and send in their quilts.  This is only the beginning!  If you want to sign up, click here and scroll down to the entry form and fill it out.  

And now, the moment you've been waiting for - 

who will be the winner of this beautiful jelly roll of Splendid by Amy Butler donated by Free Spirit Fabrics?

I gathered up all the names and extra entries and ran them through Little Miss Random...

...and the winner is - - - 

Beth Talmage!!  

Congratulations, Beth!  
I'll get your jelly roll in the mail sometime this week!

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Next week is the Hands2Help Tips, Tutes & Tasty Things link-up week!  Start thinking about your best sewing or quilting tip, a great tutorial, or your favorite recipe for a yummy snack to sustain you while quilting, or a great easy meal to keep the family fed while you create!  I hope you'll share your favorites with us next Sunday by linking up a new post, old post, someone else's post, a link to a great recipe or tutorial - it's all good!  

See you next week!!!

Hugs!

Sarah

PS - I sent an email last night to everyone on the sign-up list.  Please check to see if you received it - if you don't see it in your regular email box, check your spam!  If you didn't get one, you aren't on the sign-up list, so please email me directly at salliesue57 (at) gmail (dot) com so we can get you properly signed up!!  And there were a few of you who left comments last Sunday that were no-reply bloggers - you might check to see if I left a reply to your email to contact me!

Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? Not Finished, but Progress!

Hi, all!

Hey, everyone - it's Friday!!!  And not only Friday, but the day where EVERYONE is Irish!  Happy St. Patrick's Day to one and all.  And you know what else that means - it's time for us to get our whoop whoop on once again!!  Are you ready?  Let's get started!

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This week, once I did the Modernist post, I got to work on a project with a looming deadline - a puzzle style t-shirt quilt.  After deconstructing all the shirts and making all the t-shirt blocks, I laid it all out on the floor....

I sure am thankful I had a room where I could clear off the rug and lay this out until I could get it sewn up.  My husband hasn't been using his home office lately, so I took it over for this project!  I laid it out and let it sit overnight so I could look at it in the morning with fresh eyes.  

Everything still looked good in the morning, so I decided to start assembling the quilt top.  With the random placement of all the squares, this one is going to be really difficult to size up, so I started by assembling the top of the quilt, making sure it reached the size I needed it to be.

By the end of the day, I hadn't finished, but I did have a really good start on the quilt.  As you can see, I've done the left side all the way down, so that establishes the quilt's length.  Now I have a few more pieces to work in tomorrow, and the top will be finished!

Oh, and remember that Tuesday was Pi Day?  If the logic escapes you, it's called that because it was 3/14. Well, I got inspired and made a peach blueberry pie using some of the blueberries and peaches we collected all summer and put in the freezer - and oh my goodness is it yummy!!  

And one more really big whoop - as of this moment, thee are already 126 people signed up for the Hands2Help Challenge! Now that's something to really cheer about! 

And there's still time for you to sign up if you want to be in time for the signup giveaway - I'll be drawing a winner on Saturday evening, so hop on over and sign up now!! If you've missed the deadline, no worries - you can still sign up, and there will be more prizes at the end for those who participate!  Click here to go to the signup post.

So - - - can I get a whoop whoop?

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

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What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share - because we want to dance right along with you,

And it's alway more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until midnight Sunday.

Hope to see you there!

Hugs!

Sarah