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A Lovely Year of Finishes – November Finishes Party

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Melissa Dunworth

Hello November! It’s time to work on those Christmas projects! I will be working on Hazel number 5!

I really want this done by Thanksgiving, so we will see if I can make it happen!

How about you?

What one item will you choose?

You have two requirements to be entered into the prizes this month.

1. Link-up {on this post} the first 7-days of the month

Please choose ONE project

and

2. Link-up in the last 7-days of the month

Only with a completed, successful project. And yes the same one that you choose earlier in the month.

Add your blog post or flickr photo (with appropriate descriptions) to the linky party below.

Please grab a button or link back to Shanna and I so other people can join in the fun!

And if you are on twitter or Instagram tag #ALYoF

**Please note, the linky party is the same here and over at Shanna, so there is no need to enter twice **

Here’s our amazing prizes this month…thank you sponsors!

1. Thimblepie’s Quilt Supplies – Custom fabric package, 3 yards plus free shipping anywhere

2. Green Fairy Quilts – 3 pdf patterns

3. $15 gift certificate from Fat Quarter Shop

4. PDF Pattern from Katy – The Littlest Thistle

5. One PDF Pattern from Meadow Mist Designs

6. PDF Pattern from Persimon Dreams

7. One pdf Pattern from Clover and Violet

8. One Charm pack or $10.00 gift certificate to
Stitches n’ Giggles (winners choice)

9. Sew BitterSweet Designs one pdf pattern

10. One PDF pattern from Sew Sweetness

11. One PDF pattern from Honey, Bunny, and Doll Designs

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Sewtopia Post 3

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Melissa Dunworth

Sorry I am a day later posting this than I wanted to be. We had some family stuff happening this week.

One of the projects I worked on at Sewtopia was finishing up a swap quilt that I started collecting blocks for over 3 years ago. I only know that because I have a tutorial for one of the blocks on my blog (right here). For at least 30 of the blocks here, I made blocks in return for other people. There are 42 blocks total. Both of my Sewtopia roomies contributed blocks to this quilt.

In order to finish the quilt and make it the size I wanted, I had to make 5 extra blocks while we were at Sewtopia and one of the blocks ended up being a square of some fabric that I just love (remnant from JoAnns).

I was so happy after over three years to be done that…this happened!

Yup, that’s me collapsing in joy over my finish 🙂

Anne seemed to like it too when I showed it to her.

This quilt will eventually get borders and when it is finished it will live in my spare bedroom. I love the brightness and cheeriness of the colors.

I have one more finish to show off but it needs to be photographed, in the joy of Sewtopia, it somehow never got photographed.

Posted in block swap, sewtopia | 6 Comments

Sewtopia Post 2

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Melissa Dunworth

I had the most amazing time at Sewtopia, the best part was spending time with two of my closest friends.

This is me and the oh so talented and lovely Vicki of Orchid Owl Quilts.

This is Vicki and Shanna of Fiber of All Sorts.

And here we are, all three in our “best roommates ever” glory, sporting our shirts that state quite definitively that we quilt so we don’t kill people 🙂

There was lots of socializing and quilting too. Here is one of the Do. Good Stitches quilt tops that I finally pieced together. There is no pattern for this quilt top, it is white wonky stars on a variety of solid blue backgrounds. You can totally make this quilt!!

I have more stuff to show, but I will save that for another post! If you want to see all of the fun, feel free to stop over on Instagram, you can check out my feed @sewbittersweetdesigns or for more sewtopia fun, check out the hashtag #sewtopiapdx

Have a great Monday!

Posted in Do.Good Stitches, sewtopia | 3 Comments

Sewtopia

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Melissa Dunworth

From November 5 to November 8 I was in quilter heaven. A four day retreat with two of my closest friends in Downtown Portland. No kids, no husbands, just us, our machines and 77 other awesome quilters and sewists. We had an amazing time! While I was there I got one quilt quilted, two other tops pieced, I made 5 blocks to finish one of the tops and then I made about 50% of a the Metro Scope quilt from Sew Kind of Wonderful.

Pictures to follow next week after I rescue them from my phone, I just wanted to check in and let you know I was still alive. I just haven’t sewn at all this whole week because Anne decided to turn 6 and we have been super busy getting ready for that to happen. You will be happy to know I didn’t cry but I kinda want to!

Have a wonderful weekend, we are heading to Frozen on Ice as Anne’s birthday present.

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A Lovely Year of Finishes – October Winners

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Melissa Dunworth

Sorry that we are a little late in posting winners this month, but Shanna and I were a little preoccupied. We met up with one of our bestest friends in Portland, Oregon last week for Sewtopia and were mildly distracted by the incredible amounts of fun that we were having. So without further ado, and with a HUGE thank you to our incredible sponsors, your November winners are:

1. One PDF pattern from Honey, Bunny, and Doll Designs