The finished guitar quilt

Took me long enough, but I finally finished the guitar/ukelele quilt. I started this one about 2 years ago. I don't know why it took me so long to finish because it wasn't a difficult quilt, but it's done now and I love it! Inspired by my friend Daniel who makes Ukelele's out of crazy things so they are all different sizes and shapes.

Picture update

Progress!

I finished two quilts yesterday! That takes my total for the year to 3! I'm only 5 months behind. :/ BUT I do have 3 in advanced stages of completion and a baby quilt in the works that looks as though it should go together quickly, if I could only find one more piece of fabric for the sashing. I'll post pictures as soon as I remember to take some.

Row by Row

An update to my row by row quest. My goal was to get one from every state. With just over a week left these are the states I DO have.

1. Idaho
2. Montana
3. Utah
4. Florida
5. Oregon
6. Alaska
7. California
8. Nevada
9. Oklahoma
10. Illinois
11. Nebraska
12. Indiana
13. Maryland
14. Washington
15. Missouri
16. Michigan
17. Minnesota
18. Colorado
19. N. Carolina
20. New York
21. Arizona
22. Kentucky
23. Wisconsin
24. Virginia

Not too bad I'd say. I'm still hopeful on a couple other states. Thanks again to ALL the awesome people who have gotten patterns for me. You make me feel so loved and I LOVE YOU!

Here is a list of participating stores by state

Click HERE for list

Row by Row

First of all, thanks to all my friends who have gotten me patterns so far! Seriously, you are the best EVER!! And I love you. A LOT. I currently have patterns from 24 states. That's pretty sweet.
I have become obsessed with the Row by Row Experience !

I just love the idea of going to all these shops and picking up the patterns myself! I wish I could! I've been looking at all the patterns from the different states and there are some that I am just in love with. I've been going through all my friends trying to find people who live in different states to pick them up for me. They don't quilt so it's still the one pattern per customer. Basically they are just giving me a gift they got for free that I asked them for. That's the best kind of gift in my opinion. :) If only I could find people in these cities

*Lake Orion, MI-"The Village Quilt Shoppe"
*Grand Rapids, MI- "Queen Bee Quilt Shoppe"
Dublin, OH- "Red Rooster"
Butler, MO- "Rocking Chair Quilts"
*Branson West, MO- "The Quilted Cow"
Philomath, OR- "JanniLou Creations"
Nyssa, OR- "Marilynn's Pickets & Patchwork"
Jefferson, OR- "Purple Frog Quilt Shop"
Prairie City, OR- "Quilts and Beyond"
Temple Terrance, FL- "Bernina Sewing Center"
Sanibel, FL- "Three Crafty Ladies"
Palm Coast, FL- "Cut Up And Sew"
*Navarre, FL- "Unlimited Embroidery & Fabric Art"
South Bend, IN- "Stitch N Time Fabrics"
Poulsbo, WA- "B's Fabric Fun & Sewing"
Bellevue, WA- "Quiltworks Northwest"
Merrill, OR- "Tater Patch Quilts"
*San Antonio, TX- "Memories by the Yard" I really really want this one. I've been tempted to ask one of our dealers who is in San Antonio to get it for me, but I can't get past how weird that would be.
Calimesa, CA- "Busy Bee Quilt Shop"
Sunnyvale, CA- "Eddie's Quilting Bee"
Holton, KS- "Quilting on the Square"
Dahlonega, GA- "Magical Threads"
Chatanooga, TN- "Bernina Sew N Quilt"
Sevierville, TN- "The Cherry Pit"
Crossville, TN- "Little Blessings Quilt Shop"
Fly Creek, NY- "Heartworks Quilts & Fabrics"
Johnstown, NY- "At Home Quilting"
Papillion, NE- "Country Sampler"
*Appleton, WI -"Keep Me In Stitches"
Bedford, PA- "Mary’s Quilt Shop"
Litchfield, MN- "DeAnn's Country Village Shoppe"
Mt. Pleasant, IA- "Quilter's Paradise"
New Hampton, IA- "Quilter's Window"
Trenton, OH- "Valley Quilts"
Edgecomb, ME- "On Board Fabrics"

I know, it's a long list, but they are just SO adorable! If only I had the time and money to travel to all these places! The next trick will be to actually use some of them to make a quilt. I'll add it to my ever growing list of quilts to make.

Christmas 2014

So I ended up making 14 pillowcases for Christmas this year. I think they turned out really well.

Football for the boys I use to babysit, Star Wars for my brother, Lightning McQueen for my favorite little "nephew", flowers and hearts, purple and turquoise, blue and green for the roommates.

Boise State for my brother, pink for a girl I used to babysit, brown and turquoise for my good friend, lime for another girl I used to babysit (they're all siblings), and hearts and flowers for my old roommate and good friend.

I finished my dad's present last night. I forgot to take a picture so it will have to wait until Christmas and I still have one more sewing project to finish by tomorrow.

Where did the year go?

Here it is the 18th of December and I'm just wondering where the year went? What did I accomplish? I actually feel like I accomplished a lot but maybe not so much in the sewing department although this month has been very productive with trying to get Christmas gifts done.

I sent this receiving blanket to a sister from my mission who lives in Spain.

This one turned out so much better than I was expecting. Simple is the way to go sometimes. I gave this to an old roommate who had a baby at the beginning of July.

My friend Lucy had her second baby. They live far away in Wisconsin, but it was fun to finish this one off and send it to her.

This is the cause of my little sleep last night. I got home late from work and had to finish this so I can put it in the mail today so it will make it to Florida by Christmas. It turned out well, but you always have problems when you're trying to get something done in a hurry.

I LOVE how this one turned out. Can't go wrong with Ninja Turtles. I sent this to my friend in Chicago for Christmas along with a Book of Mormon. Two great things in one package.

I made aprons for my friend Katie's three girls. It's not the greatest picture, but they turned out well and weren't too difficult. Just taking time as all things do.

This year I had the genius idea for all the girls on my mom's side of the family to make a quilt square and then I would put them all together to make a quilt for Grandma. Maybe if people had actually gotten me their squares by Thanksgiving like I asked and if I didn't have second job right now, that quilt would have actually happened. This is the square that I made (two days after Thanksgiving). It's looking like I'll give her a present of squares and maybe get the quilt done for Mother's Day. I have 6 squares. I think two are in the mail. One said she wasn't making one, the other hasn't ever responded. Maybe since I'll have more time, they can get me their squares.   

I also made a quilt way back in January, but this is about the whole of my crafting this year. I think I'll make the resolution to finish a quilt a month like I did a couple years ago. There are a few in various stages of completion.